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By The Associated Press
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JUSTICE VS. MERCY
NEW YORK.—John Winter, 21,
penniless, was in court accuseq of
pemoving a sink from an aband
oned house. His wife, Mary, plead
od for him
«on, judge,” she sobbed, “our
naby is sick and needs attention.
John is not @ thief. He is good,
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He has tried se hard.”
Magistrate Matthew o Troy
turned to the accused man and
said: “Stealing is not the answer
son A criminal record and a
erm in prison won’t help you or
vour wife or baby. Here is a new
start for you. I'm forgetting about
i« charge. Make the most of
vour opportunity.”
g 0 Winter went out to look for
. job again.
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KISSLESS MARRIAGES
BUFALO, N. Y.—On the request
of the health commissioner, Chief
Clerk George Reibold posted a sign
reading “do not kigs” In the city
court,
“We are going to try,” said Rei
bold hopefuily, “to prevent any
kissing around here during civil
wedding ceremonies.”
Court attacnes said they thought
it would ke nice if brides and
grooms shook hands.
It's all on acocunt of the flu.
ISOLATIONS
LINCOLN, Neb.—ln the inter
ests of senatorial dignity, the ser
scant at arms of Nebraska's uni
cameral legislature will divide the
genators from the spectators with
a cord stretched across the cham
ber.
The 43 senators gave the order
after some of them complained
spectators were encroaching on
their domain. There are 57 extra
chairs in the chamber since the
two-house legislature was abolisbh
ed.
What They Say About
Roosevelt Birthday
Ball Here Tomorrew
By FRED DUVAL
Student Henry W. Grady
School of Journalism
“I am all for the President’s
Ball, and fully expect it to be its
isual grand success, gnd I am co
operating in every way possible to
help Chairman €. A. Trussell
make it sO,” declared Bob Gunn,
prominent Athens businessman tu
day.
Mr. Gunn was chairman of the
Athens Rodsevelt Ball committee
in 1935, and, realizing the bene
it of these annual affairs. said,
[ feel sure that all other citizens
will join in this worthy and char
itable event.”
Tickets and buttons are on sale
now at $1 each for the fourth an
nual Roosevelt Ball, ‘Friday, Jan
uary 29, at Pouna Auditorium from
Y until 1 o'clock.
LOCAL WEATHER
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SIS mist, and
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RAIN :
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Highest i 53.0
Liowest Sia g N R . :'3:10
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. RAINFALL ‘
=g last 24 hours .. ... 04]
[ it slnce January 1 .. .. 847
;""\-\' since -January 1 ... 4.16 |
Average January rainfall .. 4.83
Georgia News Briefs
My VANNAH, Ga, —(® — John
Milley Blain, wel known» residel'xhl
here, djoq suddenly early yesterday
A native of Columbus, 0., Blain
had lived hepe for several years.
He wag connected with the naval
Stores business,
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — ) — The
Fpiscopal . giocese of Georgia will
hold itg 1938 meéting in Augusta,
Members decided here in an annual
Session which closed with election
of officers for the present year.
Officerg re-elected were the Rt.
Ry, Middleton . &, Barnwell, bishop:
Rev. 5. B Lawrence, of Americus,
Secretary; Rey Jackson H. Harris,
of Augusta, assistant secretary;
Wiliam g Miller, of Augusta,
thancellor; Rey, J__B. Lawrence,
of Amerieyg, registrar and Valmore
W. Lebey, of Savannan, treasurer
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STLANTA —() — The . M
Png post bin a»ewwwaf
Known Death Toll In Flood Stands
At 293; Over 1 Million Homeless
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BILLS REACH SENATE
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Speedy Passage Forecast;|
Final Action May Be |
Taken by Tonight i
HOUSE ALSO BUSY |
School Measures Occupyl
Attention of Lower I
Assembly Today .
ATLANTA — (#) — The firstll
two of the Rivers adminisiration |
measures now moving through
Georgia’s legislative machinery
reached the seénate calendar today
for final enactment into law.
