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Fowler's School
Student Winner
In Essay Contest
Maggle Ethyline Jones, 11 year
old student at Fowler's school, was
judged the winner in an essay con
tst on Tuberculosis, sponsored by
the Clarke County Tuberculosls
association, among school children
of the county.
Miss Jones’ prize-winning essay
was announced yesterday by Mrs.
J. F. Tibbetts, president of the
association, and Mrs. Wharren Thur
mond, chairman of county school
seal sale.
Fowler's school alsp won the
prize ' for selling the most seals
pro rata during the annual cam
paign during December, it was an
nounced. Prizes for the = schoot
and Miss Jones will be selected to
day and delivered. During the seal
sale campaign, Fowler's. school col
lected $2.76 from sales, and there
are ohly 27 students in the school.
Theé prize-winning essay is head
ed, “Tuberculosis—A Preventable,
Curable Disease,” and follows be
low.
“‘He who has health has hope
and he who has hope has every
thing,’ runs an old Arabian prov
erb.
“In 1907 the Christmas Seal sale
was adopted as a means of rais
ing funds for the treatment of the
disease, Tuberculosis. They are
now sold each year between
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas
for one cent each. The movement
has grown so that there are today
more than 2,000 connected units
throughout the county. KEach rais
es its funds locally by the sale of
seals and conducts its own local
program.
“Tuberculosis has not been re
cently discovered. It was in Egypt
that one of the early Kings died of
the disease.
“Kock, the scientlst, discovered
the cause of the disease. The germ
tiny rod shaped, is known ag the
tubercule bacilli.
“We know more about the dis
ease now than has ever been known
before in the history of the world.
And the question is not “Can We”?
but “Will We?” control it?
“Wihat can we do about it? First
learn the facts. Tuberculosig is
preventable. It is curable. It 1s
not hereditary. It is a communi
cable disease spread only by close
contact with a person whose sput
um “is filled with tubercule bacilll.
Second, know the weapons with
which the disease is being fought;
the tuberculosis test, a harmless
skin test which reveals the pres
ence of infection and the X-ray to
reveal whether or not a person
has already contracted the disease.
Third, good daily health habits
which help prevent disease from
developing. Theres a reason for
adequate rest, well-balanced meals,
fresh air and exercise.
“How are we to do this? The
National Tuberculosis Association
and other associations are hard at
work on this problem of youth.
American Student Health Council
was iniatiated by the National Tu
berculosig association, and its pro
ceedings were published by the
same organization in regard to
steps to be taken for controlling
this disease, Now plans are un
derway for another conference to
be held in 1936 to review the re
commendationg of the Syracuse
meeting and strengthen and im
prove them in the light of five
yvear’s experience.
“The campaign for combating
this disease is financed by the an
nual sale of tuberculosis Christmag
seals at the low price of a penny
each, so everyone may have a
share in this wonthwhile program.
They are messengers of health ana
hope and happiness, they tell of
the courage an@ faith which have
insured the suecess of the fight
until now. But besides sharing in
the purchase of these little stick
ers, who should learn the facts
Prof. J. T. Wheeler
Says WPA Education
Is Aid to Community
Dr. J. T. Wheeler of the Univer
sity of Georgia said today WPA
education programs are creating
in activity around which rurat
community life of this state ig be
ing rebuilt along definite lines.
“It is getting people to work to
gether,” the educator said in an
interview. “And while they are
working ‘they discuss their com
mon® problems and arrive at a bet
ter understanding.”
Under the emergency education
program, which has been carried
on during the past two and a half
vears under FERA and WlPA,.ap
proximately 1,400 teachers are em
ployed on elementary, adult and
vocational education projects and
ijn nursey schools. The state de
partment of education has coop
erated in the work.
“The program has advanced the
ecause of education in this state by
a generation and set the direction
and pace for the future,” Dr.
Wheeler said.
