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PAUL LINDSEY
(Special Correspondence)
ATLANTA, Ga—Has the incom
ng Rivers administration got a
Bcar by the tail in its launching
bf an investigation into the doings
bf the Talmadge regime?
Has Senator-elect Paul Lindsey,
eporteq in the Dress some time
pzo as the choice to make the In
yestigation, smelled a rat?
Will the investigation, promised
v Rivers in campaign speeches
nd demanded by the state Dem
cratic convention be carried out
rith a relentlessness in keeping
with the ballyhoo connected with
@it in the last few months?
These are some of the questions
hat observers throughout the
gtate now are askirg themselves.
And the present attitude of Sena
tor Lindsey is likely to cause more
uestioning.
Senator Lindsey has already done
ome of tha “ground-work for the
Ibroposed investigation” and with
is usual thoroughness and fear
essness in carryving through what
ver he starts out to do, it has
een freely predicted that the in
estigation might become the “big
hing”” for the next two months,
yerhaps taking the spotlight from
he legislature itself.
Freer of Ties
Lindsey is perhaps freef4dY po
itical ties than any other membet
f the legisltause in recent ryears
e was the one legislnto#iho hag
he nerve to “go after” Talmadge
vhen tke governor was sitting
retty. One thing appeared cer
ain, if Lindsey should be provided
yith plenty of authority and suf
icient money to' carry on the pro
osed investigation, he would not
top until he looked under every
ittle chip on the premises. He
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Ten-Year Record 0f Controll:
Communicable Di In Clark
W (From Report of Health Commissioner W. W. Brown)
PEEASE YEAR CASES DEATHS
1927 8 2
1928 7 2
1929 12 0
1930 47 3
1931 44 5
'YPHOID FEVER— 1932 6 1
1933 2 0
1934 6 1
1935 7 0
e 1936 1 0
1927 51 1
1928 34 3
1929 18 1
1930 7 1
1931 4 0
l’H‘l"l‘HLlll{[.\,~ 1932 3 0
o O 8 0
1934 11 0
1935 10 0
s 1936 25 1
1927 18 0
1928 14 0
1929 12 2
1930 28 1
SCARLET FEVER-— 1931 12 7
1932 8 0
1933 i 4 1
1934 11 0
1935 19 1
1936 9 0
; 1927 54 1
1928 3 1
1929 0 o
: 1930 3 0
SMALLIOX 1931 0 g
1932 0 0
1933 0 0
1934 0 0
1935 0 0
1936 0 0
VENEREAL DISEASE CLINIC: 1936
Admitted So DIEIRE MBI .. o e Te
Noumiber cIiME SRS 0t 00l imee s YR
Fleld ol 20 S i, i s isen th e P
Number of tFreatments BIVOM s ... .. coucsonsonssrssssinss 2808
Number of cases arrested Or €ured...........coouveiernnss. 46
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Mediators In Strike Hold Meetings
Dr. fSr(;WL Citeg I\erezl For S*ur’éic*al' A*n(; Nfedical élin}c herg
HEALTH PROGRESS !N
GLARKE 13 SHOW 1Y
1936 ANNUAL REPORT
Ten-Year Record of Com
municable Disease
Control Civen
EXPANSION MADE
Preparations Underway to
Prevent Spread of
Malaria Fever
Establishment of a medical and
surgical clinic for wunderprivileged
persons is cited as one of the com
munity needs by Health Commis
sioner W, W. Brown today in his
annual report which reviews some
of the outstanding activities of a
decade of health protective mea
sures in Athens and Clarke county.
Steady improvement in the con
trol of communicable diseases is
recorded in the Commissioner’s re
port, which also tells of recent
development of additional facilities
for protecting the public against
disease, notably the venereal clinic
and the tuberculosis x-ray clinic. «
The commissioner's report, in
addition to discussing all phases
of the department’s activities last
year, gives a ten-year report on
the results of a persistent campaign
to control typhoid fever, scarlet
fever and diphtheria and also
points out that steps are being tak
en now to prevent the spread of
malaria which has been moving
northward for several years. ¥
The report was presented this
afternoon Yo the city-county board
of health at a session presided over
by Dr. Linton Gerdine who suc
ceeds Dr. G. O. Whelchel as presi
dent. Dr. Whelchel resigned sev
eral weeks ago. Dr. Gerdine, for
merly president of the Athens
Board of Health was largely res
ponsible for consolidation of the
city and county health departments
several years ago. The board, at
present, is comprised of Dr. Ger
dine, Mrs. T. F. Green, secretary;
Mrs. W. P. Warren and Dr. R. C.