One’ would provide :n)m'nm‘iutionsi
for six months ending June 30 and
the other would fix July 1 as the
beginning of a new fiscal year, |
Administration leaders 1‘1\1‘00&5&]
speedy passage of both bills—pos
sibly before nightfall. I
Their predictions were hased on|
the assumption no major amend-]
ments would be made to the appro
priations bill on the senate floor.
Three minor committee amend
mentg made in the appropriations
measure yesterday will necessitate
its going back to the house for|
concurrence if allowed to prevail.|
Barring other changes by the sen- |
ate today, leaders said this would
take only a few minutes.
Floor Fignt
The threat of a senate floor
fight on a $29,700 item in the $5,-
700,000 appropriarwons measure
arose yesterday when Senator Al-|
len of Toceoa gave notice he would |
seek to strike it. The item would.
provide code hooks for all jus- |
tices of the peace—a promise of
Governor Rivers in his campaign
last summer,
Senator Johnsen of Cass Station
said he might seek to add a $320,000]
to provide for state maintenance !
of all Confederate cemeteries. ’]‘h(]
only one now receiving state funds!
through the appropriations mousm'el
is that at Marietta. ‘
Senator Ennis of Milledgeville]
said he might sek to add a $320,000!
“deficiency’” appropriation for the]
state hospital at Milledgeville un-!
ey . :
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G.0.P.T0 OPPOSE |
“MERIT SYSTEM”
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'Rep. Edith Rogers Rallies
! Party Against -Civil Ser
! vice Measure
| WASHINGTON.— (&) —Repre- |
sentative lEdith Nourse Rogers of}
Massachusetts marshalled housei
Republicans today in opposition to
a bill which she contended wouldl
place 14,000 Democratic postmas- |
‘ters in office for life.
I As ranking minority member of
i the civil service committee, she
Iwas in charge of Republican de
bate on an administration pro- |
rosal to put all postmasters underl
the merit system. -
Incumbents would obtain civil
service status through non-com
petitive examinations. Mrs. Rog
ers proposed competitive tests, “so
that Republicans as well as Dem
ocrats would have a chance at the
jobs.” |
She recalled that both major‘
party platforms pledged to extend
the civil service, but she denlared{
]this measure ‘‘does not follow
ithat rromise.” » .
i The huge Democratic majority
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from the nwouse of xepresentatives.l
Introduced by Rep, J. M. Goff,
of Tift county, the bill would per
mit judges of state courjs to order;
persons convicted of driving auto-!
mobiles while drunk and of other |
specific charges to be whipped |
publicly. l
Goff said yesterday that he had|
found such a measure would re-‘
quire a constitutional amendment,
whereas he proposed a statute, * |
He said he would determine later!
whether to re-introduce it as an|
amendment.
. ATLANTA — {(#) — Hotel men
from Georgia and. 12 other south
ern states were here today for the
All-Southern .Exposition and the
31st annual meeting of the Georgia
Hotel Association. ; ;
Speakerg included former GoOv
ernor Dave Sholts of Florida, and|
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where before a man-made flood between New Madrid and Cairo. His movable possessions are in the wagon. His wife and children lead
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ATHENIANS ATTEND
MEETING IN MACON
President Harmon W, Cald
well, Dean L. L. Hendren, Dr.
W. D. Hooper, Dr. J, E, Green,
Dr. J. €. Meadows and T. J.
Dempsey will attend the annual
meeting of the Association of
Georgia Colleges at Macon from
the University of CGeorgia Fri
day and Saturday.
Dr. Hooper, Dr, Hendren and
Mr, Dempsey will give reports
from committees at the meet
ing Saturday.
There will be representatives
of fourteen senlor colleges and
eight junior colleges including
‘hoth those in the Tlniversity
System and.those not in it.
