Funding for the digitization of this title was provided by the University of Georgia Libraries.
About Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1935)
~ LOCAL COTTON ‘ MIDDI.ING W U e e PREV. CLOSE.... woox coovvunile 01. 103. No. 198. . . issing Walton C ® ountian Found B . uried 3 Months ody of Drowned Man Is Disinterred and lden tified by Parents DISTRICT NEWS ew Building, Increased Farm Properties Report ed by Counties A mystery as s'range as any ping in fiction or the screen oved through its final chapter ne other day at SOCIAL CIRCLE, en miles from MONROE, as the ody of Emersop Brooks, z4-year-} 1d son of prominent SOCIAL CIR LE parents finally was laid toi est in the family cemetery lot, | fter lying unidentified in an AU USTA graveyard for nearly three‘ onths ;’ vYoung Brooks, according to the | tory related by his parents, Mr. | pd M 1 June W. Brooks, loftj ome June 2 to seek work in| outh Carolina. He was nevpr‘ eard from sinece, all frantic ef—‘ orts of his amily to discover some | jue to his fate or whereaboutsl oing for naught. - A few days ago, through an At- | anta friend and Mr. and Mrs. | rooks heard of the drowning of | n uvidentified youth oecurring in | he Savannah river near Augusta | une 3. Tuesday, armed with ex-| av photographs. of their missing | or's left hand, to insure positive? ientification, they went to Aus| usta and had the body of the | rowning victim disinterred. In-| tanily they recognized their son, | Tuesday night the body was re- | urved so SOCIAL CIRGLE and| renared for re-interment. Pastor! . J. Copeland, of the S(N‘IALi ‘TRCLE Methodist church, con~ | ucted the rites at the graveside| n the city cemetery. | Surviving the dead youth, h(‘~i ides his parents, are one brother, | Javwood Brooks, of Soecial Circle, | nd three sisters, Misses Lillian| d Elizabeth Brooks, =of Social sircle, and Mrs. J.' H. Pierce, ot’i Atlanta 1 —— | ADISON LEADS IN ‘ CREAGE iIN WHEAT | Farmers in MADISON ecounty| re proud of their record in wheat rocduction Last vear the acreage f wheat harvested in ’.\fADISC)N‘ vas the largest of any county in| reorgia with OGLETHORPE| ounty second MADISON county | arveste 8,301 acres of wheat, | 3 OGLETHORPE harvested 5, | 02 acres, a total production for| ha nty of 58,674 bushels as| peainst 15,970 bushels in 1929. This| ear OGLETHORPE farmers ex- | ected to harvest 70,000 bushels of | Wheat 1 EW BUILDING FOR CHOOL AT MONROE °* i A new academic building will| oon be built by the county-ownead veorgia Vocational and ‘Trades| chool at MONROE. The vmm’f‘\'l has appropriated $75,000 to con truct the new building, The .:mn(’tl ury this week directed the county | ommissioners to raise the coun- | tv's chare of the cost of the mew| (Continued On Page Five) | ~ LOCAL WEATHER - ‘ %'.é« 1 4 \ Generally fair B N tonight and Sat s urday, slightly \ ‘ cooler on the '? § |coast tonight. }gsill/’» ¥ {7 FAIQ TEMPERATURE Highest it Wit iR D LOWeSE. .cn e s ke i 0D B f Mean...; (Lo o iie T B E Normal. . ;ooiem it Sas tOOLO | RAINFALL | Inches last 24 H0ur5....,..« 13 Total sinc, August 1....... 1.69 Deficit since August 1...:.. 2.85 \verage August rainfall.... 4.87 Total since January 1......34.53 _\[2"% it since January 1..... 1.58 STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press ATLANTA — Governor quene‘ Talmadge said his legal staff had informed him the papers in the; fate's suit attacking validity of the six-cent tax on cotton ginned in excess of Bankhead allotments Vere completed and would be filed In federal coust today. It was at the governor's direc ton that the attorney general’s of fice drew a petition seeking to en -9ln further collection of the tax. It was understood the suit would tharge the entire AAA is unconsti 'itional and that the tax violates the fourteenth amendment. WAYCROSS — A man who told Police he wag Ray Eschelback of St.l Louis wag held here today 10"% Jacksonville, Fla., authorities on a ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Cecil Allen, Air Race, BELGIANS GATHERTO PAY LASTHOMAGE TO DEAD QUEEN ASITRID ' Body of Beloved Queen Is ! Returned to Brussels i By Special Train ALL NATION MOURNS Funeral Is Set for Next Tuesday Morning at Eleven O’clock ‘ By EDOUARD TRAUS Asscciatod Press Foreign Staff BRUSSELS.