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PAGE TWO Three Faction Will Clash In Gongress On Type Of Law To Keep Us Out Of War Strict Embargo Advocates Face Battles With Group Urging “Moderate” Plan And With Profit Hunters The great probiems facing Congress and what may be done to solve them are mat- ‘ ters of vital interest to the na- | tion, as House and Senate pre- | pare to go into session on Jan. | 3. Rodney Dutcher, NEA Serv- | ice. and The Banner-Heraid | Washington correspondent, has | written a series of three ar- | ticles, of which this is the sec- | ond, teling in detail of the | outstanding problems to be | tackled and what Congress is | expected to do about them. | By RODNEY DUTCHER } Banner-Herald Washington Corre-| spondent | WASHINGTON-—Neutrality lez- | iglation, social security, and agri- | culture—unless the U. S. Bup mm-; Court upholds the AAA in toto—| wil! provide ,three of the chief | fields of combat in this session ufl Congress. ‘ A neutrality law must be devised to replace the makeshift compro mise law which expires in Febru- ary. The issue here will he fought out by: . 1. Those who would keep us out of war at any cost, short of arm ed invasion. : 2. Those who say it's worth tak ing a chance ir return for the profits of trade with belligerents. 3. Those—and here apparently one must include the administra tion—who don’'t care about the profits, but feel the president should have discretion to’ choose sides among belligerents for either moral or strategic reasons. The battle will begin almost at onee. 'The Senate munijtions com mittee has scheduled prompt hear ings on the banking phase of its investigation and will draw infor mation from that the demonstrate sgain how this country drifted into the World War. pPlan Tight Embargo The commititce has been work ing on & proposeéd neutrality bill which ‘s expected to include: 1. Mandatory embargoe: on Joans ard credits as well as on munitions and implements of war to belligerents. 2. Power for the president to de fine and embargo “war materials” (which might include oil) and re fuse pas:ports into warring na tions and war zones. 8. Provision that all merchanss¢ shall be transported to belligorents at the buyers' risk. Some of the more determined teekers of peace will insist that key war materials be specifically barred from our trade with bellig erents, and Senatcr Bone of Wash ington urges an automatic embar go on any commodity a belligerent declares to be contraband. The administration is sure to demand scme discretion here and j¢ expected to fight pronosed ap plication of mandatory clauses to parties which enter a war after the original belligerents. The present temporary law makes it mandatory on the presi dent to bar muntions shipments to Italy ard Ethiopia, for instance. but wouldn't apply to England or ather League nations which sub sequently might get into the con flict. l Greek Soldier | HO“ONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle 17 Eyei tu!;‘)or. I,6Leader of [ART] [FTATUINITILIE RIOlY) 19 He ls the— — recent AT [;]mm» AICIEIR of war. e BasiS oAI DB HIALE] ™oo i 13 filfchlnl‘ USE'E SINTIOGERTORER 22 Superfluous. 14 To pcrnse: R| RIEINIE W A 24 Singing voice. 15 City in Italy. mmiillflßß [']BEEE 26 Bitter drug. 16 Sounds. Ei[g%gg S ggg@ 28 To imittatg. 18 Tiny particle. |! T g 29 Part of the 20 Being. fi[flß LORD |TIREIS! mouth, 21 ’hadq?ge in g[flg FAUNTLERO |_ sg; :lVayside hotel. - grades .. . 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Bl el L N LT T Strong Act Likely However the differences are settled, a neutrality act on unpre cedented strength and scope is ex- : pected to emerge. Congress and the admini tration are united on a policy which they hope will pre vent greedy commercial interests from drazging the United BStates into war by demands for “freedom of the seas’'—which Admiral Sflnel defines as “the freedom 1o make profits out of countries engaged in a death +truggle.” Take-the-profits-out-of-war leg iglation, resting with the Senate finance committee since the House last summer patssed the amended McSwain bill, will also be up. The House bill giveg the presi dent power to fix prices, com mandeer factories, set material prices, and conscript management. It alto provides that drafted men shall not be asked to fight on foreign sofl, and jmposes a 100 per cent tax on excess profits in war time—but neglects to define “ex cess profite.” o Bill Limits Profits The bill in the Senate, which probably will be modified by the finance committee, limits corpora tion wartime profits to 3 per cent, raises income taxes to a point which would eliminate incomes over SIOO,OOO a year, and empow ers the president to draft corpora tion executives at war pay of SB,- 000 a