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W L LOCAL COTTON I Mmm.mé 88, o BB PREV. CLOBE .. .. .. .. 115¢ vol. 103, No. 302. Rev. W.H. Faust Speaks at Baptist Church January 9 T ; IR Ty B Ave e R v i LTI e ) )i?&.‘” i 1 : SR VR R SRR e x‘é‘fi.'fi,«z,‘fi b pe b RGN € SR L e B o R e RS T > T g Eeßsy %R i SRR IF Ly Vo bk "-’"}s:-";; A T o B.s R e <5 e R S B L ARS TER S : L A R R S R S S T , iLI b e >TT R R S Ui e e, e PRI AR T eN o R e ¥y e e A b Y TS T R e SRR B HR g e ieL 3 e B T AR, R S RS i v D A ‘:',m S el "T?fi)-.{/yr "’7,_,(, 2 5 e AR R | s iTR e R L e IR, ST ST R, SRR SRR ELaE o R 2R - I & d e G R oAI 1 & e SRRy RSP : Ui L SRR - JIECHEL ; 1?,( Py o el i w i S LR R ebl TR T R db i B hiiel U ARG ey i e Ll i Fani S S % SR | e S . F SR AP, S o $ e o el o SR e an e PR. W. H. FAUST Dr. W, H. -Faust, pastor of Gordon Street Baptist church, At lanta, who is assisting Wiley L. Mcore, general chairman of the Georgia' Baptist Hospital Fund, will be the main speaker at a con ference to be held at First Bap tist church here January 9 at ¢ a. m. Announcement of the conference was made by Dr. J. C. Wilkinson, and all Baptist pastors and lay men in Athens, Clarke county and the surrounding territory are cor dially invited to attend and partic ipate in the conference. A spec ial invitation is extended to al Baptst women, Dr. Wilkinson :ald. Dr. Faust, one of the most dis tinguished divines in the Baptist church, will give a message about the hospital which will be of inter est to all Baptists, Dr. Wilkinson sa‘d,” and it is expected that he will be greeted by a large audi ence. : Wiley L. Moore s general chair man of the Georgia Baptist Hos pital Fund and George H. Thorn ton of Athens, lis chairman for Clarke county. Abit Nix {s region -2! vice-chairman for .this zection of the fund. Birds Frozen to Tree Enable Cameraman to Get Unusual “Shots” The sleet and snow ~ storm brought a number amusing and un® usual incidents but this one takes the cake. An amateur picture-snapping enthusiast this morning was ex hibiting pictures he took near Watkinsville yesterday. The pictures shows . seven buz zards securely frozen to a tree in which they roosted. The buzzards made frantic efforts to free their feet by wigorously flapping their wings, but to ‘no avail 'tne protographer had a small boy climb the tree and chip the ice away, freeing the big birds, which flapped away, one by one, as they were released. Money for Boys And Girls— On the inside of today’s Banner-Herald are two pic tures, togetner with instruc tions, on how byos and girls of school age in Athens area have a chance to win $25.00 in cash in a contest sponsored by Michael’s, Athens. Look for’ the instructions and get into this interesting and prof itable contest. Associated Press Late News Flashes SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.,—#&#) —Lieutenant General Hunter Lig gett, 78, one time Indian fighter, hero of the Marne and commander of the Army of Occupation in Ger many, died today in a hospital here, J LORD READING DIES LONDON, ENG., -—{(#— Lord Reading, former Viceroy of India, who had held many of the highest positiong the British Empire can bestow, died “today. SUNDAY BATTLE Mussolinf’s Blackshirts lost & {!alian and native soldiers in the Sunday battle at Uarieu, said 8 government ‘announcoment at Rome today as Ethiopia apparent- Iy flung itself into conflict deter mined to thwart ¢nemy advance :‘;’éth large scale military opera tions, The Italian communique =ald heavy Ethiopian losses were in- Ccurred. Mussolini told ministers the Yranco-British peace terms, now defunct, were far from satisfying the minimum requirements of Italy cspeclally regarding seeurity of “ontfers ‘and of Italiaf citizens. ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Worst Ice and Snow Storm Hereln = Several Years Does Great Damage ITALIANG AWATTING ETHIOPIN - ADVANGE 0% TWO WAR FRORTE Delayed in Transmission, News ltem Says Holiday Guns Were Quiet. ADVANCE IS SLOW Archbishop of Canterbury Announces Peace Appeal By Christian Church. CAPITAL JUBILANT By ALBERT W. WILSON Copyright, 1935, By The As- sociated Press ADDIS ABABA. — (AP) — Ethiopia’s capi.ol became jub ilant today at reports from the weusye (mperia; headquarters that Emperor Haile Selassie at last has ordered his warriors to batiie against the Italian invaders. PROBLEM STUDIED W B (AN )=Fremier VMus solini and