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Vol. 103. No. 306.
Problem Of Ice
And Snow Ended,
Another Arises
Athens was relieved from ice
and snow to a large extent yester
day by heavy rains, but teday
faced another problem almost as
perplexing, that of controlling
water, and repairing damages al
ready done by the rain.
Cellars in many Athens homos
were partly filled with water this
morning that seeped through the
earth, saturated by more than 18
hours of steady rain.
Foodstuffs stored in cellars
wereé practically ruined by the
water, and every available method
was employed to drain off the
water.
Residences and other build
ings were damaged by water,
when gutters failed to afford
drainage for the heavy rains. Fur
niture and interior decorations of
the building used by Masons and
DeMolays as ‘a meeting place
located directly behind the Geor
gia Power company on Clayton
street, were damaged to a large
extent by water yesterday. Mosi
of the water was Dbailed out of
the building .yesterday afternoon,
preventing further damage,
! Roof Collapses .
A home on Prince avenue was
reported to have been damaged
by heavy weight of snow and ice
on the roof. A portion of the roof
collapsed, drenching the interior
of a bedroom.
Roofs of many other houses in
the . city were damaged by the
snow, and one roofing company
here reported this morning its
employes had been busy for the
past two days repairing damage.
It was estimated by a company
employe ‘that approximately 25
emergency calls to repair roofs
came into their office yésterday.
The Oconee river was rising
rapidly this morning, according to
B. G. Bisson, who said the water
guage showed that since the rain
started, water had risen more than
19 feet. G
Several colored families, occu
pying homes near the river bank,
were forced to abandon them last
night because of the raging wa
ters, which flooded lands within a
50-yard radius of the banks.
e Buildings Flooded
~ Small buildings used as chicken
‘houses and cow barns, ax‘ehfié
covered with water today, and the
water was Wwithin three feet of
the College avenue bridge today
at 12 o'clock.
An example of how fast the
river was rising, is shown by the
readings of the water guage, re
ported by N{r. Bisson. He said
early this morning when he read
the guage, it was 19% feet, and
about a half hour later when he
read it again, it was 22% feet.
Normal heighth for the river at
guage is 3.6 feet.
“The waters are the highest 1
have seen them in eight or ten
vears,” Mr. Bisson said. He said
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Office of Reemployment
Service in Elberton Is
Closed By Washington
The Elberton office 6f the Nat
ional Re-employment Service, a
branch of the Athens office, has
been abolished, it was announeed
this morning by W. F. Pittard,
district manager of the Re-em
ployment Service here.
Employes of the service in Il
berton have been transferred to
the office here. They are R. H.
Johnsan, assistant ‘distrigt {man
ager and traveling representative
and Mrs.. Laura M. Taylor, clerk.
Orders were received to abolish
the office from the U. S. Em
plovment service in Washington.
The same order reduced the local
staff by three. g
Cash Prize Offer
Getting Big Hand
From Young People
They're coming in fast now!
After being ice-bound and
snow - marooned for several
days, boys and girls of the
Atheng area are almost delug
ing The Banner-Herald, “Old
Hickory Contest Editor” with
their entries for the cash
prizes offered by Michael's de
tails of which are explained on
another page in today's Ban
ner-Herald.
Entries have Dbeen received
by mail frora towns and rural
routes in the Athens area, in
addition to those from Athens
and Clarke county,
Any boy or giri £ school
age in the Athens territory,
within a radiug of sixty or
seventy miles of Athens, may
enter the contest. Look for
the pictures of two men an
another page of today's paper,
read the rules and get your en
try in before 6 p. m. Mon
day, January 6. The prize
winners will be announced
Wednesday night, January 8.
Remember, here is an oppor
tunity to show how much you
have learned at school and
reap a reward of $15.00, or
$5.00 in cash. S e
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Congress Meets Today Amid Political Hatreds
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BY HAILE SELASGIE
T 0 QUELL DISORDERS
Gojjam-Province Is Center
Of Internal Strife
In Ethiopia -
NEPHEW IS BLAMED
Italy’s ‘Domestic Trouble
Not Yet Officially
Recognized
By ROY P. PORTER
Associated Press Staff Writer
Officials “of - two nations at war
with each other moved - today, in=-
formed sources reported,. to stran
gle any internal dissension in
their ‘countries.
In Tltaly, Fascist party Ileaders
called countrywide meetings to re=
peat to their followers Premier
Mussolini’s .strong declaration 10
years ago that .opposition to his
regime. would be removed by force.
