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Photos Made Here
To Be Entered In
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ANDRE 'D ANDRE
Photographer
Pictures of one hundred of the
most prominent children and ba
bies in Athens will be taken by
Andre d’Andre, director of Mich
ael’'s Studio, in an effort to find
the most popular photograph to be
entered in a national contest te
be held in New York.
In announcing the competition
Mr. d'Andre said the pictures
will be made at the homes of the
babies and children and in the
studio without obligation to par
ents. Practically all of the pic
tures will be life size,
The pictures will be placed on
exhibition, details of which will
be announced later, and on the
last day of the contest friends
parents and relatives of the pie
tures entered will be asked to
vote for the ‘“‘most popular pho
tograph,”
The most poular photograph
together with two or three more
of the best will be sent to New
York and entered in the national
contest, In the New York contest
last year SI,OOO was awarded the
picture judged best and a similar
award will be made this year,
Thé contest is being held in
connection with National Raby
Week, which begins tomorrow.
Mr. d'Andre is enthused by the
amount of interest evidenced by
Athenians in the contest thus far
SBud believes it Wil be one of the
et popular of its kind eve:
ducted here.
$n the national contest, a great
« 1 depends on the skill and
t@@hnique of the camera artist.
I it is swWho must direct the
poges, cohsider the problems of
ight and shadow, sharpness or
§pttness of outlines
Knowns as one of the best in the
south and one of the outstanding
exponends of his art in the coun
try, M @’Andre’s long and var
ied l'*&l‘ir!i(‘!‘ should stand him
and Mg subject in good stead in
the national contest. An exten
sive traveler, My, dA’Andre ha:
given Bervice in' many states
throughout the country and in all
of them from ‘California to Flor
ida,
Further details of the contest
will be made .public shortly,
Henry L. Roosevelt, F.D.R.
Cousin, Dies From Heart
Attack Saturday
WASHINGTON — (#) — Colonel
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, a rela
tive of President Roosevelt and
acting Secretary of the Navy dur
ing the illness of Secretary ogopon
son, died suddenly late Saturday
of an acute heart attack.
He was_ 56 years old, and was
admtited to Naval hospital only
last Thursday for treatment for in
testinal influenza, His death was
unexpected.
Wiord was telephoned immediately
to President Roosevelt, who was
attending a dinner at Harvard cni
versity’s Fly clgb at Cambridge,
Mass,, that his distant cousin had
passed away. The chief executive
arranged to leave almost immed
jately for his Hyde Park, N. Y.,
home. He and Mrs. Roosevelt will
return to the capital Tuesday
morning to attend the funeral zer
vices, Interment will be in Ar
lington National cemetery.
News of the death of the as
sistant naval secretary was flash
(Continued on page two.)
Young People, College
.
Students Invited For
. .
Special Service Today
“At the 11 ¢'clock service hour
this morning in Central Presbyte
rian church, Dr. Samuel J. Cart
ledge will deliver a special ser
mon for the young people of Ath
ens and students of the Univer
sity of Georgia.
" A cordial invitation is extended
all young people and to the "stu
dents to attend this special ser
yice., #
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Hamilton Conters With Boykin; Talmadge s Inactive
Farley Sounds Democratic Battle *C;y In Farm Belt
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I TOPEKA. Kas. — (#) — Post
|master General James A, Farley,
|sounding the Democratic campaign
i battle cry in the farm belt, hailed
fl’residont Roosevelt Saturday night
las the saviour of America and chal
|lenged “any political party to meet
;:us on the record.”
i Speaking over a national radio
{network on the same platform from
| which Governor Alf M. Landon,
)montioned ag a possible Republi
|can presidential nominee, criticiz
{ed Roosevelt policies, January 29,
| Farley made no specific mention
|in his prepared address of the
| Kansas executive,
| He centered fire against New
! Deal critics, particularly upon for
jmer President Hoover and upon
{the American Liberty League.
i However, referring apparently to
iK:msug Republican statements re
;).:ar(ling' state governmental eco
;nomies—a point emphasized by
|Landon boosters — Farley said:
{ "I was sorry to learn that it was
necessapy - hera .in - Kansas te- cut.
