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.| 103, No. 182.
jshby Matthews
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ies Sunday From
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Wreck. Injuries
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Jshby Matthews, 19-year-old
‘ on. Ga. Doy, died in a local
. today from injuries sus
» an automobile accident
. rhursday while he was en-
H to South Georgia,
\r Matthews was removed to
- <aturday night, and he died
\‘v'xl fternoon at 3 o'clock, He
‘l‘ liyed in Nicholson all his life,
. voung man was riding with
IJ';;“ <mith, W: T. Chester, and
7. Chester at the time of the
ident last Thursday. Smith suf
wroken leg, but the other twa
ore not injured.
"|-"1;1[~H| services for Mr., Mate
ows were held this afternoon at
atioch Methodist chureh, at 4:30,
ith the Rev. Newton Saye, pas<
- of Bast Athens Baptist church
keioiating. Interment followed in
ntioch church, with McDormane
ridges in charge.
pallbearers were Gus Barnett,
siffin Barnett, ©lin Whitehead,
homas Whitehead, Alton Pace, and
rawford Farmer.
He ig survived by his parents,
hr. and Mrs. M. H. Matthews;
.. cicters, Mrs. T. M. Moore, Red
tone; Miss Hallie Matthews, Miss
helma Matthews and Miss Opal
h.tthews; four brothers, Robert
fatthews, Clarence Matthews,
vank Matthews, and Oliver Mat.
ews: and his grandmother, Mrs
E. Cook, of Tampa, Fla.
)conee Cemetery
. .
Bridge Soon Will
.
Have New Flooring
Trustees of Oconee Hill ecemetery
nounced today through these-
A. W. Dezier that the
ridge by which the main road
¢ the river will shortly be
\ttention of the Banner-Herald,
jad been called to the condition of
e bhridge by several readers, Whoi
pared the structure might be un
pfe, due to numerous ‘“patches”
b the flooring. “my
Secretary Dozier said this morn
g that City Enginer Jack Beach
-1 had examined the bridge the
st week and that as soon as he
ympleted the list of mnecessary
aterials, a complete new flooring
ould be laid. At the same time,
r. Dozier said the bridge is per
petly safe for travel. :
ATIVE OF ATHENS
DIES SUNDAY NIGHT
IN STUTTGART, ARK.
STUTTGART, Ark.—(/)—Appar
tly the victim of a heat stroke,
e Rev. Paul J. Rorie, 51, pastor
he First Methodist church of
uttgart. died at his home here
te last night.
Death followed gn illnesg of two
A na'ive of Athens, Ga., and the
n of Rev, and Mrs. T. O. Rorie,
> Was the seventh in a, direct line
southern Methodist ministers.
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ffices For Rural
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Re-settlement Will
Be Moved to Athens
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TLANTA,—(#)—State headqua-r.
'S of the Rural Re-settlement
"‘" ‘nistration will be moved from
“4nta to Athens apout Septem-
I St It was said today by J. H.
o 0 asistant gtate director. :
PProximately 56 employes will
'dken to Athens from Atlanta.
“fy of them came to the Rural
: fation corporation from
bat city.
'@ move was decided upon fol
b "“' > shifting of Rural re
ent o 0 Work ‘to ‘the resettle
. ‘iministration which is!
. Allied with the Agricultural
CToOn serviee of the Depart
o O Agriculture.
B ¢ said the administration
ftsed Lumpkin Hall at the
¢ “ollege of Agriculture and
Would use a part of Conner
“ttlement division has
direction of rehabilita~
i for approximately 13,000
| ‘Ormerly under supervise
relief administration.
"";*‘_”nt. state director, was
nfer, 15 today, attending a
. ¢ of directors from twelve
s
e .
GSC()'r\;atlo.ns Made For
~L-0 Tickets For Big
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uisiana State University
¢ Associaltion has made res
! with the University pf
or 6,000 seats at the
i - 8. U. game, to be
“% in October. The L.
Me is one of 'the biggest
'“orgia schedule this year,
kao Pected to araw close to
People,
CARRIED TO HOSPITAL
Shellnutt, of 1390 South
: ' street, was carried to St
L ‘lospital this morning by
L, . ‘'s ambulance, after he
b . ’me jll while working on
.. reet. His econdition was
.. Tot serious by hoespital
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Tax Bill May
Successful
Two Athens Projects Are
Included in List Made
Public This Morning.
