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Newspaper Page Text~ LOCAL COTTON WIDDLING 7-8 .. .. v .0 L.IBO DREV. CLOSE .. .. .. .. .12 Vol. 103, No. 273. Negro School Is Approved Today By Adminstrator Notice was received this morn ing by B. M. Girier, superintendent of city schools, of the approval of an application to the Federal gov ernment for PWA funds to build a new Negro school building. | Houston Johnston, regional di rector of the WPA notified Mr. Grier this morning that administra- | tor had approved the project which ' is now subject to approval by the gresident and comptroller general, | In notifying Mr, Grier, Johnsoni arged him to notify the m'ehitectsi to make thkeir plans so that ad-i vertisements for bids could be is qued not later than November 28! Bids will probably be opened Dec- | emter 13 or 14, | The building committee of the] hoard of education met this morn ing and instructed the architect to fill specifications for letting hidsi for building the new school housel The new Negro school will be buﬂt' on West Broad street, and will bel one of the most modern in thei south. It is estimated that the building, to be composed of 14 rooms, wiil cost about $26,000, of which appro ximately $12,006 will be paid by the | government. Brick and material salvaged when Baxter street school! was demolished, will be used, sav-! ing the board of education consid-! erably. | Although the building commuteej was given authority, a special meeting of the board of education! nas been called for Wednesday aft-é ernoon, after plans have been re- | ceived, to decided if any changes are necessary. Edwards and Say- | ward of Atlanta are the urchitov(.\nf . . Miss Hodgson Will Deliver Address in Atlanta on Tuesday Miss Roberta Hodgson, well nown historian and student of in ternational relations, will® be the principal speaker at a meeting of the Atlanta League of ‘Women Voters at Piedmont Driving club Lomorrow. Miss Hodgson, who recently re turned from Geneva, will probably discuss the Italo-Ethiopian conflicr wmd its relation to world peace, e T | a | Athenians to Give ; . . ‘ Radio Greetings to - ) President Roosevelt —_— | Two Athenians, and a former lo cal citizen will speak over the radio in Atlanta. Friday in the groap giv-f ing greetings to President Frank lin D, Roosevelt. | Miss Moina Michael give greet ings from the “Poppy Lady;” Mrs. E-:"mnr" Rutherford Lipscomb, of Lakemont, formerly of Athens, will give greetings. from the mountain ctizens of Georgia and Abit Nix will give greetings from northeast ‘.i'_-_urgz.| Mr. Nia will speak oyer WSB and Mrs. Lipscomb and Miss‘ Michael will speak over WYGST. ‘ Athens Waterworks Men | Pass Examinations For Operating Plants Here: Two employes of the Athens wat fr'vorks have passed the Clasg B famination given by the Georgia Waterworks and Sewage Operators| ‘ lation, and one has passed the! ‘ass C test. | G W. Waldrup and J. D. Anch-| s, veteran waterworks men, pass -0 the B examinations recently,! “d will be eligible for the A tests| -iwx: year. J, H, Willlams, who| 48 been employed on the water-| "Ulks for about three months,| Vissed the C test, and will be ell- | fible for the B examination noxti ear, ‘ ‘he Georgia Wiaterworks and! f\'\‘“’"' Operators association Is, [Mposed of Waterworlks superin-I _dents, superintendents of filter-| _ions, waterworks operators, and| %% lormed for the purpose of nd-l Lnelng knowledge of water purr-! fication . Mty Engineer J. G, Beacham| 4 today he was very proud of | % marks made on the examina- | his men, i Eo : ! 1 v ey | ‘ol || Fair, not quite sofß? ¥ 1 I A &/ ‘ told tonight; sy | v .rnbamy frost in (~ “\‘ | Merior. Tuesday{*” SREAY | ¢ W e’ | ir with rising .I.'-:\‘\‘ : ’*"‘lcf'ature, } l ; ' FAIR | . TEMPERATURE i lighest ~ ;" in b kg | e VOBt L. o B 0 ki aw b widdo vOB oy gaicemen ag wdl i B mal .ol o e R RAINFALL } o 8 last 24 h0ur5g..,..... o.oo] g2l since November 1 ... 3.41] ;;-k.