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Vol. 105. No:'3.
Fof AOBBERY OF
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U S. Agents Hold Twoi
Men After Identification
By Cashier, Athenian ‘
s
G. H. Furcron, cashier of the
commercial Bank of Crawford, und|
Howard McWhorier, Athens, la‘
husiness visitor in the bank at thel
time it was robbed December 18,
today identified two men as the
;.1'“1"‘(1 pandits who took $3,600 in
cash from the institution at pistol‘
points. ’ ‘
The two men, listeq as Frank!
Cartee, 216 West 100th slreet,‘
New York City, and Joe Martin,
v‘ms Frank Johnson, 544 West 149‘
sireet, Bronx, New York city, wer‘el
held at federal building here this
afterncon, pending investigationl
wy U. 8. agents. Pending investi
:fninn. federal agents were uncom-'
municative. .
The men were arrested by Chief|
of Police W. A. Dickerson in Roys-!
ton this morning and lodgeq in
ety jail there. ~Chief Dickersonl
had noticed an old® model Chevro»‘
let car with the two men in it;
parked in front of the bank in
Royston and became suspicious.
’l'h;‘ car drove off and later ro-i
turned. ‘
Chief Dickerson said the two‘
men went in & parber shop and
he arrested them when they came
out, e ‘mmediately phoned Sher
iff Tom ‘Watson Andrews of Frank
lin county of the arrest,
In the meantime Chief Dicker
son said a young man had
brought two sets of New York auto
license plates to him, saying he
had found them on the edge of a
pond in a nearby woods, where
the car with Johason and Cartee
had heen seen.
gearch of the car revealed one
Qavage automatic pistol, a Smith
and Weston “lemon squeezer” re
volver., a Smith and Wesson, .38
short, a double barrelled shotgun,
loaded with ehilled shot, No. 4, a
sixteen-foot - length’ of new bhell
cord, a quantity of adhesive tape
mnd a large bag, ‘or pouch, zipper
stvle.
After arrival of Sheriff Andrews,
Chief Dickerson lined the two men
up with seven citizéens of Royston
and Fureron ang McWhorter picks
ed out the two men, asked that
they be put in overalls (which the
bandits wore at the time of the
robbery) and immediately identi
fied them as the bandits.
The rear window of the Chev
rolet had been removed and the
frame-work and glass was found.
The officers believed it was re
moved so that shots could be fired
without hindrance at a pursuing
car, ’
The men were defiant and de
nieq ail knowledge of the bann
robbery. 7hey told varying stories
as ‘0 where they got the car and
ahout the New York license plates.
_Cartee’s age is not given vn the
driver's license. He bears what
appears to be a long knife scar on
o left cheek, is 5 feet, 9 inches
tall and weighs 180 pounds. John.
'v‘”‘ is deseribed as being 20 years
.w' 135 pounds, with dark hair
ing some sort of hirthmark under
the right eye,.
!\\-‘\r.wli;:l.].-~l|l,> the pockets .of the
Gk e ““‘] men revealed $6 in
a piece of paper waich ap
,}:.‘”-“\1:“ be a map in some sor{
"“ and the names of two
"”“I“l’}‘u-””“ from Anderson, S. C.,
k% “>fllfl|~ from King's Moun-
The .
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men, qres: f«]‘ ix\(l nl'z;l- ; g OF, Shree
armed with I;iwt(]q\ P e
Two of the. sk,
and for¢ ed ') o F‘T}(p]‘od the bank
ard -\]‘l'\\'hr I_"’. cashier and How
in the hy *)'l4‘l, Athens, a visitor
its ‘.<|;xl.xtw.}(&:f‘.l:i)l())(l\:illTh,‘“,t“’O RenG
the hank, f‘))'(‘ling‘ th B 11ndv left
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them out in the <tp-. - fl(‘(‘.Ompnn‘_v;
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the B o Tl third man at
i ‘y'i' €l awaited.
ed yelling ‘or ‘{Mt e banker start
gt lelp. One of the
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Flash Of Steel, Tramp of Feet
tTo Dominate F.R. Inauguration
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Less
than a week befure President
Roosevels takes 'Hl"gecond
Oath of office, the Associated
Pregg Washington Rureau pre
“°Nls another of u series of
MY stories on inauguration).
