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Newspaper Page TextLOCAL COTTON | .“ MIDDLING 7:8...... sussress®R o PREV. CLOBE. ;.. :.vv soserrtl 0] Vol. 104, No. 20. “Iris City”’ Stamp Sale Begins Here Friday Morning Arrival of hundreds of “Iris City"l stamps today spurred preparations] by the Tallulah Falls Cirele to be gin sile of the seals here for the purpose of raising funds for the Tallfalah Falls Industrial = school, famous school for mountain chil dren, y Mrs, Arthur Griffith, jr., president of the Circle today announced the‘ personnel of a committee of that! organization'= members who will have charge of selling the stamps.’ The committee is comprised of Mrs. Jennie Arnold Dorsey, generall chairman; Mrs, David Michael, co-l chairman; Mrs. Tom Tillman, Mrs. Arthur Griffith, Miss Eugenia Ar-} nold, Miss Marie McHatton, Mrs, Harry Mehre, Mrs. Albert, Sams.‘ Mrs. Ed Westbrook, Mrs. Robert Watterson, Miss Othey Vincent,l Mrs. Pinckney Steiner, Mrs. Da.nl Magill. The stamps will go on sale offi cially next Friday, but already vol untary purchases have been made by the City of ‘Athens, McDorman- Bridges Funeral Home and Mrs. C. A. Scudder,; who was first to use one of the- beautifully designed stamps which she sent on a letter to Mrs. William A. Lockwood of New York Qity, a former president of the¢ Garden Club of America, a niece of the late Mr. Scudder and Mr. and' Mrs. L. P. Edwards. The stamp was designed by Miss Nina Scudder, Athens artist. The inscrip tion reads: , “Athens, Georgia. The Iris City of Georgia. Home of Am erica’s First Garden Club.” The de sign of the iris is printed on a whte background with green border, The flower is in purple with green sStems and foliage. These stamps will sell for one cent each and are to be used (Continued on Page Three) Capture of Hobart Rakes Announced by U. S. = e WASHINGTON —(#)— The jus tice department announced today the capture of Hobart Rakes, who forged the name of a federal at _torney to. secure.his own, release 2 75 g o gl bARErs sl . agents and Virginia State highway . patrolman at 6 a. m. today in Danviile, Va, il * Rakes will be removed to Blue field, W. Va., to face charges of violating the national wmotor ve hicle theft act. . . While serving a sentence for “conspiracy” under the interna! / revenue laws, Rakes secured hit ’ releage from -the penitentiary at Atlanta through a letter purported ly signed by James Damron, for mer federal attorney at Hunting ton, W. Va- LOCAL WEATHER oc, ‘@v 0 GEORGIA: © ; Cloudy With ;/ N ‘| Occasional Rain Y. ‘Tonight and (% Tuesday, Warmer A A ( Except in Ex /] “{2 * ()| treme Southwest Gin ;’j‘ Portion Tonight, 2. _.,-! Much Colder A= Tuesday Night SNOW TEMPERATURE Highest.coe asse snee Geeni sl LOWOSE. sas s+ cooe 3aseesd2.o MEBN, .as edee sood Shvdinti s 2PO N0rma1..... cove soes sivieAEY RAINFALL | Inches last 24 ToUrS...esss- 1.02 Total since February 1...... 1.02 Excess since February 1.... .48 ! Average February rainfiall.. 5.13 Total since January 1..... .14.29 ‘ Excess since January - 8.92! STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press e ATLANTA. — An increase of more than $12,000,000 in the de posits of Georgia state banks was recorded during 1935. A report by state superintendent of banks R. E. Gormley also showed that total resources of the institu tions licensed by Georgia gained $7,000,000 last year. Investments in U. 8. government state and municipal bonds in creased $2,750,000; loang and dis counts decreased by $11,000,000 and bills payable, representing money borrowed by banks, de creased by more than $3,750,000, ——— AUSTELL, GA.,—A man booked as Carl Pope was held in the Cobb county jail at Marietta to day on a_charge of fatally shoot ing ~Morgan Davis, 48-year-old Austell Garage owner, Deputy sheriff E. M. Legg said Davis' body was found at Pope’s home. Légg quoted Pope as saying he shot Davis in self-defense, e COLUMBUS, GA., —Four-year old Barbara Annecomer died yes terday of burns suffered when her dress caught fire befors an open ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Supreme Court Fails to Rule on TVA;" Next Monday Earliest Pos:ible Date LEAGUE GROUP MEETS TODAY TO DISCUSS OIL EMBARGO ON ITALIANS FLASHES g , L-IF-E BOOMERRANG BANG UNIONTOWN, PA.,, — John Krulick, 16, is too good a marks man for his own comfort. John used a loaded cartridge as a target to show how good he waax. He hit the bullet, exploding it. The shell from the target cart ridge flew back, wounding John in the leg. | S —— | HOT PLATE ÜBANA, MO.