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Vol. 103. No. 303
L. W. Nelson Is
Named Chairman
0f Roosevelt Ball
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LUTHER W. NELSON
Henry L. Doherty, national
chairman of the Birthday Ball for
the President, today appointed
Luther W. Nelson as Athens and
Clarke eounty general chairman
for the local ball which will be
held heré on the night of Janu
ary aO, X
The ball, which was inaugurat
ed last year, is an annual event
and funds raised through the sale
of tickets are used to combat in
fantile paralysis. A large part of
the money secured is spent in the
community where each ball s
Leld, with a smaller portion be
ing sent’ Warm Springs, Ga., to
+the foundation there which is
fighting the dread malady.
Last year, under the general
chairmanship of R. R. Gunn, as
sisted by a large corps of able
workers, the ball raised over sl,-
oy and was a huge success. |
Myr. Nelson, manager of the|
Gieorgian hotel and among the|
leading figures in the civic life of |
Athens, today said he had not{
formulated plans for the ball or]
named various committee chair
men but would do so in the nextl
lay or two. He said as soon as|
(fi%"‘é‘onfimiti?é’é “dre selected, work
will be immediately started on
plang for the ball. i
o RO PR e Pl '
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Will Be Available Withir
48 Hours. Much Interest
In Occasion
Tickets for the Jakson day din
ner here January 8, will go on sale
within the next forty-eight hours
and, judging by the interest in the
event, they will be disposed of
rapidly,
Ticket committees, supervised by
Mrs., H. A. Birchmore, John L.
Green and L. E. Sullivan will have
‘harge of the sale. Each ticket
will cost $1.50, in view of the fact
that outside the cost of dinner ar
rangements, the money paid for the
tickets will be sent to the Demo
cratic National committee head
quarters in Washingron and will
represent a eontribution to the
1936 caw.paign fund of the Demo
ratic party.
An attraetive souvenir ticket has
been designed by James Hayes, of
the McGregor company, chairman
of the ticket printing commitiee.
The ticket will also be retained by
the purchaser as an acknowledges
ient of receipt of a contribution
to the Democratic campaign fund.
Plans for the entertainment pro
sram at the dinner are progressing.
lhe time and place for the dinner
will Be announced later.- Only one
speech will be delivered, that of
President Rooseveli whicn will be
idcast at 10 oclock Athens
time. Prier to the Roogevelt ad
lress, the diners will be entertaln
*d with orchestra musie, vaude
ille acts and other enjoyable sea-
LOCAL WEATHER
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SaE \ Snow in Nort
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COLD
TEMPERATURE
HIZHOEES i fwh s asnes o- - 36.0
LoWwest. . St 0 ... .20.0
Vet s bl L ol . - 28,0
Noprhille s & L iy, . .48.0
: ~ RAINFALL
Inches last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00
Total since December 1.... 3.57
Deficit since December 1,... :51
Average December rainfall.. 4.38
Total since January 1......46.82
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Talmadge Promises “Plenty of Money”
On Eve of His “Financial chtatorshlp
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‘Much Speculation Going
' On in Washington as
‘ Machinery |ls Oiled
} BOTH SIDES BUSY
| Name of Al Smith Bobs Ug
| As Constant Threat to
| New Deal in 1936
1 WASHINGTON —(#)— The na-j
tion’s legislative machinery — idle'
llittle more than four n‘mnths——was}
igeared today for a new start with
!evnry evidence that pre-election
campaigning will compete with
lawmaking for the public’'s atten
tion. ; |
I ‘While Democratic leaders wers |
| busy framing a program for thei
session opening Friday, the New
Deal strategists were at work with |
an eye on next fall Opponentsl
were not idle.