year. Congress would be sure to gtand pat on the social security act passed last session were it not for the rapid spread of the Townsend Old Age Revolving Pensions idea. Townsend pressure for pensiong of S2OO a month to perions over 60, however, is likely to result in liberalizing of the act. The provision in the securlty act ‘to encourage sld age pensions is | that the federal government will [ match state pensions up to a total lof S3O, meanivg a maximum fed | eral contribution o® $156 a mounth a person, But there i some strong sentiment to make the federal government match larger sums and to cut the age limit to 60 in .stead of the present stipulated 65, with temporary exemption to 70 if states desire. Such a compromise might tend‘ to take the Townsend heat off Washington and transfer it to state legislatures. Scek Townsend Vote Ban The third geficiency bill carry irg $93,000,000 for old age pen lnion and other social welfare bene fits to states will be up <oon. Present administration plans ar to head off a House vote on the Townsend plan itself at this g™ sion, though it's possible they will be changed. Last year the plan nbtained 56 votes and this year it would be sure of 100. A petition to force a voie on a modified form 'nf the plan now has 47 names. It may be difficult to avoid a Sen ate vote if any senator insists on forcing one by attaching a rider to other legislation. - Nature of AAA legislation which might follow an adverse supreme court decision would depend on whether the court invalidated both proce: sing taxes and benefit pay- ments to farmers. If Congress had merely to find a new way to get revenue to mee! the taxes, it probably would in cline toward higher income and inheritance taxes, although 806 great is the aversion to new taxes in a campaign year that some effort, perhaps successful, would be made this year to get the money from relief funds .already appropriated. ‘ Farm Bil's May Pass Before there would be any new AAA tax, the administration would explore the possibilities of an excise tax on processors and manufacturers of farm products. Other farm legislation ig likely of passage, such as ihe Bankhead bill for relief of tenant farmers. Substitue legislation for the present unpopular potato control bill seems ceriain. Bkt st e MELL IS INDUCTED INTO OFFICE HERE BY JUDGE FORTSON (Continued ¥rom Page One) employes have been given a 10 per cent increase. Councilman Weir then withdrew his original motion and moved that Mayor Mell's salary be set at $1,200 and that action on sal arjes of firemen and policemen be deferred until an investigation can be made intg the financial condi tion of the city. 1t was voted to appropriate the same amount as last year to the Red Cross, $3,000 for public wel fare purposes, | A bill for $136.93 as the city's 'part for special relief purposes was presented by Joel A. Wier, chairman of the relief committee. Councilman Wier moved that the bill be paid, and that during 1936 the city appropriate $1,200 for relief work. Both motions were unanimonsly carried. Names of A. G. Dudley, H. F. Kirk, and Robert Lester were submitted for council to select a successor to Mayor Mell as a member of the bond commission. Councilman Bedgood moved thet Mr. Dudley be elected to fill the position on the commission, auad the motion was unanimously . cav ried. Mayor Mell announced that in terrst ¢n the bonds, due today, amounted to $11,622.50, and thut about si,Boo is in the bank. A res olution, drawn up by Attorney Rucker for Mayor Mell to borrow |BIO,OOO with which to pay the in terest, was adopted. Couneil unanimously voted to re tain four policemen, elected several months' ago to serve until Janu ary 1, to serve three more months. J. H. Epting, a member of the Civil service commission, asked council that the policemen be re tained. Councilman Seagraves made the motion, and it was un animously carried. ! Only one standing committee will '| be maintained by council this yeaa, t| it was indicated this morning when I‘Mayor Mell appointed the person -1 nel of the finance committee to in t | clude Councilman Wier, chairman, - | Councilmen Bedgova and Martin ' | The mayor is ex-officio member of )| the committee. No other commit. teer were authorized. y| The meeting of council was open-. o] ed with prayer by Dr. J. C. Wilkin. 