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Vol. 104. No: 289
Contract For
Civic Hall Will
Be Let Jan. 30
Contract for “Civie Hall,” the
new building to be constructed on
the city hall property for o¢cu
pancy by the chambér of com
merce and a permanent exhibi
tion of local products, will be let
January 30, Secretary Joel A,
Wier said yesterday.
Work on the building, which
will be one of the most attractive
in ‘Athens, is expected to start
about the middle of February.
The new building will he con
structed with the aid of funds ob
tained from the Public Works Ad
ministration " which recently ap
proved a grant for that purpose.
The building will be occupied by
the chamber of commerce staff.
The entrance to the chamber of
commerce headquartérs will face
College avenue ang the entrance
to the exhibition hall will he from
Washington street.
Tuesday Deadline Day
For Correcting Social
-
Security Card Errors
Postmaster J. R. Myers yester
day told the Banner-Herald that
December 15, Tuesday, is the last
day on which Social Security cards
may be corrected and sent in.
The postmaster said that no
tices had been sent out several
days ago to Athenians who made
errors in filling out the cards ask
ing them to come to the Post Of
fice so that the errors might be
corrected, Out of the 1,500 or so
notices of errors sent out, 1,100
Athenians have requested.
Mr.! Myers asks that the other
400 who have not compiled with
the notice do so at once to avoid
danger of having the Tuesday
deadline pass without their Secur
ity cards being in proper shape.
HUSBAND OF FORMER
ATHENIAN PASSES IN
ATLANTA SATURDAY
ATLANTA — (#® — Carr T.
Faires, retired Atlanta ‘business
man, died at CGeorgia Baptist hos
pital Saturday after an. illness of
several weeks.
Mr. Faires was critically injured
more than a year ago m an auto
mobile accident, but his death was
not brought on hy those injuries.
Survivors - include his widow, the
former Misg Etta B. Walker of
Athens. 3 K e e
Funeral arrangements havé not
been completed.
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At the International Conference on
Tuberculosis held in Berlin, Dr. Ser
siron of Paris proposed that the an
cient emblem of the eastern branch of
the Christian Church be used as the
world-wide symbol of the fight against
tuberculosis. Since 1919 it has ap
peared on ail the Christmas Seals sold
in December to support tuberculosis
work in the United Statesz.
Minor Worries of Congressmen
THE FIFTH OF SiX ARTICLES
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Tyran
nically ruled by convention, of
ficial dinner tables in Wash
ington are more than just a’
family eating center. Prece
dence of rank holds full sway
when it comes to seating our
own anq foreign government
officials. In his primer for
congressional newecomers, Eddy
Gilmore of The Associated
Press Washington Bureau sur
veys the situation and adds a
bit of advice in this fifth of
sixth articles.)
By EDDY GILMORE
WASHINGTON —(#}— Lucky is
the capital newcomer who escapes
unscathed the barbed wires of con
vention surrounding an official
dinner . table.
Loeal social history iz spotted
with ill-fated campaigns of hosts
and hostesses who hafe impaled
and hostesses who have impaled
of precedence. i
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
George VI Proclaimed King Under Dreary
Skies Saturday:; Edward Reaches France
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Alderman Seagraves Mo
tions to Postpone Action
Until January Meeting
CONTRACT READ
Routes for Proposed Ser
vice by Bass Given; Six
Busses Would Run
Whether or not Athens gets a
five-cent bus service is up to the
peorle, according to action taken
by city council last night, at a
called meeting, ]
Council was assembled to vote{
on the question, but after the |
committee in charge of investiga-l
tion hzd recommended that a
franchise be granted H. L. Bass,
Councilman H. L. Seagraves
‘mn\'ml that action be postponed
iumil the January meeting when |
“the people can let us know what
lth(\y think zhout it.” |
W. R. Bedgood, chairman of
the committee investigating the
possibility of such a service, said
his group was in favor of grani
| ing the franchise, but Council~
man Seagraves immedictely offer
ed a motion deferring action un
til January.
Mayor T, S. Mell asked Mr.
