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‘ LOCAL COTTON MADDLING 2B e o YA pREV. CLOSE .. .. -.- .12V Vol. TO3. No. 274. Exhibition at C. & S. Bank Here Wednesday and Friday l‘ | \ demonstration of the Hecordaki machine, for safeguarding deposi-' w 5 checks, will be held tomorrow | and Friday. in. the lobby of the | office of the Citizens and South-! ern National bank. r The machine, which has been In‘j use in the bank for more than a| vear, has already proven of great pelp to- depositors. If a check is Jost ¢ misplaced the depositor may find at the bank a photo—) graph of both the check and the ledger sheets which are a part of.i the bank’s permanent records. The | pictures are made on miniamrei sheets of film, which when record-| ed on the machine for the bene- | fits of the depositor, is reproduced | to larger gize. EBach roll of film produces 16,-! 400 check photographs and 4,000 | of those of ledger sheets. It Is| capable of making 2,400 pictures | an hour. The recording of checks| on & moving picture machine as 2| safeguard to the person who uses! his canceled check as a receipt has] attracted wide attention amongl hankers Roil Call Here Is Now Past 1000 Mark, Red Cross Announces BNI Exceeding its quota by 302 members, the Athens-Clarke Coun ty Chapter of the Red Cross today reported a total enrollment of 1,- 002 members in the annual Roll Call which ends Thanksgiving day. The Athens quota was fixed at 00 by the national headquarters and several days ago ‘this mark was reached by the campaign yorkers Thirty-seven members were reported yesterday, bringing the total te more than 1,000, the goal set by the Roll Call ox'gan-i More than $2,000 has been sub- | «cribed, whigh is in excess of the| amount given last year. The cn-j; rollment is considerably more than last year's total. : I —————— | : Exchange Student at 3 University May Enter | National Ski Contest | Emilic Pucei, of Klorence, Italy.! . graduate student at the Univer-: ity of Georgia, had quite a repu tation as a ski champion back inl the “old country,” and may get al chance to prove his prowess ini the States.” Athletic Director H, J. Stege-[ man said today he had written sev- | era] other schools regerding skil meets, but as yet had received noc. answers. He did not say what in titutions had been approached. It is also possible that Pucci{ will enter the mnational ski cham- | pionships at Lake Placid, N. Y., this winter, but Dean Stegeman said he had not yet checked up on the rules; of eligibility in this sport Pucei, an exchange student, has become quite prominent on the University campus through various activities. This is his first yearl here, SEABOARD APPOINTS BIRDSONG SURGEON Dr. H. W. Birdsong, well-known Athens physician and surgeon, has been appointed a divisional sur geon for the Seaboard Airline rail road, succeeding Dr.- H. M. Fulli ove, who died recently. Dr. Birdsong, who is commander o the Allen R. Fleming, jr., Post Of the American Legion and form-l “r president of the Athens Liona! tlub, is one of the leading ph}‘Si-i tians in this sectron. A graduate of Emory University,! Ur. Birdsong began the practice "l medicine in Athens in 1919, Hel as taken special courses in sur-| €Ty, gynecology and urology in| Lhicago gnd New Orleans. { | STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press 'LANTA—Price of the standard 'L gasoline at filling stations 5 ud in some other parts of stood at 23 cents a gallon : 1 inerease of a cent over s t¥'s leyel. ; i bty : LENVILLE—_Stark Daniels, 54 ld farmer of the Forest com near here, was dead today ot wounds said by J. A. mery, a neighbor, to have identally inflicted. somery reported he was I with Daniels last Satur d that as he laid his gun 0 light a cigarette the we - 4 48 aceldentally discharged. ul striking Daniels in the LlN—Mys. Nancy Sutton, 64 " old resident of the Rockledge % ity near here, today was 4 of gunshot woundg said by L vuty Sheriff M. D. Singleton to V¢ been aceidentally inflicted. Ueputy Singleton said he had ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Thos. S. Mell Is Nominated Mayor By 15 Votes Death List in Brazil’s Rebellion 1s Estimated at 60 AN ALLEGED PLOT TO CALIST CAVALRY [N REVOLT 13 FAILURE STATE OF SEIGE Jails Being Filled as Au thorities Sound Up Suspects By RAFAEL BODORICA Associated Press Foreign Staff RIO DE JANEIRO— #) —An alleged plot to enlist the first cav _alry regiment, quartered in the heart of the Rio de