1| gon, pastor of First Baptist church J Frank Shackelford and Will . | Scott appeared before council to | ask that a two inch water main on Ilolman avenue, given to the city about 6 years ago by the Holman Estate, be lowered deeper into the ground to protect it during freez ing weather, Mr. Shackelford said that since the main had been. put down by the estate, it had served 16 hous es in the Holmon avenue section, but now water was furnished 10‘ only about five houses by the| main. The city laid a main on King avenue some time ago, which affected about 11 houses that pro ivously drew water from the twa incly main, : Due to natural erosion and scraping of King avenue and Hol man avenue by the city, parts ci the small main were above the surface of the ground. During ¢ l& weuther, the main freezes aad: bursts, preventing those living on Holnr a 2 avenue from getting wa ter. 5 Alderman ‘Seagraves motioned that a committee be named to in vestigate the situation, before the pipe was lowered. Alderman Cen ter amended the motion to the ef | sect that the main, which is now bursted, be repaired by the city immediately., The amendment was rapproved. Aldermen Seagraves, Bedg&i\:nd Martin, and City En gineer J| S eacham were ap pointed to mate lowering the pipe. - : It was voted to hol eetings of council the first Wed ay of each month, at 8 o'clock" in the winter months and 8:30 during the summer. Funeral Services for Lumpkin F. Griffeth Are Postponed Again Funeral services for Lumpkin F. Griffeth were again postponed today when weather conditions continued to be bad. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Friday from the Johnson's Methodist church near Watkins ville in Oconee county. Mr. Griffeth 'died Saturday afternoon after being fatally injured in an accident on Tallassee road when the automobile in which he was riding skidded from the road and struck a bridge, throwing - him from the car. i THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA There is some doubt whether enough signatures can be obtain ed on a petition for the Frazier. Lemke farm mortgage refinancing bill to force this one to a vote. It s a $3,000,000,000 inflationary measure designed to refinance $9,000,000,000 in farm mortgages at low interest rates tlarough issu ance of new currency. If PasSed by both houses, it is expccted to be wvetoed. Democratic leaders are quietly laying plans to balk completion of the petition, using. “pressure” on members. The Bankhead cotton control bill probably will be killed by the gupreme court, but thus far noth ing has been proposed to replace it except the AAA voluntary cot ton adjustment program. NEXT: Government and busi ness and labor in the next Con gress. “KING OF KINGS” IN PROTEST TO LEAGUE (Continued From Page One) led these indications: ‘“The ITtalian planes did not mean to bomb tents of the Swedish Rei Cross and other Red Crosses, al though it is well known that Eth iopian chieftains take shelter un- der Red Cross gigns when they sce italian airpianes.” =~ - Although first Ethiopian reports said nine Swedes and 23 Ethiop ians of an ambulance unit died in the asault, the Italian government reported: “News of the number of .dead is not definitely stared.” The Swedish Red Cross unit was believed by Ethioplan officials themseives to have been in the head of their troop masses which have been menacing General Gud olfo Graziani's army. While fascist officials thus de. fended . vigorously the conduct. of their campaign, other Italiang at home saw the New Year in more quietly than wusual, but with the customary cry—‘'Viva, I 1 Duce!" still on their lips. ;i Itaiians went home early from their New Year's Eve celebrations, under the economy rules of the fascist regime, decred to combat League of Natlons war penaltles, They did not, ag in former New Year's live celepbrations, cast junk into the streets, or breax crockery on the pavements to herald the New Year. Most of their junk had gone into the regime’s war chest; the rest they saved Put fascists looked hopefully te the New “¥ear to bring them deci sive milithry triumphs in Bas Africa and an end to the Leagues sanctions siege at home. £ o 4 Britain’s traditional welcome to the New Year —the issuance of King George's honorg list — also reflected the East African con flict, Sir Sydney Barton, minister at Addis Ababa, became knight grand cross of the order of the British empire. Two of the king's sons the Duke of York and the Duke of Kent, also appeared in the lona honors list. HUNT FOR KARPIS IS PUSHED IN MISSOURI (Continued Irom Page One) A. Smith, chief of the De- partment of Justice of Investiga- tion here, said G-men were press ing the search for Karpis, although they had “nothing definite to go on.” “We don't know hoew much of Fanning’s story to believe,” the bureau chief said. “He wag de clared insane in lowa in 1934, aft er mal¥'ng a lot of extravagant claims when he was arrested there, ‘Psychologists at the University of lowa examined him and report ed he -had been drepped on his head as. a baby, actually, and had suffered .a. skull injury which as. fected hig mind. “Our files show a jury declared him officially insane.” ~ Fanning, questioned