Seagraves to withhold his motion
!umil City Attorney Lamar Rucker
i,could read the proposition offered
the city by Mr. Bass. After the
terms of the proposed contract
wore read, Councilman Seagraves
| offered his motion again,
The proposed contract calls fori
opervtion of husses of not less |
than 16 passenger - Capaeity; e
tveen the hours of 5:45 a. m. and |
| 11:15 p. m. Mr, Bass is to have
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' shown at end of story) almost
immediately, with five othé'
busses to be added within threes
months. Accident and indemnity
insurance is provided covering in
juries to persons and property in
an amount not less than $5,000
for injury or death to any one
passenger, or person injured I)yl
the negligent operation of said
busses, with a maximum lability
of $20,000 for any number of
passengers on any one bus. !
The insurance policy shall have
a minimum and maximum limit
for property damage in the
amounts of one to five thousand
dollars, it is stipulated. The poi
icy will not be subject to cancel
lation without thirty days writ
ten notice to the mayor and coun
cil.
Mr. Bass agrees to operate for
& term of at least six months frony
starting date with the privilege
of discontinuing operation after
six months upon thirty days writ- |
ten notice to the mayor and |
council. He agrees to pay a suml
amounting to & certain percent- ¢
age of the gross receipts (t'acl
rercentage to be set later) from |
the operation of tHe busses to
the ecity in lieu of any and all
taxes, license, occupational or
franchise taxes of any and all
kinds, except ad valorem taxes.
The amount shall be due every
three months after operation has
begun, but payable within thirty
(Continued on Page Eight) l
1 Just to show you how serious it
is, diplomatic relations have been
strained between great nations be
cause a visiting mayor said in
ahead of a grand duke in the
march to the dining room.
New senators and representa
tives who are mapping big enter
tainment offensives should remem
ber that it's not the domestic
guests but the diplomats who
pack the real social dynamite.
Assuming the president or a
tforeign sovereign won't be at the
party here is a precedence list
iwith a minimum of etiquette mor
‘tallty: ‘
Foreign ambassadors.
The chief justice.
The wice president.
Speaker of the house.
Supreme court justices,
Secretary of state.:
Foreign ministers.
Cabinet members.
(Continued on Page Five)
Full Associated Press Service
Sheriff Defies Move to Halt Hanging
Of White Man Who Killed Negroes
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Mikell visits Emrmanuel church
at the 11 o'clock service, to ad- f
minister the Apostolic Rite of |
Conpfirmation. Those being |
confirmed will be presented by
the Rector of Emmanuel, the
Rev. David Cady Wright, jr. |
The Confirmation class this |
year numbers twelve from the i
church school, and nine college
students whose homes are in
various cities throughout the
state of Georgia.
Bishop Mikell usually comes
to Athens but once a year for
this particular service. Today
marks his first such visitation |
during the present year. ]
SUNDAY BROADCAST
FOR STOCKING FUND
First Session of Its Kind
Begins Over WTFI Today
At 4 P. M.
For the first time since the
WTFI-Elks Empty Stocking Fund
was launched a Sunday program
will be given this arternoon over
WTFI from 4 until 6 o'cloc.k
A well-rounded program, sea-
turing Christmas music, will be
given on today’s program with the
Spinks Trio "and possibly the
Shepherd choir ag headliners. Mon
day night’s program will be ar
ranged and presented under direc
tion of the Boy Scouts,
Friday night's program was one€
of the best that has been given
since the Empty Stocking Fund
segsions got underway this season.
Cash contributions now are around
SI,OOO and Friday night many tele
phone calls were received listing
donations of fuel, clothing, food and
other articles which will be distri
buted Christmag to help make tRe
holiday a happy time for many
of those who otherwise might be
[neg]ected.
‘ One donor Friday night, contri
| buted sixty-five cuts of Dbeef,
‘weighing three pounds each, to the
Empty Stocking Fund, which will
go a long way toward solving th®
food problem for those who are
unable to provide for their fami
{lies a real Christmag dinner.
The sessions of the Empty
Stocking Fund over the radio for
the last several days have been
| most entertaining and productive
lof results. More and more Athen
jans are tuning in on WTFI for
Ithe broadcasts and are responding
| to the opportunity to contribute
cash, clothing, fuel and other arti
cles toward a happy Christmas
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Athens, Ga., Sunday, December 13, 1936.