Wilson. Ex-officio members are
Mayor T. S. Mell, Commissioner J,
H. Griffeth and School Superin
tendent W. R. Coile,
The personnel of the department
is composed of Comjmissioner
Brown, Elizabeth Wilfong, clerk;
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Full Associated Press Service
JeSe it e et e Rl Y S T
SEVERE COLD WAVE
IN WESTERN STATES
CHICAGO.—(#)—A severe cold
wave enveloped _most of the west
ern half of the nation today.
Chill blasts poked into the cen
tral states ‘after giving the far
west and Rocky Mountain regions
their coldest spell of the winter.
Sub-zero temperatures were
general west of the Mississipii
river. It was 26 below in Yellow
stone Park yesterday. In Mon
tana the numbing cold caused two
deaths and shoved the mercury to
an unofficial low of 45.
Blizzards in Utah, Nevada, Ari
zona and other mountain states
marooned scores of travelers and
left highways clogged with snow.
Several snowbound Utah cities
were on fuel rations.
At Cedar City, Utah, a railroad
wrecker battled through snow
drifts to rescue nine bus rassen
gers marooned 14 hours.
StGRETARY WALLAGE
MIAPS OUT PROGRAM:
TEN POINTS LISTED
' Agriculture Secretary De
-1 clares Farmer |s Not
| “Forgotten Man”’
By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON
WASHINGTON. —(#)—Secretary
Wallace outlined today a ten-point
program for keeping America’s 30,-
000,000 farmers on a par with
Ibusiness and industry. ‘
“Agriculture is no longer the
forgotten industry of the United
States,” he said, citing a four-year]
rise in estimated farm income
from 35,500,000,000 to $9,000,000.
000,
’ The farmer’s income has retl':rn-i
ed to its pre-war parity with ur
ban incomes, Wallace said. declar—!
ling he will seek to maintain that
i relationship. |
| His Program:
: Free opportunity for |
farmers to organize. '
2. Fair and stable income |
| for the farmer, on an equal
{ with city incomes.
| 3. Supplies of farm goods
adjustcd to adequate home
l needs and foreign demand.
4. Foreign policies to encour
age peace with other countries
and an expanding market
! abroad for American farm
| mproducts.
| 5. Conservation of the soil
! and other natural resources.
; 6. Turning below-standard
| land to ncn-farm uses. &
* 7. Crop insurance, to cushion
the shock of drought, flood,
! frost 2nd plague, combined
| with the ever-normal granary.
: 8. Better opportunities for
! the man with the hoe to own
I his land, and increased se
i curity for tenants and owner-
operators.
9. A higher standard of Iliv
ing for the poorer farmers.
10. Tlndustrial policies to in
sure abundance for wage-earn
ers and farmers alike.
Only two dangers threaten the
farmers’ future, farm experts said
—a FEuropean war or another
drought. Drought again would
strain credit and relief resources
in some regions, they predicted.
A plan for the government to
insure farm crops is on the Presi-
(Continued on Page Eight)
British Warships
In Spanish Waters
(By the Associated Press)’
LONDON—Great Britain, with a
warning eye on her ‘'mighty fleet
massing in Spanish waters, looked
to Germany and Italy today for a
“constructive” answer to demands
for non-intervention in the Spanish
civil war.
Observers pointed out British
men-of-war were moving toward
Spain in sufficient numbers to en
force a blockade of the peninsula,
should such action become neces
sary.
At the same timl§ a statement in
Glascow last night by Sir Thomas
Inskip, defense co-ordination min
ister, that there would be no army
conscription during peacetime, was
taken to mean Britain was ready
to draft soldiers immediately peace
wag endangered.
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The British position to enforce
isolation of Spain's “little world
war” was congidered in informed
circles to be strengthened through
American action to bar shipments
of armaments to beth sides of the
civil conflict.
Fears had been expressed that
any European action _x_nlght be
made ineffective through ability of
the belligerents to obtain aid in
the Uhited States, .o
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The 'W. W. Mattson family of Tacoma, Wash., to which tragedy came when the youngest son, Charles,
10, ‘was kidnaped and held for ransom, is pictured here. ' The ‘parents are pictured at the left In
center are Muriel, 14, a sister, and Happy, the kidnapéd youth's cocker spaniel dog Upper right i
Charles, pictured in a cowboy outfit shortly before the kidnaping. An older brother, William, 16, who
with Muriel witnessed the abduction, is at lower right.
