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Vol. 104. No. 23.
Brown Speaker
At Gathering In
Jackson, Miss.
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HARRY L. BROWN
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JACKSON, Miss.—(#L)—Adheren
ce of Southern farmers to a one
crop system for half-century or
more has provided a challenge to
the Agricultural Extension® service
to lead them into a balanced agri
twlture program, Harry L. Brown,
of Athens, Ga., told the Southern
Agricultural Workers associatior
today. v on
Brown, as director of the Georgia
State Agricultural Extension serv
ice, was on the program to address
a joint sesszior -of rural resettle
ment,
“The southern Tarmiér is a vic
tim of ihe one-crop system,” and
Brown in a prepared address.
“The challenge therefore, to the
extension service ig to direct the
thinking of the farmers into that
channel that will lead them from
poor soils inte a balanced agricul
ture which wilH provide food for
people, feed for livestock and food
for the soil.”
The Agricultural Extension serv
ice,- he said, was conceived as an
educational organization to put
over its lessons through demon
strdtion methods,.
“This econeception,” he continued,
“hasgrewn from that of demon
strations with individual farmersto
that of group activity act only, in
methods of erop production but
also in methods of financing, pro
cessing and marketing.
Hespital Campaign
By Clarke Baptists
Is Gaining Headway
The Clarke county drive to aidl
in raising $150,000 for the benefit
of the Georgia Baptist hospital is
progressing rapidly under the di
rection of George Thornton,
chairman of the county commit
tee.
Sunday at every Baptist church)
in the ecity and county, collections
for the hospital will be made, it
has been announced.
The campaign started Monday,;
with a committee composed of
Rev. W. M. Coile; Rev, D. B.
Nicholson, Rev. R. E. Carter,
Rev. Newton Saye, DPr. Pope A.
Duncan, Dr. J. C. Wilkinson, J.
Y. . Carr, R, N, Wilson, W, R.
Cofle, P. M. Almand, W. Lee
Bradberry, Harry Brown, A]ex!
Saye, O. €. Aderhold, E. P. Mal
jory, A. W, Wier and M. 8.
Hodgson, working in the city and
county .
Abit Nix, regional vice-chair
man of the state-wide campaign,
is aiding with the drive in Ath
ens. Wiley L. Moroe, of Atlanta,
is general chairman of the Geor
gia PBaptist hospital fund, and T.
F. Callaway is president of the
Georgia Baptist convention.
The Georgia Baptist hospita)
operates at almost full capacity
every day of the year. There was
no operating deficit all during the
depression. The hospital iz a non
profit making project.
Half of the fund now being
raised will go for increased fa
cilities and expanded free hospit
alization and half for reduction
of the bonded indebtedness.
LOCAL WEATHER
e GEORGIA:
O 8 O | Snow Possibly
Oy Mixed with Sleet
- or Rain in North
’<~ 2 and .‘Central
) S Portion and
% * Rain in South
o ) Portion Tonight
1 A‘:fi* “ and Friday;
\Gdiea 3 “"_J[ Slightly Warmer
== Near the Coast
= Tonight.
SNOW
TEMFPERATURE
THgheol . covin siines 3-vie 180
BOWest. ... ..l dioe gaocadn.
WA .. il s el a 0 8
Normal..co iove st srres 40
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 h0ur5,....... 0.08
Total since February 1...... 3.20
Excess since February 1.... 2.12
Average February rainfall.. 5.13
Yotal since Januafy 1:.....16.47
Excess since January 1......10.56
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Cold Weather, More Snow [Fexecast
Roosevelt Calls Session To Discuss Fiscal Problem
FINANCIAL PROBLEM
JRISNG FROM FAR
BILL BOMIS STUDIED
\President Roosevelt Calls
l) Head of Spending
| Agencies to Meet
| HUNT IN PROGRESS
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’Places to Cut Expenses
Being Sought; Relief
{ May Feel Axe
i WASHINGTON.— {&) —Fiscal
problems arising from the bonus,
lfa)'m relief and other scheduled
|spending» impelled the New Deal
today into a search for places to
cut expenses. High administration
aificials ingdicated relief might feel
the axe. i
1 President - Roosevelt also called
| heads of other spending agencies
into conference today to deter
mine what funds, authorized but
i still unspent, could be saved.
| Democrats were mnot alone in
lsaying that the hunt for possible
i places of retrenchment was in
lpmgross. Senator Barbour (R.-
‘N. J.) said recent moves proved
i he was right in predicting a month
ago that bonus payment would
“place the brakes” upon govern
imont spending.