{the salaries of school teachers and
‘;of professorg in the colleges and
j universities, Perhaps it was nec
{essary, but the policy of the Roo-
I sevelt administration has been to
ist*rvo- the schools of the nation
i wherever possible.”
; Reviewing three years of the
! New Deal, Farley, chairman of the
"I)vhmcrutie National committee,
{asserted at the Washington Day
i banquet of the Kansas Democratle
| elub:
i “Franklin D. Roosevelt did more
| than save America. He vindicated
Ad(*mucracy at a time )vhon all over
{Hw world its enemieg were ready
| to declare the death of the finest
isyxtvm of government eyer devis- |
led.” |
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i Courageous Congress |
’ Saying ‘“the Hoover panic was
| defeated because a courageous con- |
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Efforts Redoubled to l
Clear Up Bremer Case
WASHINGTON __ (#) — Accel
erating its drive to clear up the
two-year old kidnaping of Edwarda
G. Bremer, St. Paul brewer, the
justice department Saturday ask
ed police to watch for William El
mer Mead, described as an inter
national “con-man.
Theq “identification order” sent
all police departments by J. Edgar
Hoover, director of the Bureau of
Identification, added a new name
to the list of suspects in the case,
who are still at large, headed by
Alvin Karpis, machine-gunning fu
gitive,
Hoover and his agents were sil
ent on why they wanted to ques
tion Mead in the $200,000 abduction
which already has brought long
prison terms or violent death to
many of ‘its participants,
Roosevelt, Talmadge Opposed
In First Primary This Week
By W. F. CALDWELL
Associated Press Staff Writer
ABBEVILLE, Ga.—{#)—President
Franklin D. Roosevelt's first pri
mary contest for renomination
takes place next Wednesday ina
south Georgia county.
His opponent will be* Georgia’s
governor, Eugene Talmadge, who
has been making speeches in the
east and middle west calling on
the ' democrats to defeat Mr.
Roosevelt for renomination,
Without waiting for the Tal
madge-controlled state committee
to announce its decision on a
statewlde primary, democratic vo
ters of Wilcox county, of which
Abbeville is the county seat, are
ranged for a presidential prefer.
ence in the county primary,
The mnames of Roosevelt = and
Talmadge will be on a ballot sep
s lt!w m ok Tob
fiunty ofticers. The hallots will
put in separate boxes.
. “We didn’t consult either the
Full Associated Press Service
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Judge Blanton Fortson (left) member of the Roosevelt Campaign
Advisory Committee and Graham Wright, Rome, critic of the
Roosevelt policies, who will conduct a joint discussion of the AAA
oecision here March 4 at a meeting of all Athens civic clubs.
Civic Clubs H
INfiHEASE lN NUMBEH
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3,800 More Farm Boys
And Girls Join During
1935: Drive Started
Georgia farm boys and girls in
4-H eclubs last year numbered
54,889, which was 3,800 more than
in 1934, figures announced by the
Agricultural Extension Service
disclosed Saturday.
The 1934 enrollment in Georgia
was greater than for any i)th(f!']
state except Ohio. Comparative
figures for 1935 had not yet bheen
tabulated in Washington. ‘
Harry Brown, director of thr-l
extension service, said the in-!
crease last year was “encouraging}
to club leaders.”
He added it was made “in spite
of the fact that county and home
demonstration agents were called
on to do an extra heavy amount ofl
work in connection with the Ag
ricultural Adjustment programs
and other emergency activities.”. |
A special 1936 enrollment drive|
has just bheen completed over the*
state. il l
G. V. Cunningham, state club
leader, announced results of this
\drive have prompted him to set
the goal this year at 57,500.
l He said mueh of the work is
now being organized on a com
| munity basis in which the boys
and girls belong to the same club
and carry out all social and team
work activities jointly.
