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Vol. 104. No. 34.
Rotary Party at
Legion Log Cabin
Is Big Success
BY SAM WOODS
Rotarians thought they were giv
ing a party to their Anng last night
in the Legion Log Cabin, but in
stead the ladies, taklng advantage
of Leap Year, and Tom Mell, took
charge and ran the affair to suit
themselves.
Tom Green, president of the club,
had ng more say-so about it that
a trainer does about a foothall team,
Mrs. M. S, Hodgson presided and
Mrs, John Jenking was song lead
er. Mrs, Paul W. Chapman was
sunshine chairman; Mrs, Luther
‘W. Nelson, program chairman;
Mrs. Clarence Chandler, treasur
er; Mrs, Abit Nix passed the
smokes. Mrs., E. P. Mallary, rep
résenting the club’'s speaker, Abit
Nix of Apple Valley, spoke on be
half of George Washington, but
somebody listening on the radio,
thinking it was Abit, wired this
message: ‘‘Stop.”
Mrs. Paul Chapman, playing the
part of ‘E. P. Mallary, and Mra
W. B, Steedman in the role of Tom
Mell, gave tricks and magic. Feel
ing a 4 verse coming on, Mrs. W, H.
Cabaniss, Mrs, E. K. Smith and
Mrs, Tom Gray were allowed to ex
press their minds.
Two quartets sang, Mesdames H,
L. Wier, Mrs. John Jenkins, Mrs
Guy Tiller and Mrs, Paul Chap:
man, representing ' the Rotary
Anns, and, not to be outdone, Ro
tarians Tom Gray, Paul Chapman,
C. A. Trussell, E. P. Mallary and
M. 8. Hodgson sang without an
encore,
~ A one-act play with Mesdames
Tom Gray, Paul Chapman, C. A.
Trussell, John Jenxms, E. P. Mal
lary and M, 8. Hodgson was great
ly enjoyed.
Mrs. Jenkins played the role of
a young lady engaged to Mayor
Tom Mell, but she was awfully
discouraged after hearing the other
ladies tell the faults of husbands
in general. Since it was ILeap Year
it was thought ‘that Mayor Mell's
time had come, but at the conclu
sion of 'the play, it seems he will
remain a bachelor unil next Leap
Year,
Finally President Tom Green got
to preside long enough to present
a new Rotary Ann, Mrs. Robert
Hanna.
- The. -Retary. Anna ... preseuied «wl
large spoon to the young son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Scudder.
Guests present, other than wives
of members were Mrs. D, F. Pad
dock, Prof. and Mrs. J. W. Jen
kins, Miss Martha Jenkins, Miss
Mary Kochtitzky, Miss Evelyn Sell
ers, Rev, and Mrs. George M. Acres,
Mrs, Julia Anderson, Prof. and Mrs.
U. H. Davenport, &G. W. Mars,
Philadelphia, Miss, Miss Francea
Talmadge, Miss E. Seawell, Win
der, Miss Nell Johnson and Mrs
O. W. Abney. Ladies of the Am
erican Legion auxiliary served the
delightful dinner,
Rev. Neighbor Speaks
Tonight; Conference
Here Is Big Success
“The Judgment Seat of Christ”
will be the subject of Rev. R. E.
Neighbor’'s sermon at the West
End Baptist church tonight, at 8
o'clock, as he continues his Bible
conference here.
Rev. Neighbor will close his
conference at West End Sunday.
The puglic is cordially invited toall
services, which are held at 10
o'clock each morning ,and 8 o'clock
each night, except Saturday.
This morning Rev. Neighbor's
sermon was based on “God’s Call
to Separation.”
Large crowds are attending all
servicgs, and the conference has
already been a great success. This
conference is being sponsored by
the Monday Night Bible Class
which meets each Monday night at
the W. M. €. A,
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Future Journalists
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To Report Doings
Of Present Ones
While the Press Institute is
in session the next Sseveral
days, the Banner-Herald will
publish news stories and fea
ture articles dealing with the
Institute, written by students
in the Henry W. Grady School
of Journalism of the Univer
sity. John E. Drewry is direc
tor of the schoo’l
These storiies will be in ad
dition to the Banner-Herald’s
regular coverage of the Insti
tute,
The class now studying re
porting under Lawrence Rem
ber will prepare the articles.
