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Vol. 104. No. 304.
FLASHES
of
~ LI-F-E
SUBWAY JUNGLE
TIFIFIN, Ohio—West FEnd resi
dents were awakened by the sub
terrancan baying of a hound, and
deluzed officials with telephone
calls, sl
The weird sounds were a mys
tery for three hours. Then police
found John Wagner and Myrien
Fraley wvacing from manhole to
manhole in a vain attempt to cap
ture their hound,whiech had chased
a 4 raccoon into a sewer.
The dog finally emerged, sans
racccon, a mile from where the
chase began, ]
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: SAFE BASKET |
CLANTQN, Ala.—Tax Assessoy
T. L. McKee found his wastebasf‘
ket safer than his cash drawer. }
Collections in cash "were heavy |
80 McKee took $450 in bills and hid|
them in the basket. After the of
fice closed thieves entered and took
$166 from the drawer,. : i
The basket was untouched. 1
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ONE TO GO
SAN 'FRANCISCO — Shiley
Moore, 57-year-old postal clerk.
left part of his $25,000 estate io
provide four pet cats with homes,'
stipulating the chosen caretaker‘
must have no children in the house-‘
hold.
DAY — BY — DAY
ON THE RADIO
By C. E. BUTTERFIELD |
(Time Is Eastern Standard) ‘
NEW YORK. —(#)— The NBC
music guild has 5 special hour and |
a half broadcast via W‘EAF-NBCI
Thursday afternoon, - beginning at
1:30.
At that time awards for new and
original chamber music works by“
American compesers are to be an
nounced and the compositions
played during the program. |
Tuning in tonight (Wednesday):
TaIk—WEAF-NBC 10:45, Dr. Fer
nando De Lois Rios, Spanish am
bassador, on “Spain’s Hunger For.
Liberty.” |
WEAF-NBC—7:IS Uncle Ezra; |
8 One Man's Family; 9 Fred Al~‘
len; 10 Hit Parade. |
WABC-CBS — 8 Cavalcade Oti
America; 8:30 Burns and Allen;.
9 Nino Martini; 9:30 Let's Sing;
10 Gang Busters.
WJIZ-NBC—B Merry Go Round‘
Cast; 8:30 Ethel Barrymore; 9:00
Professoinal Parade; 10 Montre&"
Chamber Music; 10:30 Tales of
Opera, Drama.
What to expect Thursday:
WEAF-NBC 1:30 p. m, Music
Guild Awards; 4 Fashion Show; €
“Science Anq The Press”, H. W.
Blakeslee, David Dietz and Johmn
O'Neill. WABC-CBS—3B Holiday
Matinee; 3:30 New Year's resolu-)
fions by man in the street in Lon-‘
don, Moronto, Honolulu, New York,
Chicago and San Francisco; 9 CBS
Concert Hall,
Athens Students Asked
To Register Saturday
The Winter Quarter of the Uni
versity of Georgia will open Sat
urday, January second. .
Students are expected to pak
their fees on that date or on Mon
day, January fourth, before 6:00 p.
m. Those paying later than that
time will be assessed a service fee
of two dollars.
It is not expected that many will
pay their fees cn Saturday. For
that reason 1t is urged that all
students residing in Athens, as
well as other students who may bhe
here on Saturday, pay their fees
on that day in order to reduce
the number paying on Monday.
In this way those paying on
Saturday will avoid the rush on
Monday and save themselves in
convenience as well as helping the
registering officers.