—(#)—Lon g lines of Belgians entered the royal palace | 0 Queen Astrid, who |was killed yesterday in an autoe imobtle accident in Switzerland. ’ It was eighteen months ago thatl {these same folk came to view the imortal remains of King Albért, 1“’“0 also died by accident. " Funeral services are to be held! next Tuesday, .probably at 11 a. m. | The dead \ Queen Astrid came| Iback to the capital to the mufflea Poll of drums and to the sound or| bugles playing “Aux Champs"—“ !the call usually sounded at fun {erals. i Banked with white flowers and Ilighted by’ six large candles, the simple coffin was placed in the lPalace Chapel (Chapelle Ardente). Special Train The special train that bore the body from Switzerland as it drew into the downtown Gare Du Nordl station at 8:40 a. m., 2:40 eastern standard time) found a city in deep mourning, Sorrowing crowds wept openly in the streets and behind them idoors were draped with black crepe and shop windows were shuttered. A deathlike hush .fell over the ’or‘owd outside the station as the queen’s body wag lifted from the lcoach in which it made the over-l inlght journey from Lucerne. | Sobs from the bareheaded crowd !broke the deep silence as attendants ,placed the casket in the motor hearse outside the somberly draped ]station and stepped back to await ithe start of the drive to the pal |ace. Funeral March 1 Then drums, hung with heavy {plack velvet, began the funeral ‘roll. and the notes from the trum pets on a band of army buglers irang out strangely and sharply ini \the usually bustling square facing | the station. | | King Leopold left the train at| |Gare Du Luxembourg, before it ar- | [rived at the downtown station, and; ;dmve to he palace in an auomo- | Ipile to await his queen’'s body. 5 ‘ Governmentdl and city dignitari- | les rode in six automobiles which imoved behind the hearse as the{ |sad procession to the palace began. iTroops lined each side of the cor-’ ‘tege wound its way ‘slowly up IBoule&vaz‘de Du Jardin Botanique and turned into Rue Royale, which‘ led straight to the gates of the | palace. ) | | Church Bells Toll ? | Church bells tolled throughout (the city. Hundreds of persons who 'packed the sidewalks, crossed| ‘themselves and whispered soffl.w;‘ iworded prayers as the body of the | iqueen in a coffin covered with a | iwreath of roses passed along. f | Tiny children clutched mothers®| ‘hands watching the mournful dra~; ma. Queen Astrid’s three children Iplayed gaily in a garden in "“ei ,of the- Royal Villas, unaware that | | their mother never would return | lt(v them. | King Leopold was sad-eyed and, Ifatigued from a troubled day and a’ isleepless night. { Saddened King ! : In the palace as he awaited the ;arrival of the cortege he sat “"ith‘ l (Continued On Page Five) } Icharge of robbing a telephone of - | fice there. | Officers J. G. Deloach and J. A. ‘Hall arrested him in a woods near here yesterday when he fled on foot after wrecking his automobile, Previously Brunswick police had pursued him some distance but lost he trail. The officers said a sum of money was recovered from the wrecked automobile. J CAlßO—Angus A. Acree of At lanta, former newspaperman and more recently with the state bhoard of health, has been elected execu tive secretary of the Cario and Grady county chamber of com merce to succeed J. M. Hughes, (Continued On Page Four) TALMADGE SAYS F.R. 1S ‘FORGOTTEN MAN’ SENOIA, Ga.—(P)—Gover nor Eugene Talmadge, foe of’ the national administration, called President Roosevelt “The Forgotten Man” at a barbecue yesterday. A Guest of honor at the feast for patrons of the gin of Carl C. McKnight, Coweta county cotton ginner and planter, the governor made an informal talk from the outside- stair- . way of a peach packing house. LONG ISLAND CHILD fi i MAY BE LINDY BABY Y New York Expert Says It Is Impossible to Check Fingerprints, However NEW YORK.