This arrangement will afford
the newSpaper men and wom
en of the future an insight
into the Press Institute they
otherwiise would not get, will
give them practical experience
in reporting and wil] afford
contacts they will later find
valuable when they begin prac
ticing their profession.
It will also afford members
attending the Press Institute
first hand knowledge of the
results being attained by the
School of Journalism,
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Georgia Editors Gather Here Today
Citizens Await Tax Reduction Plans of Talmadge
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Ceorgians Pay Annual Tax
Levies of $100,000,000
To Various Coffers
SUBSTITUTE SEEN
State Collects Its Taxes
From Dozen Sources;
Some Disguised
ATLANTA.—(#—Tax reduction
plans of Governor Talmadge, red
- suspendered presidential aspirant,
‘dl‘e\v interest today from Georgi
ans who pay levies of $100,000,000
a year.
He has done it before—lopping
off about $2,000,000 in his three
years as chief executive—but the
governmental bill still adds to an
average of $34.35 annually to the
cost of living of every resident of
the state.
“Their taxes will be cut,” the
governor - declared in upholding
the financial dictatorship he as
sumed January 1 as an aftermath
of the legiriature's failure to enact
an appropriations bill for 1936-37.
The methods he proposes were
not disclosed. Heretofore Talmadge
hag -accomplished the reductions
by budget trimming.
Others Pay More
Despite Georgia’s huge tribute
to government, 26 other states
pay greater sums annually into
the federal coffers—a guage of tax
collections in the other subdivis
ions. :
.. The Supréme--Gourt's Invaiida~
tion of the AAA saved the state
$20,500,000 a year in processing
taxes.
Latest estimates of the United
States censug bureau divided the
state’'s tax bill in this way:
State, $30,000,000.
Counties, $17,853,000. |
Cities, $25851,000, of which At
lanta took $9,000,000.
School districts, $15,753,000.
Federal government, $11,865,130.
Like other states, Georgia lis
attempting to trim its tax bill.
Voters in November will pass on
a constitutional amendment set
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University Officials
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Seeking Federal Aid
WASHINGTON —(AP)— Offi
ciala of the Georgia University
Sistem, after a conference with
President Roosevelt, reported to
day they were “encouraged” over
prosyrects for federal aid on a
University building program.
Dr. S. V Sanford, chancellor of
the TUniversity System , Marion
Smith, chairman of the Board of
Regents, and Clark Howell, jr.,
board member, called on the pres
ident. .
They seek an initial $360,000
Public Works administration grant
on a $827,000 project for a new
‘building on each campug of the
13 University System units. After
these are completed, Dr. Sanford
' said, another $460,000 project
"wrmld be pressed for additional
buiMdings at the Milledgeville,
.Atlunta, Athens and Augusta
units,
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
By The Associated Press
WEST POINT,” Ga. — Schools
at Lanett, Langdale, Shawmut,
Fairfax and Riverview, Ala,, just
across the state line from here,|
closed today, in an effort to check
the spread of influenza.
Moticn picture theaters and
churches also were closed. '
The closing was at the sugges
tien of the board cos health of
Chambers county, ‘Ala.
ATLANTA — The Fulton coun
tv grand jury has found no evi
dence of irregularities in the pur
chase by the city of property for
that John A. White park.
Investigation of the transactior’
was begun after Mayor James L.
Key declared that, in his opinion,
“the whole deal was rotten.” ‘
ROME, Ga. — Leland Harvey.
one of Georgia’'s most notorious
criminals, has been sent to La-
Grange in Troup county to begin
a three to five year prison term
(imposed after his recent conviction
on a charge of assault with intent
to kill. -~ ; »
- Harvey was accused of firing a
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Senator George Norris (R-Neb).
is a happy man since the Supreme
Court gave its TVA ruling. Nor
ris ig the fTather of legislation de
signed to give the government the
right to make and sell surplus
electric power and to carry out its
“Yardstick Policy.”
