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LAWS ON COERCION
~ OF VOTERS LIKELY
Senate Will Cet Recom
mendations for Action
Against Industrialists
| WASHINGTON— (#) ~Strong
ér laws to prevent industrial coer
piuu of voters probably will be
recommended to the senate by itß
;jfimflnted ‘election spending and
ertles.
‘é The expected groposal results
gbm a discovery there is no fed«
;*l jaw to cover charges that the
Cherry River Boom and Lumber
company, of Webster County, w.
Virginia, coerced employes. |
. Committee investigators report
ea yesterday they had found evi
:‘im‘ of “intimidation, coercion
and discharge of emplores” for
political reasons by the firm.
- This action, together with dis
‘missal of charges of politicg in’
%PéMlvam#s- WPA administra
tion, virtually completed the com
mittee’s inquiry.
’ffl)o committee probably also will
recommend:
- 1—8ome" regulation of: campaign
contributions by organizations with
special interests, such as labor un
ions. The United Mine. Workers
‘contributed huge sums to the demo
cratic campargn, and a number of
labor organizations gave smaller
sums.
- 2-—A clearer definition. of cam
‘paign contributions, possibly to
include receipts from the sale of
advertising in party books. The
committee decided the law was not
violated in the sagse of advertising
for the convention books this year.
3—A standard bookkeeping sys
tem for candidates for office.
The committee’s report will show
the Republican national committee
Teceived more contributions from
big donors than the democrats, but
the two parties were almost equal
in the number of really big “an
gels.”
While the Republican National
committee raised about 36,000,000
to about $3,000,000 by the demo
crats, the republicang had 22 who
‘gave more than 3»15000 and the
democrats 21,
NORMALTOWN SEEKS
FULL - TIME POLICE
FOR NEIGHBORHOOD
Heavy traffic on the Atlanta
highway tégether with the licens
ing and sale of beer in the Nor
maltown vicinity are cited as rea
sons why that community should
haye twenty-four hour police pro
tection, according to a petition
which is being circulated in. the
neighborhood,
The text of the pettion, which
will be submitted to a meeting of
the mayor and council, follows:
“The inereased hazards occas
ioned by the heavy traffic along
the Athens and Atlanta highway
at all hours of the day and.long
hours of the winter nights, togeth
er with the licensing of the sale of
beer in the vicinity of the Co-ordi
nate College where hundreds of fe
male students are honsed, and the
present growth of this business and
residential area, justifies twenty
four hour police protection.
“As citizens and taxpayers we
urge that the same be provided
without delay.”
_ It is understcod that a petition
asking additional police protection
for the “Five Points” neighborhood
will also be circulated.
ITALIANS LAND
! LONDON. ~—{®)—Authoritative
Brtish sources learned Monday
that 4,000 Italians landed at Ca
diz, Spain, New Year's day.
The information received in
London did not state whether the
Italians were armed nor whether
the ship Lombardia, os which the
Fascists were reporte to have
made the trip, was a regular mil
itary- transport.
The British sources declared
they had no reason to doubt the
accuracy of their information. de
spite denials of the landing from
BRAND NEW TONIGHT! -
presents a sparkling variety program
“WATCH THE FUN
60 BY”
AL PEARGE—AND HIS GANG
A new orchestra. Guest art
ists. Lively music. Songs that VERY J
sing in the heart. Entertain- £ AY )
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low pressure salesman—and 9P WM.
others—if you can stand esST
langhter that hurts. .
. ALSO LISTEN TO “UNIVERSAL RHYTHM” WITH REX CHANDLER
AND 43-PIECE DRCHESTRA ON FRIDAY NIGHTS, AT 9, OVER WSB
PROGRAMS OF THE FORD AND LINCOLN ZEPHYR DEALERS
FLASHES
of
, L-I'F-E
FREE WHEELING
ELIZABETH, N. J—Miss lona
McDonald reported her automobile
stolen, Tolice found it six ‘blocks
from the spot where she had i
parked. ¢
Ity front bumper still was hooked
in the rear bumper of another car.