The campaign at Jackson, Ga.
brought a large increase in mem
bershkip in Butts county over the
preceding year. There was a gain
of 65 in the number of boys and
35 in the number of girls. County
Agent M. L. Powell and Home
Demonstration Agent Evelyn Kent
!roported the total enrollment as
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Talmadge or the Roposevelt back
ers,” said J. P. Futch, a member
of the county democratic execu
tive committee, “we merely acted
in the interest of economy and to
give our people a chance to ex
press their choice.”
Others Ask -Primary
Nine other counties have called
on the state committee for a
statewide presidential preferential
primary. Whitfield county, in
northwest Georgia, arranged for a
preferential expression initsecoun
ty primary March 25 if the state
committee fails to ecall one before
then. s
Backed bythe solid Georgia del
egation in congress, including the
two senators, supporters of the
president set up a campaign com
mittee and named Marion Allen,
a member of the legislature, cam
paign managér. ~AHén called on
‘Huxh" Howell, chairman” of the
(Continued on page iwo.)
Athens, Ca., Sunday, February 23, 1936.
Sponsor Joi
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Court’s Opinio
pinions
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1 Judge Fortson and Graham
| Wright Will Speak at
‘ Meeting March 4
' For the second time within less
+than twelve months “an’ Mtafih""
ing supporter of the polivies of
the Roogevelt administration and
one of its chief critics in Georgia
]'will meet in joint discussion when
Judge Blanton Fortson of Athens
and Graham Wright of Rome
speak on the supreme court’s AAA
i decision here March 4th.
Sponsored by the Athens Ki
wanig club, of which Harry L.
Brown, director of extension at
the agricultural college is presi
[dent the Fortson-Wright “debate”;
| will be delivered at a joint meet
’ing of the Kiwanis, Rotary, Pllot}
and Lions clubs at 7:30 o'clocki
Wednesday, March 4 at the Geor
igian hotel. ‘
| Judge Fortson's subject will be
| “The Minority Opinion in the AAA}
Case”, rendered by Justices Bran- |
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GCeorgia Supreme Court
Justice Says He Will Re
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. ATLANTA —(P — Justice Prlce!
Gilbert’ of the state supreme (-ouer
Saturday announced he wag l‘etir—}
ing from the bench with the end of|
his present term. l
Justice Gilbert’s sucecessor is to]
be named in the primary and ;.wn-f
eral election this year. |
It was learned from an amhori-j
tative source that Chief Judge|
Frank Jenking of the court of ap-}fi
peals is expected to be a candidate]
for the tribunal. ‘
Justice Gilbert, having been :1l
member of the state's highest court
for over 20 wvears, issued the fol-l
lowing statement: ‘
“It is my purpose not to be a|
candidate to succeed myself as al
justice of the supreme court ot[
Georgia. i
“In order to free justices of the|
court from the necessity of engag-i
ing in campaigns for re-election,
many lawyers have discouragedt
opposition to incumbents on .thel
bench. A
“For that reason I am making
this announcement. now in order
to afford ample notice and equal
opportunity to all lawyers who
may wish to seek that office, and{
to the public who must make a
choice among the aspirants, i
“At the termination of my pres- |
ent term I shall have served on|
the supreme court bench for more
than 20 vears, and on the superlorl
court for eight yeare. :
“At all times my judicial serv
ice has been a labor of love and
happiness. All of this I owe to
steadfast. friends, vo my brothers
of the legal profession, to the peo
ple, and especially to, the beloved|
late governor of Gw-fi'fl’fli‘m‘ |
Harris, who gave mie the original |
! E:t ‘is no% vgflfi %%&r ‘
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' ATLANTA, Ga—(#)—Dr. Len
G. Broughton, 72, internationally
Iknuwn Baptist minister, died at
| his home here Saturday following
| several weeks illness.