LOCAL WEATHER
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ANH Showers
Lot {‘ A Tonight and
A\= Thursday; l
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T and Northeast |
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Inchés past 24 h0ur5....... .02
Total since December 1.... 5.73
Excess since December 1.. 1.50
Average Dec, rainfall...... 4.38
Total since January 1......64.47
Excess since January 1.....14.53
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Ransom Ready For Kidnaper; Expect Contact Today
ericl: (]ik;)ngress*io;;alir AC;iO;I f’lanned ;o *StGp \fier*E};p(’;rts
PROPOGED GALE BY
NEW JERSEY A 15
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Robert Cuse Would Sel
Planes and Engines to
Spanish Loyalists
TAKES 2 MONTHS
Il Duce Advises Hitler tc
Withdraw Gracefully
’ From Spain
WASHINGTON — (#) . Quick
congressional action to hlock ex
porting of American planes and en
gines to Spanish loyalists was
charted today by administration
leaders in view of President Roo
sevelt’'s denunciation or the pro
posed shipment,
The president asked extension of
the neutrality law giving him dis
cretionary power to ban sales of
munitions in civil conflict.
He called the proposal of Robert
Cuse of Jersey City, N. J., to send
$2,777,000 in airplanes and motors
to the Madrid government a per
fectly legal act but contrary to the
country’s interests,
(The state department had
granted Cuvse a license because the
present neutrality law covers only
embargdes on arme shipments in
international warfare.)
Takes Two Months
It will take Cuse about two
months to prepare the order. Mr
Roosevelt said he believed that if
the neuflr\aflty act would be amend
ed quickly enough to stop shipment,
Cuse could not recover damages.
Chairman Pittman, Democrat,
Nevada, of the senate foreign rela
tions committee is drafting ap
amendment to authorize the presi
dent to prohibit munitions ship
ments to either side in a major civil
war.
| It is expected to be one of the
|first items of business after con
igress convenes next Tuesday.
i Others Withdraw
I Other ' applications had been
made for munitions licenses during
the Spanish war, the president told
newsmén, but when the state de
partment pointed out they would
violate the spirit of the law, they
were withdrawn, |
Ninety per cent of business men
he said, had gone along with this
view, but he declared Cuse's action
represented the other 10 per cent,
DUCE ADVISES HITLER
BERLIN — (#) — Chancellol
wAdolf Hitler hag been advised by
Premier Musgolini of Italy, inform
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Gandhi Ready to Lead
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Independence “Fight
BOMBAY. — (#) — Mahatma
Gandhi was described by close as
sociates today as ready to fore
sake his negative policy of non
resitance and lead India’s masses
in an active campaign for inde
pendence from Great Britain.,
Amazement was expressed
throughout India at the astute
comeback from retirement the lt«
tle Indian leader staged at the
Faizpur Nationalist congress, re
gardeq as a certain harbinger of a
new era of activity.
His impassioned assertions, ‘“show
me the way and I'm prepared to
go back to jail” and “I'm pree
pared to be hanged,” were inter
rupted as the beginning of new
emancipation efforts.
Georgia News Briefs I
ATLANTA — (# — Mrs. Cor
nelia Claudie Carr, 82, former resi
dent of Savannah, died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Fred S. Moss
here last night. A son, Ray S.
Carr, of Savannah, also survives.
AMERICUS, Ga.— (#) —Stephen
Pace, Georgia congressman e€lected
to succeed B. T. Castellow who did
not offer for relection, was en
route to Washington by automo
bile today for his first congres
sional session,
Before leaving he said:
“I leave for my new duties with
many misgivings as to my ability
to perform the task in an accept
able manner, but with the sincere
hope that I will be able to bhe ofl
real service to this district. l
GRIFFIN, Ga. — (#) — Ben B.
Brown, 75, president of the Middle
Georgia Farmers’ Mutual Fire In
surance Association, was killed in
tan automobile collision four miles
Full Associated Press Service
L. W. Cooper Is Chosen President
Of Forum Class Of First Baptist
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Above, at left, is L. W. Cooper, recently elected president of
the Forum Class of First Baptist church, one of the largest of the
men’s Bible classes in Athens, At right is Dr. J. C. Wilkinson,
pastor of the church and teacher for the class. In the following
story is given the |list of new officers, captains and members of the
various groups into which the class is divided.