He added that in addition to the
physical accomplishments in the
construction of more than a thou
sand school buildings and the de
velopment of playgrounds, the em
ergency activities are shaping a
permanent education program for
Georgia, il C o e
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Prominent Macon Man Kills Himself and T:+a Daughters
America’s Worst Plane Disaster Brings Death to 17
14 PASSENGERS 110
CAEW OF 4 DIE [N
CRASH OF AIRLINER
Luxurious Plane, ‘The
Southerner,” Torn to
Bits in Arkansas
CAUSE NOT KNOWN
Remnants of Eight Bodies
Brought Out of Dense
Swamp Early Today
By ED L. CAMPBELL
(Copyright, 1936, By The As
sociated Press
GOODWIN, Ark. —(#)— Volun
teers appalled by the worst disas
ter of American plane travel
struggled through knee-deep mud
and water today to recover the
mangled bodies of 17 persons Kkill
ed by the crash of the luxurious
American air liner Southermer in
an Arkansas swamp.
Twelve men, foyr women, one
child made up the 14 passengers
and crew of three wh, rode the
ill-fated ship on the Memphis-
Little Rock hop of tthe regular
New York-Los Angeles flight last
night.
‘Remnamvts of eight of the bodies
were brought out of a dense
swamp today on a flat-bed farm
wagon, drawn by two mules. The
bodies were taken to a Memphis
funeral home.
A Department of Commerce of
ficial,’ viewed the gplintered whreck
age, said cause of the accident
probably never would be known,
Torn To Bits
Plane and bodies were torn to
bits as the liner crashed through
a dense growth e trées, scatters
ing plane parts and the victims
over an area 400 yards long and
about 75 yards wide. The wreck
age came to rest in a water-filled
bog-
J. €. Crawford, aged, crippled
coroner of St. Francis county, was
carried on a stretche® through
swamps to the scene before dawn
to hold an inquest.
He was held aloft by four mes,
standing deep in water, as he ex
amined the bodies, heard two
farmers who said they saw the
plane fall, and made motes in a
small book by the light of lant.
erns.
On stretchers, the bodies which
had been recovered were carried
before him and he attempted
identification.
Many of the entries in the
coroner’s book read: “Man-—uni-
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Mother Beats Her
3 Children to Death
WESTCHESTER, Pa. — (P —
A deranged mother beat her three
children to death here early teday
and then tried to commit suicide
by slashing her throat.
She is Mrs. Joseph Oberle, wife
of the Chester county farm exten
gion association head. The chil
dren were Mary, 17, Louise, 9 and
Joseph 7.
The ‘children had been bheaten
with a clubr while they slept. Mrs.
Oberle was on the bedroom floor.
Neighbors discovered the {ragedy
and notified police.
The children had been beaten
about the head with a three-foot
pinch bar.
Mrs. Oberle was removed to a
hospital in a critical condition.
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
By The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Atlanta friends of!
Albert Adams, sr., of Macon re- |
ceived with expressions of regret
the news of the death of the pro‘-i
ment Georgia insurance man. |
A. F. Akers, associate manager;
of the North Georgia district oti
the same company Adams repres-“
ented for the southern district, said
Adams was “one of the oldest and
best men the company had. He
had been with the company more‘
than 20 years, was highly regarded
here and at the home office. !
“I knew him well and am amazed
at the story of his death. I can't
understand it. It is a terrible
shock to me.” |
ADEL—Fire menaced the large
Cook county tobacco warehouse
today, but was extinguished before
great damage was done. ‘
Some corn and other feedstuffs
stored in the cavernous building
were destroyed. The warehouss,
one of the largest in this section,
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gastric ailment, Rudyard Xip
ling, above, world-famed poet
author, was rushed to a London
hospital for an operation. The
author, who celebrated his 70th
birthday » anniversary Dec. 39,
had planned to start with his
wife for southern France when
e was stricken.
FO.R. WOULD SIGN
GENATE BONUS RILL
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High Democratic Official.
Expresses Belief of Presi
dential Approval -
BY D. HAROLD OLIVER
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON “—(#)— An au
thority high in Demoecratic coun
'cns said today it was a “pretty
good bet” President Roosevelt
would sign the senate “baby bond”
bonus payment bill.