HELPING HAND
COLUMBUS, O.—Emerson Hunt
was walking past Mrs. Leo O'Far
rell's home when her pet beagle
choked on a bone. Police said she
called for help, and Hunt thrust
his hand into the dog’s mauth, ex
tricated the bone, but got chewed
for his trouble,
TICKLISH
CHICAGO-—Mrs, Lilllan Weide:
naar, 19, testified in her suit for
divoree her husband, John, 21, tick
led her feet until she became hys
terical. She got the divorce.
General Motors and
Automobile Workers
Defend Their Views
(Continued From Page One)
of the controversy between Genéral
Motors and the union as bheing:
“Will a labor organization run the
plants of General Moptors corpora
tion or will The management con
tinue to do so 0?” £
Then, answering the question, he
said:
“Have no fear that any union or
labor dictator will dominate the
plants of General Motors corpora
tion. No General Motors workers
need join any organization to get
or keep a job.”
The U.ATW.A. repeated its de
mand for a conference with cor
poration executives to arrive at a
“national agreement” covering “the
recognition of the union by the
corporation for the purpose of col
lective bargaining, recognition o
seniority rightg for the purpose o!
maintaining jok security for em
ployes, the elimina®:on of the speed
up system, and the establishment
of a minimum wage which would
‘assure a decent standard of living
to your emp¥oyes”
“These anti-social policies of
your corporation will regard to the
issues which I have thus present
ed,” Martin’s letter concluded, “are
(leaving no alternative to the em
lployea——they must resort to their
idhalienable right to strike.”
Perkins and Roosevelt
Discuss Auto Strike
In Washington Today
WASHINGTON —(AP)— Secre«
tary Perkins called at the White
House today to discuss with Fresi
dent Roosevelt latest developments
in the strike of United Automobile
Workers in eight General Motors
plants,
At the same time, it was disclos
ed at the senate committee inves
igating civil liberties violations
that General Motors labor troubles
were on its program, :
Althougn tne committee did not|
make public its list of witnesses,
investigators said ‘“several high
officials, of General Motors proba
bly would be summoned to testify.
Efforts of the union to orxanizel
automobile workers, and the cor
poration’s defilance at the move also
were slated for discussion at an
afternoon cabinet meeting.
Employees of the senate commit
tee said friction between the auto
mobilé firm and committee for in
dustrial organization agents had
been under investigation for about
three months.
Continuing a study of strike
breaking, labor espionage, and ille
gal interference with union activity
the committee will hold public
hearings for at least three or four
weeks, beginning January 14th,
: HARPER SERVICES
LYNCHBURG, Va— (#) —Fun
eral services for Fred Harper, past
grand exalted ruler of the national
organization of Elks, who died here
Monday will be conducted at his
‘home Wednesday morning,
~ Harper served ag exalted ruler
of the Lynchburg lodge from 1903
to 1909 and president of the Vir
'ginja State Elks association from
1910 to 1911,
Barrie and Barrymore
Are Separated; She
‘ Claims It’s Jealousy
HOLLYWOOD —{(AP)-— Youthful
Elaine Barrie, separated from &4-
year-old John Barrymore after 2z
quarrel, said today it was all over
ultimatum that she choose him or
a career and—"My career comes
before anything else.”
The 21-year-old fourth wife of
the actor added adamantly:
“While 1 hope John will be, sen
sible about this thing and will re
turn home, still it lis my career
that counts.
“I'm still young and have my
whole future ahead of me, but
John—well—" her voice trailed off
into a sigh.
“Ariel,” who married the acitn
less than two months ago, main
tained polite silence on “Caliban’s”
filtng of two documents in the
county recorder’s office. One can
celed his wife’'s powers of attor
ney, the other revoked the sam¢
authority extended to Aaron Sapi
ro, Miss Barrie's attorney.
Sunday the dark-eyed woman
admitted she gnd Barrymore wera
living apart. The separation took
place new year's eve when Barry
more ‘“roughed me up a bit and
left a case where we were dining,”
she said, )
As Barrymore worked in silk and
gatin in a costume movie, Elaine
went ahead with plans to appear
in a stage play in San Franciso
February 1. This had provoked
his ultimatum, she said.