NEW BOARD CANCELS
7 ROAD CONTRACTS
Chairman W. L. Miller
Says Projects Would Cost
SBO,OOO Over Plan ‘
ATLNTA.—(#)—New members
of Georgia’s highway board—a
working majority — have ordered
cancelled contracts for paving re
cently awarded in Macon and
Houston counties . .
| W. L. Miller, new board chair
fman. said the projects would cost
| SBO,OOO more than originally plan
{ned, due to a change in type of
| materials, which caused the fed
i‘ eral government to withdraw fed
{ eral aid.
He said the difference in cost
“was prohibitive and the contracts
were ordered cancelled.”
Miller, a close friend of Gover
nor Rivers who lives in the gover
nor's home town of Lalgg‘]'a.pd, and
Jim L. Gillis, of Soperton, a new
appointee to the board by the
present governor, have made an
investigation of all contracts let
prior to December 31, 1936, Miller
said.
Only the Macon and Houston
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Entire Nation to Join in
Fight Against Deadly
Infantile Parlaysis
By MORRIS FISHBEIN, M. D.
Editor, Journal of the American
Medical Association, and of
Hygeia, the Health Magazine.
The fourth of the annual Roose
velt Birthday Balls, in which a
nation will join January 30, will
serve to carry still farther the
fight against deadly infantile pa
ralysis. -
These entertainments mnot only
honor the president’'s birthday, but
aid in a nation-wide movement to
help the victims of poliomyelitis,
medical term for infantile paraly
sis.
The money from the Birthday
Balls held in 1934 1935 and 1936
has already been applied to con
siderable advantage in many
places.
Many children have been Dro
vided with braces, with treatment
by competent orthopedic SUrgeons,
and with special attention -in the
educational field to help them 1o
earn a living even though handi
capred by this crippling disease.
More Knowledge Sought
In various places, investigators
have been carrying on important
studies in advancing our knowil
edge of infantile paralysis. It has
been determined that the disease
probably eénters the body in most
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Starkly Tragic Are Scenes of Flight
Everything In
Athens, Ca., Thursday, January 28, 1937
The Flood Situation By States;
Property Loss Is 400 Millions
(By the Associated Press)
As the debris-strewn crest of the;
Ohio rivér flood surged toward the
Mississippi today, reports from thei
10 states hit by the disaster show
ed: l
Known dead: 293. . i
Estimated homeless: 958,500.
Additional endangered: 500,- !r
000. .
Estimated property loss: |
SITUATION BY STATES {Ti
KENTUCKY—Known dead, 2(&”
homeless, 300,000—with flood cr f*
past, citizens of Louisville = took
new hope; relief crews widened ra—'
tioning activities; crest approach
ing Paducah which Red Cross at
tempting to evacuate; Paducah
death list unknown,
OHlO—Known dead, 14; home-‘
Aid In Stamping Out Disease By
Having 1937 Health Certificate
(Health Certificate On Page 3)
A determined drive to stamp out
spread of infectious and contagi
ous diseases was started here to
day, according to Health Commis
sioner W. W, Brown, who announc
ed certificates will be issued dairy
employes, food handlers, taxi driv
ers, launderers, cooks, maids, nur
ses and butlers if they can pass a
health examination.
The certificates -on page 3, col
tained if an applicany passes the
examination,
‘“There is at the present time an
ordinance of the Department of
Health requiring all @airy employ
es and food handlers who serve the
general public to have a héalth cer
tificate,” Dr. Brown said today.
“Judge Matthews has requested
that all taxi drivers be given the
privilege of securing a health cer
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Crippled by infantile paralysis, this little fellow smiles none the
less as he talks things over with a toy Donald Duck. The Warm
i ation at Warm Springs, Ga., knows all there is to
Springs Foun ’
know about treatment of the dread disease, including means of
keeping up the patients’ spirits,
less, 250,000—f100d waters definite
'l_v receding from Cincinnati streets;
'elec-trio power and water gupplies
‘ increased.