—C. R. Gatliff lift ed the lid of his heating stove to see how the fire was getting along Some ashes blew into his throat. ‘He coughed. Out popped his false teeth into the fire. 2 SCHOOL OuUT DENVER-. Student pilot Dick Robinson went up for another les son with his instructor, C. B. EThompson. . Motor trouble developed and ‘Thompson, looking for a safe land ing spot, picked out a lake crowded with skaters, The plane bumpea down on the ice as the skaters scampered for shore. Robinson scampered for a street gar and ‘home. l COSTLY SNOW } LIBERTYVILLE, ILL.—Firemen answering an alarm at the V. J. Petterson Estate knew there was supposed to be & fire hydrant there under a' snow drift. An the mean while the fire destroyed a creamery and cattle barn with damage or \825,000. ¢ WARNE RAING FALL OVER STATE TnDAY Observers Put Little Stock In Groundhog Myth; Pre dict Snow The mercury sank to freezing last night at Raleigh, Charlotte, Asheville, Memphis and Little Rock, but below those cities it was generally warmer. At one point, Cornelia, Ga., in ghe northern part of the sta'te, weather bureau officials said they had reports last night an jce storm similar to that which recently par alyzed this area, was forming. G. W. Mindling, Atlanta meter ologist, said conditlons were fa vorable for the Cornelia condition to “soften up” immediately. Dam age was not expected to be great. The neaviest rainfall over the southern area was recorded at At lanta, which had 1.14 inches in the 24 hour period. Montgomery with 1.22, and Meridian, Miss., with 1.16. Much colder weather was fore cast for the Atlanta area for to morrow night, a prediction that (Continued on Page Three) grate in her home. The child’s brother Leon, 10, ex tingushed the flames wth bed clothing and it was believed at first he had saved her life. SAVANNAH, Ga. The Rt. Rev. Mgr. Joseph F. Croke, chancellor of the Catholic diocese of Savannah, has been appointed to the newly created office of superintendent of Catholic schools in Georgia The appointment was made by Bishop Gerald P. O’'Hara. He named the Rev. Father Harold Barr to succeed Mgr. Croke as rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist here, ATLANTA—(AP)—Business men and real estate operators expressed concern today over a report from Atlanta bankers that more than $25,000 has been withdrawn by de positors in the last 30 days because of the city’s effort to enforce pay ‘ment of the tax on intangibles. Most of this money, bank officials rga. represents accounts of cap- LY e (Continued on page eight.) Diplomatic Phases of War Reassume Their Place Of Importance UNCERTAINTY SEEN Attitude of United States Will Play Big Part in Action of League By CHARLES E. HARNER Associated Press Foreign Staff The diplomatic phases of the Italo - Ethioplan war reasummed prominence today as a League of Nation's committee of experts met in Geneva to determine whether an oil embargo against Italy would be practical. The League advocate long have held that the easiest way to pre- “ serve peace was to hamstring the sinews of war of beligerent na tions under the League covenant which provides sanctions against AZEressors. With oi]l one of the major “sinews of the present day, the discussion over whether Italy is to be de prived of that commodity has for weeks past been one of the mott serious considerations League mem mers have had to face. i As for the battlefront, Ethiopia | was regarded as mainly interested | in retrieving the southern areas taken by the Italians in their re cent advance northward from Ital jan somaliland. From Addis Ababa marched 60,- 000 warriors to bolster up the for ces of Ras Desta Demut who have failed to prevent the “hell on wheels” column from reaching a point 225 miles south of the na ‘tion's capital, B o oner i waneey Copyright, 1936, by The As socilated Press GENEVA.