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NUDE BODY FOUND
MATTSON YOUTH
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EVERETT, Wash.— (AP) —
sheriff's deputies reported the
finding today of the body of a
hoy tentatively identified in
somg respects as Charld; Matt
son, 10, kidnaped in Tacoma
two weeks ago.
The body was found six
miles south of here and several
milsg west, toward Norma
Beach on Puget Sound, There
were no teiepnones in the im
medite vicinity.
The nude body, lying in the
cnow in hecavy cutover land
one half miks weit of the Pa
cific highway and a few yards
from the Dmonds road, gave
evidence of having suffered 2
terrific beating. The face was
bloody and the body bruised.
Charles Mattson’s well-to-do
father. Dr. W, W. Mattson, from
whom $28,000 ransom had been
demanded, and justice depart
ment agents were summoned
from Tacoma,
Deputies under Sheriff Wal
ter F. Faulkner were standing
by to guard the vicinity from
tha curiour in the hope of
protecting every zvailable clue.
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By The Associated Press
ADVERSE RESULT
NEW YORK-—Nicholas Tuecci sat
ith his family listeninz to a ra
lio dramatization of a disastrous
1911 fire.
A few minutes later fire trucks
hoared np to put out a blaze in the
ssment of Tucei’'s home. Tucci
was arrested on a charge of arson
Lfter firemen investigated.
Chief lire Marshal Thomas P.
Brophy said Tucei confessed, slay
ine the sound effects on the radio
program “did something to me.”
The bhroadcast promoteq fire
prevention,
QUICK RESPONSE
AMESBURY, Mass.—The Rev.
Leon A. Dean wanted increased
attendance at the Main Street
(ongregational church,
On the tirst Sunday of 1937, he
offered free taxi service to and
from church for any unable toO
walk,
Thers could no longer be any
excuse for non-attendance, he ex
plained,
Only 12 persons took advantage
of the offer yesterday, but the
church was well filled.
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DAY — BY — DAY
By C. E. BUTTERFIELD
(Time Is Eastern Standard)
NEW YORK. —(#)— Dr. Hugo
Eckener, German authority on the
zpvelin and dirigible navigator of
the Atlantic, i 8 to be heard in a
I t from Detroit Thursday
He to tell about “airship
ransportation,” the address to be
d ed hefore the annual meet
-2 of the society of automotive
WJIZ-NBC will broad
t 9 foik
4 I these tonight (Monday):
i VIZ-NBC 10:30, Radio
y Harry F Byrd on
' t R e o r ganization’;
,‘\ ÜBs 10:30, What Do You
) “Can The -‘U;. 8.
= Of The Next World
I 8 Fibber McGee
1 30 Richard Crooks,
: ! Warden Lawes: 9:30
Himer Musie; 10 Frank
ert; 10:30 Musical Toast
- bC-C} 7:30 Ray Heather
¥ Heidt's Brigadiers;
: ind Pat; 9 Radio The-
I "The Guilded Lily.”
- fxpect Tuesday: WEAF
e Band Lesson; 4:30
d Nick Dawson: 6
’ e News. WABC-CBS
Jamboree: 4 Billy Mills
b 1145 Wilderness Roag.
T <:3O Farm and Home
S¢ Wiallace: 2:30 Music
-
“larke TB Association |
Will Meet on Tuesday; l
-
Mrs, Thurmond President
\\-»-\——_—
The Clurke County Tuberculosis
Association will meet in the of
w Of Health Commissioner W.
“‘ Brown Tuesday afternoon at
00K AT peeat are re-
Tested o pe present.
_“}f”‘” "eports of the past year}
o '€ Mage at this time and a
L POTt on the seal sale conducted
F Christmas will be heu.rd.'
b TEDOIS of the results of X
he. Dictures mage recently will be
hearg also, |
< M',\' Warren Thurmond has been
7' ten bresident of the organ
e Mra ppa Tillman,
berePresident; Mg John F. Tib
tre.. SeCretary:; David Michael,
o Nirer. Mrs. Thurmond an
‘o'c“mr‘.“d A list of the new board
.;Qnd”““"rs will be announced
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Legislature Convenes and Gets Talmadge Report;
Spivey and Harris Announce Committee Chairmen
ALNAND 13 NAMEED
SEMNTES CHABMAN
OF JOURNALS BoDY
Spivey and Harris Head
Rules Committees of
Senate and House.
IMPORTANT POSTS
McCutchen Is Appointed
To Head University of
Georgia Committee.
ATLANTA . —(#)—President John
Spivey of the State Senate an
nounced committee assignments of
the Senate today. Chairmen of
the various committees are:
Rules: Spivey, chairman; Atkin
son, vice-chairman; Jackson, sec
retary.