Five thousand troops were sent
from . Addis Apaba to Gojjam
Province, near Lake Tana. to quell
disorders . allegedly incited by
Italy. Thousands of copies of fan
appeal for loyalty to Emperor
Haile Selassie also were dispatch
ed to the province to combat at
tempts to stir a revolt against im
perial taxes.
A nephew ‘of the imprisoned Ras
Hailu, erstwhile governor of Goj:
jam, was blamed directly for the
Sanble - o 0 :
Not Officiallyßecognized
. Domestic dissension in Ttaly—if
any—has not been officially rec
ognized. Premier Mussolini was
represented informed. quarters,
‘fi%‘:vew,‘"w%mmm{g e ramé
position he did a decade ago
when he said “when two elements
conflict and are irreconciliable, the
solution is force.”
Any criticism of Fascist leader-
ship, it was believed, might come
from delay ‘’in the campaign of
conquest on -the Ethiopian fronts
together with results from League
of Nations sanctions.
Heading the -Ethiopian loyalty
campaign was the Abuna (bishop)
of the Coptic Christian church who
signed the -appeals. The situation
in Gojjam province = has become
dangerously worse, informed sour
ces disclosed.
I The Swedish government agreed
‘to assist. the Swedish Red Cross
]in raising funds to finance an in
lvestigation into the bombing of a
tßed Cross unit by Italian avia
tors on the southern KEthiopian
|front. i :
Special Meeting
l The decision followed a special
Red Cross meeting at Stockholm
kdias
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France Asks Britain
Important Question
portant Qu
| PARIS —(#)— Paris new=papers
;repnrted today France has asked
Great Britain if she is willing to
]send troops to the German fron
tier, to replace French soldiers, in
lcaSP of war with Italy.
The newspapers Paris-Soir and
[lntl‘ansigeant indicated the ques
{ tion was raised in discussions be
‘tweon the British and French gen
erall staffs, in which the two na
'tions were considering how they
would aid each other in the event
! Italy attacked British ships in the
! Mediterranean.
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
By The Associated Press
i VILLA RICA.—The Rev. T. B.
! C. . Webb, . retired Christian min
|l ister, died here last night of in
ijuries suffered recently when he
was struck by an automobile dur
ing a rainstorm near his home al
Temple. He was about 70 years
!,old. \
l SYLVANIA . —J. A. Miils de
!feated R. E. Howard by a vote of
197 to 89 in yesterdav’s election
ifor mayor of Sylvania.
Dr. T. L. Graham, C. A. Mims
dnd Dr. A. B. Reddick were
elected to the city council.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Early
enactment of legislation tc de
velop the tung oil industry in
south Georgia will be sought by
Senator Richard B. Russell, jr.
(D.-Ga.)
He said yesterday he will press
for definite action on his bill pro
viding for establishment in the
Department of Agriculture of an
experiment station for cultivation
of tung oil trees.
At 62, Al Smith’
Begins New Fight
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Alfred E. Smith, 1928 Democratic
presidential nominee, celebrated
his 62nd birthday by cutting a
cake and issuing a double-bar
relled statement - that disputed
White House comment anent the
invitation extended to him to be a
Roosevelt guest on his trip to
Washington to address the Lib
erty League. He made it clear he
wouldn’t be a Roosevelt sup
porter at the Democratic nominat
ing convention.
TOOD DEATH PROBE
RESUMED AT CAFE
Scene of Star’s Death Re
ceives Latest -Attention
Of Grand Jurors.
LOS ANGELES -—— () — Grand
jurors, told that laugh-provoking
Thelma Todd was unhappy and
“deary,” took their investigation
of the screen comédienne’s death
today to the seaside cafe’ where
she lived ahd the garage where
she died. i
In the face of new testimony the
actress was subject to spells of
despondency, Jury Foreman Ge?rge
Rechester said:
“It looks as if the suicide angle
may be just a build-up. lln the
actual evidence, I have found
nothing to support this theory
definitely.”
Previously Rochester said he had
found evidence of “murder by
manoxide.” Police and the coro
ner's jury heldy to a theory of ac
cidentaj death. The grand jury is
ferreting out the possibility of
murder. v
| The entire jury prepared to in
spect the case and the star's
apartment adjoining that of Ro
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The bill was pigeonholed by a
committee at the last session of
CoOngress.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Miss
Christiebell Kennedy of Tifton,
Ga., has been appointed secretary
to Senator Walter F. George
(D.-Ga.) succeeding Mis. Joseph
Riehl of Vienna, Ga.
The senator said Mrs. Riehl
who before her recent marriage
was Miss Pauline Ellison, wil’
remain in his office here but she
had asked to be relieved of her
duties as secretary,
MACON.—Arrested for ques
tioning in the slaying of Mrs. J.