Also:
“John is jealous of me. He ir
jealous of my talents as an actress
He is jealous of me as a woman.
He is jealous of stagehands, ac
tors, everybhody connected with the
theater. He doesn’t want me 10
have a career of my own. He wants
to be part of anything I do in the
theater. He's made his name, now
I must make mine.”
Georgia
News Briefs
AUGUSTA, Ga, — (#) — A tour
ist cabin shooting which left -a man
dead ana a woman critically
wounded engaged attention of a
coroner’'s jury here teoday.
Deputy Sheriff Walter E, Kent
said the man was identified as
Buren C. Murrell, of Edgefield
county, South Carolina,
Murrell’s sister, Mrs. T. J. Wiley
of KRdgefield county, made the
identification, he said.
Kent also said Mrs. Wiley iden
tifled the wounded woman as the
dead man’'s sister-in-law, Mrs. Fan
nie Covington Murrell. He said
Kent apparently shot the woman
and then himself.
Officers found a .38 caliber pistol
from which four «cartridges had
been fired. The injured woman
was given little chance to survive,
BUTLER, Ga. — (#) — Sheriff's
forces and Solicitor General Hu
bert Calhoun of Columbus report
ed today ‘“nothing definite estab
lished” in connection with the dis
appearance of a nNegro pr!aonerl
from Taylor county jail New Year'si
eve,
Calhoun and Sheriff J, M. -Bonel
both worked on the case yester-)
day and expected to continue their
investigations.
The negro was held in connection
‘with an attack on S&m Swearingen
railway agent at Charing, Ga.
Other prisoners said he was taken
from the jail New Year's eve.
‘Sherltt Bone did not take office
until January 1.
ATLANTA — (&) — Warden A,
C.. Aderhold of the federal peni
tentiary here today contirmed re
ports he would in the near future
become warden of the annex of the
Jeavenworth, Kas,, prison,
Fred G. Zerbst, warden of Lav
enworth prison, will succeed Ader
hold here,
Warden Aderhold has bheen con
nected with federal prison here for
30 years.
ATLANTA — (#) — Motor ve
hicle department records here show
a large increase in the sale of auto
mobile license tags after 1933, when
Governor Talmadge established a
flat rate of $3 for all cars,
The figures are: g
1933—319,466; 1934—397,685; 193¢
—408,343, {
ATLANTA — (#) — New rules
of the superior courts of Georgia
have been published and are ready
for distribution free to all law
vers, Logan Bleckley, clerk of the
Georgia court of appeals announced
here.
The new rules were adopted by
a convention of superior «court
judges in session here last Decem
ber,
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — (#) —
Police records here show that this
city of 7,000 populatior went
through 1936 without a fatal auto
mobile accideat. Only three per
sons were injured.
“The reason is you cant fix a
traffic ticket here,” said Chief of
Police R. W. Moore.
MACON, Ga. — (#® — Convict
and cilivian workers were appar
ently successful early today in
controlling a “bail” in the Oecmul
gee river levee whieh threatened
to cause the overflowing of hun
dreds of acres of rich river hottom
land.
Approximately 25 Bibb county
convicts and several civilian work
ers labored far into the night haul
ing dirt by wheelbarrow to rein
force the levee. The river was
rising slowly but was expected to
reach itg crest of 19 feet, one foot
above flood stage, within a few
hours.
Rivers in other sections, out of
banks in many places due to recent
‘heavy rains, were generally re
ceding with no serious damage re
ported. oL b e
CONQUERORS LOSE
IN Y COURT LOOP
Panthers and Quintuplets
Are Winners in Final
Tilts of League
In 2 hard fought, rough game the
Quintuplets defeated the Congy>r
ors, 39-27 in the final game of the
fall Midget Basket Ball league of
the YMCA. Co-Captain Dottery
playing forwerd for the Quints
performed in big league style,
swishing the draperies for %2
points. Woodson Ashford, at cen
ter for the Quints, also had a good
day, getting 6 field goals and 1
foul shot for 13 points. The guard
ing of Buck Bradberry was out
standing for the winners. Bobby
Bennett and Louis Davis led the
logsers in scoring with 13 and 38
points respeetivtly. Bill Gordon
and Gordon Darden were ejected
from the game for personal fouls.