Preferring not to be quoted by
’name, this official also predicted
the senate would pass the bill this
‘week with only 18 votes or less in
opposition.
Provided all senators voted, this
would be more than a four to one
[ma.rgin for the senates coalition
substitute for the house bill. It
would be a substantial surplus
above the two-thirds necessary to
over-ride a veto.
President Roosevelt, who vetoed
the Patman inflationary bonus bill
last session, hag not made publie
his attitude on the present drive
for immediate payment. ¥He ae
clined again to comment at a press
conference late yesterday. !
After hearing Secretary Morgen
thau say such an expenditure, on
top of AAA’s invalidation, would
“net help” the government bond
market, the genate finance com
mittee approved the bill yesterday,
15 to 2. Only Senators Couzens,
Republican, Michigan and Gerry,
Democrat, Rhode Island, opposed.
Morgenthau's testimony was glv
en in executive session. Afterward
Couzens quoted him ag saying the
bill would increase, to $11,300,000,-
1000 the “minimum” which the gov
cernment would have to raise in the
‘next 17 1-2 months to meet its
obligations. This figure, other sen
ators said, include $5,800,000,00¥
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was owned by Adel residents.
Cause of the blaze has not been
learned. : ‘
ATLANTA—An analysis of rec.
ords kept by Georgia farmers un
der the AAA before itg invalida
tion is planned as a special pro
jeet of the state works progress
administration.
Miss Gay B. Shepperson, Georgia
WPA administrator, announced the
plan yesterday as one of 81 new
projects for which she has ap
proved an allotment of federal
funds totaling $535,580. |
The farm analysis, calls for an
outiay of $14,000.
Of the 81 projects approved, the
:largest is for general work at the
‘Savannah airport costing $63,253.
l MILLEDGEVILLE—L. C. Linds
‘le_v. head of the chemistry depart
prtment of the Georgia State Col
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Athens, Ga., Wednesday, January 15, 1936.
LAWYERS FOR BAUND
ASK REPRIEVE FROM
BOV. HOFFMAN TODNY
Reports of Reprieve Are
Constantly Discussed
In New Jersey
GOVERNOR SILENT
Hauptmann Denied Writ
Of Habeas Corpus in
Federal Court
HAUPTMANN CASE AT
A GLANCE
Defense lawyers plan to ask
Governor Hoffman for re
prieve. Federal Judge refuses
habeas corpus writ or stay of
execution. Attorney Gieneral
Wilentz hears reprieve will
be granted. Request for new
trial or plea to U. S. Supreme .
Court only other possibilities,
By DALE HARRISON
(Copyriglt, 1936, <mne Associated
Press
TRENTON, N. J. — Bruno
Hauptmann's lawyers sought an
eleventh-hour reprive today to
snatch the man convicted as the
Lindbergh baby killer from the
shadow of the electric chair.
The attorneys, losing in federal
habeas corpus proceedings, plan
ned to apply to Governor Harold
G. Hoffman today.
There were definite ‘ndications
one of them said, that a reprieve
would halt the electrocution, set
for 8 p. m. Friday.
,’Jeporgg concerning a reprieve,
stantly in.the backiround. for
several days, gained wide circnla
tion after a long night conference
of defense counsel. HBarlier the
attorney general, David T. Wilentz
said he was “reliably informed”
the governor would grant a re
prieve,
Still Sitent
The governor, except for a brief
statement three days ago in which
he said he possessed ‘plenty of
precedents” for a reprieve has de
clined all comment on the Haupt
mann case, which drove to anoth
er of its high climaxes in federal
(Continued on Page Seven)
“LAISSEZ-FAIRE” 5
DISCUSSED BY SOULE
New Republic Editor Says
Argument for Free Trade
As Sound as Ever
In economic relations with the
rest of the world, the basic choice
before the United States is en
couraging foreign trade as a whole
or trying to produce all we con
sume and consume all we produce,
George Soule, New Republic editor,
said in his second and final ad
dress here last night
“The arguments for free trade
are as sound as they ever were,”
the speaker protested by American
Legion officials told the Universi
ty Institute of Public Affairs.