SR sk
WASHINGTON. — () — The
flash of steel. and steady tramp
(',f marching feet will dominate
the inauguration parade this year
Ut without that grim sense of
Mbending conflict which has
“Vershadoweq some inaugural
SPectaele,
When Lincoln and more recent
ly Wilson journeyed between
-Pitol and White Hotis whe weas
‘Mminent and gave s stern xir of
Culity -to the- Mok of fighting
men
The Sténe a week from today.
through o Gfestasy o military
tuength, will be more in the na
'We of & dress parads with umits
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
ltaly and Germany Map Joint Action in Spanish War
Te*n-fia; Sessio;l (;f S*tate ngiglazure*Sl;te*d To Elikd i'*‘rfday
MILLER SWORN IN A 5
MEMBER - HIGHWAY
BOARD BY RIVERS
Wilburn and Mcßae Both
Resign But Heck Says
He Will “‘Stick”
PROBE IS PLANNED
Lindsay Expected to Head
Proposed Committee
To Probe Talmadge
BILL DELAYED
ATLANTA —(AP)— Admin
istration leaders introduced a
$5,500,000 appropriation bill in
the state house of representa
tives today but a measure to
investigate operation of all state
departments under the admin
istration of former Governor
Eugene Talmadge was delayed.
Senator Paul Lindsay, ex
pected the investigation, said
off the floor he understood the
bij)l would be offered in the
house, where all appropriations
must originate.
(By the Associated Press)
ATLANTA — (#) — The Geor
gia legislature moved today to
ward enactment into law of a pro
posal to investigate the Talmadge
administration—a < major campaign
promise of Governor E. D. Rivers.
Leaders said a bill prepared by
Senator Paul L. Lindsay 0f Decat
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ATLANTA LEADERS
C. & 5. DIRECTORS
Strauss and Johnson Elect
ed; Earnings in 1936
Double 1935 Figure
ATLANTA.—Oscar R. Strauss,
jr., manager of Rich’s, Inc., has
been made a director of the Citi
zens and Southern National Bank,
ang Eugene T. Johnson, formerly
connected with the C. and 8.
system, but more recently presi
dent of the LaGrange National
Bank, was elected to the vice pres
idency of the Citizens and South
ern.
Mr. Strauss is a native Atlan
tan and, although only 28 years of
age, has had a meteoric career in
the business world. He bhecame
connected with Rich's in 1929;
two years later he became adver
tising and promotion manager ans
last year was made manager of
this large estabiishment.
Mr. Johnson staried his career
29 years ago with the old Central
Bank and Trust Company, re
maining with the Citizens and
Southern when the former institu
tion was merged with it, advanc
ing from the post of cashier of the
Tenth Street branch to vice pres
idency, which position he relin
quished two years ago to locate
m LaGrange. That he is now re
turning to this position is grate!ul*
to his many Atlanta friends. |
Annual Meeting -
At the annual meeting in Sa
‘vannah last Tuesday of the par
ent organization of the Citizens
and Southern system, ‘Presidentl
William Murphy reported thatl
earnings in 193¢ had doubled thel
1935 figure, thus indicating the re-l
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of army, navy and marines and
detachments of motorized artil
lery, high-sreed tanks and anti
aircraft batteries passing in re
view before Commander-in-Chief
Roosevelt.
Seveh states had seceded when
Lincoln took office in 1861, and
the atmosphere was tense with the
impending Civil War. The police
had uncovered an assassination
plot, and ‘the president-elect was
whisked into Washington incog
nito.
‘Lincoln’s inaugural carriage,
surrounded by cavalry and U. S.
marshals, raced to the capitol and
back to the guarded gates of the
‘White House.
Cavalry units were stationed at
hundred vard intervals along the
route. Artillery companies stood
ready for action at several points
in the city, and sharpshooters
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Full Associated Press Service
WIFE CREMATES SELF
ON PYRE OF HUSBAND
LUCKNOW, India.—(#)—A
huge crowd watched a Brah
min widow willingly burn to
death today on the funeral
pyre of her husband to prove
her wifely excellence.
Her act, the rite of Suttee,
was once the custom of be
reaved Brahmin wives but has
become almost extinet under
British rule.
