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Vol. 104. No. 6.
Ordain Rev. R.E
raain nev. K. L.
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Rev. R. ‘B, Carter will be or
dained pastor of West End Baptist
church Sunday afternoon at ordi
nation services in the church at 3
o’clock.
Ordination services for Rev. Car
ter had been planned for some
time ago, but the inclement wea.-l
ther of the past several weeks
forced postponement. l
Presiding over the service will
be Dr. J. ¢. Wilkinson, pastor of
First Baptist church. The ordi
nation sermon will be delivered by
Dr. Jopn B. Mell. Dy Pope A,
Duncan, pastor of Prinee Avenue
Baptist church will presént the
RBible; Rev. R. M. Jennings will
give the ordination prayer and Rev.
Newton Saye, pastor of East Ath
eng Baptist church, will act as
clerk.
Rev. Carter has been supplying
West End church for several mon
ths, since the death of the pastor,
Rev. N. A. Hemrick. He has also‘
beén supplying at Union church in
Madison county for the past fourl
years.
A cordial invitation is given!
members of the church, friends and
the general public to attend the
services, |
e :
Health, Educati
ealth, Education
Departments Wi
Praise Of Past
Commendation of the city-county
health department and of the city
school system is contained in a
communication the Banner-Herald
has received from Dr. E. L, Hill,
pastor of F.irest PresbyterlanJ‘
church. .
Dr. Hill recently examined the)
annual reports of the two depart
merts. In his communication the
pastor makes it plain that in sing
ling out the two departments, he
is not belitting the work of any of
the other departments. He says
that he has not yet had occasion
to examine the annual reports of
other departments, and for that
reason, does not comment on their
work in 1985. |
Dr, Hill's communication fol-
Jows? fabe s e s &
Health and Education = |
In Athenss
I have. just read the interesting,
informing and satisfying reports
from Dr. W. W. Brown, Health
Commissioner, and Mr. B. M.
Grier, superintendent of schools,
for the ecity of Athens; and I have
found great pleasure in the infor-l
mation which I have derived fromi
these reports concerning these |
two departments of our city gov-|
ernment. We must know there is
‘nothing more important in the life
of a city than the health of the!
people and the education of the
children. As a citizen of Athens I
feel a great pride and satisfaction
in the work which has been done
in these two departments. I com
mend these reports to ewvery citi
zen of Athens who is interested in
the life of our city. I do not be
lieve that there is a city anywhere
which is better manned in these‘
departments. Tt would be well for.
all of us to keep in vital touch
with the health and education of
Athens and I am quite sure that
anyone interested could secure
copies of these.reports by calllngi
at the City Hall 1
T do not wish to be u erstood
as belittling the work j’any of |
the other departments of the city
as I have not the reports of these
departments before meand am not
informed about their work for the
vear; but have every reason to
believe that the other departments
of the city are -doing efficient
work. T am speaking of the health
and education especially because
the annual reporis from these de
partments have come into my pos
session (in the last several days.
Signed,
B L. HILL.
ei i ity
Editor Rush Burton
Speaks to League of
Voters Here Tuesday
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The Athens League of Women
Voters will hold its January un
cheon meeting on Tuesday, Janu-j
ary 21, at one o'cloek at the home
of Mrs. H. H. Cobb, 1176 Milledge‘
avenue.
Speaker for the program will be'
Editor Rush Burton of The Lavonia{
Times. His talk will set forth the
provisions and possible effect of|
the 15 mills tax limitation amend
ment. To present this and differ
ing views on the subject will be a
part of the League’s tax study pro
gram for the present year.
Anyone interested In the subject
is cordially invited to attend. Lun
cheon reservations at 50 cents a
plate may be phoned Mrs. William
J. Russell at 1092-J.
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WELTNER RESIGNS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—(P)—Philip
Weltner, regional resettlement ad
ministrator for four southeastern
states, annouficed his resignation
from that post last night.
He explained his action by say
ing duties of the position now
prevented him from living in At
lanta as he had planned when he
accepted the appointment.
