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Newspaper Page TextLOCAL COTTON | e | MIDDLING 7-8.... ........11 5-8¢ , PREV. CLOSE .. .. .. .. 115c¢ | Vol. 103. No. 304. $20,000 Pamage Done Telephone Wires In District 3. W. Jarrell, district manager of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company, said this marning ‘that the damage done hy the sleet and snow to the wires in this secton is about $20,000. The damage was thought to have been about SB,OOO during the first part of the week but hundreds of wires are still down that were first be lieved to be in good condition. According to Mr. Jarrell crews of men are almost unable to work with the wires due to the ice still on the ground. The men are un able to stay on their feet when they pick up a wire and try to re store them to their places. \ According ta Mr. Jarrell the worst damage done to wires in this section is in the city of Ath ens, between Athens and Macon and between Athens and Atlanta. The ice is still on all the wires south of Athens due to the fact that the sun did not shine on the wires yesterday and Monday. “The wires in this section are torn all to pieces” said Mr. Jar- (Continued on Page Three) DEMOCRATIC PARTY HELPED BY DINNER Purchasers of Jackson Tic kets Will Be Aiding Democratic Party Purchasers of tickets to the Jackson dinner here January 8, willi be making a contribution to the campaign fund of the Demo cratic party this year, 1t was pointed out today. The tickets are selling for $1.50 each, and all of the money except that required for expenses for the dinner, will he sent to the Democratic National Committee, Chairman James A, Farley of (Continued On Page Three) Brick Tenement in Buffalo Blown Up BUFFALO, N. Y. (#) —A four story brick tenement in the Ital ian gquarter housing at least 11 persons was leveled by a terrific explosion this morning. At Jeast one woman was killed, two men are known to be buried in the ruins and seven persons are in hospitals, most of them in critical condition, Police said they believed gas in the top of the building caused the blast. b There was no certam cneck on the number of persong living in the tenement and the police feared more than two might be buried un der the wreckage. Mrs. Ger&ldinve Prestifilepo, 57 was taken cut dead. Money for Boys And Girls— On the inside of today's Banner-Herald are two pice tures, togetner Wwith instruc tions, on how boys 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. 1935 In Review--A World-Wide Picture of Events of the Past Year 8 By [= 4 o\"“s‘ ){‘} ¢’ ey £ S Y \z / :\:N A= B = A~CENE) 1 %e w " w - /] N oo B HUEY § Q&% /. \\’/ !i v/ l‘," ™o\ \ A [ € /7 R Hp, § EVNL g LR | R ‘\,“ /Y Vo X7[T-\\ .e M ¥ 7 Wrg, $ ) \\\\ W i< .- A TSR L g‘( =", Ny 4, . N 4 y\\ N & 2 = TrE 2. I 8 & ’ C’J\ ‘.)r /\'N \&/ g‘é/ ; ‘lll,y NN ' - Wv PN "‘) o ’llcl'lr pec R i m“» ’K\ PN eP> é N 9 = Y4=) L 8717 s> DY Wl T, Ls = s Sl TR < SR N22| A ﬁ Yoy 3 b Bt -2N A T =7 S ~ . E“?”W 7 ' = ( = /,/gl BN FE <@ TOS 11 .7 5 &% =Dy . < e 1 (3 —= NP> Vi 00 BN\ AR 3 2\ &AIY : W =< > 3Gz X A 0 SLR s/ /—-—— \ » _:v ) ™ A= o QLUONY . Noy | £ fofo =9\ Fay B | o . 395 A “ N N| JusTice Y i =.o %‘ e Z s 4 A ;-y;"g : s §\" 4 Sl HOWMES bE’— - E ) .§— :O == j P S ’4’ | N JANE \ g ; Ty x ot /s o Z E 4 | I'6 A ’ ‘ WwORLD (” H 3, | =.Zk % ‘% , ADDAMS |3 = . 