hig ministers un dertook in a cabinet session today a study of the problem of providing funds to keep the Italian government and its war machine running in 1936, ON THE ITALIAN FRONT LINES AT GABRE DARRE (NORTH OF GORRAHEI), Ethio pia—(Delayed)—Holiday war guns are quiet on the Dolo and Ogaden fronts, while the Italians await slowly advancing Ethiopian ar mies. ’ A The Turkish officer, Wehik Pasha, commanding Ethiopians, is reported driving on the Ogaden with a- :low advance, to coineide with the delayed push toward Dolo of the three armies of Ras Desta Demut, Emperor Haile Se lassie’s son-in-law. Desta is bellieved in difficulties, harassed by Itallan bombers along the Dawa Parma, Ganale Doria and Gestro rivers. Completing the seventeenth day of a forced march over the com plete Dolo and Ogaden Italian fronts, I arrived at Gabre Darre with two other Americans, the first journalists permitted in the (Continued on Page Three) Senator Frazier to Offer Security Bill WASHINGTON. —(#)—Senato” Frazier, ‘Republican, North Dako ta, has announced he would in tdoduce a six-point social secu rty bill when congress convenes covering all forms of insurance and providing an initial federal appropriation of $5,000,000,000. The measure is sponsored by the Inter-Professional Associa tion for Social Insurance, headed by Mise Mary Van Kleeck, of New Yark, whose announcement of Fraziere’s intentions said sup porters of the Townsend plan and the workers’ insurance bl -by Representative Lundeen, farmer labor, Minnesota, would be asked to transfer their allegiance to “the new measure. It would provide unemployment insurance, \insurnace of self-em ployed such as independent pro fesslonal workers, farmers and small business owners: insurance covering all forms of disability, old age, maternity .and widows’ and mothers’ insurance. bTasewers Predict Another Jacksonian Battle in 1936 | Another Jacksonian campaign | for the presidency, observers be- | ;ueve, is looming with representa “tives of the same forces that op posed “Old Hickory” in 1832 fighting Franklin D. Roosevelt lni 1936. This prospect adds zest to the | nationwide Jackson day dinuers| | which will be held January 8, and lends color to the d:nner which | will be held in Athens on that night. Plans for the dinner here a.re] going forward with various com- | ,mmees taking steps to make thel | occasion one Of the most enliven | ing ever held in this part of thel ]state. Many Demoecrats ©Of the .Athens area will attend the dln-z | ner. inasmuch as the ticket price | lsl-50‘ will go to the Democratic ! 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Views over the broad expanses of the campus and the Agriculture college were among the most beautful to be’ found here Sunday. ‘ FLOW OF LAV 1 FINALLY STOPPED Water Supply At Hilo, Hawaii, Barely Saved; Volcano Still Active. HILO, Hawaii —(#)— The river of rambling, flame-spitting lava, which army aviators bombed Fri day in an eifort to save Hilo's water supply, stopped Sunday within three miles of the munici pal reservoir. But a fiery red gash on the tlope of Mauna Loa showed the volcano still was pouring out lava. Hilo businessmen rushed plans for an emergency meeting tomorrow or Tuesday to devise measures for protecting the water source. Much pleased with the general condition, Dr. Thomas A, Jagger, government volcanolegist, was un able to say definitély if checking of the flow could be attributed to the army’s 20-bomb attack—an ac tion which worshipful natives de cried as an afirent to. Pete, the fire goddess. Jaggar will not be able to ap praise the result of the bombing until he ean inspect the erater high on the mountain and alse de- (Continued on Page Three) | ests opposing the present Demo ' cratic administration are raising a huge political “war ches Tt the contributipns made by Democrats by buying tickets for the Jackson lda.y dinners, will be assistance in matching the huge contributions |to the Republican campaign fund i which, according to report, will be made this wear by forces fighting cuch Democratic efforts to equal ize income as the farm relief pro pram- ° | ! Tickets for the Jackson day dln-' { ner here, in the form of gouvenirs | lare peing printed and will go on‘ sale this week. | The program, with only on¢ | speech, that of President Roose | velt over radio at 10 o'clock Ath ;ens time, will contist of music. vaudeville acts, and