NEGAD SCHOOL LEADS
N“TB” SEAL SALES
Athens High & Industrial
To Be Given Prize for
Buying $18.14 Worth
Athens High and Industrial school
led all city schools, white and
colored, in the recent tuber
culosis seal sale, Mrs. R. P.
Brooks and Mrs. H. J. Stegeman.
in charge of the seal sale in the
schools, said today.
Pupils in the school purchased
$18.14 worth of seals, the near
est to this figure being Childs
street school with $13.98. Prob
ably the highest per capita sale
was set by pupils of Lucy Cobb
Elementary school, who purchased
$7.12 in seals. 'Total sale of the
seals among schoo: children
amounted to sllß.lß.
It was announced that a prize
will be awarded Athens High and
Industrial school for the remarka
ble record set by its pupils. The
total sale was much better in
1936 than the vear before and
special recognition should be given
the colored schools, which bought
a total of $47.556 worth of seals, as
corapared with $60.63 by the white
schools, it was pointed out.
To the child in each school buy
ing the most seals) the Palace and
Georgia theaters, awarded a movie
ticket.
Following is the results by
schools:
Barrow $13.57; Oconee $9.30;
College $11.12; Childs $13.98;
Chase $3.93; Lucy Cobb Elemen
tary $7.12; Opportunity .50 cents;
University -Elementary $1.31; Ath
ons High and Industrial $18.14;
Union Baptist Institute $8.13;
Reese Street $10.00; Newtown $2.59;
West Broad $3.00 and East Ath
ens $5.69.
Signature of 'Arms Embargo Is
Held Up; Another ““Race’ Looms
WASHINGTON — @) — A par-'
liamentary knot which held up}
signature of the spcedlly-ena.ntedi
Spanish arms embargo gave Tise
today to the possibility of anothe_l:;
race to ship war materials to the
loyalist army. |
House and senate jammed
through the embargo late yester
day with only one dissgnting voice,
but a technicality may keep Presi
dent Roosevelt from signing it into
law until tomorrow afternoon.
} Before that action could make
the shipment illegal, Richard Dine
ley, San Francisco munitions deal
er, hoped he might be able to get
a $4,507,000 cargo -of planes and
—~ESTABLISHED 1832
Athens, Ga., Thursday, January 7, 1937.
Nevin and Campbell
Get Out of Races
For Assembly Posts
ATLANTA — (#) — R. P. (Pat)
Campbell, representative from
Newton county, today was out ot;
the race for speaker pro tempore
of the house of representatives.!
and was backing John C, Parker of
Colquitt county for the post.
Besides Parker, there were three
other aspirants for the position.
These were Theo W. Coleman of
Lowndes county, W. L, Leonard of
Muscogee and Verlyn Booth of
Barrow,
Campbell, serving his second
term in the general assembly, said
he had written to all members who
pledged their support to him and
requested them to vote for Parker.
Another race in which legisla
tors centered interest was that for
secretary of the ®enate,
Withdrawal or Henry Nevin of
Dalton in favor of John W. Ham
mond of Atlanta left six men in
the contest. "
Others were H., H. Wind of
Cairo, J. H. Duggan of \Atlanta, J.
E. B. Stewart of Atlanta, E. B.
Moore of DeKalb county and Em
mett Williams of Monroe.
Several of those remaining in
the race were conducting active
campaigns from headquarters in a
downtown hotel,
NEVIN LIKELY AS
ASST. SRCRETARY
(Special Correspondence)
ATLANTA — Withdrawal today 1
of Henry W. Nevin, Dalton editor,
from the senate seeretaryship race
in favor of John W. Hammond led
to the prediction that Hammond
would be re-elected to the rost he
has held for some time.
Nevin, observers believe, will be
made Hammond’'s assistant. Nev
in had strong support for the of
fice and it is understood his with
drawal was prompted by a desire
to launch the new administration
‘without creating disharmony in the
ranks. He has had considerable ex
perience in the legislature, where
he has served in varioug adminis
trative posts, i
arms en route to Spain.
One shipment of planes, shipped
by Robert Cuse of Jersey City, was
carried from New York on a Span
ish freighter yesteérday while the
embargec resolution was rushed
congress at a pace reminiscent of
the emergency banking bills four
years ago.