The states under his jurisdic
tion are Alabama, Georgia, Flor
jda and South Carolina. _
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Senate May Pass Bonus Late Today
Ell*swt)rt*h and C:)m*i)alqiofi fiou;d Alive %i?:ft;,'?r:)zej;l Wastes
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BRITISH EXPEDITION
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American Explorer and
Co-Pilot Hollis-Kenyen,
Are Alive and Well
ENCAMPED ON ICE
Pair Forced Down When
Fuel Exhausted on Bold
‘ Flight in Antarctic
| BY FRANK H. KING '
'(Copyright, 1936, Associated Press)
.~ LONDON — (#) — A British re
[lief expedition flashed back from
the Antarctic today word of the
dramatic rescue of Lincoln Ells
worth and Herbert Hollick-Keny
on, long-lost explorers, found alive
and well in the frozen wastes of
Little America.
After piercing the ice locking the
Bay of Whales, a British royal re
search ship located the American
lEllsworth and the Canadian Hol
lick-Kenyon safely landed there,
having exhausted their fuel on a
bold projected flight across the
South Polar regions.
. The explorers’ long silence was
due to a damaged radio transmitter
'the British government’s colonial
office announced. |
~ IA, landing party from the Dis
covery II finally found them com- |
@fortably encamped on the face of]
the great ice barrier.
; Gone 7 Wieeks |
‘ Not since they took off Novem
‘ber 23 from Dundee Island, far
'south of Cape Horn, across the
south polar regiong from the Ross
Sea, south of New Zealand, had
any word been recéived from thg
daring fliers. Hope for their safd
ty was fading-—even abandoned by
some, 1
A terse, seven-word message fror
‘the master of the Discovery II end
ted this morning the seven weeks
of anxiety.
“Ellsworth and Kenyon are both
alive and well,” said this message
to the colonial office, headquarters
of the committee directing the Dis
covery’s work.
The colonial office later received
a graphic, complete message from
the master of the Discovery 11, des
cribing the finding of the men.
“On first arrival in the Bay of
Whales, an orange colored (cloth)
}with a tent wag observed on the
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Long’s Bod d
’ ng's Bodyguards
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Advertise ‘Denials’
NEW ORLEANS.—(P)—A full
pige newspaper advertisement to
yay carried the answer of Senator
Huey F. Long's bodyguards to!
charges that one of them killed |
him. l
The six guards who were wit.hé
the senator when he was fatally |
wounded last September 8 pavidi
for the advertisement to brand as|
a “palpable fake” an assertion by
Congressman Cleveland Dear inti
mating that one of the six was
the assassin.
Dear, who is anti-a@dministration
candidate for governor of Louisi
'ana in next Tuesday’s Democratic
| primary, said in a radio address
|that one of the “chief bodyguards
is now in an asylum for the in
!sane and T am informed that he
constantly cries, ‘I killed my best
! friend’.”
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
By The Associated Press
- PELHAM, Ga.—(®)—J. T. Flynt
has been re-elected mayor of this
city. Others officers chosen were
L. S. Parham, member of coun
cil, city at large; E. R. Kemp,
council, third ward; A. Whaley,
council, second ward; A, R. Baggs,
H. L. Kemp, J- H. Glenn, W. M.
Harris and J. B. Chism, board of
education;-and L. W. English to
fill the unexpired term of the late
C. J. James on the city execu
tive committee.
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PERRY, Ga.—ln St. Marys, Ga.,
where he held his last pastorate,
funeral services will be held Sat
urday for the Rev. T. M. Christ
ian, 75, of Perry, superannuated
Methodist minister who died yes
terday after an illness of several
months.
A daughter, his wife, and three
sons, among them Dr. P. H.
Christian, of St. Marys, survive.
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Funeral
services for Bertie. Mae Thomas,
8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Leco
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Found Alive in
Frozen Wastes
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Lincoln Ellsworth,
Adherents of New Deal
Program Make Effort To
night to Get Record |
By FRANK |I. WELLER
Associated Press Staff Writer
s WASHIN@TON . —~(AP)-—Adher
ents of New Deédl Tarm policies
were believed today to be fight
ing to put five big national farm
organizations on record in favor
of the administration’s plan to
amend existing 'sooil conservation
law to continue crop control prin
ciples of AAA.