P. Padgett and the wounding of
her husband and her mother at
Fort Valley recently. iwo Ne
groes have been released here.
Tort Valley witnesses failed to
jmplicate them. Mrs. Padgett
was shot to death during a rob
bery of her husband’'s store.
Athens, GCa., Friday, January 3, 1936.
Survey by Extension Service
Indicates Bright Outlook for
Georgia Farm Income in 1936
Decision Is Based Upon
Weather Conditions
Being Average
GREATER DEMAND
Qutlook With Respect to
Cotton Dependent Upon
AAA Program
A bright outlook for farm in
come in Georgia in 1936 was re
ported today by the state agricul
tural extension service,
Surviving general economic con
ditions, the service said that if
weather conditions are average, or
above, it is reasonable to anti
cipate that the upward trend in
the value of Georgia's agriculture
will contineu during the forthcom
ing year.”
. The survey said ‘the gross in
come from crops and livestock in
Georgia in 1935, excluding rental
and benefit payments, will be ap
proximately $183,000,000. The cor
responding figure for 1934 was
$173,000,000 for 1933 it was $145,-
000,000, and for 1932 the income
was $105,000,000.”
Greater Demand
Kenneth Treanor, extension eco
nomist in farm management, auth
or of the survey, said “demand for
the production of Georgia farm
productg taken collectively in 1936
likely to be greater than for the
production of the 1935 season. This
increased demand is expected to
result from increased consumer
purchasing power.
It is likely that consumer buy
ing power in the United States in
1936 will be increased by appro
ximately 10 per cent over 1035
Should this increase - materiatize,
prices for the present volume of
agricultural production are. lkely
to be higher than are now pre«
Vailing, but any increase in farm
production would tend to check
the advance in prices.”
The review emphasized that in
the case of certain major Georgia
crops, such as cotton,. tobacke ana
peanuts, much would depend on
control programs. =
Depends on AAA
“The outlook with respect to the
supply and prices of American
cotton in 1936-37 depends very
laréély fipon the 1936 cotton adjust-
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ALL AEMAAING QUIET
AT STATE CAPITOL
Georgia Enters Third Day
Wi ithout Appropriations
Measure
ATLANTA, Ga— (/) —Georgia
entered its third day of operation
without an appropriation bill to
day and thus far only minor rev
erberations had disutrbed = the
quiet of the capitol.
Most activities in the building
were proceeding as usual, and in
the seat of power Governor Eu
gene Talmadge greeted callers
and displayed little evidence that
governmental burdens were’ wor
rying him.
The first rippleron an other
wise calm governmental sea came
when the state treasury declined
to make a payment on the 1936
salary of a supreme court cleric.
Talmadge said the court clerk’s
inquiry did not constitute a de
mand for salary. He added when
any judiciary member “goes and
asks for the money due him and
the state treasurer refuses to
give it to him, the state treasurer
is going to see me.”
Interest coupons, on the state's
funded debt of approximately
$4,500,000, were paid as presented
vesterday. State Treasurer George
S. Hamilton maintained he was
paying them “perfectly iegally”
as the money was collected in
1935 on a tax levy made in that
vear. He also said there was a
statute providing for an annual
appropriation to pay the interest.
A warrant for §71,600 to pay
January pensions of Confederate
veterans and their widows alsc
passed through the treasury in
the usual order. Hamilton said
the warrant ~was drawn on last
vear’'s appropriations.
Legislators throughout the
state differed in their opinions ag
to whether an extra-session of
the general assembly can be
‘called without action by Tal
madge.. Since the 1935 session
adjourned without passage of an
appropriations act. the governor
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FI_LASHES
of
L-I-F-E
(By the Associated Press)
ALMOST SUDDEN DEATH
DETROl'T.—Francis Courteau, a
companion and two girls drove
onto an elevated railroad track by
mistake. Down the rails a loco
motive whistled.
~Stiffened with fright, they saw
@ headlight pierce the darkness.
Forty feet below was the road
level. Courteau tried franticaly
and vainly to move the car
The train thundreded down. In
side the auto fright turned to de
spair. The freight train roared on
~—and passed the stalled car on
another track.
A WOMAN’'S LOGIC
SWEET GRASS, Mont. — Mrs.
M. Crawford moved her family
from Sleepy Hollow tg Coutts so
the children could attend school
this winter. There were no vacant
houses and. no living quarters
available there—sg ‘Mrs. Crawford
moved her house from Sleepy Hol
low to Coutts.