ILLINOIS — Known dead, 6;
‘hnmoloss, 50,000—Cairo evacuated
'B.OOO inhabitants and continued to
holster levee against expected 4-
ffoot rise in Ohio river; Mound City:
devastated when wer-back levee
collapsed but inhabitants escaped;
many other villages inundated,
INDIANA—Known dead, 9;
homeless, 75,000—f106d slowly sub
siding, leaving wrecked villages
hehind; citizens of -heavenworth
debated rebuilding on another site;
'nat,iorml guard mobhilized in flood
area, |
TENNESSEE — Known dead, 9;
homeless, 125,000 — . 8, armyl}
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tificate from the department un
der the same rules and regulationg
as those applying to dairymen and
food handlers. The opportunity is
offered to all iaundry and dry
cleaning establishmentg to have alil
of their employes certified by the
health department. i
“All cooks, maids, nurses and
butlers may receive a health certi
ficate by complying with the regu
lations governing ' the issuing of ;
these certificates. |
“The certificatés are required for
dairymen and food handlers and
will be required by Judge Matthews
of taxi drivers. . There is no law
requiring employes of laundryg or
dry cleanjng establishments to have
a health certificate but it is hop-‘
ed that the proprietors of suchl
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W. D. ANDERSON, JR.
SUCCUMBS IN MACON
MACON, Ga. — (#) — W. D.
Anderson, jr., 36-year-old presi
dent of the $20,000,000 Bibb
Manufacturing company, a tex
tile concern, died today of
pneumonia, i
Stricken ill last Wednesday,
Anderson was admitted to a
hospital the following Friday.
At that time, his condition was
not regarded as serious.
Last night the executive took
a turm for the worse,
Anderson was a baskethall
star at University of Georgia in
hig student days,
He was born in Marietta,
Qeorgia, July 25, 1900. /
U. 5. AGENCIES ASK
FOR ‘STRIKE POWER
Secretary Perkins and Civ
il Liberties Committee
Would Investigate
WASHINGTON — (#) — De
mands of two government agencies
for more power to linvestigate
strike conditiong carried phases of
the General Motows deadlock today
to Capitol Hill
Secretary Perkins asked quick
authorization for the labor depart
ment to seek out and make public
the cause of the strikes, lockouts,
and ‘other industrial disputes, and
to recommend settlements,
Miss Perkins said the proposal,
which would give per power to
take testimony under oath and
subpuena records, was not aimed
at the General Motors impasse, but
“thig situation brings it to mind.”
The financial position of em
plcyers could ‘be sutdl®d under her
proposal, making possible recom
mendations on wage increases for
exntioyly: * rx 8 ¢ oas
Another appeal to congress af
fecting the General Motorg situa
tion was the LaFollette civil lib-
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Local Ball to Be Held in
Pound -Auditorium;
Many Features
| Final arrangements are being
made for the President’s Birthday
Ball which will be held in Pound
auditorium Friday night. Athen
ians have given several hundred
dollars to the floog cause during
this week but as usual a tidy sum
is expected to be derived from the
ball, |
A floor show that will offer some
of the most talented dancers, sing
ers and other /entertainers in the‘
state will be the feature of the eve
ning. Sam Butler, who is assist
ing C. A, Drussell, said yesterday
the Jeffers School of Dance asi
well as Marion Rhyne’s students
have interesting programs ready
for presentation, - J
. 'The Jeffers students will present
Bubbles Wingfield and Roy Cooper!
in an Adagio dance and Mary Trus
sell in a Contortionist number. ;
In addition to this Dorothy Phil
'pot will offer a syncopated tap
| dance. Miss Philpot as well as
; others on this program are not new
! to Athens and their ability is not
. excelled locally. Other numbers to
' be offered by Misses Wingfield and
f Trussell and Mr. Cooper also pro
mise to be entertaining.
The Marion Rhyne School of
Dance will present itg fleet of stu-
A. B C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday
ROOSEVELT PLANS
| VISIT TO GEORCIA
WASHINGTON — (#) — Presi
dent Roosevelt plans a visit to
Georgia in March,
Thomas J, Hamilton, editor of
the Augusta, Ga., Chronicle, said
yesterday that the president told
him he would leave Washington hy
‘train March 7, motor from Colum-
Lbia, 8, C, to Maecon by way of
Augusta and then take a special
'train to his Warm Springs home.