The “big five,” meeting in con
ference, are expected to make a
report tonight. The organizations
are the National Grange, Ameri
can Farm Bureau Federation,
National Cooperative Council, Na
tional Grain Corporation and Am
erican Agricultural Editors Assoc
iation.
Some conference members whe
are not warm to all administra
tion ideas said they expected ad
ministration adherents to succeed
in a drive for a favorable report.
An administratipn decision to
seek immediate temporary farm
legislation continuing federal pay
ments to farmers was reached at
a ‘White House conference yester
day .
With the exception of taxation
te support it, all angles of the
plan were discussed by the presi
dent, Secretary Wallace, Secre
tary Morgenthau, Attogrney Gen
eral Cummings, AAA administra
tor Davis, Solicitor General Reed.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
majority leader, Speaker Byrns,
Chairman Smith of the senate ag
ricultural committee and Chair
man Jones of the house agricul
tural committee, ‘
They agreed on a proposai to
adjust crop production through
retirement of acreage as a soil
conservation and erosion preven
tion measure. Farmers would be
reimbursed for land thus retired
through federal rental payments,
Any necessary authorization would
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Thomas, were held yesterday aft
ernoon near Lula. The child was
shot to death Wednesday night
when a group of children were
playinga game of “Mad Dog”. Her
cousin, Oscar Savage, 18, is held
in her death.
WEST POINT, Ga.—Preliminary
work on the new span to the
highway bridge over Chattahoo
chee river has begun here. An
approach, thrown up on one side,
will carry all mot#r vekjcles dur
ing construction on the span.
Paving and dirt will be moved
until a foundation for holding the
new piers is built. The work i€
part of the Chattahoochee river
flood control project. The new
span will be 170 feet long.
ATLANTA—The Georgia Bank
ers Association has selected Au
gusta for the annual convention
in April )
The executive council, naming
the site yesterday, said the dates
would be announced later.
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Convicted Lindbergh Baby
Murderer Cets at Least
3 Months to Live -
JAFSIE TO RETURN
Papers Cry for Hoffman’s
Impeachment; He {Says |
“Just a Dream”
HAUPTMANN CASE AT GLANCE
; (By the Associated Press)
| Thirty-day reprieve gives im
’ petus to . defense search for 1
new evidence. |
Questioning of “Jafsie” by
Governor Hoffman seen as
possibility. {
“Just a dream,”’ says gover
l nor of demand for impeach
l ment.
Hauptmann touched by news;
wife denies governor asked for
confession.
Legal technicalities will fix
new execution date between
March 16 and+April 11.
BY DALE HARRISON
(Copyright, 1936, Associated Press)
TRENTON, N. J.—Bruno Haupt
mann’s 30-day reprieve spurred a
defense search today for new evi
dence and raised the possibility
[Govemor Harold G. Hoffman mighti
‘question Dr. John F. Condon aboutl
his oft-told story of the Lindbergh
ransom negotiations. ]‘
The governor, who dramatically
stayed Hauptmann's electrocution
29 hours before the scheduled timg
has expressed a desire to intere,
rogate ‘“Jafsie” on purperted diaq,“
repanties between his court testi
mony and a series of articles on
the crime. '
Dr. Condon and his daughter
Mrs. Myra Hacker, arrived today
at Cristobal, Canal Zone, their
first stop on a southern cruise. He
was reported to have read aboard
ship accounts of the reprieve grant.
ed Hauptmann, No comment came
from him. ‘
The reprieve period and the ad
ditional four to eight weekg requir
ed by legal processes would make
it possible for Dr. Condon to re
turn here before the new date for
Hauptmann'g electrocution. ‘
The governor, who has interest
ed himself in the case since his
vigit to Hauptmann’'s cell last
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Secretary Admits Mistake;
Hoover Flays Democratic
Administration
WASHINGTON —(#)—Secretary
Ickes, in a letter admitting he was
mistaken in saying three laws
signed by Herbert Hoover had
been declared unconstitutional,
declared the last Republican ad
ministration was notable as a
do-nothing administration.”
He wrote yesterday to the for
mer president who had demanded
an apology from him. The inter
jior secretary said he had been un
der “a mistaken impression” when
he made a speech at Rochester, N.
Y., recently.