i For 25 years Dr. Broughton
| was pastor of the Baptist Taber
énucl(' which he founded here. He
| also served pastories in Knoxville,
tTenn., Jacksonville, Fla., and of
| Christ Church, L.ondon, England.
i Returning to the Tabernacle
!here. he served for several years
| before resigning to become an
| evangelist, Survivors include his
| widow; a son, Leonard Broughton
of Knoxville, and a brother, Dr,
’.losvph Broughton, Atlanta dent
ist.
| A native of Wake county, North
lCamlinu' Dr. Broughton attended
,Wako Forest college, lacking six
im(;mhs of graduating because of
| illness.
| Practiced Medicine
‘ He latér attended the University
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[More Delay Seen as Meas-f
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| (Associated Press Staff Writer) |
| WASHINGTON — ® -—Housei
jrevisiun of the ::v.dmjnistration'»l
| half-billion dollar soil conserva
!tinn—subsidy bill brought stern sen
;atf- Democratic protests Saturday
iwhi(-h sent the measure to vonter-|
{ence for adjustment of differences
' Senator Smith, Democrat, South‘
Carolina, co-sponsor of the senate‘
!version with Senator Bankhead.l
EDemocrat, Alabama, was so Ine
‘censed over the house action that
he threw up his handg in disgust
and inquired: |
“What kind of a fool thing is this
lthey have adopted?”
' Senator McNary, of Oregon, the
;Republican leader, who assailed
| the legislation when it was before
|the senate as a “subterfuge, fraud |
{and sham,” displaved his fee!ings[
!hy refusing to gerve on the confer
| ence committee, I
g Smith had the senate disagree
{to the house amendments as suonf
{as.the bill was received and :Iskedi
{for a conference. Vice President !
F(:arnm' named Sinith, Murphy, l)e-!
| mocrat, Jowa; Pope, Democrat, |
‘;ldaho and Capper, Republican,!
IKansas, as the senate conferees |
| Smith said he would propose Sen- |
|ator Frazier, Republican Northi
iDakota for the place turned downi
|by MeNary. The house will ap- |
\point confereeg Monday. |
| Some senators expressed beliet;
%the conferees would have difficu!ty'
' composing the many differences, De
' lay, they added, would imc-rfere}
5 (Continued on page two.)
'LINDBERGH KIDNAP
!" REWARD IS UNPAID
i TRENTON, N. J. — (#) — The
{525,000 reward for the arrest and
i(-onvlctlon of the kidnaper or kid
{ napers of Charles A. Lindbergh, jr.,
{in whiech Governor Harold G. Hoff
| man said Saturday Millard Whited
expected a share is still unpaid.
! Three men claimed the money
after the convictian of Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann at Flemington a
year ago. They were: William R.
Strong, New York bank teller;
Walter V. Lyle, New York city
gag station manager, and John
Lyons, attendant at Lyle's station
‘where - Hauptmann bought gasoline
and gave in payment one of the
ransom bills. ;
_ The claims have not been Jndged.j
| pending final disposition of the
case, : . 1
Two Georgia Officials Expect
To Be Ousted By Gov. Talmadge
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State Treasurer George Hamilton (left), and Comptroller Gen
eral W. B. Harrison, who may be removed from office by Gover
nor Talmadge. Both have balked the governor in his plans for a
“financial dictatorship” for the state of Georgia.
Press Institute Closes Saturday
With Address by Dr. John Tigert
|President of . University
. Of Florida Gives Annual
E Washington Address
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In & Washington Day adaress
climaxing the ninth annual Geor
gia Press Ingtitute here, Dr. John
[J. Tigert, president of the Uni
i versity of Florida, said Saturday
, the first president played an “in
dispensable part” in the American
’(:unsliluti(‘mal convention.