15,000 GET WORK
Another List of Proiects;
Expected to Be Approved
in Capital Soon.
~ ATLANTA, —(#)— Approval by
Washington of an allotment of
approximately $4,000,000 for 600
work-relief projects on which from
10,000 to 15,000 persons will be
given work immediately was an
nounced today by Miss Gay B.
Shepperson, Georgia Works Pro
gress administrator.
The list of proiects was the se
cond approved for the staté. The
first, announced about two weeks
‘ago, involved 81 projects, approxi
mately $265,000, and gave jobs to
about 2,000 men.
Another list of projects is now
in Washington and is expected to
be returned to relief headquarters
here within the next ten days.
Complete List
Projects announced today on
which work will srart as soon as
labor is secured from the national
re-employment service, included
the following:
ATLANTA — Candler field im
provements, grading, paving of
runways, etc., $326,000; repairs to
Georgia Tech buildings $61,200; re
pairs and equipment for school
system $99,476; Grady hospital,
general repairs, $54,436; install pipe
tunnel, Grady hospital $30,992.
SAVANNAH — Paving $95,046;
repairs to Savannah city market
$7,566.
MACON—City park work, $109,-
524; addition to city hospital
$30,992,
SAVANNAH - Paving $95,046;
repairs to Sdavannah City Market
$7,5666,
MACON—City park work, $109,-
524; adition to city hospital $lO,-
270,
AUGUSTA—Water mains §56,233
street paving $21,540.
ICOLUMBUS — Street paving
$12,014,
Local Projects
ATHENS—Swimming pool s§,-
186; to complete airport $1,168,
BRUNSWlCK—Congstiruction of
golf course and clubhouse $20,988.
WAYCROSS—Airport $20,118. ‘
JALBANY—Construction of foote
ball stadium $29,236. J
THOMASVILLE —dnstructior ]
of swimming pool $9,168. |
GRIFFIN — Airport $30,792; |
sewer installation $1,593. ‘
MOULTRIE—Street paving $15,-
582. ¢
MARIETTA — Street pavlngl
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LOCAL WEATHER
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Partly cloudy, —— %
probably local
thundershowers N ;
Tuesday and in 1
northwest portion |
tonight; not
much change in ' I N g
temperature. ,
TTAWERS
TEMPERATURE
HlghEst a: co oo o 0 o 0 voi DlO
TAWEIE . i e e RS
Mealt . o e WY 800
MESRHIRL . % o 7 s Sk eAR
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since August 1 .. .. .09
Deficit since August 1 .. .. 1.72
Average August rainfall ... 4.86
Total since Janary 1 .. ..31.99
Deficit since January 1 .... 1.29
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
By The Associated Press
CLARKESVILLE,—Dr. Richard I |
A. Metclaf, 71-year-old editor andi
school textbook publisher, died atl
his home here following a heary)
attack. f
A native of Damariscotta, Me., |
Dr., Metcalf succumbed late Satur-}
day night. He formerly lived in |
White Pains, N. Y., and Richmond, |
va. He was connected with the|
Allyn and Bacon book publishing |
company of Ataltna and New York |
for several years. i
Funeral services will be held at|
Cornelia Ga., Tuesday with burial|
in the Gainesville cemetery, x
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With Japanese wrath still simmering over a satirical cartoon re
cently appearing in an American magazine, depicting the emperor
drawing a military carriage in which reposed the Nobel peace
prize scroll, fresh fury is expected with appearance of the above
cartoon, drawn by the same artist. Published in the current issue
of The New Masses, the cartoon is entitled ‘“William Gropper’s
Answer to the Mikado,” and caricatures the mikado in warlike
pose, hiding behind a screen of peace.
Strike of Relief-Roll Workers Is
Broken in New York City Today
Organized Labor Carries
On Fight in Other
States, However.
| NEW YORK.— (#) —The strike
|of relief-roll workerg at the low
! cos’ housing project under con
‘/s"ruction by the Astor interests—
one of the key spots in the fight
of ilabor unions against the gov
ernment’s so-called “security
wage'’ of $93.50 a month for skill
ied help—appeared to be broken
{ today.