Postmaster General Farley broad‘
cast a statement last night that
“the constantly rising iide of pros-‘
perity is the answer to ail the at
tacks on the Roosevelt :nlminis-I
tration.” e _‘l
Al Smith Conrsidered !
l At the same time political ob-'!
i servers wondered whether a re
imark by former Governor Joseph .
jB. Ely of Massachusettg indicated
,tha.t Alfred ¥. Smith would lead
|an anti-New Deal movement in
1936. Ely made known that he
Iwou]d support Smitn ror the De
fmocratic presidential nomination
if [Smith ran for it |
l Representative Hamilton Fish, |
jr., Republican, New York, planal
!to speak at Canton, Ohio, January
‘|2§ and will advocate Senator Boran %
| of Idaho as the Republican stand-l
ard bearer. Borah has authorized
‘that his name go into the Ohio
primaries in May.
| The Democratic leaders in con
gress today were studying methods
iot defeating proposats from a 35,-
1 000,000,000 money expansion.
l Bonus Talk
| There was talk of divorcing m-l
| flatation from the two-billion dol
‘lar soldiers’ bonug question andl
passing some bonus bill designea
to meet White House approvar.
They also sought to thwart the
{drive for the Frazier-Lemke mea
sure to refinance farm mortgages
through inflation up to three bil-’
lion dollars.
Representative Patman, Demo-‘
lcrat, Texas, autho‘* of the currency
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Mother of Mrs. I T.
Kilpatrick Succumbs
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Mrs. Martin L. Richter, 85,
mother of Mrs. I. T. Kilpatrick
of Athens, died at her residence
in Madison Monday night at 7,
o’clock after an illness of ten
months.
Funeral services will be held,
Wednesday morning at the homel
in Madison at 11 o’clock, conduct- |
ed by Father James E. King, of |
St. Joseph’s Catholic church of
Athens. '
Interment will be in Madison
with Hemperly Undertaking com
pany in charge of arrangements.
Two daughters, Mrs. Kilpatrick
and Mrs. H. H. Waters of Madi
son, and nine grandchildren sur
vive Mrs. Richter. !
Mrs. Richter was born ini
South Carolina but had lived ini
Madison for = many years. She |
was well known in Athens where |
she had frequently visited heri
daughter and a large circle of |
friends is deeply grieved to learn |
of her passing.
‘Chamber Of Commerce Will
Push Trade At Home Campaign
'\ A “trade at home” campaign
!will be one of the maln projects
iOf the Athens Chamber of Com-~
;merce «during 1936, it was announc
’ed this morning by Joel A. Wier,
secretary.
,[ Mr. Wier said he planned to can
vasg every merchant in Athens
early in January, and find out how
| many of them woul& cooperate with
| him in putting on the “trade at
| home” campaign, and with their
cooperation plans to impress every
citizen of the harm that he or she
'is doing Athens by trading in
larger cities.
} Large show eards, to be placed
' in every merchant’'s window who
' cooperates in the campaign, will
!be printed. There js a geries of
' these cards, each of which carries
'a very good reasom why people
should trade in the wown in which
they live.
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Funeral Services for Well
Known Athens Woman
To Be Held Wednesday
Mrs. Harry Erwin Died Monday
night at a local hospital after an
illne: s of three weeks. She was 71
vears old.
Mrs. Erwin, who was a native
of Tennessee, has made her home
in Athens with her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Y. Talmadge, for the past few
years. Before her marirage she
was Miss Mary Mills. She was
born February 28, 1859, in Cleve
land, Tenn., the daughter of Colo
nel Charles H. Mills and his wife,
Sallie Waterhouse Mills. lln her
early girlhood the family moved to
Chattanooga, where she spent
lmust of the rest of her life. lln
iIRSI she was married to Harry J.
lErwin, member of another promi
lnent pioneer east Tennesse fam
ily. |
Throughout their married life
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin were identi
fied with every social and civic
enterprise of importance in the
growth of Chattanooga. Possessed
of beauty and charm and endowed
with a disposition naturaly gay
and friendly, Mrs. Erwin was al
ways conspicuously popular
wherever she went, and her
strength of character and breadth
of sympathy made her an influ
ence for good in the lives of those
about her. She was a member of
the First Presbyterian church of
Athens.