In that speech, Ickes said that
three laws signed by Hoover had
been invalidated. In his letter he
explained his . remark had been
based on “figures that had already
recived wide currency and which
had been uncontradicted.”
“l am sorry indeed, no less on
your account than on my own”
Ickes told Hoover, *“that this in
formation was not reliable, as I
had every right to expect it to
be. . « . Of course. I am fully
aware that a politiclan who is
trying to improve a desperate slt-‘
uation will overlook no opportun
ity to exaggerate an incident with
a view to arousing popular sym
pathy, but T did not expect this
of a man who has occupied the
very great position with which
you once were honored.”
“It js entirely constitutional to
do nothing,” he added.
HOOVER SPEAKS |
LINCOLN, Neb. —{®)— Herbefl;
Hoover believes restoration of
home markets to farmers accom
panied by strengthening of agri
cultural machinery would improve
the “still unsolved” farm situa
tion.
The former president advpeated
these policles in an address kst
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Athens, Ga., Friday, January 17, 1936.
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sese five-members of the Senate Finance Committee were smiling affably when they heard Sec
'y of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr.® testify as to the effects of the bonus bill which the com
bas approved, but there may have been some trepidation behind those beaming expressions.
the secretary’s testimony indicated that the bonus payment, work-relief, and other emergency ex
“pen es might send the national debt to a record figure of more than 35 billions,, Shown left
/%o right, seated, are Senators Bennett Clark (Dem., Mo.), Pat Harrison (Dem., Miss.),' chairman;
'Ummes Couzens (Rep. Mich,), Henry W, Keyes (Rep., N. H.), and Arthur Capper (Rep. Kan.),
with Morgenthau standing.
Athens Legionnaires Map Plan
To, Elect Bridges as State Head
Committee Is Named to
Push Campaign; Echols-
Postero Contest Riot
it 'p‘ i * "“:“! %
« Plany to give Athens her first
Mn Legion were speedeéd up last
night at a social meeting of Al
len R. Fleming post, when Dr. H.
W. Birdsong, commander, ' an
nounced personnel of a committee
to work for the election of D.
Weaver Bridges, the local post's
candidate for the state command
ership.
The name of Mr. Bridges, ont
of Georgia’s outstanding Legion
naires, for State Commander, wag
proposed and endorsed at a meet
ing of the post several weeks ago.
Since the orgininal announce
ment the post has received many
letters from Legion posts in wide
ly scattered sections of the state
acclaiming Mr. Bridges as an ex
cellent choice for the highest post
in the state organization, and
tendering their support to the lo
cal post’s candidate.
Sunday week in Macon a meet
ing of all post commanders, post
adjutants am§] services officers in
Georgia will be hela and the local
nost will be well represented.
From discussions at the meeting
last night, it seemed likely, since
the state meeting in Macon is
open to all Legionnaires, a bus
will be chartered and individual
members with cars will form a
motorcade to that city to promote
Mr. Bridges' candidacy.
Mr. Bridges was present and
made a short talk in which he
thanked the post for proposing
him as State Commander and for
their loyalty in pushing the cand
idacy. He promised his very best
efforts to Legionnaires of Georgia,
if elected. ‘
Committee Names
The steering committee in charge
of the move to clevate Mr. Brid
ges to State Commander, as
named by Dr. Birdsong, consists
of L. Dennis Penny, chairman;
V. G. Hawkins, H, H. West, H.
B. Hodgson, T. J. Camarata, D.
1. Turpin, G. B, Coales: ~C.. D.
McNelly, Carter W. Danier, M, C.
Buckley, H. W. Birdsong, D. L.
Elliott, F. H. Williams, Dan Ma
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LOCAL WEATHER
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and in north and &%
west portion to- 5:4“ /;
night; somewhat CEIC 4
warmer tonight ‘t .
colder in north D
and central por- ‘Mufllltfi\/
tions Saturday 3
afternoon. i fl
RAIN
TEMPERATURE
T S TR AR |
BOWREE .i .. ay e 0408
R . v e RS
WMOAE . o s i MY
RAINFALL ~°
. Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since January 1 .. .. 9.88
Excess since January 1 ~ 764
Average January rainfall ~ 483
FARMERS SUMMONED
TO PROBE OF CRASH
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FORREST CITY, Ark.—(P)
—Fatrmers lving near the
Awamp in which the airliner, .