“Washington, - though perhaps
’sur]mssed in political thinking hy
a number of men who sat in the
constitutional convention, played
‘an jndispensable part’, the {for
mer United States commissioner
of education said in his prepared
address.
“It was the genera] contldenmi
which exigted in his ability, in
tegrity and gincerety which quali
fied him to preside over the body
whch gave birth to our matchless
instrument of government.”
~ Dr. Tigert said it is “conspic
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- “Murder by Clock™ Case
L.OS ANGELES — #) — Police
Saturday night discounted a new
story -by which Fred Stettler,
stoical Swiss chauffeur, sought to
shift blame in the ‘“clock deaths”
of an aged couple here,
Stettler's #lleged confession
“can’t be repudiated because it
checks on all counts” sald Cap
tain of Detectiveg Bert Whilis.
Wallis quoted Stettler as saying
Friday night he erushed the skulls
of f6-year-old Car] Barbour ana
Mrs. Barbour, then set an intre
cately-devised watch mechanism
attached to an electric heater to
fire their home and destroy the
bodieg an hour after he left.
‘Waliis quoted Stettler as saying
robbery was the motive.
Several hours later Stettler den«
ied the statement,
“I made the machine for a used
car dealer,” detectives quoted the
suspect. “T delivered it to the man
near the Barbour house, and that
is all T know about lit."” 1
! Saturday police checked and re
checked the name and address of
the ‘‘used car dealer” given bdby
Stettler.
~ “There’s no such place, and s 0
far we can’'t find any trace of any
such man,” Wallis saia,
A waitreas, Peggy White, 26, with
whom the chauffeur . assertedly
was friendly told police Saturday
Stettler had said, he had to get
money one way or another, pretty
quick.”
Blood-stains on Stettler's cloth
ing, copper wire and an empty
watch case, and $69% in currency
and silver were found by police in
the chauffeur's apartment, they
said. - :
In the statement Captain Wallls
said Stettler gave Friday night, the
pe e d
(Continued on page two.)
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday
b. T. MYGATT DIES
1 BESIDENE T
G. T. Mygatt, aged 55 well
known Athenian died at hig resi
dence on the Atlanta highway yes
terday after an illness lasting sev
eral days.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from Central Presbyterian
church by Dr. 8. J. Cartledge, the
pastor, tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock. Interment will be in Oco
nee cemetery, Bernstein Funeral
Home in charge. The pallbearers
will be, J. Y, Talmadge, Howard
Huff, A. Y. Woods, Dr. G, T, Can
ning,- Clifford McLeroy, H. H,
Elder, Dr. M. T. Summerlin, Char
les Elder and members of the
United Commercial Travelers, T.
P. A, and Woodmen of the World
Mr, Mygatt is survived by his
wife, Mirs. Lavinia Mygatt; two
daughters, Mrs. D. T. Powell, Ath
ens and Mre. R, G. Booth, Bogart;
two sons, Lucian Mygatt and
George Talmadge Mygatt, jr.; three
grandchildren; two uncles, C, D.
Booth, Atheng and George Booth,
Madison. .
Mr, Mygatt was a native of Ath
ens and a deacon in the Central
Presbyterian church for twenty:
five years. He was connected with
‘Talmadge Brothers wholesale gro
cery company for thirty-seven‘
years. Mr, Mygatt was one of the
best known men in this section,
He was closely associated with the
activities of tiie Central Presby
terian church and one of its most
effective officers. His death wasl
a deep shock to hig hosts of
friends and acquaintances,
Walter Johnson Easily Tosses
Dollar Across Rappahannock
BY EDDY GILMORE |
(Associated Press Staff Writer) |
FREDERICKSBURG, Va.— (&) — |
Regardless of what George Wash- |
ington may have done, Walter |
Johnson converted legend into act-|
uality Saturday and threw a dollar |
across the Rappahannock. {
With a motion easier than that|
with which he used to send his old |
speed ball steaming down the’
groove .to batters, the former
strikeout champion sailed two coinsi
acrosg the river. i
“Gosh,” exclaimed Johnson, "l]
didn’t think I'd do it.” ”
The official toss cleared the ice-!
chucked river by 30 feet. Chiet
Judge Dr. H, J, Eckenrode, a Vir
ginia historian, estimated the dis
tance of the throw ap 317 feet.