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Sheriff C. B. Busby, lower left photo, for Mississippi's first hanging
of a white man convicted of murdering a negro. Unless he is par
doned, William Mitchell, upper left photo, 53, will pay the death
penalty January 11 on a scaffold in the Coffeeville, Miss., court
house yard, above. He was found guilty of firing the kerosene
sogked clothing of Lewis Bryant, nergo, and Bryant's son, after
binding and gagging them in an attempted robbery. Mitchell was
given a 30-day reprieve from ‘the ‘origin&l hanging date, December
11th. y X
All-Powerful Chiang Kai-Shek
" Captured; War on Japan Urged
BY JAMES A. MILLS
TOKYO — (Sunday —(#)—Gener
alissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, hithertc
all-powerful military and adminis
trative head of the Chinese state
was a prisoner today at Sian-I"u
capital of Shensi provinee, of muw
tinous troops commanded by Mar
shal Chang Hsiao-Liang, one-time
warlord of Manchuria, said Domel
(Japanese) News Agency dispat
ches from Shanghaj and Nanking.
Domei said the Chinese Foreign
office at Nanking officially ad
mitted that the generalissimo was
“detained” by mutineers. With him
were captured severar of his gener
als.
Marshal Chang, leader of-the up
rising, said Domei, issued a circu
lar telegram demanding immediate
military operations against Japan;
restoration of Manchuria to China
and reacceptance by the Chinese
government of the policy of the late
Sun Yat-Sen, “father of the Chin
ese revolution,” of -recognizing
communism.
He issued a proclamation calling
the nation to join him in a war
against Japan.
‘With the executive. Yuan of the
Nanking government in emergency
session to deliberate on the crisis,
and a state of alarm declared
throughout the country, the gov
ernment refused to accept these
demands until General Chiang was
released.
Marshal Chang ruled Manchuria’s
W.E. Page Resigns as U.S.
Internal Revenue Collector
ATLANTA —(®P— W. E. Page!
announced Saturday he had ten-¥
dered his resignation as Georgia
collector of internal revenue, ef
fective Dec., 31, or gs soon there
after as his successor can qualify.
Mr. Page is president of the R.|
W. Page Corporation, publishers,
of the Columbus, Ga., Ledger-En-|
quirer papers, .the Bradenton, Fla,
Herald and the Wilmington, N. C.,
Star and News. l
Announcing his resignation, he
‘sajd he found his newspaper du-!
ities required so much time it was
jnecessary for him to give up the |
office of revenue collector. |
His successor will be appointed
by President Franklin' D. Roose
velt. This is done usually on the
lrccommendation of the United
lStates senators, but neither Sen- |
ator Walter F. George nor Sen-|
ator Richard B. Russell. jr. has!
(Continued on Page Five) ]
four provinces until the Japanese
army in 1931 drove him out and
established the “independent state”
of Manchoukuo under Japanese
protection. Marshal Chang has
vowed to regain Manchuria for
China before he died, friends have
said,
LOCAL WEATHER
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Total since December 1.... 2.89
Excess since D¢, 1.....4+4 1,08
Average Dec. rainfall...... 4.3%
Total since January 1......61.69
Excess since January 1.....14.13
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Duke of Windsor Leaves
Vessel and Boards Train
For Point in Switzerland
Exact Destination of Ex-
King Not Disclosed
Saturday
WAVES TO CROWDS
Wally Remains at Riviera
Villa; Edward Is Not
Expected There
FOULOGNE-SRU-MER, France.
(P)--Edward of England sped
Saturday night toward Switzer
land to await the day next Ap:il
when he can lawfully wed Wallis
Weorfield Simpson, the woman for
whom he renounced an empire.
Dressed in o long hlapk over
coat with hrown fur collar and
wearing a soft hat, he debarked
from the British destroyer Fury
which borught him from his na
tive land after his radio farewell
to his people Friday night.
Quickly, while his dog trotted
behind, he walked in silence across
the 50-yard dock from the de
stroyer and boarded an express
train, bound for Basel, Switzer
land, at 8:10 p. m.
Waves to Crowd
Five minutes before the train
left, Bdward came to the door of
the irain, waved friendly grect
ing to the crowd and chatted with
the British consul.