*Fhe Southebner,” plunged
Tuesday night with a loss of
17 lives were summoned today
before a Department of Com
merce public hearing which
officials hoped might disclose
the cause of the accident.
The hearing was scheduled
to get under way early this
afternoon at the St. Franeis
county courthouse,
Investigators had before
them a statement of Vice-
President R. ¥. Damon of the
American Airlines that the
jamming of the plane’'s speed
recorder at 180 nmiles per
hour was not indicative that
the ship was traveling at that
speed when it plunged into a
woods near Goodwin, Ark.
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Only Nine of 20 Defen
dants in Vast Swindle
Cases Are Convicted
BY RICHARD G. MASSOCK
(Associated Press Foreign Staff)
PARIS — (#) — France’s great
Stavisky scandal closed today with
conviction of only nine of the 20
defendants accused of complicity
in the last gwindles which resulted
in rioting in the streets of Paris
and overthrow of a French cabi
net.
Mme. Arlette Simon Stavisky,
widow of the swindler, and ten
others of the 20 defendants were
acquitted of the charges of com
plicity in the $10,000,000 frauds.
“Extenuating circumstances” were
found in the cases of all those
convicted except Gustave Tissier,
manager of the Bayonne munici
pal pawnshop. His confession
broke the case and sent Stavisky
fleeing to the mountain cabin
where he died of a pistol wound,
described by police as self-inflict
ed.
The others convicted included:
Joseph Garat, a member of the
Chamber of Deputies and forrher'
mayor of Bayonne, where Stavisky
established his munieipal pawn
shop. |
Henri Cohen, appraiser at the
Bayonne pawnshop. *
Raoul Desbrosses, manager of the
Orleans pawnshop. l
Paul Guebin, a bondsalesman. |
Henri Hayotte, implicated by the
prosecution in a fake emerald deal.
Gaston Bonnaure, member of the
chamber of deputies. J
The convicted defendants will be
sentenced later.
Madame Stavisky said that aft
er his arrest in 1926, Stavisky pro
mised her he would go “stra.ight"‘
and she believed the hundreds of
thousands of francs he showered
on her were the profits of legiti
mate financial operations.
The others, accused of helping
(Continued on page eight.)
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday
e e .
Withdrawal of Japanese
Not Likely to Cause Na
~ val Building Race
(. gimiurmpis
} By HAROLD P. BRAMAN
| Associated Press Foreign Stafi.
LONDON.— () ~~The delega
tions of four great sea powers
started today drafting an agipe~
ment for an exchange of fleet
building information, designed te
prevent an arms race despite
Japan's withdrawal from the in
ternatichal naval conference.
' Authoritative sources said they
understood the American and
British delegates were making
immediate new surveys of their
strategic positions in the Pacifie
to determine what steps should
be taken independently on the
question of possible fortification
of their possession there.
A feature of the information
exchange agreement was an “es
cape clause” to permit individual
steps against a sudden move by
any power, such as Japan, not
entering into the agreement.
Should a non-signatory power
build a new type of ship or begin
an arms race, the agreement
could be set aside by the signing
powers on grounds of self-defense.
None of the delegations, now
representing the TUnited States
Britain, France and Ttaly in es-i
forts to maintain some sort of
fleet restrictions after the Wash
ington and London naval limita
tions treaties expire at the end
of this year, believed the new‘
agreement would be very exten-l
sive. |
° They felt, however, that they|
had Japan “in a corner,” as onei
delegate expressed it. ‘
The Japanvso' withdrew from
the conference because of oppo
sition to their demands for full
fleet equality, but the remaining
delegations believed Japan would
not launch a naval building race
lest the other nations follow suit.
Fascist Command Lays Claim to
Slaughter of 4,000 Ethiopians
! (By the Associated Press)
The Fascist command in Africa
ltoday claimed the slaughter of 4,-
000 Ethiopians in a great battle on
the southern front, but official
Ethiopian sources ridiculed the
‘claims.