—(#)—Dr. Eras mus* M. Hudson, fingerprint ex pert who figured prominently in the Lindbergh kidnaping case, said[ tcday that the fingerprints of thel Lindbergh baby could not be com- | pared with those of the body | identified as that of the child be- | cause “the hands were missing | from the body.” 1 According to the autopsy re- | port which Dr. Charles H. Mitch- | ell, Mercer county physician,! handed New Jeresey state police | the left hand and right furearml were missing from the body ”fi the child which Colonel Charles| Lndbergh identified as his own. | In California, where he is in-| vestigating “néw ~évidence,” C. Lloyd Fisher, chief attorney for{ Bruno Richard Hauptmann, con-’ demned to death for the kidnap-' iny, said that there is a child on Long Island who strongly resem-‘ bles the Lindbergh child as it' possibly would appear now and who “might be the missing Lind- | bergh baby.” | Dr. Hudson, who first uamo| into the case at the request Of[ (Continued on Page Five) ! ] | | ; : l - MENG 00K ] —_— | | Tertific Rainstorms Over 1 Scattered Areas Cause Apprehension for Lives EL PASO, Texas — (#) — Ter | rific rainstorms flooded scattered areas of the deep southwest today, causing unestimated damage and bringing apprehension for addition lal lives. ' ; Las Cruces, N. M.; 45 miles northl |of here, was flooded by heavy rain !fall in the upper Rio Grande Valley,l iat the same time searchers hunted ! {the body of a fifth victim of the) | Transcontinental bus tragedy at }Willcox, Ariz,, 300 miles to the! lWest. | Steve Stapleton, 28, of Dallas, | Texas, was believed killed at thel same time four others perished when the bus was swept off the! {highway in a gudden torrent. l i At Lag Cruces water was two feet deep in the main streets andi Mayor J. Benson Newell said theg storm was “very bad, but I don't! know how bad.” ‘ Heavy rains also were reported| in the Belen and Socorro area,s! along the Rio Grande above La.sl Cruces, A Santa Fe railroad bridge | was washed out at Rio Flado and' the train from Albequergue to El Paso was held at the station. § l Bodies recovered, after a muddy |deluge trapped the bus and its 28[ ipassengers Wednesday night, were those of: ! Joe N. Sablin, 65, 3945 Jackson| ’Bnulevard. Chicago. { Mary Desh, 28, and Reyon Desh,] 11, siters of Tuscon, Ariz. I John J. Real, Tulsa, Okla. i Sheriff Pruitt said the sisters| ldiod clinging to each other in the! {bus, while the other passengers, | climbed to the top .of the vehicle| |or attempted to flee. Sablin and| !Hpal were caught in the flood as| ithey struggled to gain a pilace of | | refuge. i | Tiee Gillmer, driver of the stage,| | was cleared of blame when a coro- | [ ner’'s jury returned averdict that| !the tragedy was “unavoidable.” | ; The bus driver said he stopped‘ | the machine on high ground to| wait for water to drain from a! | railroad underpass. The next he] Eknew. he added, was th a de-‘f {luge of water, preceded bt a wild | | roar, swept down the hillside, - | Contestant in Transcontinental Instantly Killed in Takeoff Today Mile aMi for M 2 s ile a Minute for Model Plane :sS b v R 3 B 3 80 B BRRR Re RO R SRR ey N S B e R L B 0 Bianans o SESISRERSTRER Mt se s SRS R e > ST R R R e S R o COASERRERRE R R Fo3 -,;5:" v R S s 0 0 s B e 228 -:.:;sll'll:33B33s‘3:s:s::3':“""‘:Eizsiii'in'?r':?-”"??:"f‘«: % B S B oo e R 2 e e.4SR 4 S L R 5% B - Y RR; e : Sl G MR B R EEsR el Tl PR B R R R RR S & e R R e SR R Y e A B B ame aa R L R P S BT R B e R T Bet - S B R R R ) SRR e s - ,1"‘3‘:53:111:1:‘.' . E:"?B'-;l::g\v-':l PRIV RS 3 B o L R A bTR e PO e e £e w 5 ‘ ;j:-zf;’:? SRR G e R eEE o S ?s:‘3§i§2§§s§§3§i£§:e:€32f:?:é:?i'z;;fz.,léiéjifi:lzifif*iii R T f ‘SR S e e SRR B R R s g S R R S am R |osians. SR L e B eg S o T G st R e e éfl e X Ge e R e S «g B S i e o RbA R : X S 3?157?&15’25'525131513;5:2:55;':1315?5151?'525'&":ii'«.:E:E:‘,:E:E:E:5:5:5:5;'(.1:5:: ol :;{&5:5:3:3:212:?:‘;;5:2:1: RRs T 3 3 % R R B e o sy o s 2 00l e o e o R : s R 6’*? o S O 3 g i :‘-::j,__';,,.;:??