Elsewhere over New York, and
in other states, organized labor
carried on the fight. “Flying
squadrons” traveled throughout
the city, seeking to pull relief
workers off of federal-financed
construction jobs. The State Build
ing Tradeg Council and the State
Federation of Labor in MNew Jer
sey stood solid against accepting
the $93.50 wage, as did labor lead
ers in several Ohio cities.
At the Aster project. it was said
365 skilled laborer were back at
work this morning. This was the
deadline set by General Hugh S.
Johnson, Works Progress admin
istraior, who issued an ultimatum
last week that the relief strikers
return to work or be struck off
the relief rolls.
The Asior project nominally em
ploys some 400 workers in the
skilled class. When the strike was
called last week, more than 150
refused to work. When the whistle
blew teday, there wag only a hand
ful of workers who refused to
punch the time clock.
The principle involved in the
dipute —the “security wage” as
‘against paying the workers at the
regular hourly scale in union con
iracts—occupied the council of the
American Federation of Labor at{
its meeting in Atlantic City. 1
William Green, who heretofore‘
has given an implied sanction to
ihe New York city walkout, prom
ised tq discuss the stand -of the A.
F. of L. fully tonight.
*The attitude of uncertainty
(Continued On Page Four)
eration of Post Office Clerks will
meet in Biennial convention here
Sept. 2 with postmaster General
Farley, Governor Eugene Talmadge
and Senators George and Russell of
Georgia invited as speakers.
The federation is made up of
clerks in £irst and second class
post offices of the United States.
It is headed by Leo E. George of
Washington as preisdent. .
' ATLANNTA, — Mrs Emma]
Crymes, 65, mother-in-law of Hm‘-i
ace Hixon, cashier of the state
treasury, Gied at her home here
- (Continued on Page Two)
~ESTABLISHED 1838
Athens, Ga., Monday, August 12, 1935,
Be Scrapped
in Touching
AR O R S R . \ TSR
'WHELCHEL SAYS F. R.
( POPULAR IN GEORGIA
! WASHINGTON,—{(#)—Repre
| tative Whelchel of Gainesville,
} Ga., who last week donned a
| pair of “Talmadge” red sus
} penders, today .- returned from
| Georgia with the comment that
| people there “as a whole have
[ confidence in President Roose
| wvelt.”
| *“I found conditions in Georgia
E Generally better,” he added.
“the Democratic party is still in
| the saddle.”
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MID-WEsT PLAGUED
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)Four Additional Deaths
Bring Season’s Toll to
200 Sunday. |
By The Associated Press |
Dust joined the “dancing devils”
| of quivering heat today to plague‘
| the middle west, already torturedl
' by record breaking temperatures. |
] At Amariilo, Texas, and Garden
City, Kansas, dust clouds rolled inl
lon a blistering south wind. The|
storm lasted an hour at Amarillo,
| longer at Garden City, center of
|last spring’'s (series of terrifici
storms. |
; And while sufferers watched the4
mercury g 0 up, persons on Pikesi
' Peak in Colorado watched it g 0 |
i down. From four to five inches of!
snow fell on the summit and the|
temperature dropped to 34 de-|
grees. l
Four additional deaths brought|
the season’s heat toll near 200. Two |
died in California and two in Mis- |
souri. Four were prostrated io|
Los Angeles. |
Alva, OkKkla., reported tlie day's
highest temperature, 114 degrees,
and it was 112 at Enid. Many Ok- |
lahoma points had ‘top readings|
between 103 and 107 degrees, and{’
it was 108 at Fort Smith, Ark. i
Sacramento, Calif., saw the mer- |
cury mount to a record breaking
109 degrees, and a number of oth
er inland points recorded similar|
(Continued on Page Two) !
WEST POINT CADETS
LEAVE FORT BENNING
COLUMBUS, GA., —{#)— Their|
10-day period of training at Fort|
Benning concluded, 279 cadets |
the first class of the United States
military academy entrained today
for Fort Monroe, Va.
At the Virginia camp, the cadets
will be given an additional short
course before returning to Westd
Point. i
The future generals left Fort
Benning at 6:30 a. m. central stan.‘!
dard time and were brought to the
Union Station here where they |
switched to a special train, i
HOOVER CHALLENGE
10 F.O.R. SEEN A 5
PRESIDENTIAL BIID
F&ner President Assails
Jew Deal Again While
Stopping in Chicago.