The wail of conches into
which many of the witnesses
blew and the clanging of
cymbals drowned out the wo
man’s agonized. cries as she
cremated herself before a tem
ple near Agra.
Intensive Hunt Continued
For Kidnap-Killer of
Charles Mattson
KI_DNAPING AT A GLANCE
(By the Associated Press.)
| Federal agents examine
blood-stained automobile as
1 possible Kkidnap car,
i Officers hunt knife used to
[ stab little vietim, hoping for
\ finger prints.
l “Joe Doe” warrant issued to
E make kidnap-killer officially
i an outlaw.
E Clues and ‘‘suspects” re
. but official comment stifled.
| but official comemnt stifled,
’ Celifornia ex-conviet order<
. ed apprehended for question
. ported in ‘widespread areas,
TACOMA, Wash.— (#) —Red
stains on an abandoned automo
bile, possibly the one into which
a merciless kidnaper threw the
body of stabbed and bludgeoned
Charles Mattson, 10, spurred offi
cers along an apparently hopeless
trail today, seeking the Kkiller.
The automobile, stolen last Fri
day night, was found in Everett.
Authorities impounded it, and
stationed armed guards about it
in a police garage.
While officers also sought a
knife and studied clues reported
almost hourly from widespread
areas, federal officials took quick
steps to prosecute the Killer.
A “John Doe” warrant, issued
by a United States commissioner
late yesterday officially made an
outlaw -of the abductor who seized
Charles, December 27, passed up
pr———
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SOUTH N “GRIP” OF
WINTER HEAT WAVE
Concern Felt for Fruit
Trees and Flowers With
Premature Blooms
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.— () —
Warm weather that has covered
the south for a month, assuming
the proportions of a heat wave in
some sections and flower lovers
worried over inevitable damage
should a frigid wave come.
Temperatures rarely found at
this season outside of the Florida
vacation-land are being experien
ced over most of the southern
states. Records were set even in
Florida, and Savannah reported a
new all-time high for January of
80.3 degrees.
In Florida citrus, peach and
other fruit trees were blooming
prematurely. Alabama reported
pear trees at the point of blos
soming. Raleigh, N. ¢C., said
spring flowers were out, and ca
mellias were in bloom at Charles
ton, S. C., whére it has been un
usually warm for three weeks.
Mobile, Ala. reported azaleas,
camellias and japonicas in blos
som a month ahead of time.
Around Augusta, Ga., flowers were
out and summer temperatures
prevailed.
New Orleans, where unseason
able warmth has continued since
the first of the year, grass and
shrubbery was reported coming
out fast and rain would probably
start dogwood to blooming.
Tampa's temperature reached 82
degrees, a record high. The nor
mal average for the city is 60
degrees in January, but it has
not dropped below 70 for three
weeks. The summer-like temper
atures have continued unbroken
in Florida for a month.
Georgia, the nation’s peach or
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In grave and gay moods, these are the men who are holding up
General Motors’ end of the automobile industry’s labor controversy.
Alfred P. Sloan, jr. left, is president of the vast motor organization,
a slender, sober man, seldom shown with the smile he displays
bel.:w. William S. Knudsen, right, once a Danish immigrant boy,
now executive vice president, would be better known to G. M.
employes in the lower picture, with the hat. Through the plants and
sometimes in his own office, it is his talisman,
beneral Motors Heads And Labor
Leaders Confer With Gov. Murphy
STRIKES AT A GLANCE
(By the Associated 'Press)
Representatives of General
Motors and United Automobile
workers confer with Governor
Frank Murphy :n strike peace
parley at Lansing, Mich,
Nine hundred additional na
tional guardsmen move toward
Flint to join 1,400 already in
strike zone,
Michigan legislative com
mittees consider proposalg to
investigate strike.
General Motors employes out
of work as a result of labor
dispute estimated at 114,000.
(By the Associated Press)
LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Frank
Murphy’s office was the scene to
day of the first meeting between
representatives of General Ifotors
and the United Automoblle Wiork
ers to discuss “an immediate and
peaceful termination” of the strike
which has left 114,000 of the cor
poration’s employes idle.