other features designed to create a merry enjoy+ able event. The spirit of the Jack sonian era will reign supreme. The Jacksonian era is one of the outstanding periods of American AR [ e _ (Continued on Psge Three) X R e Re e Athens, Ga., Monday, December 30, 1935. %Few Injuries Reported as Young And Old Alike ‘Piay in the Snow’ HAWAIIAN CHILDREN GET VOLCANO “SHOT” HILO, Hawaii, - —(®)— Two boys and a gir] risked a ghast ly death Sunday to race 30 feet across a newly solidified lava sheet to a picture-tak ing vantage point on the Mauna Loa slopes, Although the lava wag suf ficiently cool to harden on top, the crust was brittle. Had the crust broken, the trio would have dropped into the molten stream beneath, having a temperature of nearly 2,000 degrees. The youngtters did not rea lize the danger. SOUTH 1A WORST -FREEZE [N 19 YEARS Winter At Its Best As lcy Winds Bring New Low For Season. NEW YORK.—(P)—Winter was at ite best Sunday, {cy winds bringing & new low for the sea son here—eight degrees above—and blasting southern states with the | worst freeze in 19 years. Reversing his utual procedure.‘ he struck from the heart of the South, causing damsge there esti mated to run into millions of dol lars. ) A Dbitter cold wave was report- LA vanema upn tha Aflant's gefie board topight. Only the state of Fiorida, where bathers :unned themselves in 55-degree tempera-i ture, appeared immune from high winds or snow. 1 Sleet and rain feil over Alaba- | ma. A heavy ‘snow blanketed | North Carolina and the northern half of South Carcl'na. cmrlottei‘ reported the heaviest fall with eight inches. | Fastern Tennessee was snow covered, the martle extending ‘south toward Birmingham. Ala, | Heavy snow rather than cold .was predicted for ghe metropolitan area by the weather bureau today. The burean at Washington issued a storm warning at 10 o'clock from Cape Hatteras to Boston. It revorted the “disturbance” or iginated over eastern Alabama, iis ioourae due northeastward accom ~_{(Continued on Psge Three) Entire City in Brilliant Covering of Icy Sleet and Snow Sunday. Although many minor injuries were reported the average Atheni an found much amusement in the ecity yesterday. Hundreds of young sters as well as many grown-ups skated, made kodak pictures, play ed in-door games as wel. as many other thrills of the day. The entire city was a uvrilliant sheet of fce, with trees bending almost to the ground with thelr burdens. The historic bu'idings or the campus of the University of Georgia, as well as Sanford Sta dium, offered unusually pictures que scenes. Milledge avenue, Hancock ave nue and Boulevard were viewed by a number of people yesterday as the large trees were hending to ward the center of ‘the streets with their boughs almost meeting together overhead. The double barrelled cannon was draped with a beautiful coat of snew with jcicles hanging from the muzzle, Many sleds were pulled through the streets of the city by automo biles as well as a few by ponies and horfez. Police pctrolled Lake Kirota, which was frozem over, to prevent skating and danger to skaters, Several of the small streams as well as places in the rivers were frozen over. The (Continued on Page Three) LOCAL WEATHER R sinbvhiaidinisopnirminsotn e e e — "’ RRY| l"' f : \" 5l l & Generally fair 7 B el ‘& Monday and [ , ¢ Tuecsday; * ¥ somewhat ‘ . r} warmer v- \ Ll Tuesday. o | COLD et TEMPERATURE HIEhOBE .o <o 90 o 5 oo +..82.0 T OWORE .oo s s 0a we ees24.o BORE .. i ekt e ém Ty «.28.0 I T et USRI R RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours ..... -.00 Total since December 1 .. 3.87 Deficit since December 1 .. .33 Average December rainfall.. 4.38 Total since January 1 .. ..45.82 Deficit since January 1 ... 2.85 GOVERNMENT TAKES HAND I LOUfaIANA ELECTION ARGUMENT “Fair’” Election in State On January 21 Urged By Candidates. REPLIES AWAITED Covernor O. K. Allen Is Charged With Trying To Deceive Voters. NEW ORLEANS.