The Panthers led by Captain
Rice hadrlittle troul:le overcoming
the Masked Marvels in the sec
ond encounter, winning 51-2 J.
Jemes Griffith, center, was the big
gun of the day, getting 17 field
goals and 2 foul shots for a total
of 36 points. He played a pretty
floor game and performed like a
veteran in all departments. The
Panthers showed much improved
passing over their play of the first
part of the season, and, no doubt,
this has made a big contribution
to their recent big scores. Lee
Bradberry headed the Masked
Marvels in scoring with 117 points
but he seemed to be the only Mar
vel that could hit the basket. Hen
ry Reid bagged two field attempts
and Bob Hartman one for the only
other scores.
The line-ups: o
Quints—39 Cornquerors—227
F—H. Dottery, 22.. B. Bennett, 13
F—H. Hodgson, 2 .... B. Gordon, §
C—W. Ashford, 13 .. G. Darden, 1
G—@G. Bradberry, 2... L. Davis, 8
G—Boh Possg ........ J. Stanton
Marvels—23 Panthers—sl
B AfßmE ... ..o Duthl s
Phell: REIL, 5 ... ot Bie6 b
C—Bradberry, 17 .... Griffith, 36
G-J. Patat .... W.iHoagson, 6
G—B. Hartman, 2 ...... Williams
; / Marbut
Cuban Beauty Thinks
Edward Would Like
To Live in Cuba
(Continued From Page One)
Latins are romantic. He's onr
kind of man.”
She told how she met Edward
when, as Prince of Wales, he visit+
ed Monte Carlo:
“] was dancing with Don 'As
piazu’s orchestra at the casino.
One night the word was spread
around that the Prince of Wales
was out front.
“When T came out to dance I
kept looking for a man wearing a
jot of feathers and gold lace. Near
the end of my dance, as I passed
along the aisles beside the tables,
a man in a funny-looking sports
shirt and slacks touched my arm.
“I pulled away and gave him a
dirty look.
“I almost fainted when Don told
me the fellow with the funny shirt
iwas the Prince of Wales.
| “After I changed my clothes 1
iwent back and he asked me to
iteach him the Rumba.
. “We started to dance and we
}noticed all the other dancers had
lst‘opped and we were in the cen
‘ter of a circle of onlookers. He
whispered in my ear that we'd
better postpone the lesson,
“When the party broke up he
‘gave me nis sports ’kerchief to
‘wear. I still have it. It was a
[wonderful night.”
STORY CONTAINED IN
“OFFICIAL" REPORTS
" FROM BILBAO, SPAIN
(Continued From Page One)
Marta Junquera and the Aragon,
now under Nazi warship detention
in the Bay of Biscay, would be de-
livered to General Francisco Fran
co, insurgent dictator designate
unless the regional Basque regime
at RBilbao releases the cargo and
an unidentified Spaniard taken
from the German freighter Palos
almest two weeks ago.
. At the same time, the ultimatum
indicated there would be no fur
ther reprisals beyond the “disposal”
of the two seized ships unless there
are new attackg on German ship
ping.
But if more German boats are
seized, the warning said, ‘“further
measures” will be caried out
promptly. s
Italians Arrive
' The British government con
firmed reports it posessed informa
tion that more taan 10,000 Ital
iang have arrived in Spain during
’the past fortnight.
On the war front in Spain vie
'torious insurgents swung their left
flank to the important El Escorial
communications road on the north
west of Mhdrid today.
The close-up villages of Aravaca
‘and Pozuelo appeared threatened
after the 'government defenders
had withdrawn from bomb-split
Majadahonda.
. A thick mist overhung the thea
'ter of war, slowing up operations,
Ibut cannon boomed dully through
'out the night.
| Casualties of vesterday's air raid
| were given officially as 60 dead,
iwith 200 or 300 wounded. Defense
junta officials pweaded for the
speedy evacuation of non-combat
ant men, women and children.