Janeiro, in a Communist revolt against the gov ernment was thwarted today as reports from authentic sources showed a rebellion death list of from 40 to 60 men. Lieut. Lauro Fontoura, detailed to the ‘training of reserve officers, was arrested before dawn charged with attempting to idcite a revolt of the cavalry unit. Officials said he had made an ef fort to bring the crack mounted corps into iline with the soldiers who are fighting in northeast Brazil against the government. | Insergents Driven Back | From the state of Pernambuco, Capt. Melvino Reis, secretary of the state, reported that after a 3 hours of fighting the- insurgentsi had been driven back toward 80-1 corro, the military garrison of Re cife, and that about 60 had been killed and 100 captured. : However, socialists here in the capital who said their intormationl camme though secret channels as serted that the rebel deaths had not been more than 40. Government imposed a state of‘ siege over the entire nation today and dispatched two naval cruisers} to combat the northeast revolt. Authoritative advices indicated’ Communistic insurgents were hold-’ ing their gains. | The rebels still held the strate gic seaport of Natal and the near by city of Macahyba, in the north eastern state of Rio Grande Do Norte, authenticated reports said, after seizing them Sunday upon the outbreak of' the revolution. Forced March While the two cruisers weighed anchor with arms, munitions and unannounced number of men, ap parently to bear down on Natal, 400 government troops’ made a ‘forced, march toward Macahyba inl an attempt to wrest that site from | the rebels. ] The 60-day state of siege, ap proved by parliament in a hemer gengy session last night and strip~ ping the nation of many of its con stitutional guarantees, was applied sternly by paqlice. Jails were being filled as author ities rounded up suspected exX tremists. All twenty states and the two federal territories of Brazil— South America's largest nation, greater than territorial United States—were virtual armed camps. Government officials said coordi nated uprisings at Ilinda, Pernam buco, and in the other northeast ern states of alagoas and Parahyba, were being crushed. Rebels Hold Own The rebels were hoding their own (Continued on Page Two) | peen informed a son of Mrs. Sutton came home in a depressed mooad and threatened to kill himself. Oth- | er members of the family attempt ed to take the gun from him, the officer said, and Mrs. Sutton, a | bystander was shot when the gun | {was discharged in the scuffle. ! ‘ DUBLlN—Deputy Sheriff Her {bert E. Burch, of Montgomery icounty. today was reported recov lering from wounds received in = | gun pattle with a Negro and = { Negro woman. ! Deputy Burch said he was shot with a pistol in the arm and shouldey by the woman while he |was trying to wrest a shotgun from the Negro’s hands. Sheriff B. B. Burch, father of the wounded man, =said the shooting occurred when they entered the Negro cauple’s house in search of another Negro. i After he was wounded the deputy e g (Continuea on m, Two) In Spotlight at U.D.C. Convention M R s SSR X W o i v sAR 0% & 2 3 D . 5. 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A A S 2 A B i X R e e Y PR R Sesß R R R S e R s o srivi sl P R [B¥ e G E P o TBEB o P O R e R A SR R O LR L eM 30 s A R BA R R 3 A S R R 1 e e R R S o - . i e s PENG R T e 1y N D SR e L R e e S T VT O o .L e B R R R e o S R TR RR B e R R R ——————————————————— ————————————————————— o > Two of the most prominent women at the annual convention of of the United Daughters of the Confederacy are pictured talking things over between sessionsg at Hot Springs, Ark., They are the newly elected president of the organizations, Mrs. John L. Woodbury (left), of Louisville, Ky.; and Mrs. Livingstone Rowe Schuyler of New York City, who holdg the record for consecutive attendance at U.D.C. conventions. i Athens Churches to Hold Special Thanksgiving Service This Week ITALIANS APOLOGIZE TO U. S. PHYSICIANS ROME.— (#) —ltalians have made ‘wo apologies to two American physiciang and their wives who said they were men aced by a Fascist students’ mob in Padua last Saturday, it was said at the Americap em bassy today. The embassy added, how ever, it still may make repre sentations to the Italian gov ernment regarding the inci dent. The Americans — Dr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Moersch and Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Boll man of the Mayo Institute, Rochester, Minn.,—said the students in the university town ripped American flags from their automobile, which bore a British license plate. | HELLO FOLKS! | ‘ I'M BETTY : | WATCH FOR BILLY AND ME IN | ll JUR WONDERFUL ADVENTURE, ! "CHRISTMAS IN TOYLAND" ( WHICH STARTS IN THE - BANNER-HERALD TODAY ;‘) - RY, \. | | . O \__ % . 