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Vol. 104. No. 35.
Harrison Ref
To Sign W t
Of Gov.Talmadge
State Treasurer Hamilton
. . )
Says He Will ‘Stick By
Comptroller General
AWAIT NEXT MOVE f
Talmadge Fails to Take
Any New Action When |
Warrant |s Returned |
ATLANTA, (;a:-—(/P;~—Commrul-}
ler General William B. Han‘isoug
and State Treasurer George B.
Hamilton refused touay to be par
ties to QGovernor Talmadge's fi- |
nancial “dictatorship” of Georgia.
The comptroller general de
clined to countersign the first
warrant drawn under the gover—,l
nor’s recent proclamation setting}
up unpaid balances of the years|
1932 through 1935 as a basis for
operations using 1936 revenue,
Harrison sent a letter to thei
governor saying, ‘I cannot give
my consent as a public official of'
this state, sworn to uphold the |
constitution and laws of this!
state, to sign a warrant for thel
withdrawal of the state's nwne)"
on annulled appropriation.”
Harrison’s letter was sent to thel
povernor along with the warrant,
which was for $139,704.11 drawn
for the Board of Control, ha.vingi
charge of all of Georgia’s charltyl
institutions.
Uphold Constitution 1
As soon as a copy of Harrison's
letter reached Treasurer Hamil- |
ton, the treasurer made public a'.
communication to the comptroller
saying:
“Like yourself, T am sworn to
uphold the constitution of this!
state, and like yourself, I expect
to do so, You are at liberty.g
therefore, to state that I willy
St l
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Way Cleared For
Buildi
uilding Program
In The Universi
niversity
Construction Work to Be
gin Immediately on 13-
Unit Plan
WASHINGTON .—(/P)—The way
was open today for immediate be
ginning of construction work on
new buildings planned for each of
the 13 units in the University Sys
tem of Georgia. |
After a conference of Georgia
officials with President Roosevelfl
yvesterday, Senator George (D.-l
Ga.) announced the Public Works
Administration had approved a
$360,000 grant for the building
program, which will cost a totall
of *5827,000.
“This is final,” the senator said.‘
“The work will begin at once.”.
Those who called at the \’Vhit(\,l
House to discuss the project were
Dr. 8. V. Sanford, chancellor ofi
the University System; Marion
Smith, chairman of the Board of}
Regents. and Clark Howell, jr, al
member of the board. ,
Dr. Sanford said the prugraml
called for one new building at
each institution in the system.!
The state will provide 25 percent
of the total funds under the usuali
PWA financing arrangements.
“It is important to get the pro
gram under way as soon as pos-|
gible,” Howell said. “with a view
to completing at least some of
the buildings for occupancy next{
Septemger.”
Senator George said the project,
which has been pending before
PWA for many months, would
mean “better and permanent im
provement of the Unviersity Sys
tem.” <
The Georgia officials also have
in mind, they said, a secondary
program contemplating a $270,000
PWA-grant for additional build
ings at the University units in
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Inches last 24 hours.,.cse.s 0.00
Total since February 1...... 6.06
Excess since February livis 3.40
Average February rainfall 5.13‘
Total since January 1.2.:19.07
Excess since January Yiix i B
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Paul Redfern Reportec Alive
Today As Captive of Indians
More Editors Arrive
For Press Institute
At University Today
Round Table Discussions
Occupy Newspapermen
This Afternoon
TO END SATURDAY
Foreign Correspondent of
United Press, Webb
Miller, Speaks
The seventh annual Georgia
Press Institute got into full swing
at the University of Georgia today
as editors from all over the state
began to arrive in large numbers.
After hearing an address this
morning by Arthur (Bugs) Baer,
noted columnists, the newspaper
men plunged into round table dis
cussions of current problems en
countered in their particular fields.
The firet of these meetings came
at 11:30 this morning, with the
second scheduled for 3:30 this
afternoon.
The Atlanta Georgian-American
entertained for Mr., Baer today as
a luncheon at the Georgian hotel.
Miller Speaks Tomorrow
The main address tomorrow will
be made by Webb Miller, manager
of the United Press foreign bu
reau. The feature address on
Saturday will be made by Dr.
