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Vol. 104. No. 22
Advance Sale Of
“Iris City”” Seals
Reported Large
Although the “Iris City” stamps
‘do not go on sale officially until
lFri'day morning, advance volunta
ry purchases indicate that thous
ands of them will be bought by
Athenians, it was announced to
day by the Tallulah [alls Circle
‘here.
Several inquiries from other
states have been received by the
Circle, one from Mrs. C. R. Burr,
;Manchester, Conn., another from
Vicksburg, Miss., in addition to an
“inquiry for particulars about the
‘sale of the stamps from Washing
“ton, Ga. The news concerning the
‘purpose of the stamp sale has
been given national distribution,
and Athens is already being wide-~
ly advertised as the “Iris City” of
Cieorgia.
! Announcement was made to
" day that the Athens Chamber
~ of Commerce has voluntarily .
_ eontracted for purchase of
" “Iris City” stamps each month
" and will aid in every way pos
sible to give wide publicity to
b Athens '‘as the “Iris City.”
* Tate YWright is president of
° chamber of commerce and Joel
A. Wier is executive secretary.
The purpose of the “Iris City"
stamp sale is two-fold: To adver
tise Athens throughout the nation
and to raise funds for scholar
ships at Tallulah Falls Industrial
School. The stamps sell for one
cent apiece, and many concerns
giving contracts to buy a stated
number of the seals each month,
and to give wide publicity to Ath
ens as the “Iris City.”
Advance purchases of stamps
have been made by the following.
Women's Club, Junior Assembly,
Ladies Garden club, Georgian Ho
tel, McGregor Company, Mrs. M.
G. Nicholson, Mrs. Eliza McHat
ton, Athens Hardware company
_ McDorman-Bridges, City of Ath
! ens, Hodgson Oil Refining “compa
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Robbers Take Over
SI,OOO Frem Local
Wholesale Groceries
Striking swiftly early this morn
ing, robbers Dbhelieved to be well
trained in the art of safe-cracking
took approximately SI,OOO from
two of Athens’ Ileading wholesale
grocery warehouses,
Talmadge Brothers, located on
the corner of Thomas street and
Hancock avenue, and Webb-Craw
ford company, located on Foundry
street, were entered, and safes at
both places broke open, Approxi
mately S7OO was stolen from Tal
madge Brothers, and about S4OO at
Webb-Crawford.
Safe and lock experts, and Ath
ens police, were of the opinion both
jobs were done by the same parties
and so expertly were the safes
opened, it is believed the jobg were
performed by a gang working out
of some larger city. :
Entrance to Talmadge Brothers
was gained by a window on the
Hancock avenue side of thesßuild
ing, and to Webb-Crawford com
pany by breaking out the sky=
light. .
After entering the Wkebb-Craw
ford building, the robbers placed
several filing cases in front of the
window, to gcreen their work from
anyone who might have passed
while the safe was being rcbbed.
Money stolen from Webb-Crawford
was fully covered by insurance
with the Jester Insurance com
pany.
The combination knob on both
safes wag knocked off, and the
locks broken by driving a metal
instrument through the combina
tion.
Police are of the belief the two
warehouses were entered about 5
o’clock this morning. The robber
ies were reported when the twe
places were opened this morning
abecut 7 o'clock.
Masonic Convention
Held Here Thursday
Mt. Vernon Lodge, F. and A. M.
will entertain the Madison-Clarke
County Masonic convention Thurss
day night at 7:30 o’clock and a
large delegation of visiting Masfons
is expected to be present.
The local jodge is making exetn
sive preparations for the conven
tion and refreshments will be
served, D. W. Locklin, secretary,
announced for W. A, Capps, wor
shipful master, this morning.
DEMOLAYS TO MEET
TONIGHT AT 8:00
An important meeting of Frank
Hardeman Chapter, Order of De-
Molay, will be held at the Mason
ic Hall gn Clayton street, tonight
at 8 o'clock.
The meeting was announced by
Master Councillor Harry Davis
who urges al} members to attend
as the meeting will be among the
mest impertant of the year,
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
F.D.R. Has No Present Plans For busius Taxes
High Waters Force Rome Residents to Leave Homes
BOATS ARE USED 10
BEMOVE. RESIDENTS
FROM LOW SECTION
Rivers in State Generally
Rising; Clearing Skies
To Bring Relief
OUT OF BANKS HERE
lthzard in Northwest Isl
Called Worst in Past
l Twenty Years
ROME, Ga—(#)—Rescue work
ers in boats removed scores of resi
dents from low-lying areas on the
qutskirts of Rome voGay as thei
Coosa. river, swollen by heavy rains‘
and melting snows, overflowed its
banks. = !
t E. L. Cantrell, secretary of thel
fßome city commission, said there‘
twas no “serious threat of loss of
life, except from exposure, and res
lcue workers are on the job moving
people from houses in which thers
!are flood waters.”