“Laissez-faire — or an .
translated into political language:
less government in business— ape
plies just as logically to interna
tional trade as it does to domestic
affairs. z
“Nevertheless, the drift of gove
ernmental policy, in nearly all na
tions of the world, has for a cen
tury or more been alomst steadily
away from this policy. Business
interests and the governments
that they control simply will not
stop interfering with freedom of
trade.”
Soule added that this tendeycn
is increased by depression, when
each interest and each nation tries
to protect itself at the egpense of
the general good. The world seemed
to e revolving in a vicous circle,
he said, in which depression
brought restrictions of trade, and
restrictions prolonged depression.
Fear of war is another strong
influence that makes toward econ
omic self-containment, Soule con
tinued, and this in spite of the fact
that most nations do not have the
resources to do without foreign
trade.
“They start to be self-contained
because they fear war,” he said.
“They end by making war, as
Italy and Japan are now doing, and
as Germany threatens todo, in or
der to be self-contained.”
~ Soule pointed out that even ef
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Little would an observer have suspected the load of care that rested on the shoulders of Chester
“D&vis, standing, left, administrator of the late AAA, and the smiling secretary of agriculture, Henry
A. Wallace, beside him, as they looked over the group of farm representatives assembled in Wal
e’s office. , The two government officials were prasiding over a conference out of which they hope
2 solution of the farm problem will emerge. Wallace warned the farm leaders that a great surplus
{of corn and cotton 'might be expected unless a production program was adopted immediately and his
i stand was backed by President Roosevelt,
(PPOSITION TO NEW
A PROGRAM SEEN
Definite Split in Farm
Groups Seeking Substi
tute Breaks Into Open
WASHINGTON— (#) —Smould
ering. opposition to much of the
New Deal's program ifor rewriting
AAZ burst into the open today as
“he National Grange Gratted-counts
er proposals ror consideration of
congress.
Officers of the large farm fra.-‘
ternal order said a 10-point plat
form for “permanent and constitu-i
tional” federal aid to farmers would
be: gent to Capitol Hill soon. It
was known to differ widely from
administration plans.
The action showed a deflnlte]
split in farm groups which met
here last week at Secretary Wal-l
lace’s behest. 2 |
Some of them are enthusiastic
in support of the administration |
program, which it is indicated will
center around subsidized sail con-‘
servation aimed at production con-i
trol.
Some others stress different re-‘
medies. Grange officlals claimed‘
wide farm support for !ncreasedl
agricultural tariffs, subsidized ex
ports and cooperative marketing.
Much of this program is alien to
_admlnls,tra.tlon ideas. |
As ‘the administration worked
‘on itg plans, it was confronted to
day by a warning from the senate
agriculture committee. A major
ity of the committee’'s members
expressed the belief in interviews
that any program for regulating
crops in conjunction with soil con
servation would be unconstitution
al under the decision by which the
supreme court invalidated AAA.
The interviews, however, disclos
ed that strong sentiment for cur
tailing the supreme court's pow
er to veto legislation exists within
that committee, which will handie
any substitute program.
President Roosevelt said yester
day he hoped to obtain a substitute
for the AAA shortly. .He did not.
go into detail.
Eleven of the 18 members of the
agriculture committee, including
most of the ranking members, ex
pressed the opinion first voiced by
Senator Norris, Republican, Neb
raska, that such a conservation
crop control plan would be invalid
under the court’s now historic opin
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What Congress
Is Doing
s S ———————
By The Associated Press
TODAY
Senate:
In recess, Munitions committee
continues war loan inguiry with J.
P. Morgan and partners at hear
ing. Foreign relationg committee
studies neutrality legislation, Ki
nance =ub-committee studies liq
uor tax readjustment,
House:
Considers independent . offices
appropriations bill. Approriations
‘Committee “¥tudies war and agri
culture supply bills. Foreign af
fairs commitee studies neutrality
legislation.