“GREAT DECISION”
No Indication Roosevelt
Will Make Any Reply
to Statement.
WASHINGTON.— (#) —Herbert
Hoover's challenge to President
Roosevelt .to inform the people
“openly” and “precisely” just how
he wants the Constitution changed
was regarded today as a major
step in a Republican drive for a
“knock down and drag out” fight
on constitutional issues in 1936.
~ Stopping in Chicago on a trip;
'east. the former president hit at
the New Deal last night in a state
ment accusing the administration
of “dictatorial” demands, of tramp
ling on “primary liberties of the
people” and of invading state’s
rights,
Seeks Revision
Directly or indirectly, he said.
the administration seeks to revise
the Constitution to concentrate
powers in Washington. Calling on
the administration to declarg its
intentiong before congress adjourns
and to make it an open fight on a
specifically worded amendment, he
said:
“No matter how destructive an
amendment might be and even
theugh the people were persuaded
to ill-advised action upon it, yet it
would be better for liberty to com
mit suicide in the open rather than
to be poisoned by indiréection in
the capital of the nation.
“Momentous Decision”
“No more momentous. decjsion
has been raised since the Civil
war. gommon frankness requires
that the administration come for
ward to the people and declare pre
cisely wherein, under our Consti
tution, we can not correct evils
and can not prevent social malad
justments.” }
While some Republicang and
Democrats interpreted the state
ment as a bid by Mr. Hoover for
the presidential nomination next
year, others denied this was nec
essarily the correct way to con
strue it.
Meantime. there was no indica
tion that President Roosevelt, who
returned last night from a fishing
trip on the yacht Sequoia. would
make any statement. From Repre
s€tative Vinson (D.-Ky.) came
the comment: “No constitutional
amendment has been submitted
and nobody has said that one will
be.”
OELASSIE READY T 0
IVAKE CONCESSIONS
Ethiopian Emperor Might
Cede Section of Empire
to Settle Dispute.
ETHIOPIAN SITUATION
AT A GLANCE
(By the Associated Press.)
R O M E.—Official circles
doubtful tri-partite conversa- -
tions in Parig will accomplish
Italo-Ethiopian szttlement.
PARlS.—Havas Ageéency re
ports Emperor Haile Selassie
willing to cede territory for
sea outlet or financial aid-
JOHANNESBURG. — Labor
couneil protests to government
against supplying Italian troops
with meat.
ADDIS ABABA. — Ethiopia
continues to pin faith in the
League of Nations to settle
coniroversy.
P ARIS.— (£ —The Havas
(French) News Agency reported
today in advices from Addis Ababa
|that Emperor Haile Selassie was|
| willing to make concessions to set-i
]‘tle the Italo-Ethiopian conflict. }
| The emperor is ready, dispatches
| said, to cede a section of the em
| pire in return for an outlet to the
| sea and financial aid. |
| The emperor told interviewers |
I that Ethiopia has always been anx-|
|ioug te develop its resources and
'loans are necessary to speed up'
jth‘eh work of civilization, i
i “But another means of aiding
| (Continued op Page Eight) i
Farmand Home Week Opens
At University Today With
Registration by 1,000 Visitors
Wheeler McMillen, Well
.Known Editor, Feature.
~ Speaker Tomorrow.
Men and women, boys and girls
are on their way from modern
farms from all over Georgia to the
University of Georgia today, com
ing to the College of Agriculture’s
farm and Home week. ’
’ This afternoon amd tonight more
‘than 1,000 visitors are expected to
register to spend six days here ex
changing farm and home views and
hearing eminent leaders speak.
They will stay in University dor
mitories.
Wheeler McMillen, editor of the
[Country Home, was to arrive on
an aftrenoon train from New York
city for an address tomorrow
morning on “New Work for Agri
culture.” He will speak to a Farm
and Home week general assembly
in the Physical Education building
tomorrow at 11:30 o’clock.