After the marriage of her daugh
ter to Julius Young Talmadge of
this city in 1905, she spent a part
of every year in Athens, and since
the death of her husband five
years ago she has made her home
with Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge,
On December 5 she suffered a
fall which resulted in complica
tions that preved fatal. She met
her final illness with the fame
smiling courage which had been
characteristic of her attitude to
wards trouble and SOITOW
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|and thousands of dollars each year,
{ without knowning just how much |
ithey really are losing,’”” Mr. - Wier!
jsaid‘ “They are loging a large por-I
[tion due to the thoughtlessness of !
| Athens citizens who ~ are taking |
| their business to large places.” ‘
i “The chamber of commerce esti
mates that the amount of business |
lost unnecessarily is larger than|
the amount of business that would
|be obtained trgm a new industry
{ employing upward to 300 people
| One of the main objectives of the;
| chamber of commerce for 1936 is |
|to increase business in Athens, l
| «an effort will be made to in-|
| crease payrolls with new industr- |
| ies, but in addition we wish to stare i
|a special campaign to make Ath
| ens citizens spend their money in
| Athens. This, by helping the mer
;chants present their appeal to the
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North Georgia Shivers in Freezing
Weather as More Snow Predicted
ATLANTA, Ga.—(&)—Still crip
pled by its worst ice storm in 30
vears, Atlanta shivered at 23-de
gree weather today, and a pre
diction ' for smow thig afternoon,
ionizht and tomorrow.
Harrassed by slect since Satur
day night, the prediction affords a
discouraging New Year’s day out
look to 2 city still struggling to
. vercome breaks in vital street
car, electric, telephone and tele
graph service,
While snow was predicted for
Atlanta, warmer weather was
forecast for east Georgia, and
rain for the southern part of the
state.
Temperatures in the thirties
and under were general over the
state this morning.
Athens experienced 20-degree
weather early today. ‘
Valdosta reported an unofficial
low of 33, a slight sleet during
the early morning hours, and a
light rain later in the day.
Thomasville had a low of 30.5
and a drzizling rain.
Cloudy, dreary weather, and a
low of 30, was reported by Moul
trie.
Albany had a low of 31, but no
rain. :
Father north, in central Geor
gia, Macon had a low of 27, and
cloudy skies. .
Except for damage to timber
agriculture in the northern part
of the state is mnot expected to
suffer greatly, said . P. Stuckey,
director of the State Experiment
Station at Griffin.
Atlanta hospitals treated @2
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Athens, Ga., Tuesday, December 31, 1935,
dozen or more persons for injuries
sustained in falls on slippery
streets, or in other accidents duc
directly to the cold.
With the mercury remaining
geveral degrees below the freezing
point, weary public utilities em
lpluyes forged slowly ahead at the
wtask of restoring vital services.
! Many of the linemen who had
been on_the job 36 hours were
{being replaced by fresh crews
hastily recruited from other parts
of QGeorgia and adjoining states.
Large sections of the city still
‘were without lights or other
electrical facilities today. Many
of the outlying streets had not
been cleared of ice-laden tree
i branches and tangled wires.
I A skeleton street car service
| was restored late vyesterday but
( more than half of the lines op
erated by the Georgia Power com
pany remained idle.
Telephone service, both local
and long distance, was crippled.
Telegraph companies, however
reported considerbale improve
ment in their communication sys
tems.
Train schedules had returned
almest to normal today and bus
operators saw prospects of re
suming travel to the north.
With few exceptions, other
cities caught in the ice cap were
raaxing rapid recovery.
Grifin and Athens, virtually
isloated over the week-end, count
ed heavy property damage.
Marietta, Hapeville and Law-
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ATHENS PLANG FOR
NEW YEOR'
EW YEAR'S FROLLC
Younger Sets to Gather
At Two Dances Tonight;
Others Celebrate
‘Whisties will blow and bells
will ring at midnight tonight as
Athens rings out °‘the old year
and rings in the new. 'Danceés
will be held by the Athens Coun
try eclub and the local DeMola:
chapter tonight, the first at the‘
club and the last at the Legion
Cabin. !
Jimmie Matthews and his
“Georgia Collegians” will play for'
the dance at the Country cluh.‘
Only members of the club and|
their families will take part in!
this program. The dance will bel
held from 9 to 1.