—(#)--The na- tioral government was ‘aking a hand today in the contioversy over a “fair” election in Loui:iana on J tmuary 21, . The anti-adm!nistration faction led by Congressman Cleveland Dear, candidate for governor, has repeatedly charged that the ad ministration of the late senator Huey P. Long plans to “steal” tae votes, Governor O. K. Allen, candidate for Long's unexpired senate term who control: the election machin ery has just as v.ciously asserted that the election will be fair, \ ~ Awaits Replies Congressman 4. Mark Wilcox, members . of a congre:sional com mittee studying Lou.siana electior practices, today awaited replies to telegrams urging the karish (coun ty) hoards of supervisors of elec tion to give each faction repre entation at the polls. on election day. Under a law passed at the di rection ,of 'the late Senator Long the governor ig empowered to ap point a. meajority ‘of :members ion the boards of supervisors of elec tion. The supervisors, in turn, named._ the seleetios -day otficial:- To Have Watchers ’ The law provides for five com missioners and ‘five watchers at each polling precinct. Congroess man Wilcox suggested that where one faction had two commis: joners and three watcHers the other fac uvun should have three commis sioners ard two watchers, alter nating the d.vision in various pre cincts. . Governor Allen sald in a cam paign addre:s at Franklin yester day that he wanted the anti-ad ministration candidates to ‘“have as many commissioners as they want.” “Give them all the commission ers they want,” he said. “We've got the votes. We have enougk votes to win, just so long as we have one good man at the polls whe will see that we are protect- Od-" Clement Moss, anti-administra tion candida.ec tor lieutenant-gov ernor, said at Eun.ce that the gov ernor was trying to deceive the voters. “Every act of Governor Allen makes it plain that the ma hinc will resort tc every tr.ck and de ception to avo.d giving the home rule candidates equal representa tion at the polls,” he said. BYRNG TO SUPPORT AR FORCE MEASURE Speaker of House Declares U. S. Needs Stronger Force a2nd Bases. WASHINGTON ,—(#)—Speaker Byrns says that he would sup- | port proposals in congress for a | stronger air force, an Alaskan | fortifications for Hawail. i Asserting that he held the view |of many members of congress that | prepardnesg for war is “good in {surance against it,” Byrns said the Ilssue of an adequate national de-l‘ sense should be one of the blgh-l lngms of the sessfoa opening Fri day. Major legislation from the house ‘mmtary and naval committees 1s ‘not expected or necessary. the | speker said because authorization laready exist to build up the army and navy. Money is the big problem, Byrn added, and the principal tussles over national defense therefore will center in the regular war and bills. | Not Ready to Say Whether larger appropriations that those which set a record peacetime high last session may ’be necessary Byrns was not ready |to say. He explajined that he wos !not familiar personally with detalls lot national defense needs. |, “I do believe we need an ah !force and base in Alaska, though,” ‘Byrns asserted. “I think our en tire force should be built up to i 3 LT ——. - 5 % (Continued On Page Three) A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday tleiress Hops Divorceward N e S lAN 2 2 SS R R R G SR TR gt R P ¢ et R Giinri e b G R By L R S iy L R *filri:;._f,;:,;: B ovom e S ,-?:‘::‘...iwzzz":;:gz: s A s ‘ B S R B it A RSR o s p"\'?}?.:‘"‘" B T %’ . S IR Lo &4 AR e e SR i R s e bl e R T L 3 PO '-zw;:::zxv.: e G R R S o i P Fiseie:. il S e R R s S R R g S st A R eR- e 3 eRR G R : ek e R e - g o U e S : S S e R B 8% i o R O MR ? 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[VIPORTANT PROBES | | Members Turn Attention to Committee Room Prior to Friday Opening. | WASHINGTON —(#)— Legisla-! tors returning from the openirg of; rongress Friday prepared today to | swing open committee room donr'l ‘or more than a dozen sensation nromising investigations. Toppirg immediate interest is the schedu'ed appearance of J. P Morgan, New York financier, he fore the senate munitions commit tee January 7. Tie committee it ‘nvestizgating international ba."k-l ‘ng operations prior to TUnited “tates entrance into the World War, 3 _| The senate also. has avthorized ‘naquirijes irto ra‘lroad financing and operation, lobbving, theabrunt slump in cotton market auotations tast March, and a conference-in vestigation into trea‘urv oOpera tions under the 19°4 silver purch ase act. In addition to its gwn lobby in vestigation, which occasionally ran counter to the senate inquiry, the house was authorized these: Other Inquiries, An inquiry inrto War Depart ment purchasing that already has led to dismissal of one officer and grand jury indictments of certain denlers; anothef into activities of real estate bond-holders protec tive committees; avother into an alleged chain ctore lobby, a pat- (Continued on Page SiX) Protests on North China Policy Renewed by Co-Eds KAIFENG, ° Honan Province, China.