—A league of nalions committee of governmental ex perts assembled today to deter mine whether an oil embargo could be effective as an addition al sanction against Italy, with at jeast one nation—Poland—declin ! ing to be represented. | Uncertainty prevailed until the very eve of the first meeting of the committee as ty how many nations were invited to fend ex perts to the delibgrations——and how many accepted, the league having ! fajled to publish a list of either classification. It was understood Poland de | clined to send a representative on lthe grounds that it exports no oil to Italy, but only to Czechoslova ! kia. v s The committee, however, was | (Continued on page eight.) } The following tabulation constitutes one of the most convincing arguments in favor of New Deal policies that has come to our at l tention. : 4 It is reproduced from the Philadelphia Record, and was read into t‘ the Congressional Recordby Senator Joseph T. Robinson. New Deal < i OLD DEAL NEW DEAL LABOR Unemployment: \ Apr. 1, 1930 3,188,000 Apr. 1, 1933 13,178,000 3 e = Advance 318% Cotton: : e Mar, 1, 1930 15.10 cents per pound ' T 3 e Mar. 1, 1933 5.90 cents per pound % Decline 61% Wheat: : i Mar, 1, 1930 $1.16 per bushel : Mar, 1, 1933 48 cents per bushel Decline 59% Corn: ) £y Mar. 1, 1930 88.40 cents per bushel : Mar. 1, 1933 24.12 cents per bushel Decline 73% Industrial production (index: 1926 equals 100%): Jan, 1, 1930 1104 Jan. 1, 1983 614 Decline - 44% Steel production (month ending): Jan. 1, 1930 2,903,012 gross tons Jan. 1, 1933 861,034 gross tons Decline 70% Auto registration (month ending): Jan, 1, 1930 161,830 units ; Jan. 1, 19383 55,105 units Decline 66% Wholesale priges (index: 1926 equals 100%): Jan. 1, 1930 925 : Jan. 1, 1933 61.0 Decline 34% Total erports (year ending): Jan. 1, 1930 $3,843,000,000 Jan. 1, 1933 1,675,000,000 Decline 56% Total imports (year ending): Jan. 1,71930 $3,061,000,000 Jan, 1, 1933 1,450,000,000 Decline §2_9_6 Listed stocks (average): Mar. 1, 1930 60.52 Mar. 1, 1983 1520 i Decline 75% Listed bonds (average): : ; Mar. 1, 1930 96.19 Mar. 1, 1933 74.89 ; Doclgn__u!, A Power Production (month ended): : Jan. 1, 1980 7.87 billion kilowatt-hours ‘ Jan. 1, 1933 7.14 billion kilowatt-hours Decline 9% ' To eliminate seasonal differences where they are a factory the corresponding months in calendar years are used. - Grayer and Grimmer at 54 But Smiling Same as Ever - v R PR \ 5&. i R R N 35 e R 7 j&‘ B SRR BN R N e o R e ;o.,\'\dc-.,{ PR T R eO R 3 R SR R R k- G R o R R N 11 R R T R Lo B v RN e R Lo SN 2 g <‘ R N L L B B R e S R r,.\. 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He is a bit grayer, his hair has thinned a trifie, and his eyes and lips have taken a more determined set. - But the familiar Roosevelt smile is unchanged, Talmadge and Roosevelt Are Matched for Championship of State Political Circuit ATLANTA,—(#)— Governor Eu gene Talmadge and President Roosevelt were matched today for the championship of the Georgia political ecircuit, in which they shared honors in 1932. The prize is control of the state's 24 delegates to the Democratic ‘National - convention in Philadel phia. Malmadge, througlh his State Democratic Executive committes OLD DEAL VERSUS NEW DEAL —ESTABLISHED 1832— Athens, Ga., Monday, February 3, 1936. can decide whether the issue will be settled at the polls or in a con test of rival delegations on the . floor of the convention, | The state's | congressional 'legation met Saturday in Washing ' ton, reaffirmed its loyalty to the party chief, renewed a challenge to Talamadge to call a presidential preference primary and assured e ——— (Continued on Page Three) eritics will find it rather difficult to get around the significance of these amazing comparisons. The tabulation, comparing the last three years of the Old Deal with the first three years of the New Deal, follows: Unemployment: % Apr, 1, 1933 13,178,000 Dec. 1, 1935 9,177,000 k Decline 30% AGRICULTURE Cotton: ! A Mar. 1, 1933 5.90 cents per pound Jan, 1, 1936 11.35 cents per pound : Advance 92% Wheat: Mar. 1, 1933 48 cents per bushel Jan., 1, 1936 191.5 cents per bushel Advance 1119% Corn: . : : ’ Mar. 1, 1933 24.12 cents per bushel Jan, * 1, 1936 60.87 cents per bushel Advance 152% INDUSTRY Industrial production (indexX: 1926 equals 100%): Jan. ‘l, 1983 614 - Jan. 1, 1986 929 : Advance 51% © Steel production (month ending): Jan. 1, 1933 861,034 gross