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Snelling charac terized as an “exampie to the en tire state,” Mayor A, G. l)uqley’g municipal administration expir(-dj today after - having directed the! laffnirs of the city government for [a decade—the longest oificial ten ure of any Athens chief executive. Retiring with Mayor Dudley were Councilmen B. 8. Dußose of {the Third ward and ‘W. R. Phillips ‘Of the Fourth, whose services to |the city were extolled by their as sociates. Councilman Dußose en tered council at -the same time Mayor Dudley began his first term. Mr. Phillips served one term of two years. Reports of the wvarious city de partments were made to the coun kcil at its last meeting this morn ing at 10 o'clbck- At 12 o'clock |the new mayor and council were sworn into office. 2 A highlight of the final meeting of the old council was the recom mendation by E. ¥F. Lester, chief of the fire department that a fire station be erected in the Milledge avenue-Lumpkin street section, the chief pointed out that section of the e¢ity has : grown that s on of the city has grown i mm t “where ‘an “additional fire station, built in that locality, ;is vitally necessary. Eliminated Debt Ohe of the major acts of the ad ministration which expired today was the elimination of a floating debt amounting to sll4,994.l6—ac compvlished in a period which was marked by the boll weevil invasion iof this section, failure of three lAthens banks and a worldwide de .pression. In addition ty wiping i out the city’s floating debt, the Dudley administration cut the tax rate ten cents per hundred, re duced property valuations for tax assessments twenty-five percent effecting total tax reduction of thirty percent, and increased the 'bond cothmission’s sinking fund from $151,558.88 in 1925 to $334,- ' 761.35 at the#f beginning of this | year, and alsaé retired $60,000 in i maturing . bonds. ; | Referring to the accompl‘yi:hmontg_ | of Mayor Dudley in the /lagt ten vears, Chancellor Snelling, who is ;ohairmau of the bond commission, declared the people of Athens owe the retiring mayor a “debt of grat jtude”. Dr. Snefling said protec tion of the city's credit has been, nearest Mr. - Dudley’s heart as mayor. “ij; have done a monw mental job,” Dr: Snelling said in addressing te? retiring mayor, “and your record is an example to 'the entire state”y Counw E. L. Wier of the Secon(};;,-_"_: ¥d praised the services gorgf iR wnued on Page Two) Hold Spotlight In Change Of City Administrations RS R SRTERS \ Rt : R AREROOR gl AR T 2 P R B S R i SR o 7 o e 3 R R S R N FE S L B R T sis: - : TR N o SR S B ‘?’E‘F-‘*T‘? S R R e RO R i R R g SR SR ‘:;-:i;t:tm:.,i;:;f.~'::{‘{:1' g . oxee SN P R R AR R R B -PR R SR e | B et LT e s % PRGTR R SRR P R ”&‘s\«\*( b Phae o e AR 5 R RRERR o TRN RIR Rt R SR PELGR Y sl e s plGies. SEEReER T MR uasuaaEa PRSI ‘.3:3:;:1:?'1:1'1:;:1:1:':{:-:?:1:1 e S R R N e l".:-.-51353115'-:‘5'5‘3".7' R RIS RRO SR e R B R S Rey B R e SRR -:;ss‘s:{:s:—::;:_‘ B EE e i (TSRS e TR N S N 43‘:’;3\:,;;‘;5;{.“.';::.}:}‘5; o ":'"?‘,:'{:‘:"2'11171:1:’:2:%1:3:3 2 e R R e G. G ) S B e - SOOI L L THESE ATHENIANS HELD THE SPOTLIGHT IN TODAY'S CHANGE OF CITY ADMINISTRATIONS—Left to Right: T.S. Mell, sworn in as Mayor, succeeding A. G. Dudley; W, R. Bedgood, elected mayor pro-tem, and T. L. Elder and George C. Armstrong, sworn into office as members of city council from fourth and third wa;ds,ﬂres{ggq_t_i){flx.ﬂ R e : Annual Report of City Engineer Beacham Shows Successful Year “KING OF KINGS™ 1N PROTESTTO LEAGUE Rome Communique Re plies By Recalling Be heading of Two Airmen BY HENRY CASSIDY. ~ ] (Associated Press Forgign Staff) } Italy and Ethiopia exchanged | bitter reeriminations today over | their warfare’s newest cause cele { bre—the fascist aerial bombard ment Monday on the southern ifr(mt_ | Emperor Haile Selassie, from Ihis field headquarters at Dessye, ! telegraphed a protest to the League of Nations, charging Italy with lusing poison gas in the attack and with effecting “complete destruc {tion of a Swedish Red Cross am bulance.” i The Rome governnient, in turn, | countered with an offieial com- Imunique insisting: “The bombardment which took place on the Somaliland front was fully justifieg,;,W"the proved fact that tw%ﬂbﬁlian aviators who fell at Daggdh Bur were killed and de- Lcapitated, and their heads carried .