Cantrell said a few basements on
Broad street, principal downtcwn
thoroughfare, had water in them,“
| but that the water came from the
| overflow of sewers, and not from
lhigh water from the river.
{ He said that “about 200 people—
| that’'s a rough estimate—have beenl
{ moved out of their houses, and
labout 100 homes have water in
| them,
| No Serious Damage
l “There has been considerable
{flooding but none’ of any conse
!qumo exeept in- the lower lying
residential areas” Much of the sec
ition flooded is in the river bot
! tom section, not built up except
lfm' a shack here and there.”
| Rivers in other sections of the
Istate also were overflowing low
| lands.
‘ Persons brought in from flooded
houses here are being housed in
several downtown store buildings.
“Rescue squadg bring bedding with
those persons from flooded homes,
and the city and county, and the
relief office, will take care of feed-l
ing them until the water goes
ldown," Cantrell said.
He said the water was the high-
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Further Advance Is
.
Reported by Italians
(By the Associated Press)
The Italian government today
stated its forces in southern Ethio
pia had made further advances in
the valley of the Webbe Gestro,
At home, Premier Mussolini re
ceived the full support of the fas
cist grand council in his Ethiopian
campaign.
The council decided on a plan of
“counter-action in the event of the
further tightening of sanctions.”
Italy is mainly concerned with the
threat of a League of Nations’ em
bargo against further oil importa
tions.
In London, the British cabinet
was said by an authoritative source
to be considering secret plans for
expanding Great Britain’s system
of defenses for the empire.
George Lansbury, labor member
of parliament, drafted a peace re
solution which would give the op
portunity for debate on all aspects
of the Italo-Ethiopian war and
British defenses.
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
By The Associated Press
GREENVILLE — Entries ha.vel
closed in the Meriwether county |
primary March 4, with only twol
offices contested, Candidates for
the contested offices are:
Ordinary: Elsie O’Neal, incum
bent; W. A. Biggers and J. B.
Hatchett. |
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GREENVILLE —Freezing weath-!
er has damagea the nine miles of
paving between Greenville and
‘Woodbury.
The county-built high'way, one
of the best roads in this section,
will require considerable repair. G.
W. Williford, highway repartment
patrolman, said about one fourth
of the road was damaged. FPav
ing froze and buckled.
| LaGRANGE—W. O. Rofiertson‘
‘has withdrawn from the run-over
i.race for sheriff of Troup county,
leaving E. V. Hilyer, Hogansville
police chief, unopposed.
Chairman Henry Reeves of the
Troup county Democratic commite
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Extremes, jiike north and south, may never meet, but Nancy Carroll is willing to go more than half way
to meet both extremes—as witness these pictures of the pretty movie star, At left sh 2 adorns the sunny
strand in Florida, wearing a green and white ¢hintz bathing suit. And at right, only a few days earlier,
she peered out 'rom the snug hood of a parka, enjoying the fur-robed comfort of a dog sled in Quebec.
TAUMADGE O SPEAK
O CAMPUS TONRAT
Admission to Phi Kappa
Meeting at University to
Be By Card Only
Governor Eugene Talmadge will
return to his old literary society.
Phi Kappa, at the University of
Georgia tonight.
Phi Kappa will unveil—a por
trait of him, placing it along side
those other distinguished alumni,
and the governor wil} deliver a
brief address.
This will not be a public ap
pearance. Admission will be by
card only.
While at the University, Goyer
nor Talmadge made his first
speeches before the now 112-year
old Phi Kappa society. Others,
such as Henry W. Grady and Jos
eph Henry Lumpkin, made their
first there, too while students at
the TUniversity.
The governor has now written
that he will be “very happy to
be with Phi Kappa society again.”
An Athens student, Richard
Winston, president of Phi Kappa
will preside tonight. Jack Flynt
of Griffin, immediate past presi
dent of the society, is responsible
for getting the governor over.
The Phi Kappa society voted to
obtain the portrait and to invité
Governor Talmadge to see it pre
sented. .
Phi Kappa, founded in 1824, has
its purposes the following:
1. Fostering oratory.
9. Encouraging debate on local
and national importance,
3. Training students in public
speaking.