May Reach 1,500
With farmers, farm women and
4-H club members who will be
here all week, the farmers and
farm women expected to drive in
for special events and Athenians,
the crowd tomorrow morning is
expected to reach 1,600. Seats have
been arranged for this number. |
McMillen will speak as a repre-f
sentative of the National Farm
‘Chemurgic council, which organi
zation seeks to reduce imports of
farm products and to find new
uses for farm products. |
Another feature of the Tuesday
program will be a district meeting
of the Georgia Vegetable Growers
‘association. The meeting will be
!gin at 9 o'clock in Conner hall. All
interested persons are invited.
| Women's Course
An annual farm women’s short
course will also begin tomorrow
and continue 'through Saturday
morning. Boys and girls who have
own unusual leadership in 4-H
zfuh work will be here all week for
leadership conferences.
Besides College of Agriculture
and Agricultural Extension service
specialists, Dr. Linton Gerdine,
Athens physician, will be on the
short course program tomorrow.
Dr. V. P. Sydenstricker, of the
University of Georgia College of ‘
Medicine, at Augusta, will also
speak.
A farm women's public speaking
contest is on the program for to
morrow evening. This event will
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SOLDIERS CONVERGE
FOR MOCK WARFARE
Greatest Peacetime Games
in History Slated for
New York State.
PINE CAMP, N. Y .—(&P)—Sol
d,‘lers from twelve eastern states
and District of Columbia converg
ed on this sandy plainland today
for the greatest war games ever
held by a peace time American
army.
More than 60,000 regular army
}y.nd national guard troops—a num
‘ber equal to half the peace strength
of the American army—will take
part in the mock combat that will
be the annual maneuvers of the
first army from August 17 to 31.
The concentraiion will be the first
test under actual war conditions
if the new field organization align-
Inents worked out by the War de
pariment for the primary detensei
of the nation in the initial stages
of an emergency. i
The largest body of troops will
see action in the 100 square mile
area surrounding Pipe Camp near
Wateriown in north central New
York.
Approximately 40,000 soldiers
from the regular army and the
national guard of New England.
New York and New Jersey will be
stationed here.
An additional 20.000 troops will
be held in strategic reserve to the
main body at Mt. Gretna and In
diantown Gap, on Pennsylvania's
(Continued on Page Two)
SUITS AGAINST AAA
NEARING 1,000 MARK
WASHINGTON, — (#) — With
fresh recruits daily rushing to the
fight against AAA, government
lawyers predicted today the pro
cessing tax will face more than
1,000 attacks on courtroom fronts
by mid-week.
Led by wheat millers, cotton
ginners and meat packers, proces
sors of every “basic commodity”
have joined the fray, and a Su
preme Court test stiil months away
The total of AAA suits has al
ready risen past the 900 mark.
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc¢ Sunday
If Senate Is
“Little Man”
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Country Home magazine, will be
the first Farm and Home week
guest speak at the University. Mc-
Millan will spdak in the Physical
Education building, on the College
of Agriculture campus, tomorrow
morning at 11:30. The public is
urged to hear him.
JAPANESE GENERAL
- STABBED T 0 DEATH
Subordinate Inflicts Fatal
Wound After Argument
With Director.
. TOKYO,—(#)— Lteutenant Gen
eral Tetsuzan Nagata, director
general of Japanese military af
fairs, died today of sword wounds,
which the war office stated were
inflicted by Lieutenant Colonel
Aizawa during a fight in Nagata's
rooms. 't
The incident was said to have
grown out of recent transfers of
army officers.
Gen. Senjuro Hayashi, minister
of war, was said to have prepared
his resignation as a result. General
Nagata was one of his strongest
supporters.
The director General was wound
ed in his rooms in the war otflce‘
where Aizawa called on him this
‘morninz. ‘There was a fierce ar-{
gument, during which the Ilesser
‘ottlcer drew his sword, the war
.office said, and inflicted the wound.
The war office, after reporting
the incident, immedjately imposed
a strict censorship on details.
There has been a growing dis
content among many army officers
:)lnce July 16 when General Hay
“ashi forced the ouster of Gen.
!Jlnzaburo_ly[azakl as director gen
{eral of military education and gave
{his own faction complete adminis
ltration of war affairs.
Mazaki’'s ouster was accome
fpanied by widespread shakeups
!among divisional commanders and
other high officers.
I Nagata, 52, one of the strongest
factors in the Hayashi forces, was
made virtual administrative head
of the army.