{.t(- Harar in triumph” f#rom the rival government com lmunications, outlines of what act lunl'_\' occurred in the bombardment on the Guenale Dorla river, about 130 miles north of Dolo, began te | emerge. Original “ iAdications were that cnly a Swedish ambulance, in the Ethiopian Ve lof the incident, was attacked: .o o Haile Selagsie's protest indicated now that Ethiopia troop -concen trations came under the bombard« ment. The Rome communique confirm (Continued on Page Two) Athens, GCa., Wednesday, January 1, 1936. SRR e St Ve < R R S R e S A R N S AR X 2% R & R ] _ g v__.‘;.;:3:;:;:;.;:;:-:;;;’;,,:~~ 3 N SRS G R 4 B R B R ] BM B '\ R AR P B R S TR IR R R R B 3 R e § N B e 2 P R R L R el e RS R o e R 1 g%m s TR e, S B § B R S S S P R S FE RE R E R 4 TR FR SO o o 3 A A BRI - RBS B R SETTER S S e o el S TAB R S R }Q.-‘,\ B R e R &.;.1.;4;.,1-:_ R = e -,‘:~;§.fg‘_;.i:}:l.‘ R _.,A{:;;;;{:_:;:L,;:ts?&j» e ] ss S e R D RRS R o !Building, Street Paving, - Water Works Program Show Increases Athens’ building, street paving, and waterworks program during 1935 showed a marked increase over the past three years, accord ing to a report submitted today to city council by J. G. Beacham, city engineer, Building permits issued during the year amounted to $331,699.58, 4 . $186,723.31 mare in 1934 PRt g Rl d on building this past year than any year since 1929, except 1931, when $300,000 was spent on build ings by the University of Geor gia. 2 The past year was the most ac tive year in a decade in paving, with Broad street being ved from Hull to Milledge avenuit a cost of $16,000, and Lumpkin street being widened to 36 feet by the State Highway department. Belgian blocks from Lumpkin street were used to pave Oconee street from Oak street to Poplar street; East Broad street from Trail Creek bridge to Poplar street; Hancock avenue from Pulaski to Milledge avenue; Chase street from Boulevard to the Seaboard Airline railway overheac bridg>. During the year an avpplication wag presented to the Work Pro gress Administration to pave thirs ‘teen streets, and the application was approved, with the Federal government paying 45 percent of “the cement to pave the streets ‘and furnishing the labor. It is the intention of the city govermn ment to pave these streets during the coming year. 5 Shows A Profit ‘According to Mr. Beacham’s re port, the. city saved $2,662.28 by manufacture of concrete pipe at the city stockade. A total of 1,- 575 feet of 12-inch pipe was sold, at a price of $708.75; 1,535 feet of (Continued On Page Three) L L R f'iw: S R A, S et R R e BRI fEa 3‘ R e s .-:~.7.~':5:-‘»§Q S R 3 B, e 2 R BT "\-‘fb R R R e B PR R R f-;::‘: . e - N SR SN oSR A w; RT S R " '?SS:Z:'-:::-::'. e SR\ R 3 A R T s R bR ¥ RR e B R R ) st ; R S S BRI X R % A .'v.* Fo 00l | SRR e e 7 L .‘f:fi.:,:f:' DR DR - et o AR B Rt e el R R R PR s B R B BRBINE R R P SRR R B BR A e o B ;’ o A T Re R SRR - s SRR SR L e BRI ot G SO R 3 B COre S 3 R i R e R R R R R R R R BRI S i . £ Y EOR s TR DTN SRR B R R N PRI SR PSR e B TR Y . NN s e k’:t.- 1K »rg'n.»:lz‘-:f:ﬁ:ki\g.‘ PR DR B 3 S ~.g‘?). “‘,"? ';.»:;i;:p:;;c:i-k:;:?..;; sRt BN s g T o PR | e SN PSS SRR (1 oy R e ST g R SR i :?:3.\':1?