Decision Announced Fol
lowing Acquittal of |sa
dore Blumenfield
MINNEAPOLIS —(AP) »—Saw
ing she would have only “about a
month to live” should she carry
on with her slain husband’'s cru
sading weekly paper, Mrs, Edith
Liggett disclosed today she is
leaving Minnesota.
The widow of Walter Liggett,
crusading newspaper publisher
who was slain December 9 by a
machine gunner, said she was go
ing east to “get a job as soon as
possible,” and that it was fear for
her children’s future rather than
for her own personal safety that
prompted her decision.
Mrs. Liggett's statement fol
lowed the acquittal last night of
Isodore (Kid Cann) Blumenfield
former bootlegger, who was found
innocent of a charge of murder
ing Liggett by a jury in district
court. The jurors were out three
and one-half hours. Blumenfield
was the object of attacks by Lig
gett in his weekly newspaper, the
Midwest American.
A new attempt to solve the
crime was ordered by Gov, Floyd
D. Olson today.
Gov. Olson said every available
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shot at Deputy Sheriff Ben Mc-
Collum while being transferred
from Atlanta to Rome to face trial
on a robbery charge. ‘
Aubrey Smith, Harvey's former
partner in many escapades, re
mains in jail here until the rob-\
bery case is called for trial. Smnh}
was not involved in the attack on
McCollum. ‘
ATLANTA — A youth listed asl
Alex Butner died last night 01’1
shotgun wounds received Sunday‘
when a “burglar trap” caught him
at a fashionable residence. ‘
Police said he caught the charge
of a 12-gauge shotgun when the
rear window of the home of J. H.
Nunnally was raised’” The gun had
been rigged to shoot when the
window was raised. The victim,
20, was shot in the chest and neck.
Nunnally and his wife were out
of town on a vacation.
MACON, Ga. — W. M. Mar
shall, 67, superintendent of schools
in Putnam county for the last 12
, (Continued on Page Six)
Athens, Ga., Wednesday, February 19 ,1936.
‘Government Makes Possi
ble Civic Dream of
Many Years ;
l BY F. M. WILLIAMS :
Athens soon will be the proud
’possessor of a recreational centew
[with facilities second to none for
a city its size anywhere in the
} country.
With the formal opening of the
Community Recreational Center on
Lumpkin street, scheduled to take
place some time in the early sum
mer, a civic dream of a generation
;wfll be well on its way to fulfill
ment.
~ For many years Athens citizens
and civie organizations made spora
dic attempts to arouse sufficient
interest in the community to est
ablish centrally located recreation
al facilities but aside from raising
a few hundred dollars several years
ago these efforts were fruitless
until the emergence of the FERA
and WIPA.
Through the efforts as the Allen
R. Fleming, jr., Post of the Amerl—!
can Legion, a tract of land situat
ed on Lumpkin street, near the‘
heart of the business district, was |
acquired a few yearsjago and deed- I
ed to the city of Athens, for thel
establishment of a Recrenttonals
Center., About the time the land
was acquired by the city, the fed
eral emergency relief administra
tion was created and with its fi-|
nancial assistence construetion of;
the first unit of the Community
Recreational Center was begun.
When the Works Progress admin
istration succeeded the FERA workli
on the Community Center was
continued, almost without inter-
Fiiption “and gecor@ing to present
plans, formal opening of the Cen
ter will be held some time in the
the early spring.
Modern Equipment
| The large, modern swimming
pool, which is an integral and lm-]
portant part of the recreational,
\unit, was available for limited use‘
in the summer of 1935 and thous
lands of people took advantage of[
tthe recreational opportunities pro
,vided by it, Since last summer,i
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Utica, N. Y. Shaken by
New Blast; Nafion’s
Cold Wave Hangs On
CHICAGO — (#) — (Gas and fire
perils today gave a cold buffeted
nation new anxieties,
One section of the Utica, N. Y.,
business district, closed by nation
al guardsmen after .gas explosions
yesterday, was shaken by a new
blast which blew sewer coverg 20
feet into the air.
Belleville and East St, Louis, 111,
citizens kept windows open des
pite bitter cold, to reduce danger
from similar gag leaks. Four have
died, and 64 others have become
ill in the two cities.
The midwest suz-zero belt was
warming up as the record breaking
cold moved east, engulfing-all the
Atlantic states except southern
Florida.