THE LAST WORD
TULSA, Okla. — Judge A, A.
Hatch had the last word—but not
until after Mrs., Grace Carson had
heér say. The judge qrdered her
to stop talking in municipaj court
and when she didn't held her in
contempt. She was detained an
hour. § _
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
,&DSWBX}O. Kas. — Dr. D. B.
Fondyce ' prediels ~a prosperous
1936 because “the stork and I de
lteved a PBaby on the last day of
the old vear, ancthe: on the first
day of the mew year, twins on the
second day and today being the
third, I'm expecting triplets.”
NEW EXPEDITION T 0
CEEK PAUL REDFERN
Group Headed by H. Van
Leynden Chooses Differ
ent Route Into Interior
PARAMARIBO, Dutech Guiana—
(P)—A new expedition headed by
H. Van Leynden, leader of the
Duteh section of a boundary coms
mission, has joined the search for
Paul Redfern, Georgia flier who
disappeared in 1927 on a flight
from Brunswick, Ga., to Rio De
Janeiro-
It was the third group to enter
the Guianan jungles recently to
investigate reports that a cripplea
white man is living with a little
known Indian tribe.
The man, believed by some ex
plorers to be Redfern, was said
to have had both legs broken when
his plane made a forced landing
in the jungle. :
Van Leynden's expedition is on
its way up the Corentyne river,
separating British and Duteh Guia
na. It expects to contact the com
mission marking out the British-
Putch-Brazilian boundary near the
territory where Redfern is sup-
posed to be.
Nothing has been heard lately
from the other two parties thas
went into the jungles in Decem
ber to seek the missing aviator.
vVan Leynden's unit, includes =
doctor and a wireless operator.
This e—x“p:aditlon sought first to
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TEMPERATURE
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Inches last 24 hours .. .. 3.07
Total since January 1 ... 5.27
Excess since January 1 .. 4.79
. Average January rainfall . 433
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Speaker Joseph W. Byrnes banged his gavel promptly at noon
today and the House of Representativzs got down to work on the
1936 session. The senate met at the same hour, both branches hold+«
ing only a brief formal meeting and swearing in several new mem
bers. Holding the day’s spotlight is the speech of President Roose
velt before a joint seasion at 9 pwm.: The peech willi be broadcast
over two nation-wide hook-ups, =
Financial Argument Breaks Qut
On Bonus As Congress Meets
POLITIGAL TYEANAY
1S CHARGED BY X
Congressman Says Georgia
“Won't Stand for” Tal
madge Actions :
WASHINGTON.— (&) —Repre
sentative E. H. Cox of Camilla,
Ga,, said today ‘Georgia is not
going to stand for any political
tyranny set up by Governor Tal
madge or anybody else.”
Commenting on reports that the
governor may invoke military rule
to holster his financial “dictator
ship” occasioned by the lack of a
general appropriations bill, Cox
said, “the people down there love
their liberties, and they're going
to defend them.”
“The governor will find this out
before he goes very far with his
supposed military rule,” he added.
Turning to another phase of the
strained political situation in his
home state, Cox predicted that
“whether the governor’s state
committee orders it or mnot, a
:rpresldmtial preference primary
Lwill be held in Georgia, and a
rule delegation will be sent to the
ermocratic ‘national convention.”
Some observers have specu
lated on the' possibility the state
’ Democratie committee might
send an “uninstructed” delegation
to the national convention. Tal
madge, foe of President Roose-
velt, has indicated he would be a
candidate if a |presidential m-l-‘1
mary were called. 1
The political puzzle in the state
was the subject of thorough dis
cussion as the Georgia members
assembled for the new congres
sional session, but for the most
part, the members refrained from
public expressions on the situa
i
One predicted privately Tal
madge would be a candidate
against Senator Russell of Geor
gia. Others said they had no idea
of the governor's political plans.
Russell already - has declared
himself in favor of a primary to
select Georgia’s delegates to the
Dlemocratic mnational convention
rather than leaving the choice to
the state committee.
HEADS FOR WALES
LIVERPOOL .~{#)—The Charles
A. Lindbergh’s left Liverpool to
day for Cardiff, Wales. where, said
their representative. they will seek
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, Zc—s¢ Sunday
Two Groups Disagree on
Amount Necessary to
Pay Off Bonus
By NATHAN ROBERTSON
WASHINGTON.—(P)—A stren
uous financial argument broke out
today over the soldiers’ bonus,
with government experts estimat
ing payment plans now in the
forefront might cost, more than
$2,201,934,710 estimated last year
for the inflationary Patman bill
whnich President Roosevelt ve
toed.