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
By OLIVE. ROBERTS BARTON
Few women work happily in a
cluttered house, Perhaps there are
some who develop a certain leth
argy toward order after 5 while,
and go about their duties auto
matically with curtains awry and
rugs kicked up. The mother of
tiny children gets accustomed to
toyve all over the place, and sleeps
just as well knowing that the hall
is a shambes of muddy galoshes,
eleds and other paraphernalia of
the older children. This is to be
expected with a growing family,
more or less. Nevertheless, most
women do get less tired and ner
vous when their work shows for
something..
But perhaps there isn’'t room.
Small houses ana apartments are
not the easy things 10 keep
groomed that the average man
thinks. He: is so likely to say,
“When we get into a smaller
place, Mary, it will be SO much
easier for you.” And Mary prob
ably thinks so, too, because there
are fewer windows to wash and
smaller rooms to clean.
With Nails and Boards
I do not mean that everyone
should have a big house. This isl
impossible; but I believe that
both men and women should give
more thought to arrangement, S 0
that there will be places to put
things away. |
Mrs. Smith says that there is
no place for her to chuck the
toys but in the hall closet. This
means that no one can get into
it after six p. m. Yet, if John
Smith would take the pains and
trouble to hunt up a big box, put
hinges on the lid, and paint it
there is probably room for it,
etiher in the hall or beside the¢
buffet in the dining room. A few
cubic set that no ome will miss.
In the kitchen, Mary Smith has
to leave some of her bigger ket
tles out on the table because “the
landlord wont put in another cup
board.” No, the house won't be
changed to suit each tenant. But
if John would take the car down
to the mill, and have them cut
him a few pine boards g yard long
—four will do—he could nail them
together in the form of shelves in
half an hour. I have done it my
self, so surely John can handle
a hammer. If he is unable to
drive a nail straight, a carpenter
will put this homely “mother’s
helper” together in a jiffy.
Makeshift Linen Closet
Up 4n Mabel's room there is,
let us guess, a space between door
and table that is not workine. It
happens that there is no linen
closet in the house, and the sheets
have to be stared any place each
week that will have them. Either
shelf or box, of the home variety,
'will fill the bill if the purse won't
permit ¬her chest of drawers.
Or another way is to scout about
for “used” furniture. A few strokes
of paint, ang there you are.
Books. “I never hu/ books be
cause we have no place to put
them,” says Mary Smith. This, to
me, is almost no excuse at all.
Why, even & craeker box makes
a good hookcase. All the little un
-luses corners of the house are po
tential storage places for the
what-nots of living. If people only
knew how to put them to work, In
the name of peace and order, there
would be less confuson, less work
and a better looking house. ‘A
place for everything, and every
thing, and everything in its place,
makes any woman happier.
MELL INSTALLED AS
KIWANIS PRESIDENT
(Continued From Page One)
E. E. Lamkin, cheirman; &1
Bolton, Van Noy Wier.
Attendance -— Joe Shepherd,
chairman; C. G. ILenson, J. Ji
Thomas.
Public Affairs—H. W. Caldwell,
chairman; A. J. Funk, C. V. Me-
Carson, S. V. Sanford, A. V.
Rinearson.
Inter-club relations—M. J. Ab
ney, chairman; E. J. Crawford,
W. S. Long, Joe Glass, B,
Thompson.
President of Kiwanis Interna
tional is A. Copeland Callen, Ur
bana, 111., and governor of the
Georgia distriect is Dean Owens,
Rome, Ga. Lieut Governor of the
Seventh district is Linton Craw
ford, Cornelia.
Board of Education
Of County Holds Its
First Meeting Today
The Clarke county board of edu
cation held its first meeting of the
new year this morning in the court
house office of Superintendent W.
R. Coile.
Very little business was brought
up for discussion. It was reported
that all bills for the past year had
been paid, and the board approved
the appointment of Miss Faith
Davis as a teacher at Whitehall,
succeeding Miss Miriam O’Kelley,
resigned. The superintendent’s bond
was also approved.
W. A. Lanier, a member of the
board of trustees at Winterville,
offered his resignation from the
board and it was accepted. Mr.
Lanier has moved out of the dts-l
trict. !
His successor will be named at
an election to be held January 23.