Marshal Pietro Badoglio, the Ita
lian commander-in-chief in Ethio
ipia, announced the southern en
garsment had ended in “caomplete
victory” and that the troops of Ras
Desta. Demtu were fleeing along
caravan routes to the northwest,
pursued by Italians.
In some sections, Badoglio re
ported, Italian armored cars ad
vanced 75 miles from their bases.
Italian losses were slight, he said,
and many priscners were captur
ed.
In Addis Ababa, however, Ethio
pian officials said a major en
gagement in the area was impos
sible, because of the scattered posi
tions of Rag Desta's army.
An Ttalian warplane and its crew
of four which made a forced land
ing inside the Sudan frontier have
HoME
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Efforts Are Being Made
To Dispose of Measure
By End of Week
COST AGAIN CITED
{Bac‘kers pf Bill Claiming
Support of Four Out
{ Of Five Senators
| WOULD OVERRIDE VETO :
WASHINGTON — (AP.) —
Opening senate debate on the
baby bond bonug payment bill
today, Senator Harrison, De
mocrat, Mississippi, declaned
flatly the measure would be
come law whether or not Presi
dent Roosevelt signed it
BY D. HAROLD OLIVER
(Associated Press Sports Writer)
WASHINGTON — {#) -— Jubi
lantly declaring that they had the
votes of four out of every five
senators, backers of the bill to pay
the soldiers’ bonus immediately in
cashable baby bonds drove it into
senate debate today with the idea
of passing it today or tomorrow.
Administration leaders in the
chamber were pressing for passage
before the week-end adjournment,
contending the giant issue—agitat
ed for 16 years—should be disposed
of quickly.
} Despite implied warnings of new
ltaxes to come and Secretary Mor
igenthau‘s statement that enact
ment would increase the treasury'a
’borrowlng and refunding opera
tions to $11,300,000,000 in the next
17 1-2 months, coalition supporters
of the bill forecast a topheavy vote
040 . , :
The evemtual cost to the govern
ment is estimated at $2,491,000,000.
Estimates of the immediate ex
' pense range upward from $1,000,«
{ooo,ooo~dependlng on how many
{‘ot the bonds are cashed immed
iately.
l Democratic leaders expect the
‘house promptly to accept the sen
‘ate measure in place of the bill if
passed a week ago providing for
immediate cash payment, but leav
ing to the treasury how to ‘pay it.
The leaders, in predicting quick
passage, are silent about President
Roosevelt's position. He vetoed
inflationary Patman bonus bill
last session.
The senate bill provides for full
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. .
Kipling’s Death Only
Matter of Few Hours
LONDON.—{#)—Rudyard Xip
ling's gallant will kept the spark
of life still flickering today, but
attaches at the hospital where he
lay in a coma said the end ap
parently was a matter of hours.
A hospital bulletin at 1:00 p. ms
said the 70-year-old bard’s condi
tion was “unchanged and still,
very critical.” :
It was disclosed a blood transe
fusion from an unnamed donor
kad beer given Kipling during
last night, and that oxygen also
had been used.
Kipling lapsed into a coma to
day while his American-born
wife, daughter and surgeon kept
watch at his bedside.
He undereswnt the operation last
Monday for a perforated stomach
ulcer.
|been interned under neutrality re
| gulations, the- British foréign of
| fice announced in-Londen. The Ital
|ian government was notified.
| Tltaly, taking its turn at protest
|ing to Geneva, complained of Ethio
| plan “atrocites” and abuse of the
| Red Cross emblem in a note to the
| League of Nations. e
| Nearly 35000 British troops ar-
Irived in Alexandria, Egypt, and
| were reported unofficially to be ‘en
|route to the strategic Mersamatruk
|base. There were rumors the thvee
I battalions were moved to Hgypt as
|a precaution against possible trou
]ble on the borders of Libya, Ttaly’s
| North African colony. e Jf%
‘ ROME — (# — Four "‘/'f‘.":
| Ethiopians have died in the rage
'ing battle on the southern Ethio
pian front, with the Itali f‘
pursuing the fleeing enemy, | -
shal Pietro Badoglio, com; “’*“w;‘%v
'hbcmaf of the Itallan armie, i‘:}\\,
'East Africa, reported today. =
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