tons by Jan. 1, 1936 3,081,000 gross tons S Advance 257% Auto registration (month ending): : @ Jan. 1, 1938 55,105 units N Jan. 1, 1936 235,000 units L W ' Advance 326% COMMERCE Wholesale prices (index: 1926 equals 100%): - Jan. 1, 1933 61.0 k Jan. 1, 1986 81.0 Advance 33% Total exports (year ending): Jan. 1, 1933 $1,675,000,000 Dec. 1, 1935 2,228,000,000 Advance 33% Total imports (year ending): Jan. 1, 1933 $1,450,000,000 4 Dec. 1, 1935 1,993,000000 Advance 31% SECURITIES Listed stocks (average): : ; Mar. 1, 1933 15.20 _ Jan. 1, 1936 3562 . g Advance 134% Listed bonds (average): Mar. 1, 1933 74.89 ~ Jan. 1, 1936 91.85 : Advance 22% PUBLIC U.TILI'ﬂES - Fower production {month ended)! Jan. 1, 1983 7.14 billion kilowatt-hours ‘Jan. 1, 1936 8.50 billion kilowatt-hours Advance 19% e Mg R Suld LBV S e et 0© i S L LAT e, TN B eLI SHOTWELL SAf3 . 5. JEUTAITY POy S ELPEL AEGL Economist to Speak Again Tomorrow Morning on Neutrality Phase Present United States neutral ity legislation has helped the Lea gue of Nations in the Italo-Ethi opian war—but that is an excep tiona] case, Dr. James T. Shot well said here today. “Ne one knows how or where the next war might break out,” the internationally - known historian and economitt told the Univer gity of Georgia Institute of Public Affairs, “The strategy of peace hag not been studied sufficiently for per manent legislation. This means, of course, that it (Act of 1935) will not be permanent, no matter whe ther we label jt that or not, un-' less by some strange dispensation of Providence it embodies more | wisdom than one dares to hope.” Needs World's Asset Dr, Shotwell added that even with this wisdom the legislation needs the world's asset go that the policies of other nations, ag well as our own, may be adjusted to it in ways that will insure interests of each. Today the Carnegie: Endowment for Internatienal Peace trusten dealt with the historical back ground of “The Old Neutrality and the New.! Tomorrow be will dis f ﬁ > "a "u,ram ‘;. _~ "l'heEßaﬁ Ibe in the Uni versity chapel at 11:30. From the time the neutrality act was passed, Dr. Shotwell said thi¢ morning, public opinion was con: centrdted not so much upon it ar upon the revision which would be necessary in the next congress. Chief Points The National Peace conference, among other bodies, studied the subject, later prepared “A Sug gested Redraft of the Neutrality Act,” the chief points of which the! speaker outlined as follows: 1. The legislation should not be made permanent, ; 2. Rights and duties of neutrals should be defined by treaties. 3. The status of belligerents should be reconsidered in view of the fact that over 50 nations—in cluding all of Latin-America ex cept Brazil—have accepted the (Continued on Page Eight) A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday In Liggett Death Trial Spotlight ) 322 3 s E - ¥ R B R S N - . = e 3 '-5':5.'55;ZE;‘E*EE'"-f{j:_?:ftf?;fjﬁéi j: 3 RdR RS P e e L N Central figures.at the trial for fthe murder of 'Walter W, Lig« ‘gett, crusading Minneapolis ed itor, ‘are showm here—lsadore #Kid CQann’” Blumenfeld, dee fendant, ag .he ‘was led hand= puffed to the Minneapolis courts %wmand the vwidow, Mrg.' ARI Liggett; Who “pointed cut Canft' as -the: killer when ' she went: to ther'witness stand. SUCGESSFUL “FARM B 0 STORY S TOL The story of a Georgia farm boy whose interest in learning how to do things “the better way” has made him a successful farmer, wlth] a gross income of SSOO a month, was related herp today by G. V. Cunningham, state 4-H club leader. The boy is J. H. Marshall of iColumbla county. near Harlem, Ga. i “Marshall became a 4-H clug boy 'when he was 10 years old and he has became an outstanding farmer of the state” Cunningham gaid. “T think he is a fine example of what 4-H club activity can do for farm boys and girls. “When J. H. had become 21, he was the owner of a herd of 52 fine dairy cattle, 35 pure-bred hogs, and the manager of a good farm in Columbia- county: “Ag he progressed in hig work. and showed an aptitude for learn= ing how to do things the better way, he increased his income until it is now SSOO a month, gross. He (Continued on Page Eight) Inflationists and “Antis” Line Up for Spectacular Struggle FARM PLAN APPROVED WASHINGTON-—(AP)—Tho