Appropriations: Flynt.
Temperance: Neely.
Finance: Ennis.
Agriculture: Purdom.
Constitutional Amendments: Pope.
Banks and Banking: Peterson.
County Matters: Jackson.
Game and Fish:: Aultman.
Highways: Phillips. :
Mar.ufacturers: Burgin.
Judiciary No. 1: Lindsay.
Judiciary No. 2: Shannon.
Special Judiciary: Allen,
University System of Georgia:
McCutchen.
Western and Atlantic Railroad:
Thrasher.
Uniform Laws: Brock.
Alto Sanitarium: Burrell.
Training Schools: Moye.
State Sanitarium: Knabb.
State of the Republic: Griner.
School for Deaf: Greer.
Public Welfare: Harrison.
Public Utilities: Fowler.
Public Property: Horne.
~ Publie Printing: Williams.
~ Public Libraries: Johnson.
. Privileges and Elections: Mec-
Kenzie,
Pensions: Kimbrough.
Penitentiaries: Purdom.
Municipal Government: Peebies.
Motor Vehicles: Sutton.
1 Mines: Jones.
| wMilitary Affairs: Whitehead.
] Journals: Almand.
+ Tlnternal Improvements: Hamp
ton.
Insurance: Sammon.
Industrial Relations: Hardman.
i Hygene and Sanitation: Chason.
| Historical Research: Atwood.
Halls and Rooms: Walker.
Enrollment: Terrell.
Engrossing: Atkinson,
Education and Public Schools:
Patten.
Drainage: Sikes.
Corporations: Harrell.
Conservation: Shedd.
Congressional and Legislative
I,Reapportlonment: Millican.
Commerce: Pruitt.
(Continued on Page Two)
| .
Cold Wave Fails to
i Reach Scuth Today
| By The Associated Press
| Summer-like temperatures van
|ished from the southeast today but
Ia cold wave that caused suffering
from Texas to Canada seemed tu
have lost much of its force in a
ragged advance from the west.
Atlanta’s near record 76 had been
pushed down only to 61 early to
day but a possible minimum of 40
was seen. Montgomery's balmy 78
‘was reduced only to the low 60’s.
Jacksonvilie’s Sunday 80 slipped
to 62 but Miami's normal 78 ranged
}down only to 72.
Forecasts for today generally
lwere for slightly colder tempera
! tures with less rain.
| Georgia News Briefs |
STATESBORO, Ga.—(#)—A cor
oner’s jury investigating the death
of Grady Cone, Bulloch county
farmer, returned a verdict of
“dbath at his own hands.”
Cone, aged 34, was found dead
in his room here yesterday, a bul
let wound in his head. He is sur
’vived by his widow and seven
lchildren.
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DAWSON, Ga.—(®)—James Al
fred Stapleton 24, an honor stu
dent in the senior law class and
asgistant librarian at Mercer uni- |
versity, Macon, died at his homel
here yesterday of pneumonia. |
i Stapleton, son of Dr. and Mrs.
IJ. B. Stapleton, also was presi-
Ildont of the law club at Mercer.
L ’ MONROE, Ga. — (#) — Ernest
{Camp, editor of the Walton Tri-
Pmm. was reported recovering to
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Here's how E. D. Rivers will appear at his inauguration as governor
of Georgia, succeeding Eugene Talmadge. The colorful ceremony will
be held at the state capitol in Atlanta at noon tomorrow. Shortly
after taking the oatn or oice, he will deliver his first message to the
General Assembly. (Associated Press Photo).
IBHITIIIN AND FRANCE |
seatoe I
!Moroccan Issue Is Placed|
‘ Squarely Before Rebel|
. Commander Franco. ’
I (By the Associated Press.) I
I Great Britain ana Franee px'e-’
‘rarod apace on land and sea for
| trouble in Morecco today, check-[
!ing the issue directly to General |
Francisco France, burly dictators |
| designate of Spain’s Fascist in-l
I surgents. : |
I Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hiter, whoi
denies ‘“regular” German troops |
lhave invaded Spanish Morocco,i
had concliiatory words and ex-l
Ipresspd desires for “a real concil-‘
jation among peoples” for assem- |
‘bled diplomats in Berlin—but no
lword on Spain.