until this morning by Kansas City police and fedral agents, clung tenaciously te ‘his story that Karpis was his come panion. “I ought to know,” he insisted, “I've been with him constantly for the last four months and I served a 4 sentence with him once at Ark. ansas City, Kas.” 1 Smith said Fanning had been aa inmate of the Kansas State refor matory while Karpis served a sen.' tence there, and ‘probably knew him." At Kirksville, Mo., where Fan ning. had operated a photographic shop for several months, officers raided his hotel room. The re: ported they found several pistols and a number of radio receiving sets. + Fanning was arrested yesterday after leaping from a stolen car police were pursuing. His com panion escaped in the machine driving madly over curbs and through shrubbery to elude the officers. Fanning concealed himself in g school house and was arrested when he left ths building aftes hiding for several hours. BIG-EARTD SWANS . KANSAS CITY — Three swans on Ira Drymon’s farm “must have had ears as big as their wings,” Drymond said. He planned 1o capture the swan which had adopted a lake on the farm as their home. Next day, the big birds {lew away. 1 THE OMNIBUS A FREE RIDE FOR EVERYBODY Unknown to many Athens peo ple, short wave radio played an important part in the ice and sleet storm that has covered the southeastern states for the past three aays. Ralph “put” Palmisano, local short wave radio operator, was summoned by the local power company at 4 o'clock in the morn ing Saturday. Mr. Palmisano was asked by the local company to see if he could contact Atlanta, after all wires leading out of the city had been torn down by the snow | and falling limbs. . For a period of twenty minute: ’au effort was made to get in touch with Atlanta by Mr. Pal ' masino from his station W4DSF The operator then gave a signal tc ,station D4CCP in Gorgas, Ala }bama and learned that the wires from that city to Atlanta were in fair condition, and communica iitlonu were being sent through. In - Gorgas the short wave radio sta tion W4CCP had already been re moved from its original location and placed in the power company’s offices there. Athens could then talk with Atlanta via Gorgas, Ala. by short wave radio. The following letter was written to the American Radio Relay League by Vernon J. Cheek, loca’ ishort wave operator and director of controls at WTFI, asking tor‘ 'the right to have one-sixty phone\ operators in thig city. | American Radio Relay League, West Hartford, Conn. 1 Dear Sirs:— . | Mr. Ralph Palmisano, who re cently became identified with the league, operates from his statior W4DSF, here in Athens. A little episode drawn from his activities will probably be of interest to you At four o’clock, December 28 W4DSF received a telephone call from the loenl powpr gcompany, requesting his aid in contacting Atlanta. The company’s commmuni cation facilities were paralized by the worst ice storm in the history of the company, in this section. For a period of about twenty minutes an effort was made to contact. Atlanta with no results. Mr. Palmasino (W4DSFSs handle) was then called by W4CCP of Gorgas, Alabama. The call was answered and it was learned that his transmtter had already been placed in the offices of the loca’ power company in that city. Mr Palmasino was then informed that the lines from there to At lanta were then operative. The hook-up was ready to func tion in twenty-five minutes afte’ the telephone call had been re ceived by W4DSF. This accomplishment chalks up another deed justifying the exis tance of one sixty phone opera tors, doggone “em. : : Very Truly Yours, ' VERNON J. CHEEK,.. ‘ ‘W4ADN, Athens, Ga. Look¥ouTt BOYS! IT'S LEAP YEAR An ancient legend will uphold the rights of a girl when she wish es to ask her beloved to be her husband this year, as 1936 is a leap-year. For some this will be the first chance since 1932 since those figures were the last which could be divided by 4. Once every four years February has 29 days, and this is (ne of those years. Omnibus Driver 4 Offered Free Ride Leonard Postero, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Postero tlephon 'ed the Omnibus Driver, who gives everybody a free ride, and asked the Driver to thank all the many friends who helped he and “Lit tle Brother” win:- the minature au tomobile in the Patrick Pharmacy contest recently. Said Leonard: “Wish, ’em. a Happy New Year, too Mr. Driver. and I'll give you a free ride in our litte ecar, if you'll take time off from driving the Omnibus.” Fear Quail Crop Damaged by Snow Although no reports have been given concerning the damage of ‘the ice and snow to the quail and other game and birds in this sec- Mtion, local sportsmen were afraid /that a small percentage of the