‘,“cs since November 1 .. .99 roiiage November rainfall. 2.89 D:“‘_ since January 1......41.47 it since January 1 .... 861 ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Mussolini Scores Diplomatic Victory Athens Nominates Mayor, Five Councilmen Tuesday , 4 | { Mayor Dudley, T. S. Mell Candidates in Mayor alty Race. First and Fourth Wards Furnish Only Council Contests. A mavor and five councilmen will be nominated in the Athens Demo cratic primary tomorrow, the polls opéning at 9 o'cloek and closing at 4 pm Two candidates are listed for the mayoralty nomination, Mayor A, Q. Dudley and T. 8. Mell Only two contests are underway in the city wards, Councilman W. H. Paul having opposition from Pryor F. Johnson in the First ward and Councilman R. W. Phillips op posed in the Fourth by T. L. Eld er. Councilmen C. S. Martin of the Second ward; D. D. Quillan, Fifth ward and former councilman George . Armstrong of the Third will be nominated. without opposition. Nearly three thousand citizens are qualified to vote in tomorrow’s primary and while there are only two councjlman contests the mayor’s race is expected to attract a large number of voters to the polls in all of the wards, - ¢, g : The general city election will be held Wednesday, December 4, at which time the Democratic nomin eeg will be ratified. The voting will be conducted strictly under the Australian bal lot system- | In the First ward the poling place will be in the old King- Hodgson store with the entrance on Broad street. Managers wil] be Young Davis and Miss Agnes Bray~| Clerks will be Mrs,J. B. Farr, Mrs. | C. S. Denny and Mrs. R. E. Breed-l love. R Voters in the Second ward will cast their ballots at City hall where the managers wil] be Mrs. Thad H. Hawking, jr., and R. 8 Crane. Clerks will be L. E. Brooks Mrs. Walter Bishop and Mrs. Wil liam J. Russell. In the Third ward citizens will vote at the Y. M. C. A. building on Lumpkin street. Managers will be Judge Milton Thomas and Mrs. S. P. Reaves. Clerks are Mrs. Peter F. Brown, Mrs. Munroe (Continued on Page Two) PLAYGROUND VOTE PETTION TANED Legality features in connection | with the petition to call a referen-I dum election on a recreational pro gram for Athens have been settled and ecity council will take it up at its next regular meeting, December | 4, i The petition wsa presented to council at its last meeting and re ferred to the city attorney and city clerkk to investigate legal regula tions governing the referendum, * Mayor A. G. Dudley said today that ‘it has been found that all legal regulations have ben complied with! and that council will take up the 'petition at its next meeting, which‘ will be held Wednesday night of tnext week. | . It was first thought that a called meéting would be held to consider the petition and call the referendum election, which is mandatory under ’the lJaw where ten percent of the ’registered voters petition that such ‘action be taken. ; But after consideratfon it was de ’cided that a called meeting, for ' the purpose of , holding the refer lendum on the day of the general Ccity election, Wednesday, December :4, would not give the recreational system promoters sufficient time to conduct a campaign, hence the decision to take up the petition next week. The petitioners ask that a refer endum be held for the purpose of deciding whether to levy a tax of one mill, or less,for the purpose of financing a supervised recreational 40, Sngrind, cbupell WL D 6 BR¥ECEC In Mayor’s Race - . 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Contests have also developed in two of the five wards for council seats. | COLD WAVE SPREADS il 1' Many Cities Get Coldest]| Weather of Winter; Low| in Athens Is 24, | e | MACON, Ga. — (# — Macon got ! its coldest weather of the season! today as the mercury fell to 25 | There was a heavy frost. Below freezing weather also was reported from other sections of the state over the week-end. Savannah reported a low of 34‘ but had a 31 Sunday morning—thel coldest there since February 9. ’ Columbus had readings of 26 Sun- i day morning and this morning—the lowest temperature of the winter. | Augusta had a low of 26Atoday: and a 25 yesterday, the lowest sin- | ce February 28, | in Valdosta, the mercury fell tn; (Continued on Fage Two) ! | STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press GRIFFIN, Ga.