{ Britain moved again to demand
{ directly that interested govern
|ments stor sending volunteers tol
'the- “Little World War.” Simul-l
| taneously, she banned British en-|
lIislm(-nts in Spain. !
| France was due to follow suit
and some believed Italy might,
ialso, An Italian commentator in
| dicated Italy would not be too]
I pleased at the prospect of German}
i domination of Mediterranean '
| Morocco. l
’ Berlin remained the question
lm:u‘k. Many believed Herr Hitlerl
would not be apt to stop veolun
teers from going to Spain or Mo-!
rocco until the other powers “co
ioporate" in stopping direct in-!
| tervention in the civil war. One/|
! form of this, the Germans con- |
;tend, is Soviet propaganda. I
| French officials contend the |
ISpanish insurgent authorities in'
| Morocco had indicated they were |
iunuwm'e of the dangers of Ger-l
(Continued on Page Two) !
day from a fractured leg, received
in a fall
Camp is a former president of
the Georgia Press Association, ‘
QUITMAN, Ga.—(#)—Miss Cath
erine Cain, sister of Mrs. Royal
Daniel, died here yesterday. She;
had been ill two weeks. Mrs.
Daniel, wife of the editor of the
Quitman Free Press and a brother,
John Cain, of Chattanooga sur
| vive. Funeral services were plan
| ned for today.
| COLUMBIA, S. C.—(®—Thom
as J. Hamilton, widely known ed
|itor of the Augusta Chronicle and
| postmaster of Auguste and Mrs.
!Katye M. Sullivan, his secretary,
were married here yesterday.
t‘l Friends from Columbia and Au
68 MILLIONS SPENT
FOR GEORGIA RELIEF
WASHINGTON—(P)-— Presi
dent Roosevelt reported to |
congress today expenditures in I
Georgia under the emergency |
relief acts of 1935 and 1936
totaleq $68,563,814 during the
21 months ended December 31.
The figure represented the |
state’s share, during that peri- ‘
od, of appropriations totaling
$6,305,000,000 for federal relief |
works — $4,880,000,000 in 1935 |
and $1,425,000,000 in 1936. |
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|
I
Department -of Labor Of
ficials Devote ' Increased
Attention to Impasse.
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Auto-Lahor at a Glance I
(By the Associated Press) |
U. S. Department of Labor |
concentrates added attention i
on General Motors strike. |
Impasse over evacuating l
“sit down” strikes emphasized
in declarations by company and
United Automobile Workers. ,
: Gov. Murphy leaves Detroit l
but will “continue to help both |
sides.”
Union " président “declines to I
say whether he has asked Pre
sident Roosevelt to intervene.
Closing of two more General
Motors plants Tuesday night
send number of idle employes
beyond 100,000.
(By the Associated Press)
DETROlT—Department of Labor
officials in “Washington® devoted
increasing+ attention. today - to -the
impasse in attempts of _ccmciliaturs
Ito ararnge a strik'e péace' parley be
‘tween General Motors €orporation
and the United Autgmobile, W’ork-l
jers of America. .
Edward 'F. ~ MtGrhAdy, aSssistant,
l'Secretary of Labor, cancelled plans
[;to' go to the Pacific coast so he
icould remain in Washington to de«
llvote most of the week to the auto-|
Ilabor situation. As the week opened
‘the deadlock left nearly 100,000
{ General Motors employes and added
|lthousands in parts plants of other
| firms idle.
' McGrady did not indicate that he|
{ considered coming to Detroit, but
|he and Miss Frances Perkins,
Secretary of Labor, communicated
| frequently with James F. Dewey,
Edward C. McDonald and John E
O'Connor, the three conciliator 2
| dispatched to the motor city.
| Reports on the situation pre
{ sumably were relayed to President;
Roosevelt, who interceded when a
| general automotive strike was
threatened in March, 1934,
: Declarations by William 8.
. (Continued on Page TwWo) .
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‘Both staunch supporters of Governor-elect E. D. Rivers, Representative Roy V. Harris (left) of Au
gusta and Senator John B. Spivey (right) of Swainsboro are without opposition for election as speaker
of the house and president of the senate, respectively. They are shown conferring on problems of state
pnparat?ry to the convening of the General Assembly. (Associated Press Photo). ’ .
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- STATES IN SESGION
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| e
Vital Problems Face Most,
l of Legislatures Over the
' United States.
g By The Associated Press
! CHlCAGO.—Legislative halls in|
{ more than 25 states wiil ring this
Iweek with oratory introducing the
|laws of 1937.
! New Jersey's assembly, conven
-ling tomorrow, was admonished by
IDemocratic State Leader Frank
| Hague not to offer ‘nonsensical
|bills” for publicity’s sake. “Some
:of our best legislators never intro-l
iduced a bill,” said Hague. l
' Before the Alabama house was|
| the “Jiggs” bill, which would give,
husbands the right to sue for d!-!
vorce on grounds of cruelty and|
mistreatment. The senate consid
ered proposed repeal of the 30-'
!year-old prohibition law '
| A loud speaker system was or
ldered for New Hampshire's house
{of representatives, largest in the
country. The 418 members com
plaineq they couldn't hear whal
was going on.