By SAM wOODS
L. W. Cooper, for the past
several years chairman of the
music committee of First Baptist
church Forum class, taught by
Dr. J. C. Wilkinson, has been
named president of the class.
Robery Bradberry was named
secretary; Allan D. Rebertson,
president-elect, and Archie Lang
ley, secretury-AlgEr. . o i Vv %
Messrs, Robertson and Langley
will take office on July 1, while
Messrs. Cooper and Bradberry
assume their duties on January 1.
Committeemen have been named
by President Cooper as follows:
Statisticians, C. ‘D, Chandler
and Sam Woods; welcome, G, V.
Mussolini Is Annoyed By Failure
Of U.S. to “Appreciate” Fascism
STRIKES SPREAD
IN SOME CITIES
Fisher Body Plant at
- Flint, Mich., Becomes
Affected Today = -
(By the Associated Press)
The strike of Fisher Body com
pany employes gpread today to the
company’'s plant No. 2 at Flint,
Mich., aggravating further the la
bor difficulties whick have beset
the automobile industry. Strikes
previously were called at Fisher
plants in Cleveland and Kansas
City.
The Fisher company is a sub
sidiary of the General Motors cor
poration. ‘The closed Flint plant
supplies bodies for Chevrolet cars.
‘Workers returned@ to their jobs
at the Kelsey Wheel company plant
in Windsor, Ont., ending one auto
mobile labor dispute, e
Other developments in the strike
picture: .
< Automotive .
DETROIT—One hundred em
ployes of the Bohn Aluminum and
Brass Corporation’s plant No. 3,
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from here on the Williamson road
last night.
Ed Ridley, grocery company ems
ployee, was injured.
‘ Brown and Ridley were alone in
their respective automobiles at the
time of the crash.
MACON, Ga. — (#) — J. T, Arn
old, 76, father of J. L. Arnold of
Albany, Ga., died at his home herel
last night after an iliness of two|
weeks, 2 : &
He also is survived by his widow,
three gdaughters, five other sons
and two stepsons, four brothers
and two sisters, 1
SAVANNAH, Ga, — (#) — Tho
lmm: P. Ravenel, 86, Confederate
Iveteran and former law partner of
the late Congressman Rufug E.
Lester, died in his sleep here last
night.
Mr. Avenel had served as com
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~ESTABLISHED 1832
Athens, Ga., Wednesday, December 30, 1936.
McCarson, Claud Little and Bill
Duncan; social, W. H. Benson;
memorial, A, W. Wier, sr., and
Dr. J. C. McKinney; music, Eu
gene Lumpkin, Harold Cooper and
Grover Moon; visitors, W. T. Ray;
collections, O. W. Haygood and
Ray Rabun.
Tollowing is a list of captains,
co-captains and mem _of the
!;'mg' e fims:a “..'m%wk P
GROUP NO. 1
W. H. Benson, captain; F. C.
Adams, co-captain; 1.. B. Bennett,
Len Brannen, Haehly Brown, C.
D. Chandler, A. C. Cook, L. H.
Couch, Henry Elliott, James B.
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Count Who Has Americar
Wife Has Explained
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Il Duce’s Feeling
ROME—(#)—Benito Mussolini is
annoyed at what he regards as the
United States’ failure to “appre
ciate” fascism, Count Francesco
Mario Guardabassi said today.
Count Guardabassi, who has
talkeq with I 1 Duce about it, is
the husbnd of the former Rosa=
lind Wood of Prides Corner, Mass.,
a daughter of the late Willlam H.
‘Wood, founder of the American
‘Woolens Co.
He recently made a quick visit
to Rome to confer with Mussolini.
Afterwards, he displayed an Am
erican magazine cover as an ex
ample of the thing that arouses
I 1 Duce's ire.