Dineley, ready to take advantage
of the delay, said he could get his
goods on the sea in 24 hours, but
that he had to wait for Spanish
officials flying here from Mexico
City. Bad weather delayed them.
Administration leaders, deciding
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HODGSON 10 DIREGT
CANTATA AT CHURCH
‘Athenian to Present St.
5 Luke's Episcopal Choir
| At Emmanuel Church
Thursday evening at 8:30 o’clock
Saint Luke's Episcopal choir, un
der the direction of Hugh Hodg
son, organist and choirmaster of
this Atlanta . choir, will present
Maunder’s cantata “Bethelehem”
at Emmanuel Episcopal church.
l . The soloists appearing on this
program are Miss Minna Hecker,
soprano; C..E. Drummond, tenor;
Coleman Kimbro, baritgne and
Luther Bridges, jr., tenor.
“Bethlehem” -is a -acred Christ
mas cantata written by the fam
ous English composed, J. H. Maun
der. It is divided into three parts:
Part I—The Shepherd’s gifts
representg a beantiful star-lit night
on the plains of Bethlehem. A lit
tle shepherd boy is tending his
sheep. On the far side of the plain
other shepherds may be distinctly
seen surrounded by their flocks.
The shepherd hoy sings an evening
song. A light suddenly appears.
The angels sing *“Glory to God in
the Highest.” The shepherdg dis
cuss the wonderful eévent., The old
shepherds repeat the message:
“Fear not, for behold I bring you
good tidings of great joy, which
shall be to all people. For unto
you in born this day in the city
of David a Saviour, which ig Christ
the Lord.” The angels repeat the
“GHloria in Excelsis.” The old shep
herd quotes the prophecies of Jere
miah a%d "Micah, and before the
Shepherds ‘“go even unto Bethle
hem” is heard the carol “Only a
Little Village -of Reputation Small.”
As was the custom in England be.
tween partg of a cantata, the cone
gregation is supposed to join in
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LOCAL WEATHER
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 h0ur5........ .04
Total since January 1...... 4.38
Excess since January 1..... 3.26
Average January rainfall.. 4.83
A. B C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc Sunday
' POLICEMEN CHARGED
' WITH MURDER TODAY
‘ HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — (®) — A
| grand jury condemning ‘third de
'gree” methods, charged seven Hot
| Springs policemen today with
!"striking, kicking - and beating” to
| death a city jail prisoner, -
l Garland zounty authorities ar
',rested in rapid-fire order last night
!me officers accused of “assaulting
land murdering” John Dickson, 32,
;whose death certificate showed he
iSuccumbed from pneumonia on
| Christmas Eve,
! Those taken into custody were
;Captain Bob Mbore, Patroleman
'Andy Irvin, Pat Griffin and Joe
!Scott and Captain Arch Cooper,
| Detective Glen Buchanon, Lieuten
{ant Cecil Brock. KEach was re
|leased on $1,500 bond. |
FEAR THAT CHARLES
MATTSON EXPOGED
TOWEATHER, VDIGED
Below Zero Temperature
Causes Parents More
Worry in Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash. — (#) — Cold-
est weather of the winter today
alarmed the parents of kidnaped
Charies Mattson who believed the
ten-year-old boy might be suffer
ing from exposure. ‘
The thermometer sank to 15
above zero during the night, u!
the abductor ignored opportunities
to return the victim or collect
$28,000 ransom.
Dr. W. W. Mattson was more ap
prehensive that Charles, recovering
from a cold when seized December
27, might be seriously affected if
he were being kept in an outlying
poorly heated shack as some other
kidnap victimg have been.
Charles, wlfl)e not delicate, is
slight and never has been robust.
When he was stolen from the liv
ing room of his home he wore
clothing suitable only indoors —
blue knickers, a blue jacket and
house slippers. ¢
A report yesterday from a mer
chant in Shelton, Wash., indicated
‘the kidnaper may have bought
iheavy underwear and a sweater
for him. Unless this were true,
Charles was illy attired for the
twea.ther.
The frigid night passed with no
word from the kidnaper, although
all avenues to the Mattson family
were left entirely unguarded so the
kidnaper could freely collect the
money and liberate the boy.
The kidnaper was assured of'
safety by complete' inactivity of al)
law enforcement agencies, The de
partment of justice, state patrol
men and city police all have ac
quiesced to' the plea by Dr. Matt
son that no action be taken which
might endanger the life of his 10-
year old son, held captive 11 days.