{ Massachusetts lawmakers will
ponder a bill lifting Sunday blue
laws long enough to permit sin
ners to bowl from 2 to 11 p. m.
Nebtasia’'s brand new unicamer
[al legislature completed perma-
InFr)t organization last week. In
ltroduction of bills awaited adop
otin of rules of procedure.
The first -democratic legislature
in 91 years convened last weekin
Pennsylvania—one of its first jobs
was an investigation of “bootleg”
lanthra('ile mining. |
| Tennesseeans prepared to debate
iia bill permitting countries to hold
v! (Continued on Page Eight)
Directors of Y. M. C. A,
Meet Tonight At 6:15
Members of the boarg of direc
tors of the Athens Young Men's
Christian Associaiion will hold an
important meeting tonight at the
association building on Lumpkin
street.
The meeting will begin at 6:15
and supper will be served later in
the evening. A number of new di
rectors are to be elected and all
members of the board are urged
to be present as matters of im
portance will be brought before
the group.
Weather Forecast
GEORGIA: Cloudy tonight
and Tuesday with occasional
mist and rain in interior of
north and central portions;
somewhat colder in north and
. central portions tonight. I
icuzsmag FREED BY
IGOVERN R TALMADGE
l | ATLANTA —{P)— Governor Bu
| gene Talmadge commuted to pres
{ent service today the life-term of
| Hugh 1. Cheshire, Savannah beauty
!shnp operator, ‘
3 Cheshire was convicted of the
‘thurder of Lihugh Price, operator
'|of a neighboring barber shop.
He was represented by Herman
Talmadge, son of the governor and
J. E. B. Stewart, Atlanta attor-|
neys. I
! The prison commission had de- |
|elined to recommend clemency. I
|« The effect of the governor’s or-I
|der was to release Cheshire fron”
prison, ' it I.]|
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VARIED REACTIONS
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-T 0 ROOSEVELT PLEA
| I
|Some Industrial Heads,
' Pledge Renewed Cooper
| ation; Others Indifferent
l “It is my conviction that if !
every emplover or potential , l
employer will undertake dur- _
ing the next six months to |
give employment to persons I
now receiving government
help, the national budget can !
thereafter be kept definitely in
balance. Without such co- ’
operation on the part of em
" ployers the question of a bal- s
: anced budget for 1938 must of
‘ necessity remain an open one
. . .”"—President Roosevelt in
2| pudget message. i
’ (By the Associated Press.) I
i president Roosevelt’s challenge |
i(u business and industry I,n‘(mght:
’ varyving reactions from pruminom!
]I figures in American business m-;
;du_\'.
(' Some of the comments given the’
{Assm-iated Press follow: '
Harper Sibley, president of the
United States Chamber of Com
)| merce: “Business and government
{have got to work together to
!brlng about those conditions
-lwhich will encourage continuous
| improvement in business. Legisla
l‘ tion must appeal to business con
| fidence and not be of a type that
1| ceems to be punitive and a hin
drance to business. It is only fair
: to say that today responsible bus
'l"!ness men are eager to see an in
'!crease in employment but it will
!ionly be possible if the growth of
|| business justifies it.”
I Henry L. Nunn, president,
| Nunn-Bush Shoe company: *“I
| don’t think that industry has co
operated as well as it could with
the government and labor to re
lieve unemployment. If industry
adopted a different attitude with
llabor an®l cooperated with the
government and labor, there
would be no unemplcyment.”
© Henry A. Scandrett, president,
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Congress to Hear Plans m§
Message Tuesday; Con
solidations Heard. |
i By EDWARD J. DUFFY '
| WASHINGTON —(®)— President
lfioosevelt whippeq together today,
Ithe final details of his program to
ireorganize the federal government,
Iwith efficiency rather than econo-l
[my the primary goal.
| He will let congress decide, af
lter outlining his proposals in a
message tomorrow, whether any
federal activities shoulqg be aband-l
ioned or’ curtailed.
| Mr. Roosevelt explained hisl
Liideas for regrouping the manlifold
government agencies on a func
tional basis to Vice President Gar-l
|ner, Speaker Bankhead, and five
'| other democratic leaders at the
| White House late yesterday.
The cabinet’s turn for an ad
vance peek at the report of his|
| special investigating committee I
i came today, as corgress began its |
lsecond week with only routine‘
| business gt hand. :
| Amid rumors of major l‘onsoll-l
| dations impending, pleas of “save
imy job, if necessary,” were reach-I
{ing the capitol from office-holders.