John J. Tigert, president of the
University. All speeches are to be
in the Georgia chapel.
The ecomplete program for this
afternoon and tomorrow follows:
Thursday, February 20
3:3o—Round Table on “Mechan
ical and Production Costs, Job
Printing, Make-up and Typogra
phy”. Charles L. Hardy, Gaines~
ville News; B. E. Hamilton, Dal
|ton News; Otis A. Brumby, Cobb
' County Times, Marijetta; Roy N.
’Emmett, Cedartown Standard; A.
T. Coleman, Manchester Mercury;
}Ernest Camp, Walton Tribune,
Monroe; C. B. Allen, Moultrie Ob
’server: Jere N. Moore, Unijon-
Recorder, Milledgeville; Ellis Mun
ry, Clayton County News, Jones
boro; Mrs. Nora Lawrence Smith,
Wiregrass Farmer, Ashburn; W.
M. Keenan, Barnesville News-Ga
zette; Tom Arnold, North Georgial
Tribune, Canton; J. J. Thomas
son, Carroll County Times; Car
rollton; Mrs. Charles E. Brown,
Cordele Dispatch; 8. C. Hiendel,
Northeast Georgian, Cornelia; Har
old Parker, Fairburn News; Louie
L. Morris, Hartwell Sun; J. D.
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s ——————————
City Water Perfectly
Safe For Consumption,.
* -
Officials Say Today
Sy i
On Monday of this week, Com—]
missioner of Health Wedford W.
Brown and ity Engineer Jac.ki
Beacham issued a statement con
taining the request that, tempor
arily, as anultra conservative pre
caution against future possibility
of contamination in the city water
supply, water used for drinking
purposes be boiled.
Today in an adjoining column
on this page readers will find a
statement from the same two of
ficials announcing the water sup
ply of Athens is free from contam
ination, ie of unquestionable pur
ity and perfectly safe for human‘
consumption.
‘ The original statement was
brought about due to the unpre
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STATE NEWS BRIEFS
By The Associated Press
ATLANTA.—Dr. M. L. Brit
tain, president of Georgia Tech,
said today he would address the
Rotary club and the faculty of
Armstrong Junior college in Sav
annah March 7.
‘“The visit is not much more
than a social call,” Dr. Brittain
said, “the invitation probably
arose because several Savannah
citizens were our guests here for
a football game last fall and be
cause one of our professors re
cently joined the Armstrong fac
ulty.
The educator said he had not
decided on his topics.
CLAYTON, Ga.—Edwin Bleck
ley, 41, died at his home here yes
terday of heart trouble after an
illness which began in September.
He was the son of the late Jus
tice Logan E. Bleckley of the
State Supreme court.
Full Associated Press Service
LR} .
Bug”’ Baer Entertains
Large Crowd Today in
University Chapel
Famous Humorist Talks
About Contemporaries
During Address
By RICHARD JOEL
(Student in Henry W. Grady
School of Journaiism.)
Arthur “Bugs” Baer, Hearst
columnist, ‘“saying things that
happened to pop into his mind at
the moment,” told a large audience
in the University chapel this mor
ning for the Georgia Press Insti
tute “how a kitten and a bottle
of milk changed his career.”
Although Baer, who was brought
to the institute as the guest of the
Atlouta Georgian- American, said
that he came to talk about him
self, he spent most of his time
answering questions about his
contemporaries in the field of
journalism.
Anonymous Squib
~ When Baer wrote an anonymous)
squib. “Lady thinks atrocities of
war are too tervibie, so she goes
away leaving cats with a can of
"condensed milk and no can open
er,” he-did not know that it would
be copied by other publications.
‘When this happened, he decided
to make himself known, and since
then he has been a columnist. hl
all came about when he helped a'
kitten get into a bottle of milk}
rlaced -on a porch in . New York
city. : = . ‘
“My style to me is like a mon
key baby to its monkey mother—-‘
not n:uch to look at, but mine
lown,” Baer said as he reviewed
his work as a newspaper writer.