The onlookers were silent. -
cver, as the ong¢e-king gazed at
them with serious mien.
Troors and mobile guards en
circled the dock snd the railroad
station to hold back a ecrowd of
about 100,
The British consul and a French
pelice official bhoarded the des
stroyer to act as escorts to Ed
ward, now. Duke of Windsor. e
With Edwdrd In his special
curtained car. attached to :he
train were his. aide, Colonel Piers
Leith, his secretary, his ya.let and
two Scotland Yard detegtives, :
. . ch until she train’s
departure.,
Four big trunks and, 26 pieces
of hand luggage were brought by
the ex-king, imposing self-ex:ie
after abdication.
Ironically,. the raillway station
from which Edward departed Sat
urday bozsts a “Prince of Wales”
room, named for Edward when he
was prince.
There was no indication of the
former monarch's precise destina
tion, but his train would permit
him to travel either to Basel or
Zurich, Switzerland. It was ap
parent with his departure Satur
day night that Edward has no
present intention of joining Mrs.
(Continued on Page Five)
No Money Provided for
Salaries During 10-Day
Organization Meeting
ATLANTA—(P)—Georgia legisla
tors will have to go through their
10-day organization session in
January without a specific appro
priation to pay their own salaries.
Many legal observers, however,
regarded the situation as moot
ang said Saturday the senators
and representatives could collect
their money under authority of a
supreme court decision resulting
from Governor Talmadge's one
man control of state finances.
The case is that brought by
President Steve Nance of the
Georgia Federation of Labor and
other labor leaders against State
Treasurer J. B. Daniel at ILa-
Grange.
In that suit, observers said, the
Supreme court held certain appro
priations were ‘“continuing” and
that such things as legislators’
salaries and mileage were infers
entially included in the list.
| There will Le no appropriation
!bill in effect for legislator's sal
laries or any other state expenses
because the 1935 legislature neg
]lected to pass one. Under the
i constitution, no bills can be pass
fed at the 10-day organization
|meeting which begins January 11.'
! Appropriations for three years—
{l9B7, 1938 and 1939—instead of the
'usual two will be in order at the
11937 regular 60-day meeting be
lcause of the omission of the 1935
{body. Thexefore, appropriations
'were generally regarded as one of
(the prime matters to be consid
‘ered. y |
| Governor Talmadge elected to
l (Continued on Page Five)
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Senora Espil, above, is said to
be the only woman ever to van
quish WaHy Simpson in the
game of hearts. Eighteen years
ago, then Mrs. Courtney Letts
Stillwell, she is said to have
won from Mrs. Simpson the
affections of Senor Felipe Espil,
rich Argentine consul. Mrs,
Stillwell later™ wed wealthy
John Borden of Chicago, di
vorging him in 1933 to wed
Senor Fspil.
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“Siege of Starvation” Is
rid; Force Abandoned
BY ALEXANDER H. UHL
MADRID -~ #) — Fascist insur
gentg have abandoned efforts tc
smash their way through Madrid’s
defenges and resorted to an encir
cling “siege of starvation,” the
capital's military leaders believed
Saturday night.
Nevertheless, the copital rushed
its program of evacuation of wom
en and children. The evacuation
committee estimated 300,000 per
song had been escorted from the
metropolitan area and that 200,000
more would go shortiy. !
Despite isolated pushes in the|
University City, suburban sector|
which were repulsed, indications
were that the fascists’ main ob-!
jective was to surround the city,
and cut its communications with
the south toward Valencia.
Ten persons were killed Satur
day and a score wounded by insur
gent artillery bombardment, butl
this wag regarded mainly as a
gcreen for the attempt to onfnrce!
a siege. l
To accomplish this, fascists |
launched Saturday strong pushes|
near Aranjuez on the southwest;
Guadalajara on the northeast, and
in the Pozuelo sector. Madrid de-|
senses, likewise, ordered renewed |
effort to/ prevent surrounding of
the capital. |
Enemy planes have been notice
ably absent from the capital thoi
past few days, |
Newspapers displayed prorninoj
(Continued on Page Five)
Performance, Fund Nets Over
SI,OOO As Stein Appreciation
Despite threatening weather, a
large crowd thronged the Palace
theater Friday night at the 10:30
show for the Tribute Performance
honoring the late Policeman Her
man Stein.