‘.:;: e eSO B W e ReBS T e A R S b e e sos e set T S e el e e e RR O s O e % S R “1«\ *z?‘”@ iRy s o p B Ret G S R oesanoeaußeiaße e K x}é& R 2 BB o o e , ~-::~£:::.-:- R e S R BRS P 3 A A R, g % R R SRS e A SRRAII. .. ol B agey o S Si e ee-l:S > R e A e Eoaal Ll R o BS g 4 e b o Tvena e sTR e J o e el e O e nnny | doninnaa v- i i . T g -'G e 3 e 2 3 S RPRRRR 2 PRSI S RSB R R G 2R = This trim yellow model plane, flashing over an 88-foot course in one second, set a world speed record of 60 miles an hour for model air craft. - Its owner, Leonard Becker, 18, Lakewood, 0.,” is shown with his speedster just before the takeoff in the Scripps-Howard junior aviator national air races in Cleéveland, O. The plane is pow ered with a rubber band motor amd during part of f{its flight, watched by a great crowd, traveled several miles faster than its 60-mile average, Thompson Given Life Sentence For Slaying Walton County Man ] . e | ~ MONROE, Ga.—(Special)—J. 'G. lThompson of . Walton county was convicted: of murdering Wm. Riley !by a jury in Walton Superior court last night and sentenced to life imprisonment upon the iury’s rec= ommendation for mercy. e Judge Blanton Fortson imposed sentence upon Thompson, the !jury's recommendation for mercy carrying with it a fixed sentence lof life imprisonment, . The verdict was returned about 9 o’clock, after which attorneys for Thompson filed motion for a new trial which will be heard by Judge Fortson October 5. Court adjourned for the term after com pletion- of the Thompson trial. ‘ Solicitor General H. H. West {represented the state in the trial of ‘Thompson, who was represented by Orrin Roberts, E. W. Roberts and James Roberts. Thompson ad mitted slaying Riley, his cousin, but claimed self-defense. The state charged mfrder. Thompson is said to have ‘slain Riley shortly after the latter left the house where Thempson’s es tranged wife was residing, about three miles. from the defendant’s home at Walnut Grove. Testimony showed' that Thompson and Riley were on apparently good terms and prior to the shootine had eat en supper together at the home of Thompson's daughter. Thompson then left to go on a fox hunt, the shooting taking place later on in the night. Choice Wright, a Negro, was found guilty of stabbing Gooh Rob inson and sentenced to serve from one to three years imprisonment. He was tried for manslaughter. The grand jury made its pre States Await Federal Aid In Social Security Plans (By the Associated Press) | Brand new old age pension plans were - snarled in many states by congress’ failure to appropriate money to make the social security act effective. | An - Associated Press survey brought responses from 31 states and the District of Columbia. \‘ Typical replies: | “We cannot start without federal aid.” | “We are ready to proceed, but need federal cooperation.” | “We can go ahead only on a cur tailed basis until congress provides federal funds in January.” | The legislatures of nearly a score of states passed laws at their last sessions setting up new old age pensions system or revamping laws; to conform to the federal measure. Plans for several special legisla tive sessions to pasg law to permit cooperation with the federal gov ernment were disrupted. : Legislatures of Vermont, Massa chusetts, Missouri, Illinois, Calif ornia, Connecticutt, Texas, New Hampshire Rhode Island, Oregon, Montana and Washington were among those either enacting new statues or reviving existing ones to make it easy to blend state and federal efforts to aid the aged. ' Maryland has been most liberal of the states already -paying old, Athens, Ca., Friday, August 30, 1935, sentments Thursday. Harry Laun ius was foreman. : Court began sessions for the August term Jast week. The larg est number of pleas of guilty in the history of the court were made ring the session, I WILL IS BROKEN | After a court battle that lasted for nearly four days, engaging a formidable array of legal talent land attracting wide public inter ‘est, a Ijury in . Walton superior !court returned a verdict upholding ithe contentions of six children ‘'who