Advocates of the new plans—
the Byrnes-Steiwer bill and the
measure backed by three major
veterans organizations -~ chal
lenged these estimates,
" ¥riends of the Byrnes-Steiwer
bill, which has been suggested as
the basis of an administration
compromisy, were informed by the
veterans bureau =it would cost
$2,213,637,048, Backers of the
measure disagreed with this.
Estimates of the cost of the
full cash payment plan advanced
by the American Legion, the Vet~
erans of Foreign Wars and the
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Similar Characteristics Of
Jackson, Roosevelt Are Seen
Jack Parr, local artist who is
sketching a character portrait of
Jackson and Roosevelt for the
Jackson Day dinner, here at the
Georgian hotel, January 8 is par
ticularly impressed by the repet!-
tion of sterness and determination
in the faces of Roosevelt and
Jackson.
i “These two characteristics,” he
;said, “gseemn more striking than
ianv other one expression, I think.
iThere is also a great deal of simi
| larity in the mouth and eyes —
lthe two giving an expression of
| confidence. You might even call
}it personality.” ‘
In speaking of the similarities
of the two presidents, Mr. Parrl
said, “Jackson had the power to
sway crowds single-handed; don't
| you think Roosevelt is also endow
ied with this attributetr Although
I have never seen President Roo
sevelt, I am particularly impress
ed with the qualities of leadership
which I find in his face and also
in that of Jackson. Both are un
doubtedly good examples of &
leader.” : ; |
ME‘
TWO 816 PROBLEMS
AWAIT LEGISLATORS
OF 74TH CONGRESS
3onus and Neutrality Are
Major Issues Before
Second Session
INTEREST IS HICH
Noon Session Formality;
Atmosphere Charged
With “Electricity”
FIGHT STARTS EARLY
WASHINGTON —<#)— Con
vening at noon in an aura of
politics, congress found itself
confronted at once today by
the bonus and neutrality meas
ufes.
Hardly had the gavel fallen
before the administration hill
seeking s o m e discretionary
embargo powers for the presi
dent and the veterans organi=
zations’ bonus measure were,
introduced.
Awaiting what President
Roosevelt would have to say
this evening, many of the leg
islators obviously were ready
to go to the mat over whether
the neutrality policy should be
made mandatory by congress
and whether or how to redeem
the veterans’ compensation
certificates.
BY DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON — (® — In an .
atmosphere electric with political
hatreds, the 74th congress gathered
today opening its second session .
with brief formality at noon; and
was slated to hear President Roo
sevelt make a precedent-smashing
address at 9 p. m., and tken to
plungé™ almost at once Mnto these .
two glant issiies: R D
I.—~The complex problem of keep~
ing America out of war,
, 2—~The long-vexed question of
paying the bonus immediately to
soldiers who served in the Ilast
one, '
A coming event—the great came
paign = struggle leading wup fto
November’s presidential election—
cast its shadow over the ‘whole
proceedings. Y £ Ty
Many Accusals el
Both New Dealers and their foes
accused each other of intent to
seize upon congress as a sounds
(Continued on Page Five)
What Congress
is Doing
By The Associated Press
SENATE
Today: Meets at noon.. S
Plans memorial for Senators
Long of Louisiana and Schall of
Minnesota. it
Arranges for Elmer A. Benson
Schall's successor, to take oath.
Recesses until hour of Presi«
dent’'s night message. EERE
HOUSE sinaes
Convenes at noon,
Swears in four new members.
Hears President’s night message
Bonus advocates meet, £
Appropriations committee con=
siders regular appropriation bills.
Others on the decorating . com
mittee for the dinner are Miss Mar
ian Mathis, Henry Rosenthal
and Miss Mary Fred Broughton.
Mr. Parr is chairman of the com
mittee, . gt
The group plans to execute de
corations in patriotic designs of
red, white and blue. Lighting es.
sects will be used together with
crepe paper and sketches of Jack
son and Roosevelt. s ol
Tickets for the Jackson dinmer
have gone on sale, and may be ob
tained from members of the ticket
committee_of the Roosevelt Young
Voters club, sponsors of the din
ner or by telephoning The Banner-
Herald, or by inquiry at Onsests
Mayor T. S. Mell was g
te purchase tiekets for the dinner,
which are selling for $1.50 eac f“%
proceeds above the ;i,;;,
meeting going to the *vu;é‘»
National committee at Wiashi ‘"f“"i%k
Names of ail eontrilato 5%* et .
is all purchasers of tickets, have .
National committee. . = =