» Saturday § wag announced that
from the sale of tickets to the
Tribute: Performanee and from con
tributions to the Tribute Fund,
more than ‘sl,ooo was realized.’
Tickets for the performance, sold
by members of the Police and Fire
departments, sold at one dollar
each, and Saturday it was said that
about $750 worth of ticketg had
been disposed of prior to the per
formance. From the Tribute Fund
to which the Banner-Herald open
ed its columns for subscriptions,
another $260 was realized, to
bring the total above SI,OOO. 1
All proceeds from the perform
ance, from which no gxpenses were,
II EDITION |
DISMAL LONDON DAY
GREETS THOUGARUS
ON BREAT DCCASIGH
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Parliament of England
| Pledges Allegiance
| To New Monarch
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' LE ARE CALM
| Irish Free State s Last to
! Accept Ceorge as
| New King
' BY FRANK H. KING
i LONDON — (#) — Under dreary
| skies British proclaimed George V 1
king Saturday while Edward VIII
sought in a foreign land the solace
‘nf ithe love that cost him the throne,
| As golden-uniformed heralds
, moved through foggy London
istreets in medieval pageantry which
~twice within a year has heralded a
lnm\' sovereign, the crigis of Ed
| ward’y abdication passed into his
tory.
With unruffled calm the British
peoples accepted the mellodramatic
change of sovereigns and turned
ifmm the prince-king they loved so
well to his tall, family-loving bro
lther George—but with deep sym
pathy and g Godspeed to him who
found the burden of kingdom too
heavy without “The Woman I
Love.”
Before the musty battlements of
St. James' Palace, proud heralds
hailed the new king. Trumpets
shrilled as throngs watched the
pageantry of centuries ago reen
acted,
New King Proclaimed
Sir Gerald Wollaston, the garter
principal King of arms, proclaimed
Cour only lawful and rightful liege
Jord, George the Sixth, by the
grace of God, King of Great Brit
ain, Ireland and the British domin
ions beyond the seas, Defender of
the Faith, Emperor of India, to
whom we do acknowledge all faith
\m constact . ehediene. with, al
hearty and Mby‘l:w ection, be
' seeching God, vhom kings and
|queens do reign, to ufism ‘royal
[ Price Géorge VI with long and
ihappy yvears to reign over us.”
i So Saturday night the British
'people were anchored safely in
‘new allegiance to the second son
of the revered George V and his
plump little Scottish commonesr
wife who will grace the golden
throne which the American-born
Wallis: Warfield Simpson might
have held had other fates prevail
ed,
Edward in France
And at Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France
Edward, who henceforth will be
‘his royal highness, the Duke of
Windsor, arrived aboard the des
troyer Fury to begin self-exile.
“It may be some time before )
return to my native land,” he told
the far-flung British realm in ra
dio adieu Friday aight before he
sped to Portsmouth to sail from
England.
At Cannes, Mrs. simpson kept in
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Y.M.C.A. Directors
Will Meet Tuesday
Members of the board of direc=
tors of the Athens Young Men's
Christian Association, will meet
Tuesday night at 6:15 o’clock in
the assgociation building on Lump
kin street,
The meeting wilt be important
in nature and will be followed with
a supper. It is requested that
every member of the active board
attend the meeting and supper.
lldeducted. and the money raised by
lthe Tribute Fund, were turned
over to a Citizens Financé eom=
‘mitt.ee, which will present the fund
to the family of the officer who
was slain in line of duty.
The Citizens Finance committe€
is composed of James White, jr,
R. V, Watterson, Mayor T. S. Mell
and A. D. Roberson, Athéns rep
resentative of Lucas and Jenkins
!Mr. Roberson secured the feature
| picture “Oliver Twist,” for the
| bute Performance, for which the
|theater made no charge, and the
| tickets were printed without cost
{by the printing department of Mc=
| Gregor company.
|. Leading in the sale of M« )
| from both the Police and Fire de=.
| partments was Patrolman H. H.
| Seagraves, who sold some $207
l worth of tickets. Some other mems
ibers of the force were not far bes
1 hinde - n e