Georgia News Briefs
ATLANTA—(®)—A Lamar Poole,
61, former Atlanta chief of detec
tives, died at a hospital (Georgia
Baptist) here today following an
operation several gays ago. e
Poole, who also formerly carried
the title of assistant chief of po
lice, resigned from the police de
partment Jan. 5, and was on leave
of absence pending retirement
February 1. The police commit=
tee of city council yesterday voted
him a pension of S6O monthly.
The city council abolished the
offices he held several days ago
before his resignation.
AUGUSTA, Ga—(P)—A day air
mail service between New York,
Charleston, Augusta and Atlanta
will be resumed tomorrow.
Mayor Richard E. Allen, jr., an
nounced thy resumption of serv
joe after receiving a letter from
Congressman Paul Brown, of El
berton.
Athens, Ca., Thursday, January 14, 1937,
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Michigan’s new governor had
labored more than a week to ar
range such a conference. During
this time nearly thirty persons
were injured in strike rioting at
Flint, prompting Murphy to dis
patch approximately 2,300 national
guardsmen and 50 state polcemen
to that city.
Knudsen Attends
General Motors Qpresentatives
attending the meeting are William
S. Knudsen, executive vice presi
dent; John Thomas Smith, legal
dounsel and Donaldson Brown,
head of the corporation’s finance
committee,
Representing the union are
Homer 8. Martin, presiden/; Wynd
bham Mibortimer, first vice president
and John Brophy, director of the
committee for industrial organiza
tion, which hag supported the U. A,
W. A, in its strike.
Governor Murphy invited the
representatives to mee’ “withlout
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. WASHINGTON—(®)—A bill de
signed to bring about more equit
able freight rates in the south was
introduced in congress by Repred
entative Robert Ramspeck, Georgia
democrat.
A similar measure was crowded
ofit the calendar at the close of
the last congresi.
ATLANTA —(®— J. L. Hath
cock, 64, died yesterday of in
juries recelved when his truck
struck a telephone pole. He died
without regaining consciousness.
AUSTELL, Ga.—(®)—Mrs. Ira
W. Neal, 93, died at her home here
vesterday. Cne daughter, Mrs.
Alma Reeder, of Atlanta, survives.
AMERICUS, Ga. —(®P)— A city
court jury after delioerating 30
minutes acquitted J. N. Morgan,
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PROPOSED BILL T 0
PROBE TALMADGE'S
REGIME NOW READY
Provides for Committee
Of Five Members With
“Full Authority"”
$250,000 NEEDED
Two Members Would Be
Named From Senate,
Three From House
ATLANTA — (#) — A bill creat
ing a comrygittee of five to investi
gate the Talmadge administration
and carrying with it an appropria
tion of $250,000 for that purpose
was ready for introduction in the
house of representatives here to
day.
The committee would he given
wide powers, including authority
to subpoena witnesses, grant im
munity and hire accountants, audi
torg and . investigators if deemed
necessary, A
Two members of the committee
would be appointed by the presi
dent of the senate and three by
the speaker of the house,
Thorough Probe
“It shall be the duty of said com
mittee,” the bill read in part, “to
make a ‘thorough Investigation of
each and every branch, department,
‘bureau or agency of the state gov
ernment to diligently inquire into
any and all reciprs of money and
the expenditures of same, the con
duct of public officers in handling
public affairs and all and every
other detail of the state business as
said ‘commmiftee may deen neces
sary and expedient.
“Said committee shall have full
and complete power to meet dur
ing the session of the general as
sembly and during any recess
thereof and after adjournment of
the same.”
Full Power
The bill then grants “full and
complete ‘power” to subpoena wit
nesses, to request and compel pro
duction of any documentary evi
dence considered necessary for the
investigation, and to hold public
or private hearings ag it may deem
necessary. |
It also provides that hearings
may be held in any part of the
state at any time, and that ‘no
person, firm, corporation or offi
cial shall be exempt from the sub
poena or examination of said com
mittee, and no records or property
shall be withheld-from its right of
inquisition.”
Anyone refusing to comply with
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NEGRD CONFESSES
TO CASE SLAYING
‘Porter Admits Hammer
' Slaying of ‘Pretty House
" wife in New York City
NEW YORK — (#) — Breaking
down after refusing for 24 hours
to admit any - guilt in the bathtub
slaying of Mrs. Mary Robinson
Case, Major. Greene, stocky negro
porter, signed a full confession of
the crime early.today, District At
torney Charles P. Sullivan an
nounced. iy i .