No subject has been announced
by Governor Talmadge soy tonight.
|tee said, however, the run-over
|would be held February 12 to com
!ply with the law.
’ Robertson is a former sheriff of
lChambers County, Alabama.
ATLANTA—The calendar show
led this was pay day for 3,500 em
iployes of the city of Atlanta, but
{for the first time in two years it
jdidn’t mean anything.
City Comptroller B. Graham West
announced yesterday that na pay
checks would be forthcoming be
cause members of the Atlanta
Clearing House association had
not approved a requested $300,000
loan,
' West said there was about $200,-
000 in the treasury but it might
Itake a week to collect the addi
tional SIOO,OOO needed.
‘ MILLEDGEVILLE — A yigorous
|drive in Georgia for the renomina
tion of President Roosevelt is pro
:ee e »
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Athens, Ga., Wednesday, February 5, 1936.
Wings of Republican Party Face
_ Showdown as Borah Enters Fight
HOOVER ASKED TO
REASSIGN AGENTS
TO LINDY PROBE
WASHINGTON — (&) — J.
Edgar Hoover, director of the
Bureau of Investigation, said
today he had received a letter
from H. Norman Schwarzkopf,
superintendent of the New Jer
sey state police, asking that
federal agents be assigned again
to the Lindbergh kidnaping in
vestigation,
Hoover said he would make
a “prompt reply,” but declined
to reveal what it would be,
“BOY SCOUT WEEK
WILL OPEN FRIDAY
Scouts, Scouters of North
east Georgia“ Join in Na
tional Celebration
Scouts and Scouters of Nomh-
east Georgia Council will join in
the national celebration of Boy
Scout week which opens on Feb.
7. District organizations and troops
throughout the area have arranged
programs and prepared for demon
strations that will present Scout
ing in a most interesting manner
to the general public.
In the Athens District three in
ter-troop events have been ar
ranged by the district committee.
A church service will be held
for all Scouts and Scouters at
Emmanuel Episcopal church, Sun
day evening, February 9, 8 o'clock
The Rector, Rev. D. C. Wright
jr., Scoutmaster of Troop 7, will
deliver the sermon, and Scouts and
Scouters will take an active part
in the service.
An inter-troop council fire, will
be held near the American Legion
hut on Lumpkin street at 8 p. m.,
Tuesday, February 11. Each troop
in the district is expected to put
on a short demonstration. Songs,
yells and contests will be fea
tured.
An awarding session of the
district Court of Honor, at which
badges and trophies will be pre
sented, will be held at the Georgi
an Hotel at 7:30 p. m., Thursday
Feb. 13.
In addition to the district events
mentioned, most of the troops are
plannig special meetings, demon
strations and exhibits for the
week. A banner will be presented
to the unit making the best rec
ord for program, advancement and
civie service.
Boy Scout week. marks the
opening of the twenty-rixth year
of Scouting in the United States.
The public generally is invited to
the various events scheduled for
‘the week, .
~-ESTABLISHED 1832—
Veteran Liberal Declares
He Will Campaign for
Ohio’s Delegates |
BY NATHAN ROBERTSON |
Associated Press Staff Writer l
WASHINGTON —(AP)— “leer-l
!al” and ‘“conservative” wings of the
| Republican party plunged toward}
a showdown fight today after Sen
lator Borah, of Idaho, had tormallyl
entered the presidential struggle. :
Borah’s announcement that he
would campaign for delegates in the
Ohio presidential primary May 12
{foreshadowed a wide open race for
lthe nomination. It served as a
challenge to other Republican pos
| sibilities and to party leaders whom
the Idaho senator has battled.
Immediately politicians began
I speculating whether other candi
{dates would contest with Borah tor“
Ohio’s 52 delegates or would let
‘him fight it out against a favorite
|son entry. ‘
l There was no doubt among those
!who have watched the Borah move
|ment, that the senator’s entry into
|Ohio was a declaration of war
|against the established party or
iganization, He found that was the
'(mly way he could hope to get what
|he considered “liberal” delegates.