Negro Store Entered
Last Night; Pie and
Candy Reward Robber
A store on the corner of Rock
Springs and Broad streets was
robbed of a pie and several pieces
of candy last night.
The store is opérated by a negro
named Hurd, police said. What
was stolen from the_store last night
amounts to léss than two dollars.
Entrance was gained by taking the
bolt from the lock or thne front
door,
Police advanced the theory that
YOUR CHILD
QUICKENING TEMPO
OF PROSPERITY IS
KEYNOTE OF SESSION
(Continued From Page ‘One)
called together before the inau
guration of .the president,
Heralding tne second Roosevelt
administration, it marked also the
greatest majority in both houses
attained by any party since the
Ccivil War. Seventy-six of the 9%
genators and 332 of the 435 rep
resentatives are democrats.
To Count Votes
. Locks guarded the electoral vot
eg certifying Mir. Roosevelt’'s re
election. These will be formally
counted at tomorrowss session, pre
liminary .to the president’s person
al delivery of his annual message.
What he will recommend was a
subject of speculation,
There were indications, howevel
that the budget message on Friday
will contain more ‘“surprises” than
}the one tomorrow. Some took this
ito foreshadow =n attempt for a
more closely balanced budget in the
lnext fiscal year than has been pre
dicted.
Both Rayburn and Speaker
Bankhead predicted pressure oOn
congress for assertion of federal
authority over. wages and hours by
constitutional amendment unisss
some other way is found.
Legislatorg interested in the pro
blem seized on the Supreme Court
decision upholding ¢he Ashurst-
Summers act yesterday to bolster
their case,
Embbdied in Bill
Senator O’Mahoney, Democrat
Wyoming, said the principle of that
law, which forbids transportation
of conviet-made goods into states
which ban their sale, is embodied
in his bill for federal charteg, of
corporations.
Under his proposal, the federal
~government would prohibit ship
ments of goods produced without
regard to wage and hour standards
or child labor rules into states
which observe such restrictions.
“The pertinent point,” said the
Supreme Court of the prison goods
act, “is that where the subject of
commerce is one as to which the
power of the state may constitu
tionally be exerted Ly restriction
on production in order to prevent
harmful consequences, the congress
may, if it sees fit, put forth its
power to regulate interstate com
merce so ag to prevent that com
merce from being used to impede
the carrying out of the state
policy.”
PRESIDENT’'S SPEECH
WASHINGTON — (#) — Presi-
dent Roosevelt’s annual message tc
be delivered in person tomerrow at
a joint session of congress, Wwill
be among the shortest in modern
legiglative history — amout 2,000
words.
His night address on the state
of the union January 3, 1936, was
1,200 wordg longer.
‘White House officials said the
message tomorrow would require
from 15 to 20 minutes for delivery.
It will be broadvast from the
chamber at the time of delivery, 2
p. m.,, E.S.T, and radio companies
have been given permission to rec
ord it and rebroadcast it tomor
row night.
Drought Relief te
End This Week For
Workers of Georgia
T.. E. Rast, state coordinator for
the Seoil Conservation Service, an
nounced this morning workers put
on the SCS payroll through the
drought relief appropriation during
the past summer, would be drop
ped after this week.
Mr. Rast said the money ran out
this week, and congress has not
made another appropriation, or or
dered one made.
Approximately 4,000 men will be
stricken from the SCS payroll by
the order, and not all of those
given work under the drought re
lief act were put on under that
branch of the government,
Mr. Rast said all men employed
with drought relief money were
taken from the WPA files, and
were paid regular WPA: wages.
Approximately 2,400 of the 4,400
employes were used in the Athens
area, he said. A total of approx
imately $106,500 wag spent in this
section, and over $200,000 for
drought relief in the state,
TOSCHA SEIDEL,
VIOLINIST, APPEARS
HERE SATURDAY
(Continued From Page One)
ithe scene of his American debut in
' April, 1918. Again the young art
| ist triumphed and his future in
|this country wag assured. Annual
| transcontinental tours followed and
'then a world-wide itinerary. Now
Ithe name Toscha Seidel signifies
the highest in violinism, for every
[where he has scored the sort of
success which is bestowed only
\upon the greatest artists. Toscha
| Seidel adds a virile stage presence
'to his impeacable technique. With
‘striking blue eyes under a brow of
unusual intelligence, and with a
wide contagioug smile, Seidel im
mediately captures his audience by
the sheer force of his personality,
and holds it by the wonder of hisi
genius. 1
e e !