house agricultural committee today approved a comblined temporary and permanent sub stitute farm plan for the #n validated AAA. WASHINGTON —(AP)— Infla tionists and “antis” were lined up in congress today, awaiting only a signal to fall afoul of each other in what promises to be a spectacular fight. The signal, it appeared, might be the introduction of administration tax leyislation—if such legislation is introduced soon. Led by Senator Thomas (D—Okla) and Represen tative Fatman (D—Texas) currency expansionists have announced they Iwill fight to block any new tax program. They favor printing new ‘money instead. , 3 " If the tax issue is not raised soon there is believed to be a possibility that the two opposng forces may go to the mat first over the Frazier ‘b!;l.m. farm mortgage refinancing " The forces behind his bill, which H°ME DECISION 15 GIVEN CLRFYNG STATE IS, RELATIONGH TVA Decision Likely to Be Rendered by Court Next Monday TENSION EASED Opinion Today Declares Maryland May Tax RFC Bank Stock . WASHINGTON, —(#)— The Supreme Court concluded de~ livering opinions toaay with out passing ¢n the constitu tionality of TVA. That made next Monday the earliest pos sible date for delivering the long awaited decision, WASHINGTON, — (/) —ln an opinion clarifying the relationship between the federal and state gov~ ernments the Supreme Court held today that Maryland may tax pre ferred stock of the Baltimore Na tional Bank owned by the Recon= struction corporation, ¢ The unanimous decision, appli cable in all states, was delivered by Justice Cardozo, ! Marylamnd's court as appeals, had held the stock was subject to state taxation, State tax commission attorneys contended to the supreme court that the RFC did no perform an esentional governmental function and hence its $1,000,000 of stock should be taxed. , | ————— : PROPOSES REPEAL WlASHlNGTON,—(#)—President Roosevelt proposed to congress today the “prompt repeal’ of the Bankhead compulsory cotton com=. . trol act, the Kerr-Smith tob; 4 ‘-. %‘f\:\ | president said @ “this< m f: don is made because *’,‘2‘ mination of the program of agri= ‘s cultural production adjusti Ww ‘,;& to which “the three acts mentione@ were auxiliary.” el His terse message, which "came . as a surprise to Capitol Hill, fol- @ lows: iR b ofiari “To the congress: W R “I reccmmend to the mmeﬁ ) ’zhe prompt repeal of the act of April 21, 1934, ag amended, known as the ‘Bankhead ,cotton act, of the act.of June 28, 1934, as amend ‘ed, known as the ‘Kerr-Smith to- : (Continued 6:::%.:_. Three) ' 3 Seamen Missing As Boat Explodes SAN DIEGO, Calit—(®)—Three seamen, missing after an expl j;',_» on ‘shattered the Tuna - CM| D Olimpia were hunted today &sg debris-strewn waters off Cape | ” e Lucas at the southern tip of 1 ower California.. i s Five other members of the' ?4.‘ blown clear of the wreckage, Were reported by radio to have been pick ed up late vesterday by %xo»p manicia, another purse-seine¥. = - The missing sailors; all m& dead, are: e John Toco, Engineer - August . vVollmer 'and Albert Zolegzl ™« & Radio reports said a fuel tﬂ@ the Olympia’s power plantblewup, splintering the 65-foot craft to bits - as it sailed inbound off Cape 3&* Lucas with 50 tons bf tuna. . calls for the refinancng of -farm indebtedness on easy terms through issuance of up to:$3,000,000,000 in new money, have succeeded. in. get ting 215 signatures on & petition to force a vote in the house. Only 218 are needed and. its backers @are pressing for the.three nagies. ==+ The Rev. Charles E. :Toughlin came to their aid by sayisg the Frazier-Lemke bill would ve the prineipal weapon in a ca.mmffl by his National Union for Social Justice to attain “$1.50 wheat, $1 corn and 20-cent cotton.” By aiding distressed rural debt~ ors, Father Coughlin said at Detroit, the bill would “liberate 32 milliom of our population from economie slavery.”? St He charged that “elected servants of the money changers” nm ' used the president’s name w : feat the bill.”™ 3 Epalnt President Roosevelt, he n& 18 - sured a committee of house mem=- bers last August that he was not opposed to the er-Lemke bilk™ By whatever routs the inflation fs« o — R

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, February 03, 1936, Home Edition, Image 1