&:? R T \QN\ R f} KR O o Bt DAT RLS PR R ¢ SR TR G PR S SRR & A R HUNT FOR KARPIS 15 'PUSHED I MISSOUM Nation-Wide Search For Public Enemy No. 1 Re sumed With Vigor KANSAS CITY — () — Thn nation-wide hunt for Alvin Karpis was centered here today on the basis of reports the Nation’s No. 1 ]'Pubuc Enemy had paid the city a visit. New impetus was en the {'search when a cabih caffip. prop | said a pi{;lur.e, Karpis “strongly resembled” the compan jon of Homer (Slim) Fanning 27, who told officers when arrested here yesterday, that he had been traveling with the noto.ious outs law. | Ollie Smith, proprietor of the ca-.;z:zi; said ;t:he'tw}) men had ocs cupied a eabin there Monday night (Continued on Page Two) LOCAL WEATHER St R L e S e eset e ee A A A SRS GEORCGIA: Qccasional Rain D Tonight and SF Thursday; Y ‘@ Probably Rain in St i North Portion "_ﬂ‘,:.’ ‘ This Afternoon (!l;n ' ” and Tonight; L I/,/i' Not Much Change SSUI] | in Temperature. RAIN TEMPERATURE Highst.... ..co s s v BN Loowest...c coos wpre s vdev 380 M il sk gLI NOUERE " . wcoe srir wesngsßß,o RAINFALL Total since January 1....... 0.00 Depeit since January bt A 0 Average January rainfall... 4.8% Inches last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00 B e R T S B e R R S R s':' SRR »\@M RSR B R R ] R g e o S e S B R e PR e R E o m":‘?iii:i ; g':r:t-?-frz‘ffiz;.. e |§% G e b R R S SR R RR S B o B T S S B SRR R 0- S BRREe R RESSESRERRE BOROD R Re R Y R B R QR s BRSO A R PR :1:7'.5115:1:1:1:3:1:1:}:1:1:5:5:}:5:-:»;:.;:»:-,_.;:._._: 2 R A .'<-':~:::::'~.:-:-'--:;g’.-:-:.:=§: Ry e R R R SR = . e Bt R %& SRR R o S SRS e : BG 3 o . Talmadge Assumes ‘Dictatorship’ | But Is Still Silent on Methods Georgia Citizens Await Developments of New Year for Answer ATLANTA -~ (#) -— Governor Eugene Talmadge became the dic tator of Georgia's $2(,000,000-a yvear public business today, with powers only veguely Cefined. Citizens awaited New Year’s developments for the answers to the failure of the 19385 legislature— which administration sourceg have described as “broken down” — to pass ‘an appropriations. act for 1986-37, 1 - 'Lack of thig act placed respon sibility for expenditures upon the wiry, black-haired former farmer and lawyer who has announced as a tentative candidate for the De mocratic presidential nomination in opposition to President Roose velt., . Bankers and political leaders gnestioned the constitutionality of spending public funds without le gislative authorization. “Wait and see,” was the gist of Talmadge's reply to inquiries. ‘Will he call out national guards men, a4s he has done on several other occasions during his three vears in office? ‘Will he borrow the highway de partment’s gasoline tax funds for genera] purposes in view of a re commendation by clearing house attorneys against lending of money to the 1-man government? Did fear of censure from the le gislature influence him - against calling a special session to meet the emergency? Speculation enibraced these points and a dozen others. A suggestion came from Rep= resentative Olin Hammock that the legislature voncene jtself to un= tangle the financial snare. However, Representative W. D, Lanier said it had no authority to do so. “Georgia may learn from what is (Continted On Page Three) A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday e e e DR+ .T D T AR N £ PR e e T 3H: oS¥ R R fiok B ity TGy - z&::‘ ;»« g g T R kl 3 s v‘»i\r_* oA R LY RV 2 b 0 Loty 2 AN 2 g : 80 Wi Er g | : O ‘,yr ! S AR e ~;;% [P e -" R LR R Gt R s v RERRE § T LRI o e & BB & eTy B N SR G i b couh Lo g 4 R.OY DAn BN e b e B AR SR AR 1 BB o e o HASTEOME AT - 7 A “‘"y O o Re b TR [eßh B I ,s{f, et Pt ogy & ir??