The illustration depicted a stal
wart American laborer menaced
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2 Negroes Saved
From Rome Mob
ROME, Ga.—(#)—Timely remo
val of two negroes from the Floyd
county jail early today frustrated
a mob effort to seize the prison
ers.
The negroes, booked as Frank
Simpson, 46, and Zola Billard, 32,
were brought here from Dalton
vesterday where they were arrest
ed in connection with a torch
murder attempt against Walter
fchnieder) Dalton ‘merchant.
Late last night Sheriff M. E.
Horton of Floyd county was tip
ped a mob was forming in nearby
Whitfielg county. He posted dep
uties, reinforced by Rome police
men, at the jail and communicated
with Superior Judge Claude Pitt
man at Cartersville,
On the advice of Judge Pittman
Sheriff Horton's deputies removed
the prisoners to an unannounced
jail shortly after 1 o’clock, about
20 minutes before the vanguarq of
the would-be lynchers arrived.
By 1:45 Turnkey Charles E. Gil
liam said, six cars containing some
25 or 30 men were cruising about
the jail. Shortly after 2 several of
‘them got out of their cars and
‘walked up behind the jail but
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U. 3. NAVAL POLICY
10 BE REVAMIPED 1S
TREATY DIES FRIDAY
Momentous Decisions on
Far Eastern Policy Are
Expected Soon
i PROGRESS HAILED
| Officers Satisfied With
!
| State of. U. S. Fleet -
| ' As Year Ends
| By STANLEY P. RICHARDSON
WASHINGTON — (AP) — Mo
mentous deciszions on naval con
struction and far eastern rolicy
lie ahead of the United States with
the termination at midnight to
morrow of the Washington and
| London navzl limitation treaties.
i Coincident with the lapse of re
*sn-i(-tinn on the size of the world's
| fighting fleets for the first time in
15 years, these problems will be
uppermost for solution by the ad-l
ministration: |
1-—Whether two new battleshibs
are to be added to the American
navy.
2—\What the United States in:
tends to do about fortifieation ot‘
its territories in the Pacific ocean.
: Officers Satisfied ‘
Officers expressed general safls-j
lfacllon with the state of the
American fleet as the year ends,
#nd hailed .progress JSowawrd -the
mavy's objective of a combat. flos
tilla of allotted strength by 1943,
Authoritative quarters predicted
Wipokident Reosevelt will lose lit
’tle time after the treaties expire
lin orderl_ng construction of two
| $50,000,000 men-o-war,
‘ The last congress authorized
{ him to do so if similar action were
taken by any other signatory to
(Lhe London limitation paect of
1930, which provided for a “bulld-l
ing holiday” in capital ships.
Great Britain already has an-‘
nounced plans for laying the keels
{of two new battleships early in
1937,
i Seven Over Age
| The United States has 15 bat
y tleships, of which seven will be of
lfi(-i.’llly over-age Friday. The last
i was completed in 1923, a yeat
liafter the Washington treaty os-
I"t:lh]is!hed the “G-§-3” ship ratio
among the 1/nited States, Grea,t.
'l:m‘min and Japan. Britain &also
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Former Head of NRA
Cites ‘‘Unconstitutional
Extensions of Power”’
CHlCAGO—(®)—Donald R. Rich
berg, lawyer and former adminis~
trator of the NRA, told a disting
uished audience of political scien
ists today that the greatest danger
of American government in the
last two years' was ‘‘unconstitu
tional extensions of judicial pow
er”,
He challenged four of the Su
preme Court's recent major decis
ions, declaring:
“As a lawyer, I must logically
insist that the appropriate way to
correct these errors is not to
amend the constitution, but to
amend the opinions of the su
preme court.”
Richberg’'s remarks were con
tained in an address-prepared for
delivery beforg a joint meeting of
the American Political Science As
sociation and the American As
sociation for TLabor Legislation.