! Spending Check-Up
As thle President called his as
lsistzmts into the fiseal conference
for the spending check-up, the
lfight over inflation sharpened in
congress.
In the face of a flat prediction
by Speaker Byuns that po ‘green
backs” will be isfiued,"’ftepfisen
tative Patman (D.-Texas) pro
ceeded with plans designed to
force a vote on paying the §s2,-
237,000,000 bonus in new currency
instead of through borrowing or
| taxes.
Though some Capitol Hill quar
ters heard that the administration
has not at present any plans to
ask bonus taxes, Patman said he
would drive ahead with his infla
tionary move anyway. If the
house rules committee, dominated
by an anti-inflation bloc, refuses
to give his legislation aeccess to
the floor, Patman said he would
circulate a petition to force ac
tien.
Patman attacked bankers, at-
Mributing to them the recent
e e
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U. S. Olympic Hockey
Team Beats Germany
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN,
Germany —(#)— The United States
opened its drive for the Olympic
ice hockey championship today by
nosing out Germany's stubborn
team 1-0.
A goal by Gordon Smith of Bos
ton, late in the opening period, rep
resented the Americans’ winning
margin.
The game, played in a swirling
snowstorm before 8,000 spectators,
a capacity crowd, was slow most
of the way. The snow wag so thick
the contest had to be halted at
intervals so the ice could be clear
ed.
‘While the Americans were suc
cussfully negotiating their first
hurdle, Canada, Olympic champion,
trounced Poland, 8-1.
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
By The Associated Press
ATLANTA -— Three Georgians
have been named as candidates for
the United States Military Aca
demy at West Point in an announ
cement issued by fcurt corps area
headquarters here,
They are William B. Zuber of
Cuthbert, from the third congress
ional district, and Ashley Little of
Talbotton and William B. Camp
bell of Carroliton from the fourth
district.
They will take examinations on
March 3 for entrance July 1.
. ATLANTA—The cagsh was on
hand today, 24 hours late, to meet
the payeall of 3,500 emmployes of
the ity of Atlanta,
No checks were forthcoming
yvesterday hecause the Atlanta
Clearing House association had
failed to avprove a 35300,900 loan
for municipal salaries,
During the day, hawever, Com
ptroller 3. Graham ‘West and oth
ors conferred with fi-arcial lead
"exs and the loan finally yas grant
ed,
The Landons of Kansas Set
White House As Their Goal
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Now definitely a First Lady of the Land possibility, Mrs. Theo
Cobb Landon, dimpling with happiness, is shown left at the Kansas
Day celebration in Topeka at which the candidacy of her husband,
Gov. Alf M. Landon, for the G.O.P. nomination was launched., De
manding “recovery before reform™ and assailing the New Deal for
“extravagance and fuzzy thinking,” the governor is shown, right, as
he spoke at the state’'s anniversary observance, Landon has been
prominently mentioned recently as a favorite candidate for the Re
publican nomination along with other well known figures, such as
Former President Herbert Hoover, Senator Borah of ddaho, Col
Frank Knox, Chicago publisher, Senator Arthur Vandenburg bof
Michigan, and others, \
Armed Men Guard Mayor’s Home
As Pekin, 111. Remains Paralyzed
FARLEY IN ATTAGK
(ON LIBERTY LEAGUE
Postmaster General Pre
dicts New Deal to GCet
Capitalists’ Support '
MIAMI, Fla.— {}P) —Postmaster
General James A. TFarley today
had coupled a slashing attack on
the Liberty League with a predic
tion that the New Deal will find
widespread support among capi
talists.
The chief of staff of the Demo
cratic political armies apparently
was looking straight toward Nov
ember elections in an address
here last night when he declared:
“For every capitalist or indus
trialist who wishes to bring back
Hoover days, there will be ten of
his own economic group who will
appreciate that the New Deal . . .
stopped the panic and gave them
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GAINESVILLE~—The memory of
James M. (Uncle Jimmie) Little,
96, is to he perpetuated on the
camp ground of the Redwine re
union waich he helped make fa
mous.
Uncle Jimmie died Tuesday,
leaving only one comrade of his
toric Company D, 27th Georgia re;
giment, which marched away from
Redwine in 1861,
Roy Ledford, Gainesville youth
who has attracted prominence as
a wood carver, is to carve a bust
of Uncle Jimmie to be presented
at the next reunion.