birds have been killed. Several Athenians who spend much of their time hunting and fishing stated that although they had not heard of the condition of the quail, they believed that quite a good many had been frozen. cold natured more so than almost any other bird. . : it Home-Made TONEE Anti-Freezers As a drizzling rain mixed with sleet fell on Athens again early this morning Athenians were buying more.qcandkes and “other | remedies for keepthg rain from !t‘reezing on the windshields. . Everything from chewing to baecco to table salt was being .used on the freezing glasses. Local | filling stations were selling a mix ture that many local cabs were “using. Many were recommending the use of an onion while others were applyving lemon juice to their Avindshields. Kerosene as well as tnotor oil were uvsed on many of the glasses. Many motorist were envying the drivers who had bought the latest thing for keep ing the windshield clear. It was an ordinary windshield wiper with a new type of blade that had been chemically treated for this purpose. The average person was applying what was most conven jent to. him whether it was chew ing tobacco, lemon juice, onions Here’s Money for Boys and Girls S A . 4 R SR i B 5 ‘7’;.‘;;;:‘:,.'v‘ 3 % G T ) .;;2;.’/{/[4;l{; e G T & 7 e s o 2% B 5 B7¥ 7 T ¥ E~ i 2 ' S b T o LR i e 5 4 e s e ; b 7 R 7 Bl e T e T e o s & I i :: > A fg? g i D, s Z RN l Re AR S AR s e A .’fl, A New Year's gift-in cash! Test your industriousness by getting into this contest. Clip out the above pictures, write under each the name of the person you think it represents and then write 'a description of what, in your opinfon, makes their attitude to 'ward the people similar, then mail both to the “Old Hickory Contest Editor, Athens Banner-Herald” not later than January 6, at 6 p. m. Do not make your essay more than 200 .words long. Michael’s, in Athens, is offering cash prizes totaling $25.00 to the | boys and girls of school age in the Athens area who win in this contest, First prizo, sls, to either| boy or girl, will be awarded thej sable salt, kerosene, motor oil or & candle. Be careful with those candles however. They’ll crack your wind shield, 3 SNELLING ASSERTS ; CITY OWES DUDLEY DEBT OF GRATITUDE (Continuea From Page One) of Mayor Dudley and the retiring Councilmen Dußose and Phillips, and referred to the spirit of har mony which has characterized the activities of the mayor and coun ¢il. James Barrow, city clerk, thanked the mayor and council for the cooperation they have given his office. In summarizing the record of the municipality in the last ten vears, Mayor Dudley pointed out that $29.000 worth of new water mains have been installed during. that period; new machinery cost ing $13,000 has been installed at the waterworks plant; $67,000 worth of street paving +has been paid and other similar permanent improvemgents brings the total for the period to $125583. Mayor Dudley cited the im provements at the ecity hall, en largement aud modernization of the health department, justallation of improved plumbing facilities for the public toilets, substitution of a new and more sanitary city .jail for the unsightly building formerly located on the city hall lot, con struction of a women’s rest room in the ecity hall building and mod ernization of the living quarters , G o r: 6551 ug" \ PU‘AE OF TIE : . 10 MINUTE RIDE : iza 2 i ;, } : TODAY. when people think about eight-cylinder * cars, they immediately think of Pontiac—for the b :M‘ __!'_-—-« i 1936 Pontiac is the greatest eight of its time. X T 2 It combines the finest of eight-cylinder performance [/ \\]Qa.QAQ,_o:_@_- e with economy that amazes even owners of small, light L 8 ~, set cars. It is equally famous for dependability that a car : eSS of this price has never had before. And it’s the one B low-priced car that gives you exactly what you want— : : beavty unlike that of any other car on the road. Take List prices at Pontiae. Michigan, it for a trial. Make any test you can think of. The s73fl Wé@g&%fifi%’;fi more you try the surer you'll be that you can’t do o - Nl‘m Sz and Exghe : better than @ Pontiac Eight, P Arsielle in C.M4.C' new 6% g ————— i i sttt GEORGIA MOTORS INC. BUICK-PONTIAC DEALERS Phones 700-741—C orner Lumpkin and Broad Streets R £ % o S e PR S - T O R R Y aaeEe. o Tag e C 3 by L % B 7w e ”g - - S v e o RERe, Tl R e s W R AT B | % :57 M e R i 8t | AR TN B o S o T o g - R S o i & r B z R PSR s R e % G' § A R e> R by L T ST SR O L RTS D S : i R B = - person sending in thé. best' litlle essay, together with: the above pictures and the correct names of the twg men shown here. For the next best essay, submitted by a girl a prizé, in cash, of $5.00 wi'l be awarded. And the boy who submits the second best essay for