Some officials believeq four
principal reorganization suggestions
| might be made: I
s 1. That g welfare department
of cabinet rank be set up to take
over the social security and relief‘
systems and possibly educational
| agencies. I
2. That almost all gnvemment‘
lnnnsfrvction activities, such as
{ roads, public works allotments, en
’(*numgoment of housing, etc., be
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New Inauguration Date Will
Cost Roosevelt Over SB,OOO
i (EDITOR’S NOTE: Inaugu
; ration aay, with its pomp, ex
! citement and deep significance
| to the American tradition of
I democratic government, falls
; on . January 20 this year.
Thousands will gather to see
! President Roosevelt take his
I secong oath of office under the
| shadow of the capitol dome,
i In a series of stories begin
ning today, the Washington
Bureau of the Associated Press
will present some of the inci
dents and historical landmarks
l which have made inaugurations
a national event.)
———
WASHINGTON—(®)—It will cost
Franklin D. Roosevelt more than
SB,OOO for the privilege of being
lthe first president inauguratedon
J“‘m ”'- eB s 5
HOME]
oOLONS ARE READY
TOWRITE PROGRAN
OF RIVERS INTO LAW
Two Assembly Branches
Are Swiftly Qrganized
This Morning.
HAMMOND IS NAMED
Henry W. Nevin Named
First Assistant to
Senate Secretary.
(By the Associated Press)
ATLANTA,—Apparently ready to
write into law the campaign pro
gram of Governor-Elect E. D.
Rivers the 1937 Georgia legisla~
ture opened its session here today.
The retiring Governor Eugene
Talmadge sent his final report to
both houses where it was promptly
laid aside for future consideration.
" “I'm leaving them about $9,000,-
000,” Talmadge told newspapermen
just before he forwarded his mes
sage to the assembly.
Review 2 Years
The message reviewed the last
two yearg of his administration,
recited circumstances of the ouster
of Comptroller General W. B. Har
rison and State Treasurer George
B. Hamilton, and discussed his
one-man control of state finances
during 1936,
Regarding each of the ousters
Talmadge said he acted “as pro«
vided by law.” }
~Rivers’ selections for presiding
officers in both houseg found easy
sailing.
The senate elected John Spivey
of Swainsboro, president shortly
hbefore the house mamed Roy Har
ris, of Augusta speaker. both were
without opposition.
Swift Organization
Today’s session concerned itself
chiefly with organization and pre
paration for the inauguration to
morrow of Rivers.
John Hammond won the mest
lively battle of the day over an as
sembly office. He was reelected Se
cretary ot the Senate over.H. H.
Wind of Cairo 26 to 24.
Hammond promptly f@announced
the appointment of H. W, Nevin,
of Dalton, as first assistant secre
tary, and Carter Peterson, of Ailey,
another assistant. Nevin recently
withdrew as a candidate for the
senate secretaryship. .
Andrew Kingery was again made
clerk of the house unanimously and
John C. Parker of Moultrie, speak
er pro-tem. Parker defeated W. A.
Leonard' of Columbus, 131 to 50,
The Senate also reelected its vet
ran dcor-keeper Perry Griffin, of
Decatur, over C. H. Huff, of Car
rollton 40 to 10.
J. H. Terrell, of Warrenton, was
elected president pro-tem. ;
It is the il3th session of the
(Continued on Par- Three)
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Harrison Jones Will
Speak Here Tuesday
Harrison Jones, Atlanta, execu
tive vice president of Coca-Cola
anq past president of The Univer
sity of Georgia Alumni Associa
tion, will speak twice tomorrow at
the University campus,
At 11:30 Mr. Jones will discuss
some of the problems facing col=
lege students, speaking in the
Chapel at Freshman Assembly.
At 12:30 in the Auditorium of
the Chamber-Journalism building
he will address the students and
faculty of the School of Commerce
and those of 7he Lumpkin Law
School on “The Siamese Twins—
Law and Business.”
Moving the ceremony forward
from March 4 clipped 42 days of
Mr. Roosevelt’s first term and
proportionately trimmed his 8§75~
000 a year salary.
The change was made by the
20th amendment t» the constitu
tion, which put an end to ‘“lame
duck” sessions of congress. Placed
before the states in March, 1932,
the amendment became effective
in October, 1983. It switcheq the
beginning of congressional terms
to January 3. 5
Records show the new date car
ries greater possibility of brisk in
augural weather. January 20is less
frequently a rainy day than March
4. With a normal temperature of
33, it is also 6 degrees colder.
George Washington was the only