MILLEDGEVILLE-—The “Beauty
Special” will leave here .at 11:30
a. m., EST., Friday to &rry stu
dents of Georgia State College for
Women to their homeg for the win
ter quarter Holidays. - The train
will go to Madon for connections to
various cities. ; i
. Students return to classes Tues
day, February 11, 3
Athens, Ca., Thursday, February 6, 1936.
Owner of Taxi Service in
Critical Condition as
Result of Shot
By WILLIAM J. CONWAY
Associated Press Staff Writer.
PEKIN, 111. — (&) — Deputies
armed with shotguns guarded
Mayor W. E. Schurmon’s homg
today as a blast of gunfire usher
ed in the second day of a strike
imposed business moratorium in
this industrial community of 17,-
000.
Ten highway patrolmen cruised
the streets but a phantom car
eluded them to fire upon Clarence
Rupp in the first serious shooting
of a labor dispute which devel
oped into a general strike.
The wesultant industrial and
mercantile paralysis virtually re
duced Pekin to the status of a
“dead” city.
As Rupp, 35, owner of a taxi
cab service, entered his home last
night, an autopobile slowed near
the curb. One occupant shouted
“Hey.” Rupp turned and a bullet
from the ecar pierced his right
breast. He was taken to a Pekin
hospital in critical condition.
State’s Attorney Nathan Ellis
said the fact that Rupp's cabs
brought food to .the picketed Am
erican Distillery company plant
scene of the orgiinal strike, was
the probable cause of the shoot
ing.
The prosecutor, promising a
thorough inquiry, disclosed he as
well as Mayor Schurman had been
threatened.
The imayor's household reflect
ed the electric tension extant in
this city of closed shops and
stores. A shotgun rested against
the wall of the living room. He
told reporters:
~ “This is a hell of a way to live
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RUSSELL AMENDMENT
WOULD AID FARMERS
WASHINGTON.— (&) —Tenant
farmers would be guaranteed a
share in farm benefits under an
amendment proposed by Senator
Russell . (Democrat, Georgia) to
the pending national agriculture
bill.
“My sole purpose in offering
this amendment,” Russell said
yesterday, “is to see that all bene
fits to agriculture devised by the
congress are enjoyed by all classes
of farmers, whether land owners
or not.” : :
~ESTABLISHED 1832 *
FARM BILL, ALTERED
GREATLY, PUSHED 10
SENATE FOR DEBATE
Measure |s Described as
Last Hope for Federal
Farm Aid at Once
- NEW BILL SIMILAR
Biil Gives to 48 States
Better Place in Crop
Control Picture
- WASHINGTON—(®)— Democra
tic leaders pushed a much-altered
farm bill into senate debate to-
day, with its bpilot describing it
as the Jast hope for immediate
federal aiq to agriculkure.
;% “I think we have just about
gotten out of the twilight zone
as to constitutionality,” said
Chai¥man Smith (D.-S.C.) of the
senate agriculture committee, “If
thig won’'t work, we can’'t dy any
thing.”
. The bill gives the 48 states a
- much more immediate place in the
erop control picture than did the
Bankhead bill introduced last week,
The senate committee voted unan
imously yesterday to substitute
_the new measure for the Bank
head one
i In lieu of the invalidated AAA
gystem of benefit payments to
farmers who contracted to control
¢rops, the new bill empowers the
secretary of agriculture to grant
subsidies to growers to preserve
80il fertility and follow <ther pro
mammods laid down by the
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Immediate Plan
However, any state could come
in under the plan Jimmediately
thus gaining the right to name
agencies to administer it. On or
| before November 1 each year, the
secretary would grant the states
money to carry out their plans
during the next calendar year.
The new bill, described as simi
lar to the Jones measure in the
house but containing somewhat
different language, emerged from
committee about the time the
house was following the senate in
tvoting to repea]l] three old farm
controj plans—the Bankhead cot
ton, Kerr-Smith tobacco and Po
tato control acts.
‘ (All three contained a system of
‘vtaxe.q on “excess” production, de
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Tugwell Assistant Makes
Staterment of Charges De
leted From Address
By W. M. PEPPER, JR.
Associated Press Staff Writer
ATLANTA. .(#)—A New Dealer's
accusation that Governor Tal
madge is trying “to play the white
worker against the Negro” was
thrust forward today after hav
ing been withdrawn from a speech
here last night.