sought to set aside a will left by their father, the Ilate Henry ‘Micheu, of Bold Springs, whe died 'last Noyember. ' Invoiving about $75,000 in real and personal property, nearly all sot which was left to one son, John 'C. Mitchell, the case revolved; ‘around the contention of the other! }chfldren that the will was made; ‘under “undue influence” and “men ‘tal incapacity”. ] . Motien for new trial was filed by IMr. ‘Mitchell’s counsel shortly after Erendition of' the verdict, Judge Fortson setting October 26 as the date for hearing on the petition. Parties bringing suit against iMr. Mitchell were: Mrs, S. M. !Stewart, of this county; Mrs. H. T. Hendrix, Mrs. Henry Thomp-( lson and W. H. Mitchell, of Beth« ilehem; Mrs. Maggie Ridgeway ol Winder, and Mrs. June L. Ivey, of ‘;’Decatur. Y . Counsel for the six Mitchell heirs were Attorneys Joe Quillian and Earl Harris, of Winder and A. iMorr!s Kelly and E. M. Williams, of Monroe. John C. Mitchell's at ;torneys were Roberts and Roberts and E. W. Roberts. |age pensions, with S6O a month the ' maximum per person. The state ' pays two-thirds of this sum, the [countles one-third. It is planned 'to shift a_third from the state to? the national government, l i Four southern states—Virginia, ' North and South Carclina and | Tennessee—reported no existing {old age pension status and no im mediate plans for tnelr eactment. Virginia is studying the situation ‘and plans to make recommenda ‘tions to the 1936 legislature. ~ Governor Eugene Talmadge of 'Georgia, an administration foe, 'vetoed a law passed by the last| legislature which would have per-| 'mitted the state to participate in, federal old age pdnsion aid, if and | iwhen money is made available. } ' The Alabama legislature now is| ’ln session, with old age pensionl and unemployed insurance ques-§ tions, supported by Governor Bibbg %(}raves. before it. 1 PADDLES FOR BOYS f On the eve of the Athens City | Ping-Pong tournaments, the Y.! M. C. A. yesterday added two! dozen new paddles to its equip-| ment. ! Ping-pong paddles have been | ;badly needed at the “Y" for some! itlme. #nd tle new ones will come | in very bandy. | fl i METHODISTS NAMED iGroup Chosen to Direct | “Forward Movement” “ Within District PERSONNEL GIVEN 'Dlel’lC‘l‘-Wlde Committee To Hear Bishop W. N. , Ainsworth Soon ©Ong hundred lay members of the 'Atlmns-rjlberton district of the i Methodist church last might were {appointed a committee to direct a tdistrict-wido “Forward Movement”, | The personnel of the committee | was selected at ‘@ meeting here by la committee comprising Dr. ¢. C | Jarrell, presiding elder; Dr. N. G. iSlaughter, Athens; Judge C. B. | Sutton, Washinrgton and L. P. | Webb, Lavonia, lay leaders, The lcommittee was authorized at the jrecent district conference in Ath ens, {2 A meeting of the district-wide | committee will be held here at an :(‘:xl'l),' date at which time Bishop I\V. N. Ainsworth will speak. The | committee personnel follows: f Apalachee: Y. A. Bailey, pastor; i.r. M. Few, Rev. M. J. Smith, G. lA. Nunn, E. W, Knott, | | Athens’ Circuit: D. L. Hagood, fp:u.:tm'; W. W. Fowler, Bogart; [ Mrs. Jewell Williams, Athens; ! Mise Annie IL.ou Wallace, Athens; C. A. Atkinson, Athens. | | Athens, First church: Lester { Rumble, pastor; T. F, Comer, 8. A. Hale, H. H. West, R. E. Nes« bit. | Athens, Oconee Street: o Langford, pastor; Roy Wilson, H. IG, Callahan, E. 8., Kirk, Athens. { Athens, Young Harris: L. B. I Jones, pastor; C. A. Fowler, H. /K. Brackett, Mrs. O. V. Walton, {F. G. Bell, R. E, Bidam. | Bishop: Graham Davis, pastor; |J. E. ODillon, Mrs. A. B. Pors Iter, Bishop;” W. C. Aycock, Wat |kinsville; Miss Mary Claire Lan ldrum, High Shoals, Ga. : | | Bowman: W. C. Purcell, pastor;‘ |Dr. G, T. Harper, Dewey Rose; | Miss Drusey Gaines, Dewey Rose;l |L. G. Sanders, Elberton; W. O. | j}-[uf!'. Bowman, | Buckhead: W. E. Chapple, pas |tor; E. R. Smith, Greshamville; M | (Continued On Page Five) | s i | Operation of Alleged Es pionage Ring Brings In vestigation Thursday \ HANKOW, ' China.—(®)—lnvest!