! Democratic party leaders also
faced a challenge in an announce
ment from Governor Joseph B. Ely,
of Masachusetts that he would
ifight for an unpledged delegation
‘;from that state to the Democratic
convention, Roosevelt leaders in
Massachusetts are insisting upon a
delegation pledged to the president,
Ely, in an interview yesterday,
asserted re-election of President
Roosevelt was “an impossibility”
“unless administration policies were
changed., He said he wanted an un
pledged delegation “to restore the
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LOCAL WEATHER
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Excess since Februagy 1.... 2.30
Average February rainfall.. 5.13
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| Excess since January 1....10.74
HITLER LEADER [N
SHITZERLAND SLAN
BY YOUNG YURISLAY
International Trouble May
Arise From Killing of
William Custloff
Assassin Surrenders and
- Says Bullets Should
Have Hit Hitler
Copyright, 1936 By The Associated
Press
DAVOS, Switzerland — The po
litica' assassination of Wilhelm
Gu-tloff, 40-year-old leader of the
‘German Nazis in Switzerland, by
4 Yugoslav medical student arous
iud fears today of grave interna
tional complications.
| The assassin, who surrendered
1 promptly to police, told the author
ities he was David Frankfuter, 26-
| year-old Jew, and that he wisher
| to strike a blow agalnst the Nazi
regime to avenge sufferings he
said were inflicted on his fellow
.!ews in Germany.
“Police said the student told them
the bullets should have struck Re
schsfuehrer Adolf Hitler, but he
did all in his power by removing
the agent who “poisoned the atmos
phere here.”
The authorities drew full details
of the assassination from Frank
furter in an extended questioning
at the Davos jail ‘where he was
¢ ed up W ‘ MW@.;_.‘,M“» Ay 2
sk Come' From Berne '
' The slaver said he came from
| Berne, where he attended medical
school, and went yesterday to the
’home of Gustloff, a scientist who
'had lived in Davos for 20 years.
When Gustloff rose from a chair
to receive him, police quoted
Frankfurter as saying, the student
shot the man down from the thres
hold of the Nazi’'s study withou*
uttering a word.
Gustloff, a physicist associated
with the Davos observatory, was
struck by five bullets and died al
most immediately. '
The assassin first fled, threaten
ing persons outside the apartment
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Alleged *“‘Red” Troubles
Reporteg § ;m‘ . Various
Countriés Today
; ‘-‘-‘r"‘
| By The Asédciated Press
} Alleged communistic activities
| brought raids, labor demonstra
!tions and offieials denunciation in
| Burope, Mexico and South Ameri
| ca today.
[ Five mnations of southeasterp
!lu‘un.pv—Hungal’y, Bulgaria, Yugo
slavia, Rumania and Austria—
struck simultaneously gmid warn
ings of a “new red menace” and
attempts to rouse the public
against an increase of Soviet Rus
sian influence in the valley of the
- Danube.
Hungary crushed an organiza
tion allegedly communistic and led
by Bela Kun, who headed a com
munistic regime in 1919,
In Bulgaria 50 persons were ar
rested in -a serles of raids and
19 gypsies were put on trial for
reputed communistic activity.
Rumanijan, Yugoslavian and Aus
trian police made many raids.
Some rections of the Austrian
press indicated belief Rusisa was
seeking to replace Italy as the
dominant power of the southeast
ern area, taking advantage of
Italy’s operations in East Africa.
A two-day “shut-down” of in
dustrial Monterrey Mexico, found
organized labor and capitalists
combined against what they term
ed an “open attempt b‘ commun
ists to establish a Bolskevist dic
tatorship.”
The immediate cause of the ac
tivity at Monterrey was the de
cision of an arbitration board thal
a glass factory strike was legal
In South America official state
ments accused communists of fo
menting railway strike trouble in
Chile and underground political
activities in Paraguay-
These brought to five the South
American countries in which sim
ilar accusations have been made
in recent weeks. Previously com
munistic allegations were made in
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Awaiting the birth of her first
child in her palatial home in
Rome is Princess Torlonia of
Italy, above, eldest daughter of
ex-Queen Victoria of Spain. The
former queen slipped into Rome
quietly to be present at the birth
of her first grandchild. The
princess was the former Infanta
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Athens Legion Post Con
tinues to Aid in Filling
Out Bonus Blanks
Members of the Service commit- |
tee of the local Legion post, anc |
several other members of the post
helping them, will hold two more
¢essions for veterans whg desire |
the post’s aid in filling out honusf
application blanks, Frank E. Mit
chell, chairman, said today.
The committee, composed of Mr
Mitchell, V. G. Hawkins and W'
L. Erwin, aided by post members
D. L. Turpin, Mayo C. Buckley
H. G. Hodgson and H, L.. Whee
ler, have been holding daily ses
sions since last Saturday. |
Today from 5 to 8:456 p. m-. the
committee and associates will be
at the Legion Log Cabin or
Lumpkin street and all veterans
white or colored, will be.assistec
in filling out the blanks withoul
cost,
Last ae?ion of the group wil
be held Thursday night from ¢
to 8 o'clock, by which time it is
believed all veterans desiring hel
will have been accommodated. At
tention of veterans is called to the
fact that the meetings today and
Thurgday are the last to be held
" A total of 212 bonus applications
have been filled out by the Le
gionnaires for veterang since the
meetings opened Saturday; Chair+
man Mitchell said this morning
that the average bonus payment
would be about SSOO, making a
total for the 212 applications of
about $160,000 to come to veter
ans in Clarke county. Mr. Mitch
ell said that of the 212 applica
tions, 66 had been filed by Ne
groes.