Forecasters said a low-pressure
area over Utah promised relief at
least by the end of the week.
Rescue expeditions of ski-equip
ped planes were organized in Meade
County, South Dakota, where seven
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Mostly Cloudy %‘l?'\\\ ‘!.’4/
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Thursday, Fol- ) B ¥
lowed by Rain 3
Thursday Night / /
and Possibly in \4/1“15-\\"
West Portion in ,/1,-'._.._"\ 3
Aftermoon. Not |(/ ’;.‘)‘lll)'g
Quite so Cold ’ "/
Thursday. ‘?‘
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FREEZING
TEMPERATURE
HREEO ... Ve siiild 1l 000
TROONE, s~ ines B susioni 8.0
MORR . v oo wnnsns suavs 890
ORI, o sinn sevi i4asn 88,0
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 h0ur5........ ¢.OO
Total since January 1...... §.06
Excess since February 1.... 2.58
Average February rainfall., 5.13
| Total since January 1......19.07
| Excess since January 1.....11.00
LEGISLATORS STILL
SOMEWHAT JITTERY
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Political Clashes Certain|
~ To Make Next'June a i
- Memorable Month
BOTH SIDES WONDER I
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Tamany Hall Selection |
Of Al Smith Brings |
Much Debate i
‘ BY LEONARD B. SHUBERT !
‘ (Associated Press Staff Writer) ;
| WASHINGTON — (#) — Legls
lators on both sides of Capitol Hill
—Somewhat jittery after seven
;weeks of struggle on the floor and
‘cOmmittee room—looked ahead to- |
day to political clashes that seem
certain ‘to make next June a mem- i
orable month,
; With the benus and nouu‘allty‘
safely behind them, prospects or |
an early., adjournment nr!ghtened.‘
Many congressmen were talking |
about checking their trunks out of |
the capital at least a fortnight be-l
fore the June convention.
The matter of relief and farm]
taxes yet remain, however, per-}
haps to harass legislatorg not over |
anxious to provide material for the |
hecklers when they mount cam-l
paign platforms, I
Both Sides Wonder f
New Dealers—and Republicans,
too—wondered what would be the
effect of Tammany Hall’s selection |
of Alfred E. Smith as the leader of
[its delegation to the l)emocratlc{
{Natlonal convention in Philadel
‘phia.
;"sml fresh in the minds of eveéry
‘one .is Smith’'s, threat before the
iLibevty L.eague here a few we(-ksl
ago to “take a walk” if the con- |
vention endorses the New Deal. !
Four years ago Smith voted against |
‘Roosevelt, his former ally, to the
last ballot, ‘
Reports were published and later |
denied, that Chairman James A.
Farley of the Democratic Nationat |
committee, had urged Tumman_vy
to name former Mayor James J.|
Walker to the delegation to count- |
er-act Smith's activity, ‘
Republican activity also featured |
the New York political front, i
Delegates Named !
The state committee, over-riding
minority objections, named eight
“regular” delegates at large to the;
Cleveland convention. Represema-;
tive Fish, one of the first to come|
out in support of Senator Borah, |
Republican, Idaho, for the nomina- |
tion, fought bitterly but without|
avail against what he called the
“rule or ruin” state party leader
ship. '
~ “If you don’t make an effort to
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TRIAL OF DR, ALLEN
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Illness of Two Defense
Attorneys Cause Indefi
nite Delays Today |
By SIDNEY ROBERTS j
i (Associated Press Staff Writer) |
| JEFFERSON, Ga. —(AP)— 11l- |
3ness of two defense attorneys|
caused another delay today in the
trial of Dr. Myron B. Allen,
tHoschwn physician charged with)
slaying his wife. J
The trial, which had been sched
uled for a special term of court
here today, was delayed indefi
nitely. 1‘
The defense reported Pemberton
lCooley. sr., of Lawrenceville, chief
counsel for Dr. Allen, was ill, and
that - another leading member of
the defense staff, Early Stark of
| Commerce, also was ill.
| In a sworn statement, Dr. Allen
imld the court he relied chiefly
'upon Cooley to conduct his case,
since Cooley had interrogated all
of the defense witnesses,
Judge W. W. Stark said that
| under the law he was required to
grant a continuance because of
the “providential absence’of lead
ign counsel.”