The district attorney shid Greene
signed the confession at -5:23
o'clock, and three minutes later he
was charged with the. slaying.. -
He said the porter, who was
employed in, the Jackson Heights
apartment building where the at
tractive 25-year-9ld housewife.was
strangleq and beaten with a ham
mer before her lifeless body was
dumped into a bathtub Monday,
would be arrainged today in
Queens felony court.
“Theft was the motive” Sulli
van said in a terse statement.
“He was let into the apartment
by her (Mrs. Cgse) on the pre
text he was going to wash the
windows. ‘That was beforg 2 D.
m., just how long I can’'t say.”
Blood-smeareg fingerprints on
the apartment woodwork and a
blood - stained pair of trousers
found in an incinerator chute were
the clues that led to the arrest
of ‘Greene at his Harlem home
36 hours after the killing.
A blood-stained hammer, also
?was taken from the incinerator,
‘was established by police as the
instrument with which Mrs. Case’s
gkull was crushed, - 2
'l‘h, 'xvr;ixvrder charge on which the
negro was booked by Lieut. Ed
ward J. O'Neill at the Newtown
——t
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ON THE RADIO
By C. E. BUTTERFIELD
(Time Is Eastern Standard.)
~ NEW YORK.— (#) —America’s
i'l‘own Meeting, which last week
started including cities outside of
New Rork in its question and an
swer period, goes to Rochester, N.
Y., for that purpose in tonight's
broadcast.
These outisde pickups are made
possible through a special micro
phone and radio connection that
feeds them into the regular pro
gram.
Tonight's topic deals with the
civil service.
Try these tonight (Thursday):
Talks: WJZ-NBC, 9, Dr. Hugo
Eckener on *“Airship Transporta
tion”; WJZ-NBC, 9:30, America's
Town Meeting, discussion on Civil
Service; WEAF-NBC, 11:05, Nor
man Thomas on League for In- |
dustrial Democracy.
WEAF-NBC—I7:IS, Voice of Ex
perience; 8, Rudy Vallee; 9,
Showboat; 10, Bing Crosby.
WABC-CBS — 7:30, Alexander
Woollcott; 8, Kate Smith; 9, Ma
jor Bowes; 10, Floyd Gibbons
Stories; 10:30, March of Time.
What to expect Friday: WEAF
NBC—2 p. m, Music Apprecia
tion (also WIZ-NBC); 4, Tea
Time Variety; 6, New Series, Old
Travellers Tales; WABC-CBS-—-
1:15, Ben PFranklin Anniversary
Program; 3, Cincinnati Sympho
ny; 5:15, Dorothy Gordon's Cor
ner; WJZ-NBC—I2:3O, Farm and
Home Hour; 4, Radio Guild, “Dr.
Faustus”; 5:45, The Old" Home
stead.
BROOKINGS REPORT
CENTERS INTEREST
Report on Government Or
ganization Overshadows
Two Senate Probes
WASHINGTON— (#) ——Presen
tation of a Brookings Institution
report on governmental reorganiza
tion intensified capitai debate to-|
day on that controversial subject,l
which held attention above two
senatorial investigations.
The report, covering activities
‘ot 24 federal money lending agen
cies, was held secret until its dis
cussion by the senate committee
on reorganization, ‘
Chairman Byrd, (D-Va) of the
{committee wants to effect huge
economics as well as to create ef
ficient operation. 'The latter is
the primary goal of President Roo
isevelt's regrouping proposals.
| Reorganization also came before
the house, which was asked by its
rules committee to set up a com
mittee of seven to handle such le
gislation and to work jointly with
a senate group,
The fact that a second senate
investigation opened was evidence
that congress was really under
way, It was an inquiry by the
Civil Liberties commtttee into re
ports of the flogging last Septem
ber of Joseph S. Gelders, former
University of Alabama physics
professor,
Gelders was a representative of
the committee for the Defense of
Political Prisoners, Senate investi
gators charged four men beat him
until he was unconscious.