Yesterday:
Senate in recess, [inance com
mittee approved honus bill. Muni
tions committee- continued war
loan hearings. Agriculture and
forestry committee heard sugges
tion for replacing AAA.
House:
Debated independent offices ap
propriations bill. Foreign affairs
committee continued mneutrality
hearings.
HIEH SCHOOL GROUP
FOR BALL 15 NAMED
Plans for Roosevelt Ball
Here on January 30 Rap
idly Progressing
Luther W, Nelson, general
chairman for Athens and Clarke
county of the Roosevelt Birthday
Ball to be held here on the night
of January 30, today announced
personnel of a high school commit
tee to work among the younger
society set of the city.
The committee will be headed
by Tommy Gibson and the other
members are John D. Storey, Miss
Dorothy Philpot, Harold Tiller and
Uly Gunn.
Chairmen of various committees
met yesterday in the Georgian
lio‘el and made reports on their
activities.
Herman Talmadge, chairman of
the student committee, and the
assistant chairman, Vivian Max
well, reported Pan-Hellenic repre
sentatives and fraternities at the
University have unanimously en
dorsed the movement and will co
operate.
Mr. Talmadge said a committee,
composed of one from each fra
ternity, has been named to aid in
selling tickets and promoting the
ball.
Charles E. Martin. who is to de
sign the souvenir ticket and have
charge of disrrfbution, announced
that the tickets will be printed and
ready for sale within the next few
days.
Miss Eugenia, Arnold has been
asked to direct the sale of tlckets,‘
assisted by Miss Marie McHat
ten and Mrs. Jack Wilkins, jr. |
Merchants will be asked to allowi
placards to be placed in their
stores and allow tickets to be sold
there. Mr. Martin is also in charge
of this feature of the preparations.
The dance will be held in Wood
ruff Hall from 9 to 1 o'clock and
Jack Dale and his Georgia Bull
dog orchestra will furnish the mu-j
sic, as he has on previous occa
sions.
The committees will meet again
Friday with General Chairman
Nelson at the hotel at 1 p. m.
i p——
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GLORGIAN “OPENING™
OUTSTARDING EVENT
Plans Near Completion for
One of Biggest Social Af
fairs of Year
Preparations are being rapidly
completed for the gala opening of
the Georgian hotel, after six
months of renovating, on the night
of January 22, L., W, Nelson,
announced today.
~ The event will-be one .of the out
standing social affairs of the year
and Manager Nelson already has
had many requests for table res
ervations, several from friends who
wish to form parties for the af
fair.
The opening will feature dining,
dancing, and a New York floor
show, Mr. Nelson said today, start
ing at eight o’clock and it promis
es to be indeed a brilliant event.
. Ralph Hitz, one of the outstand
ing figures in American hotel
operation, plans to attend. Mr.
Hitz plans to travel by plane
since he is due back in New York
on January 25, when his Hotel
New Yorker is to be host to the New
York State Hotel Men's Associa
tion convention. E
~ Mr. Hitz is president of Nauon-l
‘al Hotel Management Company
Ins., and is also president of the
}Hotel New Yorker and Hotel Lex
lington. both in New York; Neth
erland Plaza in Cincinnati; Adol
phus Hotel in Dallas, Texas; Van
Cleve Hotel in Dayton, Ohio; and
the Book-Cadallic Hotel in De
troit, Mich. The New Yorker
with 2,600 rooms, is the largest
in New York and the second larg
est in the world.
| Another distinguished guest ex
pected for the occasion will be ¥.
‘Harold Van Orman, former Lieut.,
governor of Indiana and alse
prominent in the hotel field. Mr
Van Orman, a personal friend of
iMr. Nelson, as is Mr. Hitz, oper
ates The McCurdy Hotel, Evans
ville, Ind., Hotel Shawnee, Sprign
field, 111., Hotel Orlando, Decatur
1111., and Hotel Nelson in Rock
ford, L.
Mr. Nelson has received accept
ances from prominent guests from
all parts of the country and in
wddition to the social features.