Baer, who is an optimist, said
that there were enough serious
writers in the world, so he decided
that there must be room for a
writer s who could see the funny
side of things. He said that he
has capitalized on this idea,
How He Got His Name
He began his career 35 years
ago as a cartoonist on the Wash
ington Times. It was here that he
received his mnickname, “Bugs,”
which he has since had copy
righted, setting a precedent in the
government patent office.
Speaking of his contemporaries,
Baer said that Westbrook Pegler
is inclined to be “sour stomached
—he is Kkind of bitter.” Walter
Winchell’s secret of success, Baer
revealed, is that he makes you
think that he is not telling you
all he knows. ‘
“0. 0. Mclntyre appeals to the'
ladies,” Baer said. *“He rarely
‘pans’ anybody, and his wealth of
memory now provides him with
most of the material for his col
umns.”
The speaker also answered
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NOTICE
The water supply of the City
of Athens is free from contami
nation. It is of unquestionable
purity and perfectly safe for
human consumption.
WEDFORD W. BROWN, M. D.
Commissioner of Health.
J. G. BEACHAM,
Survivors include his widow
two daughters, ‘and one son; three
brothers, Herring Bleckley of
Clayton; Sidney Bleckley of
Washington, D. C., and Barnett
Bleckley of Atlanta.
Funeral arrangements had not
been announced.
TIFTCN, Ga.—Albany swamped
Pelham 38 to 37 and Cairo nar
rowly conquered Bainbridge 16 to
15, in last night's play in the sec
ond district group “B’” boys' bas
ketball tournament here.
Donaldsonville swamped Quit
man 38 to 7. .
In today’'s play, Blakely meets
Sylvester and Albany meets Meigs
in the afternoon, and Cairo meets
Donaldsonville and Tifton plays
Moultrie tonight.
Donaldsonville and Sylvester
looked best in last night's con
tests.
Athens, Ga.,‘Thursday, February 20, 1936,
In g{);)tlight at Press Institute
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Here are two of the principal figureg on today’s program at the
Georgia Press Institute. At left is Arthur (Bugs) Baer, well known
newspaper columnist, who made the main address of the day in the
University chapel this morning. At right is Professor J. Edward
Gerald, of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, who
leads the discussion at the various round table discussions by the
editors. Professor John E. Drewry of the Henry W. Grady School
of Journalism, University of Georgia, presides at these sessions.
Leibowitz Resigns Dramatically;
Convinced Hauptmann Is “Guilty”’
Attorney Quits After 8
Days of Thorough Study
A o Nt 1 3
Of Cerman's Case
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. BY JOHN FERRIS
(Copyright, 1936, Associrted Press)
TRENTON, N. J.—(#)—A drama
tic announcement by Attorney
Samuel S, Leibowitz, strongly in
dicating he believeg Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann is guilty of the
Lindbergh baby kidnay-slaying,
appeared today to have virtually
blasted the convicted man's hopes
of escaping death in the electric
chair.
Haupitmann, Leibowitz said, “un
derstands very clearly that his
last card hag been played and he
has lost.” ‘
Hauptmann’s date of execution
was set yesterday for the week of
March 30, |
'The New York attorney who had
consented to aid Hauptmann if the
convicted kidnap-slayer of Col.
— .
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Athens, now Mrs, J. O. Turner ofj
Atlanta, is the proud mother ofi
triplets. The little girls were born
Saturday, February 15, in Atlanta
and have been named Phyllis, Pat
ricia and Virginia. |
Mrs. Turner is a graduate of
Athens High school and lived here
for several years. She is the dsu-‘
ghter of Mr, and Mrs. W. T. Dean,
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‘ In a special message to fal'mers!
rabout crop plang for 1936, Hnrl‘y%
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former employe of the Athens
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;Banner-Herald. She is the niece
;lof Grover C. Dean, Miss Nellie
Flourney, Mrs. Thomas J. Hall,
‘Mrs. W. H. Chafin all of Athens.
She is the granddaughter of Mrs.
Joel T. Dean, beloved Athens wom
en who celebrated her 80th birth-
Tda.y here several days ago. Mrs.