boys will also be awarded $5.00 in cash—making a total of $25.00 in cash. It {8 not every day that a boy or girl can get the chance to make cash money, so get busy and study up on these twc men, and write your &ssay. Be sure and send in to “Old Hickory Contest Editor, Athens Banner-Herald,” not later than 6 p. m., January 6th. The winners will b~ announced Janu ary Bth. of the city firemen, including in stallation of new plumbing facili ties, School System Reference was made to the city school administration which has succeeded in reducing the cost of operating the systemi, saving the taxpayers more than $30,000 an nually. In addition, funds have been made possible out ‘of cur rent municipal revenues to enlarge school bulldings to accommodate an increasing enrollment. The school book rental sy:tem, install ed by the board of education in the last ten years, has saved pa trons of the schools thousands of dollars every year. An active city-county health de« partment has helped give the com munity healthful conditions, a lab oratory which examines 5,000 spec mens annually aiding physicians ind the public health service in protecting the city and county from epidemics. In the field of prevention, for instance, the health department has, with the coo-op aration of Athens physicians, main tained a well baby clinic where last year more than 400 infants and pre-shooi children were un der observation. A elinic for the free treatment oo° social diseases has been established: In a two year period during the last decade the Athens community escaped without a single death from dip theria. The mayor praised the record of ' the health department as outstanding. s, Within the last year the citi zens authorized issuance of bonds for the purpose of building a new WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1936, waterworks plant which, with federal aid, will give Athens one of the most modern watcrworks in the country. In bidding the council farewell, Mayor Dudley declared tha: his asscciation with ite members and other officials and employes of the city in the last ten years has been a great pleasure to him, and ex= pressed his avpreciatior for the cooperation which has been given him in his efforts to serve the city efficiently. The police department made 3,- 330 arrests during the pa:t year, including 723 for traffic violations, 2,260 for cother violations, such as drunkeness, disorderly conduct, etc. and 337 or state warrants, Chief E. W. Waeds report shows. Record Yincent Matthews dis missed 427 cases, put 249 on pro bation, failed to try 9 cases, sus pended 35 and bound two over to state court. Property Recovered Fines collected in police court amounted to $13,517.28, with §7,- 626 being worked out on the streets. Stolen property recovered amounted to $18,424. During the wear 1,656 white males were arrested, 1,253 colored males, 97 white females, and 324 colored females. The fire department answered 245 alarms during the year, 18 of which were false. Value of prop erty at risk from fire during the year was estimated by Chief IL.ester at $262840, and contents at risk amounted to $115,125. Insurance on buildings threatened or de stroyed by fire during the year amounted to $252,000 and contents were insured for $112,000. Insurance loss on buildings and contents amounted to $10,475, and fire loss, not insured, was SIOO. December was the busiest month of the year for firemen, with 36 alarms being answered. In Janu- ary 29 alarms were answered; February 26; March 29; April, 17; May, 18; June, 15; July, 9; Auge ust, 11; September, 20; October, 23; November, 18; and December, 36. 1,553 Inspectlons A total of 1,563 inspectipns were made during the year, including 1,078 for fire prevention, 365 for fire protection in the business sec= tion, and 110 smoke flues. Nine- alarms out of the city were answered, Chief Lester re ported, and loss from these alarms are not included in his report. The budget for the upkeep of the department showed $37,5610 was spent during the past year, for lights ana power, fire alarm boxes, chemicdls, fuel, badges, rubber boots, suits, automobile tires, hose, payroll, and other incidentals. W. L. Stanton Recent Visitor to Athens Mr. W. L. Stanton, of Birme ingham, Ala., was tne guest sev eral days ago of his sister, Mrs. Walter T. Forbes. Mr. Stanton spent his freshman year at the University™ of Georgia a good #hany years ago, later going to the University of Michigan where he graduated and became a member of the faculty. : Following the World War, Mr. Stanton entered the employ of the Russian government as an engi neer and at the conclusion of a large -project he returned to. the states and is now connected with the Federal Housing Administra tion in Birmingham. :