—Funeral services are planned tomorrow for Charles H. Murray, textile mil} executive and Griffin civic leader, who died on a golf course here yesterday. ATLANTA — The Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Chidlren to day. had SI,OOO more to carry onh its work because of the activities of Augusta Masons, ! A check for this amount was presented to the institution here yesterday by C. M. Hill, comman der of the Scottish Rite Guard of Augusta, and'a score of Masons from Augusta. SAVANNAH.—Two Negro chil dren were dead today and their mother was suffering from severe burns as results of a fire which destroyed their ecabin near here yesterday. Thelma Gray, 8, and Theo Gray, 10, were trapped .and killed in flames believed =to have been caused by a defective chimney. Pearl Gray, the mother, was badly burned .about the arms when she ! | LIM L " lEyes of Nation’s Leaders | Turned on Atlanta for | Roosevelt Address. ' c—————— ‘ FRIDAY BIG DAY lSpeech of President Is | Expected to Deal With l New Deal Defense.- By GLENN RAMSEY | ATLANTA—®—Georgia is. pre nared to make the most of fts ldominate place in the nation’s po | litical’ spotlight this week. ‘ | © President Roosevelt's address at| i a mammoth “homecoming” cele pration in his honor Friday as the center of interest. { The first inkling as to what Mr Roosevelt may say in his speech has comeé from Washington. He is expected to present a broad defense of his New Deal nolicies, but dwelling chiefly on the AAA and possibly the new ‘rade agreement with Canada. The Canadian agreement has now pie sented a potential major issue riv aling those previously appeared. " Express Hope His Georgla friends have ex pressed hope that he would start his southérn campaign for re-nom ination with the Atlanta speech. i These supporters have bheen ac tive in mobilizing Georgia bhack ers—loo,ooo strong—to attend the .celebration. ! __ Because of Governar Eugene Tal madge's continued criticlsm of Roosevelt policies, friends of the president expect the attendance at the “homecoming” as a demon stration of the state’s faith in the administration and an indication of the people’s future support. No place on the official pro gram is assigned to the governor but Talmadge has said he would be present to hear the address. Six tickets for reserve seats or a platform adjoining that from which Mr. Roosevelt will speak have been sent to the governor. Talmadge said today he didn't know who would accompany him. Other Governors Seated on the same platform will be the governor of adjoining states and Georgia state house of ficials. far The entire . Roosevelt program here is in the hands of the Georgia congressional delegation. These representatives, together with Sen % (Continued on Pagse Two) e PWA, Relief Funds ® Likely to Be Split i WASHINGTON — ¥ —The word went around in informed cir cles today that President Roose velt ‘'may split up future appropria tions for public works and relief into separate funds to avoid dls-; putes over how they shall be spent. ‘ Both Harry L. Hopkins, relief and works progress administrator and Secretary Ickes, public works chief, who failed many times in the last gsix months to agree on types of projects, were reported to have urg ed separate funds. ATLANTA — A man named by police as Dontell Hunt was dead today frou. a bullet wound in flicted by a patrolman here yes terday. Officers J. H. Vining and W. H. Richard said they shot the man when he attacked them as they attempted to arrest him -after get ting a call that a man was trying to steal a car. EATONTON, Ga.