ETumer is remembered by Miss
Martha Anderson, Athens High
;school teachers as “A sweet and
DIPLOMATIC TALKS
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Spokesman Says Hitler Is
Beginning to Realize
Germany |s Isolated
EXCHANGE “VIEWS”
[ltaly Likewise Isolated
. By Sanctions, He Says;
l Have Common Ground
BY CHARLES H. GUPTILL
(Copyright, 1936, Associated Press)
' ROME—Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hit
‘ler, rather than Premier Mussoling,
jis taking the initiative in intense
Italo-German diplomatic exchanges,
{:mthoritative German circles sala
i today, in an effort to bring about
Ia complete reapproachment,
| A spokesman for German quart
|ers said Hitler had realized the
third reich was isolated in Europe
{b_\' the Franco-Soviet mutual as-'
,slsmnce pact and by Franco-Brit
{ish military conversations.
| He realized that Italy also was
!isolated by the operations of sanc
[tions, being applied by the League
lof Nations as punishment for the
‘fasvist warfare In Ethiopia, this
{ source said.
l He wanted to establish a common’
viewpoint between them. |
| Exchanging Views l
f Consequently, it was aaserted,
|the two dictators are now exchang
ing views on fundamental ques
lt!ons such as the League of Na
tions, the Franco-Soviet pact anc
Austria. '
Italian under-secretary for foree
ign affairg Fulvio Suvieh returned
to- Rome today to report to Pre
mier Mussolini personally on the
| progress of apparent Italo-Austro-
German negotiations. i
.~ The conversations between Su
vich had FEgon Bergerwaldenegg,
Austrian foreign minister, at Flor
ence yesterday, while Ulrich Von
Hassell, German ambassador to
Italy, made a flying visit to Berlin,
were interpreted in informed ecir
cles as a move by Italy to streng
then itg defenses against sanction
ist nations.
Improve Position l
A disposal of the problems of
Austrian independence from Ger
many and Italian rapprochement
with Germany, these sgources said,
would improve Italy's diplomatic
position immensely.
It would free fascist Italy from
fear of facing two distinct Euro-‘
pean complications — from Geneva,i
seat of sanctions and from Austria,
behind Italy’s Brenner Pass—sim
ultaneously with pressing of the
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talented little girl” She was an|
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ian Athens High teacher, and was
lin the gym class of Miss Martha
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I She is the gister of Roy, Joel,J
| Nelson and W, T. Dean, who also
|attended school in Athens tndl
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portrait ‘here suggests an old
«daguerreotype; Mobile, Ala., has
chosen, as queen of its®l936
Mardi Gras, a girl who is as
charming as ghe ig socially prom
fnent.”’Miss Bacon was named to
rule over the celebration, one of
the most colorful in the south,
held in Mobile from Feb. 21 to 25.
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Government Spending and
Taxes Brings ‘Fireworks’
In Washington
(Copyright 1936 by the Associated!
Press.)
WASHINGTON.—~(#)—A ham
mer-and-tongs fight over taxes
and government snending was in
the making in congress today de-:
spite the strenuous efforts of
campaign-conscious leaders to
keep the session fairly tranquil
and end it quickly.
These two developments threat
ened the congressional peace: ‘
‘ 1. Sharp increases in the num- |
i w 2 of persons on work relief were
roported by WPA, which set the
current figure at 3,797,770, This
is nearly 300,000 more than the
3,500,000 goal originally set for the
$4,000,000,000 relief drive. Power
ful “liberal” senators, fighting any
deep slashes In next year's relief
funds, are expected to sgeize upon
the new figures to back their ar
gument that huge expenditures
must continue.
2. Senate liberals disclosed they
would demand a broader and
higher income tax structure.
Among them is Senator LaFollette
(Prog.-Wis.) who wants to boost
\income levies on the wealthy and
the several million smaller in
comes now exempt. This develop
ment foreshadowed a hot battle
. 1
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THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
ITS ISSUES AII-I;_;RSONALITIES
(EDITOR’'S NOTE: This is |
the fourth of a series on the
1936 presidential campaign, its
issues and personalities).