‘ Previous delays in the case were
| due to absence of %:e witnesses.
No date was set by Judge Stark
It’or the trial. .
Dr. Allen has heen in jail here
lsince the death of his wife last
{ October. X
l Joe Quillian of Winder, of the
defense staff, presented the de
fense motion for a continuance
today.
Dr. Allen has said the death of
his wife from a pistol shot wound
was a “trdgic accident. :
Press Institute Opens Tonight
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Here are two of the key figures in the annual Georgia Press In
stitute, which opens at the University tonight. At left ig Professor
John E. Drewry, head of the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism,
who has handled all arrangements for entertainment of the Insti
tute. Watson Davis, (right), editor of Science Service and promi
nent lecturer, will make the first of four principal addresses at the
Institute in the Georgia chapel tonight at 8:30. The public is in
vited.
Hauptmann Is Re-Sentenced Today
To Die During Week Of March 30
COLUMBUS, 0., FIRE
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Four firemen lost their lives, -
one was missing and at least
12 injured in a spectacular
early morning fire that left a
72-year-old lodge hall in ice
covered ruins,
A falling wall killed captains
Otto Ignatze and Robert Wilsh
and Fireman Herbert Harring
ton after the three-alarm blaze
which threatened an entire
block, had been brought under
control. Lieut, . Harry Mec-
Fadden died several hours later
in a hospital, '
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Cache Containing 10,000
S2O Gold Pieces Found
In New York City
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NEW YORK ~— (#) — A measure
|of mystery cloaked action of fed
‘eral agents today a&s they investi
|gated a cache of 10,000 S2O gola
| coins seized in a surprise raid on
a safety deposit vault in a New
, York bank,
; Although secret service agents
| here refused to disclose the name
|lof the devnositor of the gold, now
worth about $3838,600, officials in
|'Washington said the safe deposit
box had been issued in the name
of Zelik Josefowitz,
: The box was opened yesterday
lat the Chemical Safe Deposit com
| pany after government agents,
working on a tip, had searched for
| weeks for the hoard,
| An official of the safe deposit
| company said Josefowitz and twoO
| other members of his family, whose
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‘What Congress
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| TODAY
| SENATE—In recess. Banking
committee hears Chairman Jones
lof RFC on expansion of stock in
| commodity credit corp. Agricul
| ture committee hears evidence on
cotion trade.
HOUSE—Considers resolution for
linvestigation of Townsend old age
| pensions plan, Startg five hour
| debate on farm bill.
i YESTERDAY
i SENATE—Passed neutrality law.
{ Munitions committee heard of arms
[trade in South America.
| HOUSE — Heard Representative
| o*Conner, Democrat, New York, and
| Representative Boland, Democrat,
| Pennsylvania, attack Father Cough
[lin, and Representative Sweeney,
lDémocrat, Ohio, defend him. Ap
;proprlatlcns committee continued
| consideration of regular supply
| pilla, ; :
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2¢c—s¢ Sunday
Justice - Trenchard Signs
Court Order From His
Sick Room
TRENTON, N. J. — (AP) —
Bruno Richard Hauptmann's elec
trocution was set today for the
week of March 30.
The warrant was signed by Su
rreme Court Justice Thomas W.
Trenchard as he sat in a chair in
his sick room.
It was the third time an execu
tion date has been set for the
convicted murderer of Charles A.
Lindbergh, jr. The first date was
tha week of March 18 last, set on
the night of February 13 by Jus
tice Thomas W. Trenchard. This
was within a few minutes of hie
conviction by a jury of eight men
and four women ofter a six weeks’
trial in Flemington.
Execution was automatically
stayed when the defense appealed
the case. The court of };.‘rrors and
Appeals rejected the appeal on
October 9 and after a further de
lay caused by an attempt to get a
review of the case in the United
‘Statse Supreme Court Justice
Trenchard on December 13 fixed
the week of January 12,
On January 16, twenty-dine
hours before Hauptmann was to
walk to the chair, Governor Har
old G. Hoffman, after a brief con
ference with Attorney General Da
vid T. Wilentz, announced he was
reprieving Hauptmann until Feb.