—J. C. Moul ton, formerly of Ellaville, Ga., is here to operate the Fatonton Mes senger, local newspaper, which he has leased from A. M. C. Russell, of Palmetto, Fla. e et FITZGERALD—FuneraI services will be held here today for Riley R. Dorminy, who died yesterday of injuries received Saturday when his horse balked, Dorminy was 55 and had been for 20 years a mem ber of the Ben Hill county board of education. i eSt et SAVANNAH — An investigation was to be launched today into a ~~ESTABLISHED 1832— Athens, Ga., Monday, November 25, 1934, Sent to Atlanta SR S S R S BRI B <--t‘:::a:;:,«;,-:::::‘u;:fzizr.x.\':f;:;'&iﬁ‘-:n' M R e N R e AR PR A o SRy S BEOT R S A . R S P 3 \3 RS IR BRI RN e s PR R s : Sty BRI B iR T BB B S aguat SRR e 2 PR et v B geae Voo B S Y i ; T RO W o R i R S O DR P AR SRR AR R R S SRR s P R RN A TR - S S TE G S SRR B S %a ST R R o A S ;‘p-"- g ‘\“:‘} X N R SN R & T Srens e PR L R : S R S R R AL i & MR e e TR B bR AR . Sy SRR e g SN U 3 B RSN s o > R R be 5 : T . U Y B SRn g S o B i OB b PR B s e i RS R 4 < SR, WS (] LIPS SRR e T S N R Fhe eo g A & S Ve o R 4 VN R S S 48 S B < .\» | REV. LESTER RUMBLE ‘ e METHODISTS NAME | ] | o ; v \ Dr. Rumble Is Made Pre siding Elder of Atlanta District. 'é;' —— ‘Wo Athens Methodist ministers, DPr, lLester Rumble and Rev, L. B. Jones who have held paster ates here for the last seven and six years, respectively, were given new assignments by Bishop W. N. Ainsworth at the closing session ofthe North Georgia Conference vesterday in Atlanta. | While members of the First Meéthodist and® Young ‘Harrig Me- ! moria} churches had urged the re turn of their pastors to Athens, the bishop had other plans for them and Dr. Rumble was ap pointed presiding elder 'of the At lanta district and Mr. Jones was transferred to Grant Park Meth cdist church in Atlanta. | Jarerll Returned Dr. C. C. Jarrell was returned to the Athens-Elberton district as presiding elder and Rev. J. A. Langford was again assigned to the Oconee Street Methodist church here and Rev. John B. Tate was returned as director of the Wesley Foundation here. - Dr. G. M. Acree, who succeeds Dr. Rumble in Athens, comes here from Gainesville where he was pastor .of the First Methodist church and Mr. Brinsfield, succes gor to Mr. Jones, is from Douglas ville, E : The failure of the bishop to re assign Dr. Rumble and Mr, Jones to their Athens pastorates will be rebretted by the members of their churches and the Athens public as well. Both minister have been in fluential, not only in leadership of (Continueq on Page Two) ;;A\f*..z"'"- iEV 7 B s fl"':':'.‘;." bR S A S The story of a girl who followed the dic tates of her heart— and was surprised at the consequences ~makes “a rich and warmly human serial. “With All My Love” begins TODAY ON PACE 5 MO | AUTONOMY FORMED B LIAGE SECTION OF NORTHERN CHINA !25 Counti;;i_n_iProvinces‘! | P Gthere Moy Foliow. . | ' JAPAN IN HARMONY i !Yin ]u-Ke;n—gjl—s—Leader of’ . New Covernment; Asks | | For Troops’ Aid. { By The Associated Press A large section of North China declared itseif jndependent of the Nanking government today and called on Japan for assistance. Proclaiming the autonomy of 25 counties in Hopeh and Chahar provinces, Yin Ju-Keng, adminis tractive commissioner of the North China demilitarized 2zone, asked Japanese government officials and militarists to immediately send treops “to purge North China of communists.” “I stand for the rescue of China and close harmony with Japan,” announced the leader of the new government, There was widespread belief that the autonomy movement, now begun, might spread to other North °© China ' provinces. Gen. Sung Cheh - Yuan, overlord of Hopeh and Chahar ~pravinees, it was thought, might continue the process, but the plans of othet leaders were unclear. . . w. Troops Withdrawn Sung .Cheh-Yuan withdrew troops which he had sent to Tungchow, capital of the newly declared in dependent region, in