By RICHARD HIPPLEHEUSER
Associated Press Stax Writer.
NEW YORK.— (&) —The posi
tion of Herbert Hoover ia the
Mepublican’ party has mystified
even many of the Republicans
themselves.
*The former president, only living
Republican occupant of the White
House, is the nominal head of his
party. He has made a detailed
criticism of the Roosevelt New
Deal in a series of major speeches.
Yet, there is none of the sur
face activity in his behalf com
parable with the activity in be
.half of Governor Alf M. Landon,
or Senator William ¥E. Borah, or
Colonel Frank Knox.
His words have been scanned
carefully in a seawch for his pos
sible intentions or hopes in 1936.
In the political conversations
common to everyone, this ques
tion constantly arises:
~ What is Hoover going to do?
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| Newspaper Reporter and
Former U. S. Army Air
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Pilot ‘Saw Redfern’
iAlfred Harred Declares He
Talked With Redfern
But Rescue Hindered
GEORGETOWN, PEritish Guiana
i—J(A’)—A new story that Paul Red
fern, long-lost American flier, is
lallve among savage South Ameri
| can Indians wno will not permit
him to escape was brought to eivi
lization today by Alfrel Harred,
reporter of the newsnsiper “Rarier”
of Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana.
Harred claimed he and Art Wil
liams, former United States army
pilot, found Redfern and talked to
him but were unabie to remove
him from the jungle.
‘ There was no official confirma
i tion of the story, although Harred
'clalms to have been a member of
the Dutch section’ boundary com
| mission, engaged in surveying the
| frontier where British Guiana,
| Dutch Guiana, and Brazil meet and
'where Harred claims to have found
' Redfern.
‘ Living in Mountains
’ The story is that Redfern is liv
‘ing in the Tumue¢ Humac Moun
’tains in western Guiana.
Williams ‘himself could not im
!modtately be reached for comment
‘on the story which is similar to
that first told by Tom Roch, Ger
man-American explorer, two years
ago.
Harred's story, ag published by
the Banier and reported in George
town, follows: ;
' After Redfern started out on
August 25, 1927, from Brunswick,
’Ga., on an attempt to fly to Rio
De Janeiro, he crashed in the
Tumuc Humac Mountains, ;
Redfern was crippled by the
crash, but wag held in awe by the
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Dynamic Career of Brig.
Gen. William Mitchell
Ended Suddenly by Death
NEW YORK — (#) — The dyna
mic career of Brig. Gen. William
Mitchell—“stormy petrel”. of the
army air force—was closed today
by death,
CGeneral Mitchell — affectionately
known as “Billy”’ to the _U' S. air
men he commanded in the World
War—died unexpectedly late yes
terday at a New York hospital of
heart disease. His condition had
been weakened by influenza com=
plications, He was 57 years of
age.
The first ‘American officer to fly
over the enemy’s lines in the Weorld
War, Mitchel]l returned to the peace
time army critical of the aviation
policies of both the war and navy
departments,
Outspoken criticism, after he
ended a four year tour ag assistant
to the chief of the air service in
Washington, caused him to be court
martialed and suspended.
He resigned his commission and
turned lecturer.
Mr. Hoover is in a peculiar pos
sition so far as delegates are cone
cerned.
Suppose .he did try to obtaim
instructed delegations.” “If -he
waged a hard fight, he would g@
into Ohio, as he did in 1928. But
the state committee in Ohio ha#
declared against him.
His native state, lowa, is being
ashed to send a delegation behind
a favorite son, Senator Dickinson:
Governor Merriam is said t€
went the delegation from Mr,
Eoover's adopted state, Califor«
ria.
His chance, if ‘he desires the
nomination, is believed by his
friends to lie in continuing hie
speaking campaign, discussing the
issues, striving to create a senti
ment that might surge toward
him in a deadlocked convention,
There are others of the w
president’s friends who say he
has unselfishly assumed a lead in
camraigning against the %
Deal without hope of further re
ward from the party. e
(Tomorrow: Landon, Borah,
Knox or a “dark horse?)