Berry H. Holbrook, 58, ‘
Dies Monday in Royston
ROYSTON, Ga. — (A — Berr!‘
H. Holbrook, 58, prominent banker
and business man, aied here Mon
day night after a three weeks ill- |
ness,
He ig survived by his widow, his
mother, two sisters and one bro
ther. |
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the robbery was ccmmitted by a }
small boy.
Brown Holds First {
Conference of Staff |
Members Today
Walter Brown, newly appointed
acting director of the State Agri
cultural Extension Service, at a
conference today assured the stafl
that it would be his policy to car
ry on the work of the Extension
Service along present lines, that
he would do everything possible
to speed up the new agricultural
conservation program in the state,
and that he thoroughly appreciat
ed the wholehearted endorsement
given his appointment by staft
memhers and agricultural workers
generally throughout the state,
Walter Brown succeeded Harry
I. Brown, who yesterday assumed
Lis new duties as assistant secre
tary of agricultue. One of Harry
Brown’'s chief associates, Walter
Brown has served as district
agent in charge of extension werk
in southeast Georgia since 1921
ang has been state agent in the
tchacco adjustment program for
the past two years, !
e completed plans here today
for the state's representation at a
hearing in Monigomery, Ala:., to
morrow of the Pregident's Com
mittee on Farm Tenancy, and for
the state’s representation at a
conference in New Orleans Thurs
day and Friday to work out de
tails of the agricultural conserva
tion program.
Assuring his associates that nhe
expected continuance of the co
ordination and cooperation of
state farm agencies for which the
Georgia Extension . Service has
been held in high esteem in Wash
ington, Brown said, “The biggest
job ahead of us now is to thor
oughly acquaint the farmers of
Georgia. with: the 1937 agricultural
conservation program, and to keep
up the fine progress we hdve been
making in developing livestock
production, in increasing the farm
income, and in conserving the
badly worn-out soils of the state.”
North Georgia Rivers
At Flood Stage; No
Damage Yet Reported
Receding rivers in north Georgia
sent high waters rushing to the
sea today, but.little damage from
floods .wag expected in the south
ern part of the state,
i Rains continu§d in the interior
{but the Atlanta weather bureau
Isaid precipitation would not be
[heavy enough to cause a further
irise in north Georgia rivers,
! Weorkers at Macon where the
‘Ocmulgee river threatened to break
through a levee reported the. “boil’
{under control. The Ocmulgee
lreached 19-14 feet, a foot above
Iflood stage,” but was not expected
to .go much higher,
l The Chattahoochee at (Atlanta
and Savannah river at Augusta
lwere receding. 7
Residents along the Altamaha,
fed by the Ocmulgee and Oconee
rivers, were reported preparing
for high waters near Glennville in
a ‘“few days.”
National Magazine
Publishes Article by
Professor Shinn
(Continued From Page One)
shorn the federal' and state legis
latures of all' authority in this
realm of legislation.
Failure of the framers of the
Constitution to prov’ide for social
welfare legislation, such as that
passed by the Roosevelt adminis
tration was due to the difference
in economic conditions at the time
the Constitution was written and
the present time, Professor Shinn
states:;
In connection with the problem
which Professor Shinn discusses,
Senator Robinson, Democratic
senate leader, said in Washington
a few days ago that a constitu
tional amendment may be neces
sary to clothe congress with au
thority to pass soeial and eco
nomiec legislation which' the Su
preme Court has killed, when
passed either by individual. states
or congress.
McCARTY AND NASH
INDICTED BY JURY
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|other negro woman, Robera Col
| quitt, to death.