response to accusations from the Japanese military that the presence of the troops violated the agreement for demilitarization of the zone, Along the Great Wall of China were Japanese troops, ready to meet any attempt by the central government to-block the autonemy program by military force. ‘ Whether the autonomy move ment would spread appeared to rest with Gen. Sung Cheh-Yuan. Nanking officials pointed out he had not disclosed his attitude in the situation, although he was pressing for inauguration of re forms which have been proposed by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek miltary leader at Nanking. Observars at Nanking believed that if Sung went over to the au tonomistg, all of Chahar and Hopeh provinees would be cut loose from the ' central govern ment. ; \Body of White Man ; Roadsid . Found on Roadside ! MOULTRIE, Ga, — (#) .- The !death of a white man whose body {apparently had been carried from |the scene of a highway accident land dropped at a point on the high way near here, was under investi gation today. J. L. Whittaker, 48, a white far {mer of the Autreyville section, was ,found on the Thomasville highway, { six miles from Moultrie yesterday.‘ | A bus driver reported he first sawl | the body on the roadside. ForeieN News ON THumBNAIL By The Associated Press WAR NEWS The jeague of nations postponed to an indefinite date a meeting or its sanctions committee of 18, call-1 {ed to consider an oil embargo against Italy, O ———— ; i Gen. Emilo De Bono, aged com | mander-in-chief of Premier Musso ilini’s east African armies, ended his career at the front. Marshal. ;Pietro Badoglio replaced him. { Vv weA | The Ethiopian government an {nounced a successful surprise at |tack on three Italian battalions | north of Makale, and another suc cessful rally which drove the Ital ians south of Gorrahei : Advice from Rome said morse than {a third of a million fascist troops |a.re moving toward interior Ethio ‘pia on three fronts. r e e e | OPEN REVOLT Eh DIO DE JANEIRU,—AR open re volt, described officially as en gineered by soldiers and com munists, flared today in the north A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday After Receiving Bid-to Be" King R B R ol %I’ G § B G : g e & Z S o e B 3 SR R R R R Gt R t g fg; SR e gty v Gl e L\ Tw i { s|mere e 3 Wi o R e e Ca A 5 i sy P 2 e 3 - % Ay | A . el : ; T R & e s R L R eo B ey R o e S 3 ¥ L A 2 i % : A 3 ; / S Eaaa r... ... AR T R e B s é‘é G T R ; A W B - gB s ; G e o ! a b T 1 5 “‘5;:::;:}55-;; G i .:5;--.:'35:‘25%5/ ¥ ¥ b F;_:ff 2 ; RS S oo P G g 3 ” . v PR T iU G 3 ’;;'/‘ S 5 “ b 2 S s Wi 3 2y 4 2, If you had just been asked to be come a king, could you appear as calm as this gentleman? He is KingwGeorge of Greece and fs shown as he left the meeting in London at which % deiegation officially asked him to return to the throne. Royal Leader Makes Tri umphant Return After 12 Years' Absence. By ALEXANDER SEDGWICK (Copyright, 1935, Associated Press) ATHENS —King George II made a triumphant return to Athens to day, carried on the shoulders of a friendly crowd which, swept out of control in its enthusiasm for the recalled Monarch. was charged by cavalry with drawn sabres. One persons was renorted wound ed in the jostling which signalled the end of the King's 12-year ab sence from the throne and the com pletion of the journey back from London. The king, wearing a monocle and an Admiral’s uniform, landed from the Cruiser Helle a: nearby Phal eron and drove with the crown Prince to Athens in American made automobiles. Formal ceremonies were held un (Continuea un Fage Two) and air foreces to combat the up rising. Capt. Flinto Muller, Chief of po lice, anonunced that rebelijous sol diers of Natal imprisoned their own officers and took posession of that seaport capital of the state of Rio Grande Do Norte. Other 'soldiers attempted a simi lar revolt at Recife, seaport capital of the state of pernambuco, aided by