7o | G 1 | o ' Betty and Billy visit Santa 'in Toyland! Here is BET 'TY. The Banner-Herald | presents BILLY, who with his sister BETTY, will spend their CHRISTMAS 'IN TOYLAND. Watch the 'paper daily for further ' announcements. Athens, Ga., Tuesday, November 26, 1935. 5 Churches and Christiar Science Society to Have Special Meetings Five Athens churches and the Christian Science Society will hold. special Thanksgiving services to morrow or Thursday, while others will confine their mid-week serv ices to regular prayer meetings. Prayer meeting in the nature of a Thanksgiving service will be held at 8 o’clock Wednesday night at the First Methodist church. First Baptist church will observe Thanksgiving at a special serv ice Thursday morning at 10 o'clock with the Forum class in charge of the program. All members are urged to bring food and clothing for the wunfortunate. ! Mrs. G. G. Thompson’s Sunday ’SChool class will have charge of a special Thanksgiving program on Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at Young Harris Methodist church. A speeilal Thanksgiving program has been arranged for prayer serv lices tomorrow night at 8 o’clock at East Atheng Baptist church. Dr.'S. J. Cartledge will have charge of special Thanksgiving services at 8 o’clock tomorrow night at Central Presbyterian church. An offering for Thorn well Orphanage will be taken at these services at Central Presby terifn. ‘ Regular prayer services are lscheduled at Prince Avenue Bap tist, Oconee Street MetHodist, First Christian and West FEnd Baptist churches, according to re ports to the Banner-Herald. It ig customary on Thanksgiv (Continued on Page Two) Dean de Ovies To Speak At Thanksgiving Service At 8 Ninth annual Thanksgiving pro gram of the University of Georgiai Volunteer Religious Association, will be presented in the chapel to night at 8 o'cleck with Raimundo de Ovies, dean of the Pro-Cathe dral of Saint Philip, Atlanta, as the featured speaker. ~ John Bond, Toccoa, will pre ‘side at the services, and Douglas MecClary, Atlanta, will introduce ;Dean de Ovies. At 7 o'clock tonight Dean de ‘Ovies will spedk at a special Thanksgiving service in the Y. W. ‘ lC A. rooms in Smith ‘building.‘ iCoordinate college. The services at ' Coordinate college will be presided | over by Marjorie Gould, Atlanta, 'who will also introduce Dean de ‘Ovies. ! Program for the 8 o'clock ser ivices in the chapel on the main campus of the University will be lat; follows: ! Organ preiude, “Jubilate Deo,” Claude Laret; hymn, “Come Ye l'rhankful People”; devotional, Jane s ‘ ~ (Continued On Page Four) —~ESTABLISHED 1832— 100 ETHIOPIANS ARE REPORTED KILLED IN JATH DOLD BATILE %Italian Losses Announced . As Four Natives Dead. : Five Wounded _ RAIN IS HINDRANCE ;Continyed Downpours on g Both Fronts Hamper } Further Advances ~BY DEVON FRANCIS (Ari“‘d Press Staff Writer) Ore hundred Ethiopians, includ ing two provincial governors, were reborz;d killed today in an offi ‘cial ¢ommunique issued at Rome describing a battle north of Dolo on the southern front in Tltaly’s campaign of oqccupation in . Ethio pia. ~ ‘ 3 Italian losses were #nnounced as four native soldiers killed, five RS s wounded and two missing. Rain over all front: impeded somewhat the preparativns for new Ttalian advances, and provided a dreary dirge for Kij Yasu, deposed ruler who died in exile. The grandson of Former Em peror Menelek, a cousin of the present Emperor Haile Selassie, died near Harar, the government announced. It was Lij Yasu the Italians were rumored to be seeking in an effort to establish a new govern ment in Ethiopia. More Heavy Rains Italian advance patrols sloshedl through persistent downpours in{ pursuing enemy bands from the Tembien and Gheralca regions west of Makale on the northern front. Natives told Italian correspond ents the rain might presage a wet season which could impede seri ously the next major advance, but nevertheless fascist troops busied themselves with preparations for the push southward. On the right wing of the north-‘ ern forces Gen. Pietro Maravigna's second army corps drove forward! to Dama Galild as airplanes cruls —— w (Continued On Page Three) LOCAL WEATHER T TlElTTEEmAmmm——m————— ! Mostiy cloudy 0 and warmer to-{ 2 iflicht and Wed- g npsday folowerls -,‘\ s by occasional| Ilt ’ rain Wednesday ey \ night and proba- RN ibly in nort PR Y ' portion Wednes- ” ' day afternoon. | o . o s | lg TEMPERATURE t Lowest .. .. ...... .a: . 