Brooks Hays, special assistant
to Administrator Rexford G. Tug
well of the resettlement adminis
tration, volunteered in a state
ment the charges he had deleted
from his prepared address before
a forum of th Georgia League of
‘Women Voters,
“As one who was born and
reared in the South under the in
fluence of southern traditions,”
Hays said, “I predict a sharp re
buke will come to those who cap
italize the troubles of southern
people, white or colored.”
Referring to Georgia’s anti-New
Deal governor as the “man in the
red suspenders,” the former Little
Rock attorney said:
. “The Liberty League is not go
ing to send outside politicians
' down here to carry out their
| plans.
l “They use the local boys for
that purpose.
“They have had some meetings
}with Gene Talmadge right here in
Atlanta.
“The big money boys said, 'Gene
we will furnish the money and we
expect yvou to confuse the people
about states’ rights. Then from
some source comes another con
fusing issue about Roosevelt fa
voring social equality for the Ne
gro. .
“The states’ rights cry is a ruse
and the statement about the Ne
gro is a lie. They can search the
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A gulet, demure Senator: Long of Louigiana will:serve in the present
session of Gongress, a striking contrast to the militant, fire-breathing
Senator Long of the last session, The widow of the siain “Kingfish,”
named to fill his unexpired term, here is shown with her children,
ag she wrepared to take up wer congresgional duties, Left to right
are Palmer Reid, Mrs. Long, Russell-—whose resemblance to his late
& father ig striking—and Rose. 3
Mayor Mell Advocates Balanced
Budget for City in Coming Year
Athens Had $27,584.91
Debt on January 1
Of This Year
If the city of Athens rids itself
of debt during 1936, it must adopt
a balanced budget and enforce
strict economy, Mayor T. 8. Mell
told city council last night, in pres
enting the auditor's report of 1935.
The city, on the wirst of Janu
ary, according to the report by Mr.
Mell, was indebted to the amount
of $27,684,91, with no funds on hand
to pay the debt.
“If the city during 1936 receives
as much from all sources for the
general fund as was received in
1985, the total receiptg will be $270,~
000, Mayor Mell said. ‘“The bud
gets asked by the various depart
ments total $280,705, leaving an ap
parent deficit at the end of this
vear of $10,706, which added to the
deficit of 1935, will total $38,690.91,”
Mr. Mell said.
“Unless council is prepared to
increase tax rates, it will be im
possible to make an increase in
expenditures, and the strictest
economy must be enforced,” the
mayor said,
Deficit Cited
The auditors report showg that
the total receipts from all sources
in 1935 totaled $420,730.85, and cash
in" the bank was $30,291.55. A total
of $448,817.06 was paid out by the
city, leaving $2,619.14 in cash iln
the bank. Unpaid wvouchers for
November and . December amount
to $15,002.55, and past due and un
paid bond interest amounts to $5,-
192.50. The total current debt ia
$20,195.65, and amount due to com
plete waterworks is SIO,OOO, mak
ing a total indebtedness of $%30,-
195.05.
Council voted unanimously to
trade five Atlanta bonds, and one
Athens waterworks bond, due in
July, for county bonds which wil
not be due until 1956.
A request by the Southern Air
port Corporation to operate a fly
ing school at the Athens airport,
was referred to the alrport com
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UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
MAY GET WPA MONEY
WASHINGTON.— (&) —Secre
tary Ickes had under consideration
today a proposed $1,200,000 perma
nent improvement program . for
the Georgia University system, to
be financed partly with WPA
funds.
After eonferring wtih Ickes yes
terday on the mattes, Chancellor
S. V. Sanford expressed optimism
over prospects for obtaining ap
proval of the program. s
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday
LITERARY SOCIETY
HEARS TALMADGE
Governor Declares Sabba
tical Year Idea for Farm
Lands Is Best
BY GLENN RAMSEY
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
Governor Talmadge says con
gress’ only farm conservation hope
iz in the Bible.
It's the Sabbatical year idea un
der which all farm lands would lie
idle every seventh year,
He told Phi Kappa Literary soc
iety students at the University of
Georgia last night that “God’'s way
to conserve is the only way.”
He also opposed old age pensions,
saying they would “make this a
backward country.”
He spoke after his photograph
was unveiled in the meeting hall of
the 112 year old organization which
he once headed.