- |gation by Chinése authorities into ithe operation of an alleged inter national espionage ring in China ]resulted today in the detention of !four foreigners, including two who |claimed to be Americans. | The arrests followed closely the itrial and conviction'of a man giv ling his name as Joseph Walden, 'whn was sentenced to 15 years in {prison by the Hupeh high court. | Walden who throughout his trial maintained a tight-lipped silence regarding his activities, clams to be a Frenchman, The following statement was lauthorized by- the United States consulate: | “The Chinese authorities inform fed the United States consulate yesterday that two men whom they Ehad taken into custody earlier iclaimed to be American citizens. . “A consular official interviewed ‘the men and examined their pa ipel's. As théy appeared to bhe lUnited States citizens, the Chi lnrso released them into the con sulate’'s charge. The men are not !Hankow residents.” i B | | ONE IS SAVANNAHAN ‘ | SHANGHAI — (#) — Two men claiming to be Americans arrested by Chinese authorities at Hank()Wl today were described as Juliusi Lemcke of Michigan, and Eugene Brinson of Savannah, Ga. by I~‘el~¢ than Watson, United States dis-; trict attorney here, who was ad vised of the men's alleged identi-| fication by the United States con-| sular authorities in Hankow. ’ Lemcke is reported to be a long- | time resident of Shanghai while | Brinson is believed to be a recent| arrival. According to Watson the | men are being held in the Britishi consulate jail at Hankow awaiting | the United States attorney’s or- | ders. Watson believed it likely' they would be brought to Shang- | hai for trial in the United Statee; court in China. l Watson smid the Chjinese said (Continued on Fage Five' A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc¢ Sunday . ¢ Q t Marconi’s Tests »—,. ‘;--_.—_—-———-‘-—-I——_-fl.l ';'., S Lo e, i 1 o L eTR e S s ; T e : For eNS U } ee e S G S R e Ll amiiaen s DR S s y i o™ OLR R N o, W el e T s . e G R R g BN U e L e Vi A e R R 7 ! ¢ lM RN S / [ L e e e RN ¥ Success in tests that may revolu tionize' warfare methods, using ultra short javes to paralyze operation of planes, warships, and motorized land equipment, is believed near by Guglielmo Marconi, above, wireless telegra phy inventor, who announced in Italy that his experiments are in an advanced stage. He made his revelation as he volunteered for army service in East Africa. | ’ J | ! ! | e iManeuvers on Austrian - Frontier Take on Aspect . Of Real Warfare { ETHIOPIAN SITUATION i AT A GLANCE !I BOLZANO, Italy.—Artillery J fired real shells over the heads of advancing infantrymen in war maneuvers to cure them of panic from their won fire, ADDIS ABABA. — British, . French and Greek legations l are understood to have given . assurances there is no prese - _ent cause of alarm. | LONDON/—A notice posted at the Ethiopian legation ac- } knowledges that contributions | | to the empire’s cause are “gratefully received.” / By ANDRUE BERDING Associated Press Foreign Staff. | WITH THE ITALIAN ARMY, | BOLZANO, Italy.— (&) ~Make«l believe was abandoned in the war maneuvers on the Austrian fron tier today as the Italian artillery and machine guns poured shells and bullets over the heads of thousands of advancing infantry. The deadly missles were sub stituted for harmless explosives by leaders who reasoned that reall artillery fire was designed to] eliminate the panic into which thql soldiers often fall when they hear | the shells of their own guns whist ling over them. f Balbo Looks On Musselini and his war generals, including Italo Balbo, Italy's ‘“for goten hero,” attended the exer cises. General Balbo stood in the center of a ,group of military chieftains who talked with him of | military problems, particularly in; the province of Libya, where ho§ is governor. | Political circles were much in- | terested in the tone Mussolini will | adopt in a speech tomorrow in | his final review of the tmops.! much, they said, deends upon the reaction his extraordinary cabine-t! declaration is receiving in thej other