(Continued on Page Three)
Italy Claims Southern Armies
Have Crushed Ethiopian Drive
BY ROY P. PORTER
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
Italy claimed today that her
southern armies had crushed a
gathering Ethiopian drive on the
Dolo front, “repulsing and pursu
ing"” the enemy.
A communique from Marshal
Pietro Badoglio, the Italian high
commander in Africa, said the So
maliland forces had driven back
the armies of Ras Desta Demtu in
a ‘“vigorous action,” but added:
“Fighting continues along the
entire front. Our losses so far
have not been seriogs.”
Nothing wag said about Ethio
pian losses. o
The British cabinet met in Lon
don to instruct Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden on his course re
garding fresh penalties against
Italy at the League of Nations
council session Monday.
Authoritative sources predicted
that when Eden arrived at Geneva
he would carry pledges of British
M E‘
ND AEASON 15 FOUND
FOR TRIPLE-GLAYING
I MACON RESIDENCE
Albert Adams, Sr., 45,
Kills Two Daughters, -
Then Shoots Self
ONLY SON AT EMORY
Mrs. Adams Saves Life By
Fleeing as Husband
Turns Gun on Her
MACON, Ga. — (#) — Albert
Adams, sr., 45, who succeeded his
father as general agent of the Pru
dential Life Insurance company
here, shot and killed his two school
girl daughters, Helen, 8 'and £mma,
16, this morning, and then fatally
wounded himself. Adams died in
a hospital at 9:08 o'clock, a few
minutes after the tragedy.
Adams had just recovered from
an attack of “flu,” his friends sald,
and was still in a weakened condi
tion,
No motive could be uncovered
by police for the triple killing, but
the coroner =sald he will hold an
inquest.
The shooting, according to police
reports, occurred on the second
floor of the Adams home. Adams
had taken up a stand in the bath
room with an automatic shotgun, it
was said.
Calls For Daughters
He called for his daughters to
come to him. :
“Can’t you walt until I get dress.
ed,” asked Helen, the younger.
“No, come at once,”’ Adams was
quoted as commanding,
‘ The girls, clad in theiy lounging
rébes, “rolled oiit of bed-and start
ed toward their father. It was
nearly time for them to dress for
school, the elder girl being in high
school.
As they reached the bathroom
there were two shots, the first en
tering the face of the little girl,
and she fell instantly dead. The
older girl apparently turned to try
to escape, police said, for she fell
mortally wounded in the back.
Adams then went to the top of
the stairs and called to hig wife,
the former Miss Emma Powers, .
“I've shot, the children and I'm
going to shoot you,” he is said to
have shouted.
Mrs. Adams Flees
Mrs. Adams, clad in negligee
;night attire, fled through a rear
door as he leveled the gun.
Adams then shot himself twice,
doctors stated, one discharge en
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Al Doonan, Prominent
ies T
Atlantan, Dies Today
ATLANTA — (#) — A. A, (AD
Doonan, prominent southern sports-.
man and for 15 years a director of
the Atlanta Athletic club, died of
double pneumonia early today .at
| Bt. Joseph's Infirmary. He was
52 years old.
Doonan had been ill only a
week. He was conspicuous at ath
letic gatherings of the old Southern
conference and the Southeastern
| conference for many years. He
{ was prominent in local real estate
cireles.
He was chairman of the A, A.
(s athletic committee and served
fas chief finish judge in the annual
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participation in further sanctions = <"
against the aggregsor nation in the
East African war.
A third nation dispatched a for
mal protest to Italy for fascist
bombing in Xthiopian aerial at
tacks when the Swedish minister
presented a note at Rome.
The Swedisk government, follow=
ing examples of Emperor Haile Se
lassie and the Egyptian govern=
ment, charged the bombing at ’
Dessye December 30 was a direct
attack on & Red Cross ambulance.
One Swedish subject was fatally
injured and another wounded.
Persons responsible for the air
raid are expected to be taken to >
account, Sweden told Italy after b
rejecting a fascist declaration the o
assault was in reprisal for Ethio- :
pian violation of international laws
of war,
From Addis Ababa came an offi- .
cial Ethiopian report of a surprise 7
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