16.
Virtually his only hope of a
further delay is the execution lies
in a second reprieve, and this is
regarded as unlikely. The govern
or himself has said he will not
take such action again unless At
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THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
ITS ISSUES A-I:D—I;ERSONALITIES
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is
the third in a series of stories
on the 1936 presidential cam=
paign, its issues and personal
ities.)
By RICHARD HIPPELHEUSER
Associated Press Staff Writer
NEW YORK.—(#—The admin
istration in power in Wathington
hag its candidate and broadly its
platform—Franklin D. RooOsevelt
and the New Deal.
Alfred E. Smith, John W. Davis
and other anti-New Deal demo
crats would deny to the Roosevelt
forces the right to use the party
of Jackson and Cleveland as the
political medium for continuing
the New Deal in power.
But the New Dealers control
the national machinery of the
Democratic party and about ev
erybody expects them to control
the Philadelphia convention next
June, despite the two-thirdg rule.
‘Bven the most ardent WNew
Dealer, however, does not expect
to get by in the convention with
out a fight. Smith, the “happy
warrior” of 1928, has been chosen
to head Tammany's delegation to
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‘Watson Davis, Prominent
~ Science Writer, Speaks
| In Chapel at 8:30
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IS ANNUAL EVENT
University to Be Host at
Dinner for Visitors
This Evening
Publicly opening the 1936 vGeor
gia Press Institute, Watson Davis,
noted science writer who has made
the complex world of science un
derstandable and fascinating to
American newspaper readers, wil
speak in the University chapel to
night,
. He will talk on “Science and the
Press” at 8:30 o'clock, and the
public is invited to hear him.
Davis, professionally best known
as director of Science service,
Washington, D. C., and members
of the Georgia Press association
will be honor guests at a formal
dinner this evening at 6:30 o'cloek,
in Dawson hall. The University
of Georgia will be host.
President Harmon W. Caldwell °
'will extend welcome to Davis and
members of the Press association
for. the university,” Hugh J. Rowe
| editor of The Banner- Herald, will
t speak for the Athens press. Kirk
;Sut\ive. of the Blackshear Times,
president o©f the association, will
ivespond to the welcomes.
| Science-Press Relation
| Using as his general theme the
irelation of acience and the press
[in the Ppopularizing and spreading
{of scientific Information, it is bhe
lieved that Davis will trace through
the various gtages ¢! scientific de
velopment—past, present and what
may be expected in the future.
Coming to the institute as guest
the Atlanta Journal, Davis will
be introduced by John Paschall,
managing editor of the Journal and
chairman of the Press Institute
committee. He will be presentea
by President Caldwell.
Other outstanding speakers to be
publicly heard during the inatitute
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Spanish Government
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" Resigns Peacefully
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| By ALEXANDER H. UHL
Copyright, 1936, The Associated
| Press
| MADRID -—~ The Spanish gov
| ernment resigned today in the
| face of an apparent election victo
{ry by the Radical partles.
! The government, héaded by Pre-~
mier Manuel Portela Valladares
had been in office since Dec. 30.
| The resignation, which removed
| from office all appointive admin
| istrative officials, was regarded as
| preparing the way for the estab-
Ilishment of a new government of
i radical political complexion.
| The resignation came shortly
| after Valladares had investigated
leftist charges that conservatives
| and army officers might attemp:
|ll coup d’etat to prevent the es
id:ds of the Georgia Un jversity
| ment.
the convention and thus has been
assured an opportunity to demion
strate once again his disapproval
»f the Roosevelt administration's
record,
Former Governor Joseph B. Ely.
of Massachusetts — allied with
Smith, Davis, John J. Raskob and
other Democrats in the American
Liberty League’s activities against
the New Deal—also expect to
carry the fight into the conven
tion. Opposition also is promised
by Gov. =Eugene Talmadge, of
Georgia, provided he gets to the
convention.
With such leaders as these les
the threat of a schism in the party.
Their fight would be made first
on the platform. e
Failing in this—well, & was
Smith who said in his “Liberty
League address: i
“We can take a walk™
Considering this, the Republi
cans are sorrier than ever they
were unable to maneuver the
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