capitals of . lurope, partiou”f larly London. If London's impres 'sion is favorable, it is said, Mus- | solin’s speech will be most (-onril-] iatory. ForeigN News ON THUMBNAIL By The Associated Press BRUSSE%S—The body of Queenl Astrid reached Brussels and was borne to the royal palace through[ streets lined with thousands ot‘i mourning Belgians. ADDIS ABABA — The ®ritish, French and Greek legations assur® ed their nationals there was no imediate danger, ana said they would be given at least a fort night’s warning in the event of danger of Italian invasion. BOLZANO, Italy — The Italian army maneuvers continued with the infantry getting a taste of real fighting conditions when the artil lery started pouring shells over their heads. y g HSYE 'Eight Other Pilots Roar | East in Battle For =+ ' $12,500 Prize i 'VICTIM WAS ONLY 33 | i it ' Accident Occurs in Heavy | Fog Which Surrounded ' Burbank Airport By PAUL B. ZIMMERMAN I Associated Press Staff Writer. . UNION AIR TERMINAL, BUR BANK, Calif.—(#)—Death claimed Cecil Allen early today as he fol . lowed eight other planes roaring !toward Cleveland and New York in the annual $12,500 Bendix Tro- I phy race. Allen, 33-year old former trans- IPILCifiC flier, was killed when his { Gee Bee plane crashed a mile away from the terminal, appar ently never having gained. alti tude after diving down the fog-' bound runway. N Meanwhile, the eight other fliers, including such prominent aviation figures as Amelia BEar ’hart and Colonel Roscoe Turner, sped eastward, unaware of the tragedy. i Grounded in Field 3 Allen's speedy craft grounded (in a field. just off. Lankersheim IBoulevm-d in North Hollywoed, | plowing a deep furrow in. the lgmund before it /was demolifaed and its wreckage scattered for iSOO feet. t | The pilot obviously had no time |tn save himself, so quickly did | his plane hit. ! Allen first flew to flame whemw he and Don Moyle attempted & imm-stop flight . across the Pacific iin 1931. Battling storms and tugl | shortage, they took a month to fly ]from Japan to Tacoma, Wash., | after being forced down on a ‘hlenk Aleutian Island and then. | flying to the Siberian coast with lpaint thinner, which they used as | fuel. ( First Experience { % Today's flight was his first ex ’pe:‘ifmce in a trans-continental ! speed dasgh. i His ship, the “Spirit of Right," | was sponsored by a religious group. A crowd estimated at 10,000 persons saw the takeoffs. H‘ Fairly good weather conditions were promised the pilots after they once clezred the mantle of fog here, and it was predicted that a time of close to nine hours for {' the trip of those continuing to (Continued On Page Five) f Fatker of Earl Mann ® . tl i ‘ Is Killed in Atlanta ATLANTA, Ga.—(#)—Orien@.is Mann, father of Earl Mann, “prés+ ident of the Atlanta Baseball ¢Qf: poration, was Kkilled early today . when he was struck by an aute-- mobile. He was 70. e Mann was walking home from.. the Ponce De Leon basekall™park ™ following the double-header night * baseball game between Atlanta and New Orleans. & Police reported the driver of the car-was P, W. Buntyn of Atlanta.. He was charged with reckless driving and released under 4 ssoo°" bond. e The driver told police he swervs:s ed sharply in an effort to avoid striking Mann. After the accident, he stopped immediately and took = the injured man to a hospital where he died a few minutes later. 3 A resident of Atlanta for 28 yvears, Mann had been employed' for several years by the Ca’ifihfi‘ City club. N i 2r SR | LONDON — The Ethiopian ega [tion displayed a sign announch te !that “donations for the u’ : |cause are gratefully received.” Le- o |gation officials said there had beem imany contributions, L % BERLIN—The protestant ce ‘fi; sional _synod must decide today or tomorrow whether it will submit to state management of church as« . fairs, ; TR LONDON — A Reuters (British) | News agency dispatch flw jcow today said Henri Barbusse |noted French writer, died. | The dispatches said he had bees |in the Kremlin hospital for severs : e o ‘:; | Continued On Page Fous) .