He asserted the opinions of the
supreme court in the AAA, Guffey
coal bill, municipal bankruptices
and minmum wage cases were not
regarded as “correct or reasona
ble interpretations” of the consti
tution by a large number of auth
orities upon constitutional law.
To return these opinions, he
said, “it was necessary for the
majority of the court to deny to
the legislative branch of the gov
ernment the right to use its judg
ment in the exercise of g legisia
tive power expressly conferred by
the constitution.”
! “Hven when guidance is sought
from the oracles of the innér
shrine, there is a confusion of
voices and in a single delphic an
nouncement the people are told in
loud voice that congress has been
granted definite authority to pro
vide for the general welfare, but
that the power to enact laws par-
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Iliness of sinus and throat infection prevented Franklin D. Roose
velt, jr., from kceping a White House Christmas date with his fian
cee, blond heiress Ethel DuPont, so she rushed to Boston to pay him
a cheering holiday visit, Miss DuPont and her future mother-in
law, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, are pictured together in Boston during
their joint visit to the patient.
Condition of Pope Pius Takes
Turn For Worse During Night
End Expected at Any
Minute Despite Slight
Rally This Morning
VATICAN ClTY—(#)—The con
dition of Pope Pius Xi took a no
ticeable turn for the worse dur
ing last night's ceaseless suffer.
ing, persons close to the holy
father said today.
Although there was a slight rally
with the early dawn, great agita
tion was felt throughout the Vati
can where it was feared the end
might come mementarily.
The damp mist which hung over
the little city like g mall added to
the sadness.
His Holiness’ general condition
was asid to be very grave. He
suffered excruciating = pain al
through the night and went virtu
ally sleepless.
A number of light sedatives
given him by Dr. Amanti Milani,
his chief physician, were said to
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Woman Fatally
Burned at Ball
SELMA, Alg, — (#)— A lighted
match,” carelessly tossed into a
costume at a gay holiday ball, was
blamed today for a fire which fat
ally burned one young society
woman and left ten others gravely
injured.
Mrs, T. €. GQGayle, wife of a
voung attorney, succumbed early
today to burns about the face and
body suffered last night at the
phantom’s ball in the exclusive
Selmy Town and Country club.
The flames started in the cos
tume of one of several closely
grouped women and leaped swiftly
from one to another,
Maddeneg by fear and pain, the
women ran in their burning gar
ments from behind a curtain where
they had been awaiting the start
of the grand march while their es
corts stripped off dress coats and
seized expensive wraps to smoth
er the flames,
The \% young matrons were ad
mitted to a hospital and a dozen
or more men were treated for
burns about the hands and arms.
The young, women were gather
ed in a clogely-knit group behind
the curtain when a dancer auth
orities refused to name lighted a
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A. B C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday
35 STATES HAVE
SECURITY LAWS
Unemployment Insurance
Laws Sure to Miss 12
§. .y .
States, Including Georgia
SR |
WASHINGTON — (#) — Thirty
five states have enacted unem
ployment insurance laws, the social
security board reported today, with
the possibility Delaware would join
the procession before the year-end
deadline. ‘
The Delaware legislature was
deadlocked over a measure to com
ply with the federal security ace,
but the board planned to stand by
until late tomorrow,
A Kentucky law was enacted
late yesterday and rushed here for.
approval,
Employers of eight or more per
song in states which lack the in
‘surance tomorrow must pay a fed
eral tax of one per cent on their
‘1936 payrolls before January 31.
| Employers in states with laws
'approved by the security board can
deduct from the assessment, up to
|9O per cent of its amount, what
' they pay in state unemployment
taxes, :
. It was estimated that almost 17,-
000,000 workers are covered under
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Councilman Elder To Seek State
Aid To Re-Pave Prince Avenue
Councilman 'T. L, Elder of the
Fourth ward said today he will
urge city council when it meets
Friday to jain with the county
commissioners in obtaining finan
eial ais from the state to re-pave
Prince avenue.