“I joined with the late Huey Long
for a Sabbatical year on the farms,
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Sale of “Iris City Stamps’” To
Begin Officially Here Tomorrow
é Athens’ “Iris City” stamps otfi-l
Ecially go on sale tomorrow morn
{ing, with several business con-!
| cerns and individuals having al-|
' ready made advance purchases otl
| several thousand of the seals.
|{ Voluntary advance purchases
| since yesterday morning were re
| ported today as follows:
| Michael's, Gunn’s Men’s Store,
fTaylor Electric company, Mrs.
| Arthur Gannon, American jssocia
| tion of University Women, Capps
?Jeweh‘y Store, Fickett's Jewelry
| Store, Stewart Jewelry Store. Na
{tional Bank of Athens, Dr. W, H.
| Bocock and Mrs. W. D. Hooper. ' t
? Sponsored by the Tallulah Falls
| Circle, the “Iris City” stamps are
being sold for the purpose of ad
vertising Athens nationally, thus
stimulating tourist trade here, and
to raise funds for scholarships i%i
Tallulah. Falls Industrial School
A committee representing the Cir
?:hh;: charge of stamp sales, Mrs.
nie Arnold Dorsey, chairman;
HeME|
WORST GOLD SPELL
I TWO DECADES 15
EXTENDING TOSOUTH
\ .
Moderating Temperatures
~ In Some Areas Bring .
New Flood Threats
SNOW DRIFTS APPEAR
Some Rivers in Georgia
Are Falling; Others
Still Dangerous
CHlCAGO.—(#)—Continued cold
and more snow were the weather
bureau predcitions today for the
sub-zero belt as the nation's
worst frigid spell in two decades
extended its big push on several
fronts.
Moderating temperatures report
ed from cert\n sections brought
new threats from floods. Dangers
of coal famine in other states in
creased. New deaths were report
ed to swell the total for the first
three days to almost three score. '
Total fatalities since the first of
the year neared 500.
Mississippi ~ reported its first
flood death victim yesterday with
the recovery of the body of Ed
Davis, 30, from the Pearl river
near Monticello.
Fuel Shortage
Bethany, Mo, which reported
-256 yesterday, expected warmer
temperatures today. Fuel short
ages were reported acute in many
small cities. In St. Louis rellef
agencies reported an increase of 26
percent in applications. ;
S{l;x%y’ %? 25. feet kh!gh were
| Fe@e LomA YEE New Holstern, "Wis.
| Scores of snowbound central
’\n.nd western Michigan communi
ties, chilled by sub-zero tempera
tures, expressed concern today
over dwindling food and fuel sup- -
plies.
Farm-to-market highways werc
choked by ten-foot snowdrifts.
Meat and egg prices soared at
Grand Rapids where a milk short
age was predicted. -
Ample coal supplies rested on
docks at Muskegon, Holland and
Grand Haven but trucks were un
able to reach them.
New Depths
Temperatures plumbed new
depths for the season, Humboldt
in the upper peninsula reporting
46 degrees below zero.
Hundreds of motorists abandon«
ed automobiles in drifts to awal
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Whereabouts of Mrs.
Hewitt Is Mystery
SAN FRANClSCO.—()—Where
abouts of Mrs. Maryon Cooper
Hewitt, one of three persons ac
cused of magyhem in the steriliza
tion of her daughter, Ann Cooper
Hewitt, puzzled authorities today.
From New York police came
word Mrs. Hewitt had checked
out of her hotel, leaving a London
forwarding address. Heotel offi
cials, however, said the woman in
question was not Mrs. Hewitt.
Mrs. Hewitt's New Jersey at
torney, William V, Breslin, said
his client “has not left the coun
‘try, has no intention of leaving
fthe country, and will meet tl@
charges when they are presented
to her.”
iGriffith, Miss Eugenia .Arnold,
| Misg Marie McHatton, Mrs. Harry
| Mehre, Mrs. Albert Sams, Mrs. Ed
| Westbrook, Mrs. Robert Watter:
{son, Miss Otey Vincent, Mrs
}Pinckney Steiner and Mrs. Dan
| Magill.
| When announcement yas made
|several months ago that the Tallu
!la.h Falls Circle would sponsor sale
gos “Iris City” stamps to advertise
| Athens and raise funds for schol
garships at Tallulah Falls school,
ithe plan was enthusiastically hail
ed by citizens interested in the
{two-fom purpose of the plan and
‘sinCe last Monday, when the date
! for official sale of the stamps was
{announced, a large number of busi-
Iness concerns and individual eitic
|zes, made voluntary advance pure
ichase of the stamps which sell sot
jone cent apiece. e
| The committee in charge of the
|stamp sales will cover the entire
|city, beginning tomorrow, and every
'business concern as well as private
ieitlzen who sends mail out of the
city will buy small of::;
ltmes of the stamps, it is believed.