_': L e i “ (ST LI D 4 ,zélt; Laiee B s i AT, & s O PR S R i o T g‘a‘f’&, s S s ) ik Au’é;i’g e e S eh e T R £ e G e o fasi W ST e i 5 5 i 4 i Bt 4 GRID GAMES HOLD INTEREST OF FANS Bad Weather Fails to Dampen Spirits at New Orleans: Fair on Coast (By the Associated Press) FPootball -~ & New: Year's .Day feature peculiar to the South and the: Far West — held sway at Pasadena, New Orleans, Miami and San Francisco today. . Fans throughout -the nation were gcheduled to get their first 1936 taste of the‘sport from the Sugar Bowl at New Orxleans and the Or ange Bowl at Miami where the games were schedulea to begin at 1:30 p. m, C.B.T. Ag the echos of these contests died away, the Kast-West contesc was scheduled to begin at San Francisco at 4 p, m, C.B.T, ana the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena at 3:ie ». m., C.B.T. Unfavorable weather at New Orleans failcd to daunt the spirits of the crowds as the hour approa ched for the clash betwen L. S. U’s Tigers and Texas Christian's Horned Frogs. At Miami more than 12,000 per sons were expected to witness the game between Catholic University and Ole Miss. Mightiest of all the contests, (hat between the powerful teams of Southern Methodist University and Stanford, awaited only the start. ing whistle to get under way In warm weather and under clear skies before 85,000 ticket holders at Pasadena, At San Francisco, where 44 of the nation’s outstanding players, picked from outstanding teams of the east and the west were ready (Continued on page six.) HZE\ MELL 15 INDUGTED INTO OFFICE HERE BY JUDGE FORTSON W. R. Bedgood Is Named Mayor Pro-Tem For = | This Year#e . NEW COUNCILMEN Salary of Mayor Increased; Defer Action on Other Employes A A new city administration, with T. 8. Mell 4t its helm, was sworn into office at 12 o'clock noon toe day when Judge Blanton Fortson of Clarke Superior court adminiss tered the oath cf otfice to Ath ens’ recently elected chief execu tive. Upon being inducted into office, Mayor Mell swore into office the five members of council who be gin new terms, including two new members, Councilmen George . Armstrong and T. L, Elder of the Third and Fourth wards. Coun cilmen D. D. Quillian, W. H. Pau} and Charles 8, Martin began new terms today. After organizaticn of Council, W. R. Bedgood of the Third ward 'was unanimously elected mayor pro-tem. Councilman Quillian nom inated Councilman Bedgood for that office and Councilman A. M, Center secorided the nomination, Upon motion of Counciilman E. 1. Wier the mayor's salary was increased from S4OO per year to SI2OO. Councilman H. L. Sea graves moved to amend Council man Wier's motion by providing for a ten percent increage in sal aries of all city employes but City Attorney Lamar C. Rucker point »d out that council ean fix at the January meoting, the salaries ..of. the mayvor, firemen and policemen and council members: Councilman Seagraves amended - the motion again to provide for an increase in salaries of firemen and policemen. Councilman Elder said that he had been informed, unofficially, that the city clerk's salary and the city engineer's sal ary nad already been raised back to the same figure they were be fore all city employe's salaries were cut several years ago. Since sal aries were cut the first time, all (Continued on Page Two) Reosevelt to Address Congress Friday Night WASHINGTON — (#) — When President Roosevelt deliverg his message to congress Friday nighe it will be the 55th time a chief executive has gone there to address joint gessions. e It will be the first time, hows. ever, that a president has duﬂﬁ; ed his message on “the state of the nation” at night. The only pre vious night message was that %es Woodrow Wilson, when hushed le gislators heard the words that meant war. .S Only six of Mr. Roosevelt’'s pre decessors have gone to Capitol HIl to address joint sessions. Wash~ ington was one of them. "

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, January 01, 1936, Home Edition, Image 1