Hayashi, when advised of the
mortal wounding of his friend, im
mediately prepared to resign and
assume responsibi'ity of all the
events leading up to today's out-l
break. It was said that the resig
nation probably would not be ac-|
'cepted. {
Aizawa was promptly arrested. !
The minister of war, vice min
ister of war and other high mili
tary officials were summoned to an
emergency meeting.
Foreich News ON THumBNAIL
BERLlN.—Reichsfuehrer Hitler
breaks long silence to disclose him
self as active backer of measures
against the “enemies of state.” Of
ficial announcements add to alarm
of Jews.
ROME.—Doubt is expressed that
the tripartite conference to dis
cuss settlement gs Italo-Ethiopian
conflict will accomplish anything
important.
TOKYO. — Lieutenant General
Tetsuzan Nagata, director general
of Japanese military affairs, dies
after being wounded by sword in
handg of Lieutenant Colonel Aiza-
DEADLOCK. BETWEEN
oENATE AND HOUSE
MIGHT KILL PLANS
Open Split Between Borah
And LaFollette Features
Fight on Amendment.
Substitute Would Touch
Million and Half of
Small Salaries.
WASHINGTON, — (# — Some
legislators predicted today that if
the senate should vote to bring
the “little fellow's” pocketbook
within the scope of the new tax
bill, A senate-house deadlock may
force the Roosevelt administra
tion to scrap the tax bill for this
session,
This feeling, together with an
open split between two noted sena
torial independents, forcast new
and hotter fighting on the contro
versal issue.
Senator Borah (R-Ida) attacked
the senate finance committee plan
for lower exemptions and higher
taxes on small incomes a plan
which Senator [LaFollette (Pro-
Wis) succeeded in getting the
committee to substitute for the
house program last Saturday.
“To increase taxes in this region
and among these tax-payers is to
accentuate their burden which al
ready is heavy enough and neces
saryily to lower their standard of
living,” Borah gaid in a Sunday
night statement. He said he would
vote against such a Sunday night
statement. He said he would vote
against such a move, and that oth
er independents were “critical” of
it. i
Lowers Exemption
(The LaFollette plan lowers in
come tax exemptions for marriei
persons from the present $2,500 .
' $2,000 and for single persons from
SI,OOO to SBOO, and increaseés the
gurtaxes all along the line. The
house bill would leave present taxes
on income bslow - $50,000 un
changed). 3
Legislators who forecast a pos
gsible scrapping of the whole tax
program, while unwilling to be
quoted by name, pointed to expert
estimates that 1,500,000 persons
with small incomes would be added
to the income tax-payers rolls un
der the new amendment. 4
They also reminded newsmen
that all seats in the house are at
stake in next yeur's election.”
Revenue in Line § S
LaFollette offered the amend
ment as a means of bringing fed
eral revenue more in line with
expenditures. b
. Though President Roosevelt
wds back in town from a fishing
trip on the yacht Sequoia, there
wag no public indication as to how
he felt over the way legislators
were treating his demand for what
he termed “distribution of wealth.”
Besides rewriting the house
bill’'s income tax provlsions,“‘fty;_,“_
senate finance committe also alter
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Frank Gaines Killed
In Automobile Crash
In City of Elberton
ELBERTON, Ga.—(Special.)
—Frank Gaines, well known
Athens automobile man, was
killed here this afternoon
about 2:30 o’clock when a car
driven by him was in collision
with an Elbert county truck in
front of the high school build
ing.
Following the accident, Mr.
Gaines was rushd to the hos- .
pital and lived about five min
utes. Details of the accident
have not been revealed.
Mr. Gaines’ body wag taken
to Wright Funeral Home await
. ing arrival of relatives from
Athens. :
By The Associated Press
wa, allegedly as a result of unm-
Ular transfer of army officers.
ADDIS ABABA.—Haile Selassie
ping hi§ faith ir the League of Na
tions, France and Great Britain
for a solution ox}t‘-j ,~,le°'%:'?'
pian controv er ‘ g ik 1
PARIS. — Hayas Newsg ency
reports Emperor Haile m
willing to cede strip of territory in =
exchange son outlet to the sea ora
financial loan. %}z
BANGKOK.—Princg Anuvatana.
chairman of the regency ”‘
for 11-year-old King of Siam, dies,
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