; John Rutledge, negro, was in
jdieted for being drunk on the
lhighway and also for having
,whiskey; Ovelda Hodge, coloreq,
i was indicted for being drunk on 2
| highway: W. L. Frierson, white,
for possessing whiskey; Cagrie
Walton, colored, having liquor;
| Jim TPass, colored, assault with in
' tent to murder; and Stokes, col
|ored, assault with intent to mur
~der,
| Roy Durham, charged with as
sault with intent to murder, way
not indicted. A no bill was returns
ed in his case.
‘ TORES R Tenßn }
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x! SERVICES HELD ‘
| MAGYAROVAR, Hungary——iUP)—‘
:hFuneral services attended by rep
]resentatives of three nations de
|feated in- the World War, _werel
| held today for the Archduke Fried
;!rich of Hapsburg, former com-‘
lmander of the Austro-Hungarian
army.
| Military caps of the three coun
| tries—Austria, Tungary and Ger
many—were laid on the Archduke’sl
1 coffin during services in the church;
lOf this small border town. 5
| Correct glasses do not weaken
the eyes in any way; they may
| prove harmful, however, if worn
!after examination proves them
‘unnecessary. ;
e
| Torpedo .explosives were named
| for the torpedo fish, which deliv
]era a terricfi electrical shock to
its enemies., S i
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Mrs. Fannie H. Wills
Passes This Morning
At Home in Jefferson
Mprs. Fannie Holliday wills,
widow of the late W, C. Wills of
Jefferson, died this morning at 10
o'cloek at her home in Jefferson
following an illness of several
weeks.
Funeral arrangements will be
made later.
Mrs. Wills is survived by four
daughters and two sons, all of
Jefferson. They are Mrs. Jameg
Harnell, Mrs. Richard Walls, Mrs.
J. C. Alexander, Miss Mary Lou
Wills, William Wills and James
Wills.
Governor-Elect Rivers
Woants Legislators to
Be Better Informed
IATLANTA — (&) — Governor-
elect E. D, Rivers wants the mem
bers of his legislature to be in
formed on the problems confronte
ing them.
'Yesterday he urged all members
of the 193,‘;! general assembly to go
to Milledgeville on Friday, three
days before. the session opens, to
study needs of the state hospital
there.
Rivers held it was of the *ute
most importance” for assembly
members to inspect the property
“in order that each of us may
become more familiar with condis
tions and meet: more intelligently
the problem that faces us.” !
He said “immediate and urgetfl
action” would be necessary to ree
lieve conditions at the state hoss
pital for the insane,
Improvement of eleemossynary
institutions was one of the-majof
planks in the Rivers program.
Mednwhile legislative leaderg gas
thered here to work out prelimine
ary details of the coming: sessiom
Yesterday John B. Spivey of
Swainsboro, unopposed candidaté
for president of the senate nameé
Senator Dave S. Atkinson of Sa’
.vannah for hig floor leader - an/
vice chairman of the rules com
mittee,
Hearing in Oconee
County Case to Be
Conducted Saturda)
Judge Blanton - Fortson: has set
Saturday as the date fer a hear*
ing on a petition to permanentlf
enjoin Chairman Dave Wieather+
ford of the Oconee county com*
missioners from abolishing th
county chaingang.
Commissioner ~ Weatherford: if
said to have attempted to abolish
the chaingang against the wishes
of a majority of the board of com
missioners and the petition to o
strain him originated as. a. result
of his action.
Since the temporary restraining
order was issued a new board of
commissioners has taken: offic?
@anq was scheduled to meet today:
One eof the matters to be discuss
ed was the chairman’s action,
In issuing the restraining order
Judge Fortson held that the chair
man has no right to go against the
wishes of g majority of the board.
Mrs. Robert C. Pierce
Dies in Atlanta Today
ATLANTA —(AP)—- Mrs. Robert
G. Peirce, 54, wife of the South
eastern Passenger agent of the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois rail
road, died here Tuesday. e
She was'a native of Brewton
Ala, but resided here for 15 years
Her husband, three daughters
Mrs. John Alexander, Mrs. Walter
Candler; jr, and Miss Martha
Peirce, all of Atlanta: two sisters
Mrs. Z..C., and M¥s. M. I wat
son, both of Brewton,. and H. B
Foshee, of Jacksenville, Fla, 2
brother, survive. W