A DeMolay dance will be held
at the American legion center
on Lumpkin street. The dance
will. be held for members of the
chapter * and their friends who
have been attending the previous
dances. If you have been to the
DeMolay dances before you are
welcome to attend this celebra
tion. Music for the affair will be
furnished by the “Dixie Cotton
Piekers,” a local colored orches
tra. The program will begin ut
.9:30 tonight and will end in the
vear 1936, |
Post office employes will work
the regular holiday hours, with
all windows being open only from
noon until 1 o'clock and with one
carrier delivery being made. Spe
cial delivery letters and packs
ages will be delivered as usual.
All three Athens banks wlil be
closed for the New Year holiday
. throughout the day.
Today Athenians were planning
their usual round of New Year
parties and many gatherings hacd
been arranged to watch the old
vear nut and the new one in.
New Local City Administration
Will Be Ushered In Tomorrow
A new city administration will
be ushered into power here tu
morrow when T. 8. Mell is inaugu
rated mayor and two new council
men are sworn into office.
Mr. Mell will succeed Mayor A,
G. Dudley, who has served five 2-
yvear terms as head of the city
government, Two members of
council will retire tomorrow, Boll
ing S. Dußose of the Third ward,
who will be succeeded by George
C. Armstrong and W. R. Phillips
of the Fourth ward, who will be
succeeded by T. L, Elder.
The old council will meet at 10
o'clock and reeeive reports from
the city engineer, waterworks de
partment, city marshal's office, the
bond commission and transact oth
er businesg in order to complete
its records for the year.
The new council will meet at 12
o’clock when Mr. Mell will be sworn
into office. One of the matters
to come before the new council, it
is said, is that of salary increases.
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday
.
New York City Plans
Gala New Year’s Eve
Celebration Tonight
NEW YORK — (#) — New
Year’'s Eve festivitles tonight }
promise to be the gayest since
the depression.
Mayor LaGuardia called off
his anti-noise campaign and
gave the horn-tooters until 6 a.
m., tomorrow,
More than 1,000 licensed
bars held special all-night per
mits, l
The curvew on restaurants
was postponed until 5 a. m.
Shopkeepers put up guard
rails in front of Times Square
stores and police anticipated
large crowds of merrymakers,
A mid-town movie theater
(Paramount) billed an all-night
show, the first in its history.
WEST 15 RECALLED
BY GRAND JURY IN
THELMA TODD PRORE
Mother of Slain Actress Is
Also Questioned in
Investigation
LOS ANGELES — (#) . Roland
West, former maker of mystery
movies, was ¢alled today by the
grand jury to help solve the riddle
of Thelma Todd’s death,
He maintained the blonde act
ress died accidentally of carbon
monoxide poisoning and denied
they had ever quarreled or that
he had ever struck her.
The 49-year old film director,
turned restauranteur, divulged new
details of his ynusual business re
lationship with the 20-. year old
actress, found dead in their garaye
December 18,
~ Disirict attorneyg deputies said
‘West denied he and the film
bheauty ever had quarreled althougn
he said they had argue occasion
ally concerning her Investments,
all 6f which he had handled so:
the last two years.
To the question “did you ever
strike Thelma Todd?” he gave an
indignant “No!”
Mrs. Todd Testifies
Mrs. Alice Todd, the comedienne's
mother, preceded West before the
grand jury, and, in tears, declared
she believed her daughter’s death
was accidental.
It was repocted West also told
the jury the following details of
hig association with the actress,
They met five years ago on a
picture location at Catalina Island.
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Attempted Kentucky
Prison Break Foiled
FRANKFORT, Ky.—{#)—An at
tempted break from the Frank
fort state reformatory early to-!
day failed when two younsg pris
oners were frightened from a lad- 1
der by the shots of guards,
The men who tried to break out‘
are Allen Geans alias James, 26,
and Tennessee Wooten. They |
were bedmates in one of the pris
ion's crowded dormitories. '
Guards W. H. Gregory and T. |
i"[‘. Dean shot at the prisoners as
| they ‘were climbing a ladder to
scale the back wall, Neither was
wounded.
Some undisclosed source ‘“tip
ped” the prison office that a break
would be attempted, and the
guards were ready. The attempt
too place shorty after 1:30 a. m.
Warden Elmer Deatherage,
Imlled fromm his home nearby
| when the prison alarm sounded,
! said a preliminary check-up re
vealed no prisoners missing.