=— (&) —A collegiate co-ed army, undaunted by a bitter bliz zard that kil'ed two of their num ber, beseiged the railroad station here Sunday night and fought for passage to Nanking. They want to protest govern ment policies in north China, where two vast provinces now are in a status of semi-autonomy. | Girl students swarmed into the station and sat in unheated rail way cars. Boys occupied the platforms, defying icy winds and troops who attempted to oust them. Many among the throng of 18,000 were incapacitated by the cold, The demonstration caught the public fancy, however, and the students r.eceived many contribu tions of frod. Rall authorities remained away but the students, undaunted, went ahead with -plans for patriotic New Year's W Lo Ho% WIRES TORN flflm 5 ’ *f%;?? " ya : T ”AN Some Surrounding Tong:fi Are Harder Hit Than = Athens By Storm. i SR )fn_a:?& | SUN GREAT HELP = Both Power and Phonz Lines Suffer As Thick %% | Ice Coat Applied. "= 5 Athens experienced - its worg snow, sleet, and fce storm In many years during the past wee’fie;k 7 causing thousands of dollars dame age to telephone and electric Mmes taking one life, and ' seriously hampering travel of automobiles and pedestrians. Employes of the Georgla Power company and the Southern Bell lelephone company were kept ousy all night Saturday, all day unday, and were still busy cledr ing up debris this morning. Athenians were cheered, however his morning when a bright sun snow and icicles beégan to melt yway. It was estimated that the treets would be clear of snow by omorrow noon, if the temperature tays around 45 degrees in the sun. Electric power lines in Athens were not damaged as much &g in some surrounding towns, although ights were out temporarily in se vera]l section of the city Satur- day and Sunday. Approximately thirty men were kept busy Satur uuy night and yesierday, but moss of the work was confined to ting limog that threatened to fall on the lines. Lo ~ J. W. Jarrell, district manager 0! the Southern Bell lephone company estimated damage done to telephone wires in this section alone-would amount to approxi= ma ely SB,OOO. L Every toll wiffe leading irofi Athens to other c.ties was broken n at least one place, he said, but = this morning all had been tem porarily restored except those to Atlarta and Madi:on. ; E There were approximately 1 ( local lines damaged, putting *’ ephones out of order for some time. The worst trouble experien . (Contiyved On Page nm)“’: i e et ARy “ . . g 9 =il Phobic Prisoner” Says He’s Well Now e Soro MADISON, Wis—(P)—William Ellery Leonard—r#>fessor, poet and “phobiec prisoner” who f,';,_.“tg}‘; 3 years was confined to a five-bloek radius of his home by a sti 'H' dread of distance—deseribed him self as a “well man® today. = 8 He said his chronic neurosis %a - longer worried him. Since 1922 & had venured no farther from the University of Wisconsin Ampud than the east side of Capitol Square. But recently, he _diss = closed, he had passed beyond the old boundary by circiing the big sqceare. e Professor Leonard has not‘égf“ into new territory since. Heuq?v“fi‘ uncertain whether he would. = . The professor’s departure Iny § 'his “phobic prison” took place 8 his 59th year and in the sixth lronth of his marriage to a 2T= year-old girl who once had be g his pupil, the former Grace Gol= den. At the time of their ding last June 30, she declared she weuld be her husband's ni companion. i § N e other points when the students first appeared Saturday. = Fears were expressed, mean. time, for 100 other students wWhe have started on foot for the capls tal. Tt was thought they were in danger of being kidnaped by bam dits seeking sons of important officlals. o MANCHOUKUO PROTESTS H¥INKING, M.nchoukuo@_ —Manchoukuo’s foreign minister has lodged a strong proteltfi the Mongolian foreign oflloi, . was learned here, against ‘m < repeated violations of the Man choukuo border by Mongol sol diers. SSO% ; The protest warned that in the event of future “illegal” acts, Manchoukuo might be compelled to resort to ‘“every ways and means” available for se'f-defense, At the same time, general head quarters of the Kwantung (Japs (Continued on Page Three)