Although he cleared the Rappa
hannock, Jonnson’s pitch was 1,100
feet -short of what Representative
Bloom of New York said the Wash
jngton toss would have been if he
ever did it, sat
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Rumors Persist Carreker
- And Daniel to Be Given
Two State. Posts
AT DESKS SATURDAY
Redwine and Cu%
Deny Rumor They Asked
Special Session
THE GEORGIA FINANCIAL
SITUATION IN BRIEF
Treasurer George B, Hamil
ton confers with Solicitor
General Boykin on legal ac
tion to bring fees, reported
withheld, into the {ireasury.
Boykin may summon state
employes and departmental
records to office for question
ing.
Governor Talmadge remains
silent as to what action he
may take against defiant
Comptroller General William
B. Harrison and Treasurer
Hamilton,
Harrison and Hamilton, de
spite ' holiday, spend morning
in their offices; both claim re
ceipt of hundreds of telegrams
: and letters supporting their
position, .
President Cbharles .D, Red
wine of senayé and Represen
tative J. W.“Culpepper, chair
man of house appropriations
committes, , iksue denial of
o xumars. thdy urged o Talmadge
to call extra session of as
sembly due to financial im
passe.
By GLENN RAMSEY
Associated Press Staff Woriter.
ATLANTA, Ga— (#) — State
Treasurer George B. Hamilton
conferred with Solicitor Genera}
John A. Boykin Saturday about
legal procedure against two state
officials, whom Hamilton charged
with- withholding fees from the
treasury.
This was the chief development
Saturday in Georgia's complex
financial situatior while Governor
Talmadge remained silent as to
action he might take' ' againsf
Treasurer Hamilton and Comp
troller General William B. Harri
son, who have refused to sanction
(Continued on page two.)
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Committee Named to
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Probe Pension Rumors
WASHINGTON—(#)—A bi-part
isan committee was named Satur
day by Speaker Byrns to investi
gate charges that old age pension
organizations—among which was
listed the Townsend plan — had
collected thousands of dollars in
dimes and quarters for “fantastic”
schemes.
The investigation, “welcomed”
by officialy of the Townsend dr
ganization, will be directed /by
Representative Bell (D.-M0.),/ Bell
introduced the resolution for the
inquiry and the house adopted it
by a 240 to 4 vote.
Other members of the commit
tee are Representatives Lucas
(D,-11l.) Gavagan (D-N.Y.) Tolan
(D.-Calif.), Hollister (R.-Ohio)
Collins (R.-Calif.), Ditter (R.-Pa.)
and Hoffman (R.-Mich.)
| Bloom congratulated Johnson aft
|er the throw, however, and invited
'him to spend the evening in Wash-"
|ington to celebrate the event,
| The New York representative
|claimed the river was 1420 feet
|wide at Ferry Farm when Wash
|ington lived here. City surveyors
,measured the present. siream at
| 272 feet, and added 45 feet from
| the exact spot where the coin left
| Johnson's hand to where it land
| ed.
| Unable to reconcile their caleula
itions, the representative and the
!Chamber of Commerce called off a
Ibet, by which Bloom would have
|lost sloo,ooo,*with his 10 to 1 of
fered odds. % :
Johnson, shortly before the pitch
bashfully announced he had left
at his Germantown, Md., home the
1796 dollar donated for the stunt
by Bloom. : L a
“Shucks,” he said, “T MEE
l_keep that thing, I hear it is valu-.