The council member said he
would ask the council to authorize
Mayor T. 8. Mell to appoint a
committee to work with a similar
committee from. the county com
missioners in an effort to have the
state highway board to furnish
the funds to. re-pave Prince as
well as Doroughty street from
College avenue onward. 5
The two committees would ap
pear before thps highway board at
an early date and point out the
fact that Prince avenue carries an
unusually heavy traffic due to its
being an important connecting link
with the state highway system.
The traffic over the street is per
haps the heaviest than any street
in Athens bears and, consequently
HSXE
JEID FOR 528.000
Spokesman for Mattson
Family Says Ransom
To Be Paid Today
FOUR PATHS OPEN
Advertisement in Seattle
Times Believed Key to
Open Negotiations
PROBABLE INTERMED!ARY
TACOMA, Wash, —— Lt
Col. Gus B. Appelman, fre
quently mentioned as the prob
able intermediary in the Charles’
Mattson kidnaping case, spent
40 minutes in Dr. W. W.
Mattson’s mansion today, then
emerged hurriedly and oped
away in a motor car on an
undisclosed mission.
TACOMA, Wash. — () —— New
fears for the safety of 10-year-old
Charles Mattson were expressed
today eben as a family spokesman
predicted $28,000 ransom would be
paid before nightfall for the boy’s
release from a kidnaper., 5
~The spokesman said negotiations
were “definitely underway.” A
family friend added Dr. W, W,
}Mattson, the boy's father, had the
money ready to pay the man who
lsnatched Igs son from his home
Sunday night,
\ Four clear paths lay open for
the kidnaper to contact the prom=
‘inent physiclan and colleet the
.money, : .
Women Worried
But the boy’'s mother and grand
motheér were worried.
Through the press Mrs. Mattson
| appealed to the kidnaper to “save
the boy from harm. Xeep him
warm. He has just had a severe
cold,”
The elderly grandmother, Mrs.
Charles Fletcher, said:
“I don’t think Charles will be
able to gtand being away from his
mother much longer. They were
very close.”
Many Methods 3
Contracts offered to the kidnaper
were:
I—An advertisemant in the
Seattle Times inviting him to con
tact the Mattsons, It said:
“Mable: Please give us your ad
dress. Ann)”
Though members of the Mattson
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Longest Eclipse in
1200 Years in 1937
FREDERICK, Md.—(#)»—Astron
omers all over the worlg looked
forward today to the longest
eclipse of the sun in 1,200 years—
but wondered how they would
contrive to study the phenome
num, visible only at sea and on a
tiny strip of the Peruvian coast,
Some of the difficulties in the
way of a study of the June 8
eclipse of next year were reported
to the American astronomical so
ciety yesterday by Isabel M. Lewis
of the U. 8. Naval Observatory.
The eclipse, Mrs. Lewis said in
a paper read before the 57th meet
ing of the society, “wiil surpass
in duration any eclipse that has
occurred since the great eclipses
of a series which reached a maxi
mum duration, In the years 663
681, and 699.”
The 1937 eclipse, she said, will
last 7 minutes, 4 seconds, and
will not be surpasseq until 2150,
the pavement has been worn and
is in a deteriorated condition at
the present time.
Councilman Eilder points out that
gasoline users in Athens and im
mediate vicinity pay around $30,-
000 in gasoline taxes to the state
every month, and that inasmuch
as Prince avenue is a very im
portant section of heavy trans
continental traffic the state should
step in. now ang re-pave it .with
out extra cost to the city of Ath
ens.
Prince avenue was one of the
firs¢ streets paved in Athens and
throughout the years has borne an
almost continuous stream of traf
fic from all parts of the country.
Councilman Elder believes the
present pavement could be used as
a base and the gts.te highway
board could ‘surtace it, the work
being similar to that done on
Ponce de Leon avenue just outside
of Decatur where the pavement
‘became badly spotted wim:hm