communists, and setzed the cityi of Olinda on the outskirts of Re cife, but were overpowered by loy“a.l] troops, Muller asserted. i “Energetic measures have been‘ taken to repress the outburst”, the police chief announced after a con ference with the ministers of justice and interior. “Troops are being rushed from neighboring states, including naval units and army planes.,” ; Two other northeast states, Ala goas and Parahyba, were reported involved in the uprising, but the m“ ot e rnt &Al PR %eßt g £SN -‘“ % S .ob e T SRS HOYE] ! i g 1 ! y il =1 'ltaly Escapes Ban on Oil ] Exports Temporarily At Least:. - : : s | NO DATE IS SET i i Reports From War Fronts . Indicate Ethiopians ! Have Successes. ' By The Associated Pross { Premier Mussolini scored a adip ]]nmuu(: victory in his campaign | against sanctions today as black ' shirt troops stood poised in East | Africa for renewed thrusts at the domain of Emperor Haile Selas gie, For the present at least, Italy wil] escape the Ilmposition of an ooil embargo by the League of Nations. 11 Duce was reported earlier to' have warned France that a ban on oil shipments as an impediment to the prosecution of his campaign of occupation in Ethiopia “would mean war.,” Today he had the satisfaction of seeing his blunt warning, coup led with other considerations, bear fruit. At Geneva the,mgue_a;‘:s nounced Friday's seesion of the sanctions committee of 18, called to consider the proposed embarge will be postponed to an undeter mined date. . Doubts U. S. Success Great PBritain and France, meotis yated net only by Mussolini's ada ‘mant stand but also by doubt over the . ability of the United States government fto halt oil shipments, decided to seek a delay in imposing the proposed embar go, authoritative reports sald. Considered, too, was a critieal internal situation in France which would make it impossible for Premier Pierre Laval to leave Paris Friday to attend a meeting of the League's sanctions co% tee at Geneva. e Attempting to hold his goﬂ!ﬁdn ment Jeadership and to further his negotiations for Italo-Ethiopian peace, Laval was reported authori tatively, in Paris to bhave urged postponement of a decision on an. oil han for fear of “serious conse= quences” to European peace. *}‘g“ Request To Skippers - = The reference to the American government's action was ,;!: of last week when the l tration acted to stop the flow ‘ot American oil to Italy by . to shippers to abandon such ; and by financial préssure on those shippers indebted to the gov%ﬁgi% ment. L Inasmuch as Great Brimhi;ﬁ%,i (Continued on Fage Two)‘! »h ; RARERDI ey TS 2l B 1 W Bl BY WEEK-END REST e- 1 : i SRR . g President Turns to Task of - e oty Shaping Budget for Next . ket Fiscal Year. wa, L WARM SPRINGS, Ga.—(P)—Ré freshed by a week-end of rest and recreation, President Roosevelt to day turned to the difficult task of shaping next year's federal budget into final form. o To aid him gn the job, the ehia! g executive summoned three expert “pruners” to the library of his lit= tle home gn Pine Mountain—see retary of the treasury Morgenthaw, acting budget director Daniel W. * Bel] and Representative James P. Buchanan of Texas, chairman of the house appropriations commit tee. i Roosevelt called them here 10 begin a minute series of studies into estimated expenditures for evs ery department and agency of the government for the fiscal vear bes ginning July 1, 1936. L Chairman Buchanan arrived here vesterday en route from his home in Texas to Washington and See retary Morgenthau and Bell werée expected early today. . Ready to lead a fight in con gress for reduced federal appro priations, Buchanan salid .he thought the spread between ex ‘penditures and revenues in the next budget should be held to a maximum of $500,000,000. i “There are going to be redues tions,” said Buchanan, ‘ “If I can.put them thromhfa:%ﬁ;f I mean reductions al! down the line. £ g “We will balance the , ~« (Continued ol 1 Page Two)