080 | Taceeel:. . ... - ok i BB B L. v v e e o 840 NORN . s e . .49.0 ! RAINFALL | Inches last S 8 80Ur5........ 0.00 " Total since November 1 ... 3.41 i Excess since November 1.. .80 | Average November rainfall. 2.89 i Total since January 1......41.47 | Deficit since January 1 ... 3.71 T e e B e i * ._,'.: : i 4 '. 7 sy, S : i f, v fi 3 " - E— DEAN RAIMUNDO DE OVIES Mme. Stavisky Fights for Liberty A e R 2 B 3 g - Ti U e 20 PR P | §”‘i VR | BRI ; RS Rpßarions g g e '\:S SRS P DR . o G G e b BT - RO Wet S .S 0 O 2 s W R o) : SR e R%¥ e . e hP N 3 e e W eee: ~ o S :b"::' vzlff‘i;}::vv'. i P % % \: - 9 . e r e-~ T Bk ;:;:5;:555::55‘:7;:5'é:g{ff" i e man g o S B nonsooed e 4 SERRSGSIRO RN, i i v e o f RTR F' e 5 R B . S R ] RAt K £pr o st R s G ee ¢ g Q e e e - e ‘ [SR G 2% : Ve : ‘ oo SRR so, : 5 : S : i - el b : ‘ Eig With France waiting in fear of disclosures that will rock the nation, the Stavisky swindle trial is in progress in Paris. Here in the court room is shown Mme. Arlette Stavisky, widow of the alleged arch swindler, charged with guilty knowledge of his operations, con ferring with her attorney, Maitre Roger. Back of Roger is Gaston Bonnaure, former deputy, one of a score of co-defendants. Tickets Are Not Required For Roosevelt Celebraticn Friday “DEATH SQUAD” OF ITALIANS RUMORED ROME — (#) -- Italy is re ported to have an aerial “death squad” of 125 men pledged to die, Friends of certain aviators said today that these men are volunteers who will go to cer tain death if they are ordered to attack a hostile naval fleet. To each of these men, it was said, has been assigned an air plane carrying one gigantic | bomb. ‘ Each man of the “Death ‘ Squad” would pick an enemy ‘ warship, and dive down as a | living projectile, The bombd ! would be big enough to wreck a warship. l ' 1 1 1' \More Than 1,000 Enrolled | For Clarke Is Obijective - Here { Organization of the Roosevelt ;\'cnung Voters clubs of Atheng and | Clorke county forged ahead this ' week as the vice presidents iln !r‘.h:u‘g‘e of the organization for l\\‘nmc‘n and men swung into act fon. ! Hollowing closely on the heels ‘!or the announcement that Pres iton M. Almand has been appoint |ed state chairman of the Roose | velt Young Voters club and will est ‘ahlish headquarters in' Athens, of | ficials of the local organization ]hvg:m action today on & campaign |to enlist more than 1,000 mem }bers before the week is over. | Mrs. H. A, Birchmore, vice pres {ident of the local organization in |charge of organization for wom 'en issued the following statement { through the office of Mr. Almand {todav: i “The women’s membership com mittee of the Clarke County ‘Roo sevelt Young Voters club is en rolling a large number of women in its ranks. The committee hop 'es to contact all of the Athens women of eligible age for member ship, and its ultimate aim ig to enroll all in the county. So far, {the work of the committee has iconsisted simply of contacting for membership, not of converting lothers to the cause. The unani | mous reaction has been enthusi ‘asm for Roosevelt.” | “The Clarke county club, under the leadership of Preston Almand, lis not only providing an object-§ |ive measuring rod of ®he political sentiment of the county by its iopen enlistment of supporters of | 'our president, but it is undoubted !ly creating a feeling of pomlcnl“ responsibility among the younger voters. ‘Anything that tends to A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢c Sunday ;Georgians Can See and ~ Hear Without Cards, Cocke Announces By GLENN RAMSEY Associated Press Staff Writer. ATLANTA, Ga.