Even the corps of newspapermen
and photographers which has been
at the Mattson residence sincel
December 27 was absent today to
give the kidnaper an open road to“
the family,
The kidnaper could do almost
anything he chose without official
interference. This was o©Obvious
from records of the George Wey
erhaeuser kidnaping here in 1935.
Then Washington state patrolmen
saw William Mahan placing signals
flags at the side of a highway pre
paratory to receiving the $200,000
ransom payment. They asked au
thority to arrest him, being certain
he was connected with the kidnap
ing but were told to ignore him,
(Continued on Page Eight)
American Woman Is Leader In
China’s Communistic Uprising
SIANFU, Shensi Province, China,
—(P)—Agnes Smedley, an Ameri
can, is credited with playing an
important role in a campaign to
establish a Communist empire in
northwest China openely opposed
to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-~
Shek’s government at Nanking.
The movement, reported to have
attracted support from 200,000
members of Marshal Chang Hsueh-
Liang’'s former Manchurian army,
together with Chinese Communist
forces numbering 50,000, has
emerged into the open with a
burst of propaganda led by Miss
Smedley. 5 |
m'li{ierllz;.i)le sources declared Com
munists in Shensi and Xansu
provinces are in open Tevolt
HSME|
!’ EDITION
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR
MEETS WITH STAIKE
AND MOTOR LEADERS
Numerous . Conferences
Are Slated to Be Held
In Detroit Today
SETTLEMENT NEAR
Governor Murphy and U.
S. Representative See
“Early Agreement”
DETROIT. — (&) — Governor
Frank Murphy of Michigan and
James F. Dewey of the U, 8.
Department of Labor, engaged to
day in a series of conferences
with General Motors Corporation
and representatives of striking
cmployes to avert the threat of a
general strike in the company’s
automotive division. %
As he went from a meeting with
General Motors leaders to confer
with the “strategy board” of the
United Automobile Workers of
America, the governor said pros
pects of a settlement of differences
blocking direct negotiations were
“looking good.”
Dewey earlier had described the
situation as “hopeful.” ;
Murphy several times has talked
with leaders of both the corpora
tion and the uniun'in attempts ‘to
break the strike deadloek which
General Motors said today had
thrown 51,803 of its wage earners
in 19 plants out of employment.
At Flint, Mich.,,, where strikes
in two Fisher Body plants Ileft
aprroximately 15,000 idle, George
. Boysen, former mayor, announ~
ced organization of “The Flint
Alllance” to combat strike senti
ment. 2
Boysen said the alliance was in
tended “for the security of our
jobs, cur homes and our commu=
nity. It is not aimed at any organ
izetion. The enrollment will show
how Flint and its workers stand.”
Federal conciliators plunged into
new conferences in an endeavor to
effect a compromise to bring to
gether officials of the corporation
and the Unijted Automobile Work
ers of America.
The single obstacle, the Asso
ciated Préss lezrned from relia
ble sources, was Whether Genera!
Motors would assure the union
that during the negotiations it
would not remove equipment froimn
plants now occupied by “sit
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Film Daily Picks
10 Best Pictures
BOSTON — () — Film Daily’s
annual list of the ten best produe
tions for 1936 was out today. .
The winning pictures, and the
votes cast for each in a national
critics poll: iy
“Mutiny on the Bounty’ (Metro~
Goldwyn-Mayer) 416. T e
“Mr, Deeds Goes to Town”
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) 345. |
i “The Great Ziegfeld” (Metro=
Goldwyn-Mayer) 345. e
i «gan Francisco” (Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer) 264.
“Dodsworth” (United . Artists-
Samuel Goldwyn) 254. il
“The Story of Louis Pasteur”
(Warner Brothers) 250,
“A Tale of Two Cities” (Metro=-
Goldwyn-Mayer) 235. i
“Anthony Adverse” (Warner Bro
thérs) 231.
“The Green Pastures” (Warner
Brothers) 197.
~“A Midsummer Night's Dream”
(Warner Brothers) 166. g
against the central government as
a development of Marshal Chang's
military rebellion in which the
Generalissimo was held prisoner
for two weeks last month.
Miss Smedley’s activity has been
confined -to radio propaganda.
Every few hours she broadcasts
appeals—in English—for new re=
cruits to the movement, S
Her propagandizing, it was re
ported, - has . brought opposi{fi
from British residents in the in
terior rrovinces who recall her
deportation from Indhfi
years zgo where she was alleged
to ‘have conspired to provoke &
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