The other inquiry wag the study
of railroad finaneing, concentrat
ed at present on the widespread
Van Sweringen system. Wall
street bankers were asked about se
curities issued to provide funds
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Gaetano Salvemini Returns to
Make Two Addresses In Athens
Returning to the university
campus for the first time since
1930, Gaetano Salvemini, Italian
professor, lecturer, and author, will
be presented by the Institute of
public Affairs tomorrow night at
8 o'clock and Saturday morning
at 11:30 at the University chapel.
Those who were fortunate enough
to hear Professor Salvemini when
he first visited the Untversity, then
as now under the auspices of the
Institute of Public Affairs, are
looking forward with a great deal
of pleasure to hearing him in the'
‘two addresses scheduled for this
visit. The first one, tomorrow
night, will be on the subject “Poli
-1 tical Democracy and /Dictatorship”
‘the one Saturday morning, “Politi
‘cal Democracy and Economic Dem
ocracy.”
Professor Salvemini now resides
permanently in the United States,
living in Cambridge where he con
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~ And King of Italy &
' In Rome Today 1
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BLUM IN AGREEMENT
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Italy Informs Reich That
Friendship Not Cooled
By British Accord
(By the Associated Press.)
Italy and Germany renewed
their handclasps today. France,
agreeing to meet the Nazi Relch{\
halfway in solution of their eco
nomie and rolitical problems, took
steps also to do her part in stop
ping foreign hands in Spain. o
Colonel-General Hermann Wils
helm Goering, the huge and be
medalled man who has the func
tions of Germany’s prime minis
ter, talked in Rome with Benito
Mussolini and King Victor Em
manuel. oy
They told him Italy’s friendship
for and collaboration with Ger
many had not cooled because of
the Italian agreement with Great
Britain on Mediterranean status
quo.
Taking Action }
Italy, it was intimated further,
was taking action to shut off vol
unteer enlistments in Spain pend.
ing a general, workable, interna<
tional neutrality plan. ‘f
France fell in line. Her cabinet
decided to ask legislative powers
to stop French volunteers from
going to Spain, the powers to be
used only in collaboration with
other nations. e
German and Italian volunteers
are fighting with Spain’s Fascist
insurgents; French, Russian and
some British zealots are_ defending
Madrid for the Sociaiist govern
ment. Britajn has invoked an old
act to keep her own men at home.
Blum Agrees A
Premier Blum of France also
was understood to have agreed to
undertake economic negotiations
with Germany . without first get
ting rolitical reassurances for the
Reich. That removed the main
stumbling block to a Franco-Ger- =
man trade reapprochment. o
On the war front, non-combat- T
ants streamed out of Madrid. Fas- =
cists at the threshold. of Madrid
reported five French volunteer
battalions had been rushed up for =
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Bing's Horse Wins,
Ing s riorse s, 3
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Friends Are Angry
HOLLYWOOD.— (#) —Crooner
Bing Crosby was SBOO richer to- .
day because he failed to take his 2
own advice and placed a $lO bet
“on the nose” of his racehorse,
Fight on. >
Because they took Bing's advice i
and failed to back the horse, his
film friends are sore. 2
Fight On came through at
Santa Anita yesterday to win the
Little Boy Blue race for two- =
year-olds and pay the season’s
record price of $l6O for a $2 win
ning ticket.
o[ didn’t know he could runm”
Bing explained afterward. “The
other horses looked a lot better. =
Honestly, I didn't know he was
that good.”
Bing's brother Everett held a $6
combination ticket, purely for
sentimental reasons. He e¢ashed
in for $247. Comedian Oliver -
Hardy collected $629 on a sls bet.
ducts courses in the history of
Italian civilization at Harvard dur
ing the second semester of each
year. He is also connected with
the new school sos social research
in New York City. 3
Salvemini has been professor of
history at the Universities of Mes
sina, Pisa, and Florence. He has
been a lecturer at the Universitie
of London and Harvard. During -
hig career he has also been editor
of L'Unita and a member of the
Italian Parliament, 2o
Professor Salvemini is recogniZ
ed as a forceful, interesting drama=-
tic speaker, His audiences am
never bothered by a confusing u-”g
cent. His bookg as well as his lec
tures have attracted much atten~
tion to Salvemini. Of his ' latest
‘work published in 1936 by tae
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