—(®)—Ticket or no ticket Georgians can see and hear President Roosevelt here Fri day. There was considerable confus ion about tickets being distributed to get into the Georgia Tech sta- Gium for his address. But, that's all been ironed out now- It's a real “homecoming” cele bration with everybody invited. Erle Cocke, genera] chairman of the affair, said the ticket distri bution was completed today with a coverage of every county, rural community and cross roads, He said he wanted to make it clear, however, that the pa.ste-‘ boards, in varied cajors, merely were for purpose of helping the committee aid the motorcaders and others but they didn’t mean those who happened to be missed were not welcomed, They're nice souvenirs of the occasion, he added, but nothing official. “Information received in Atlanta this morning,” Cocke said, “indi cates the greatest enthusiasm and anticipation over the Friday cele bration, “There is no question but that the President of the Unmited States will receive his ' greatest demon stration in Atlanta on this day. “All final details are bheing (Continued on Page Two) ForeieN News On THUMBNAIL By The Associated Press . An officlal Ifalian communique| said 100 Ethiopians including two provineial governors, were killed In a battle north of Dolo on the south ern front, i Rain impeded preparations for new Italian advances on both the northern and southern fronts, Ttalian patrolg pursued enemy bands from the Temblen and Gher alca regions west of Makale, i Addis Ababa dispatches said four‘ Italian planes circled over Jijida without dropping bombs, BERLlN—Albrecht Spiess, 29, of Berlin was executed today for be trayal of military secrets. Details of his case were with held. | ; ADDIS ABABA—Lij Yasu, de ‘posed emperol of Ethiopia long reputed to be 4 prisoner in golden [ehlinl. is dead, it was announced today. LU R R R 'EXTRA L | Mell Cets 1,022 Votes and Dudley Receives 1,007 In Heavy Voting PAUL WINS BY 18 Elder Receives Maijority Of 86 Votes in 4th =~ Ward Race Carrying three out of five wards in today’s Democratic primary, T. S. Mell defeated Mayor A. G. Dudley for re-nomination by 1% votes, according to unofficial count. The total vote was: Mell, 1,022; Dudley, 1,007. ; Mz. Mell carried the Secand, Fourth and Fifth wards, and Mr. Dudley carried the First and Third wards. Councilman WA H. Paul dsc seated Pryor F. Johnson in the First ward 259 to 241, and .T. L. Elder defeated Councilman W. R. Phillips in the Fourth, 244 to 158. The vote by wards for mayor fol lows: First: Dudley, 327; Meli, 176. Second: Dudley, 144; Mell, 160. Third: Dudley, 274; Mall, 257. Fourth: ‘Dudley, 147; Mell, 258. Fifth: Dudley, 115; Mell, 171. A total of 2,029 voteg were cast. One-third of the registered vot ers in Athens today at noon had -east their ballots ip the city Dem ‘ocratic primary, with the probable total vote almost reaching the full quota of about 2,700. 3 Taking the spotlight in today's primary was the mayoralty contest hetween Mayor A. G. Dudley and T. 8. Mell, and two councilmanic races in the First and Fourth wards. In the First ward Coun cilman W, ? Paul is oppos,_qédj,gz’ Pryor F'. Johnson, and in . the Fourth ward Councilman R. W. Phillips is opposed by T. L. Blder. Three - councilmen are being nominated today without opposi tion, C., 8. Martin of the Second} George C. Armstrong of the Third, and D. D. Quillian of the Fifth. The voting was brisk thmughgmfi the morning, with the First ward, center of the mayoralty race, ‘poll~ ing 300 votes by noon, more than one-half of its total regist of 500 votes. N S AR Negro Is Sentenced . 5 Te Death in Sparta — o SPARTA, Ga.— (B) —Winton . Boyer, Negro, was sentence(f}g death today for the murder of !Pollce Officer M. L. Stafford of ,November 17. A jury in Hgg 2 superior court returned a werdick | of guilty without a recomme"ndfif‘ tion for mercy and Judge James B. Park sized the execution -date |as December 20. RISONE l The jury deliberated les¢&;fié an hour. The clerk’s office sa ’the verdict was received quietly { Boyer was immediately taken\bat‘m to the Bibb county jail for‘%%: tkeeping until the time when: h€ | will be transfered to the'deq.t:h 1“& lat Milledgeville- i The grandson of former m Menelek, a cousin of the present Emperor Haile Selassie, died in u . Villa prison specially oon&ifié; for him at Tiara Mulata, near Harar, where he had every eu[fi;g fort. i Haile Selassie, who became Wfi? gent and heir to the throne to share the rule with Queen za’, daughter of Menelek, when Lij Yasu was deposed by the tril chiefg in 1916, went into mourning for his predecessor. TR Lij Yasu, who was about 50 years old, succumbed to a linger ing illness. o Lij Yasu ruled Ethiopia for only three years before going intO,& and becoming subject of many & strange and fantastic tale. The favorite legend had the one time monarch held in golden chains at Haile Selassie’s Addis - Ababa palace to prevent the Italians, ne é invading Ethiopia from inaping him. ; s