It is reported that the question of
raising the salaries of all city em
ployes, including that of the may
or’s office, will be brought up for
action. What course this matter
will take is mot known, however.
At the present time the salary of
the mayor is S4OO per wvear and
there are some memberg of council,
it is said, who feel that the chlet
executive of the city should be
paid a larger salary and that sal
aries of city employes should also
be increased.
At tomorrow’s meeting of the
new council, Counci!lman W. R.
Bedgood is slatcd for election as
mayor pro-tem, succeeding Coun
cilman D. D. Quillian. The new
council will consist of the follow
ing members: H. L. Seagrawes and
W. H. Paul, First ward; E. L. Wier
and C. 8. Martin, Second ward;
W. R. Bedgood and G. C. Arm
strong, Third ward; C. F. Crymes
and T. L. Elder, Ml%
{n. Center and D. D. Quillian, Fifth
ward, f g UAL e
| on 16
GOVERNDR 15 SILENT
? UILLIRY
! 5.
DRIt
Use of National Guard “I§=
Still Considered As ==
Probable Choice &
MUCH SPECULATION =
Reported Withdrawa?l’]*
7 Millions By Road Dept. =
May Be Used
! ATLANTA,—(AP) —On the "
of assuming financial dictatorship.
‘of Geofgia’ Fugene Talmadge ahs)
nounced today “there’ll be plex :
of money to run the state nexts
year.” i
. The 1935 Jegislature failed
'pass an appropriations bill & for
11936-37 Talmadge refused " #6ed
call an extra session and ‘said
the state would run on as usualki’™
! The chief executive, who has at=
‘tracted national attention by his
attacks on the new deal, has re=
’fused to_make public his plans for
' running the state in 1936. ===
An attorn.y who declined to pers
mit use of hi¢ name was quoted
yesterday by the Macon telegraph |
as saying the governor mut‘;,,»
to operate a financial “dictator
shin” of Georgia by impounding
$8,000,000 under the protection of
the National guard. Lk
This plan, the paper said, would
mean guspension of all state taxes
for next year and the fixing by
counties of levies for county purs
poses under an old law asserted
ly authoriing the governor and the
comptroller general to set the state
levy without an appropriations aet.
From another source came a de- =
mand for action by the state legis®
lature independent of the Govers
nor's plans, L e
Asserting that Talmadge Wwés
threatening “unsurpation of legis
lative prerogatives,” representative
Olin Hammock of Randolph
county urged his fellow lawmakers
to call themselves into *
meet the emergency. He said thi
would be possible under the. state
constitution. - e
Asked directly if planned to fu
voke martial law tc beat dOWR |
position to his program, as 3
(Continued on : :
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Protective Ring of Police
Thrown Around Doc
Private Plane Awaits
GUESTS OF MORGANS
CARDIFF, WALES.—(AP)—
A member of the family of
Aubrey Nei Morgan, brothers.
in-law of Mrs. Charii?
LAdbergh, said today the
Lindberghs would be guests in
the Morgan home. e
L rvE
sz L g R
: By LLCYD LEHRBAS. =
(Copyright 1935 by the -.:.4 o
Press.) . iol
LIVERPOOL.—(#)—The . 8. 8
American Importer, bringing Gok
onel and Mrs. Charles A. Tifids
bergh and three-year-old son Jom &
from the 'United States to Enge
land, arrived today off the Glads
stone dock. e
. Liverpool police officials, J’ 2
ing a protective ring around the"
dock, said there was no doubf ‘the
i}Lindhm‘;:h family, seeking ‘43%55
' ion in England, was aboard 1
vessel. S
" It reached here at T:25 &. ¥
(2:25 a. m. Bastern standasd
time) . .
Chief Immigration spec
Blagg was here to expedite ¢l
entry of the Lindberghs into
England. G d
A personal friend of the |
berghs, whose name was not dis:
closed, had an automobile ready
at the dock. o
It was understood the i
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Money for Boys =
And Girls— = =
On the insids of todays
Banner-Herald are Qwo§
tures, tocetner with in k_;
tions, on how boys and girle
of school age in Athens '
have a charce to win hm
in cash in a contest .‘“«i
by Michael's, Athens. K {
for the instructions and get
into this interesting and prof
itable contest,
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