Strike Situation In Pekin, lil.
Grows Serious; City Paralyzed
PEKIN, 111. —(AP— Five com
panies of Illinois national guards
me nwere mobilized in nearby
Peoria as federal authorities join
ed attempts of Illinois officials to
day to end a distillery plant dis
pute that precipitated a general
strike virtually paralyzing this
city of 17,000.
All but a few stores planned to
remain closed for the second day
as J. E. O’Connor, federal labor
counciliator and Rirector Martin
Durkin of the state labor depart
ment called a conference at Peoria
with strike leaders from the Amer
ican distilling company plant.
Scores of strike pickets camped
in tents and an abandoned street
car in front of the distillery plant
desuite sub zero temperatures.
Only minor disorders were report
ed. :
While the strike affected only
100 or more distillery workers, an
estimated 2,000 sympathizers in
other unicns would remain away
from their jobs again today, strike
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LEADING DEMOCRAT
oY HOUSE GROUP
HAS NO WORD YET
Inflation Drive Slows Up
And Awaits Action by
President Roosevelt
HAD CITED TAX NEED
More Than Billion Dollars
To Be Left by HOLC, -
Executive Says
WASHINGTON . —(#)—A lea.dmg
democrat closely in touch with tax
matters sald today definite word
had reached the house ways and
means committee that the admin
ration had no present plans for
asking new taxes to cover bonus
payment costs.
President Roosevelt previow .y
had said at least $500,000,000 in
taxes would be necessary to fi
nance the new fagm plan. He
emphasized, however, these taxes
wihuld not bhe new, simply replac
ing the invalidated AAA proces
ng levies.
In some quarters, $230,000,000 in
bonus taxes had been discussed.
Mr, Roosevelt told the press yes
terday, however, that the addition
al cost to the government of pay
ing the bonus immediately was
about $100,000,000. ;i
All tax " bills originate in the
ways and means committee. ;
The prominent democrat prefer- i
| red not to be quoted by name. :
J,xfiwfia«m -k
| d'scusSion with the White House
' by telephone, had received infor
mation that on the basis of pres
nt vlang no taxes to finance the
bonus will be sought.
’ Word Advanced .
This word was advanced on .
| Capitel Hill as Mr. Roosevelt
| planned a meeting tomorrow of
| the heads of government spending
agencies with the view of deter
| mining whether any unexpended
ba'ances of authorized outlays
might be held up.
; Last night, the president ar-
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.
John W. Cash Is Again
Elected Bogart Mayor
BOGART, Ga.~-John W. Cash,
prominent Bogart citizen and civic
leader, was. re-elected mayor of
this city yesterday for his I4th
consecutive term. Mr. Cash re
ceived all but one of the 23 votes
cast. T
J. L. Daniel was elected to the
council to succeed A. R. Peter
son and Earl Griffeth was re
elected to the council. Mr. Daniai
received 17 votes, Mr. Ggriffeth re
ceived 16 and Mr. Cash received
22 of the 23 votes cast.
Mr. Cash was first elected may
or in 1923. He has been opposed
numerous times but has been re
elected to office on every occasion
since tHen. He is a member of
the board of education of the
school and takes part in maest of
the town's activities. FrEn
He is known throughout the
state as well as in Tennesgee,
North and South Carolina for
Cash’s Honey, prepared here and
at his mountain home at Mountain
City, Ga.
leaders said.
The general strike was called be
cause Mayor W, E. Schurman re
fused to demand the resignation
of Police Chief Harry Donahue,
who union workers claimed order
ed tear gas bombs thrown at
pickets,
With truck drivers on strike, a
shortage in coal and food deliver
ies was threatened.
The wmational guard companies
were rveady to aid Sheriff Ralph
Goar whose staff of special depu
ties has been unable to maintain
order, :
Union distillery workers, who
totaled about 150, claimed semiori
ty rights were violated in releasing
them and employing some 500 non
union men and women during
seasonal lay offs, 48
LONDON MEAT STRIKE
LONDON —(AP)— Convoys 'of
‘trucks, in a dramatic move to en
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