Hamilton said the president plan
ned to stop ag Columbia for break
fast with Governor Johnston on
March 8, and have luncheon early
in the_afternoon at Augusta,
He plans brief stops at louis
ville and Milledgeville, former capi
tals of Georgia.
Hamilton is here in the interest
of the proposed Clarxg Hill Dam on
the Savannah river, .
Union Organizers
Injured In Wreck
0f Flint Taxicab
Sheriff’s Deputy Declares
Crash Was Intentional ;
One Man Missing
DETROlT.—{#)—Deputy Sheriff
William Bloom said today that the
wrecking of a taxicab at Flint,
Mich,, in which four auto union
organizers were injured was “de
liberate,”
‘When the mishap occurred last
night the men were being escorted
to Flint by police and sheriff’s
deputies after two earlier encoun
ters with hostile erowds had re
sulted in the temyorary ahduction
of two of a group of six organ
izers for the United Automobile
Workers of America.
Of the six who started out to
gether, three were in a hospital at
Flint today, another was suffering
from minor injuries, one reached
his home unharmed and the .sixth
was reported as missing by union
leaders.
X Ask Police Search
Robert €. Travis, union organ
izer at Flint, asked the state po
lice to search for John Mayo, the
unaccounted for crganizer,
Bloom, a sheriff’'s deputy in
Genesee county (Flint) said his
investigation indicated the taxi
cab was deliberately wrecked.
The cab driver, who escaped
harm, and his four injurde pas
sengers said an autimobile left a
parking place on the opposite side
of the street as they entered Flint
and then pulled directly into their
path. The taxicab crashed into a
tree in trying to avoid the car.
Serious Condition
At Hurley hospital in Flint it
was said that Anthony Federoff
and W. J. Hymes, both of Pitts
burgh, Pa., were in serious condi-
(Continued on Page Two)
Athenians Honored
At Episcopal Meet
COLUMBUS, Ga. — (#) — The
30th annual council of the Episco
pal diocese of Atlanta stocd ad-
Journed here today with election
of officers for the present year,
The women’s guxiliary remained
in session today.
Officers elected to the diocesan
executive bheard were:
The Rev, Russll K. Smith, of
Atlanta; Rev, David Cady Wright,
of Athens; W. J. Fi€lder, of Col
umbus; General Walter Harris, of
Macon and Mrs. Marshall J. Ellis
of Macon.,
F. H. Harding, of Milledgeville,
was re-elected secretary and H. M.
Heckman of Athens, wag re-elect
ed treasurer.
New Appeals For Money Made
For Stricken In Flood Areas
Chase street school today se
cured a place on the honor list
for itself.
The Red Cross offiec received
a contribution of $29 cash from
pupils and teachers at the
school, a sum that is the high
water mark so far from the
schools. As a mark of honor
this notice heads the daily
story of progress in the drive
to raise funds for flood suffer
ers in eleven states.
Renewed appeals for money to
be used for relief and rescue in
eleven flooded states were made
today as contributions continued
to be received from Athenians.
ians,
It was pointed out that while
there has been some abatement
in the flood situation at Cincinnati
and Louisville, the flood is merely
HOoME]
FLOOD SPOTLIGHT 13
CENTERED ON GAIRO.
|OWER MISSISSIPPI
Mass Evacuation Likely
Not to Be Necessary,
Army Heads Say
NLY MEN IN CAIRO
0 CAIRO
Waters Slowly Recede in
Area of Cincinnati
And Louisville
MORE RAIN FORECAST
WASHINGTON —(AP)— The
weather bureau forecast rain
for tonight over most of the
Ohio river watershed, but ad
ded it would not affect flood
conditions. ;
The bureau sa!d the rain
would turn to snow tomorrow.
(By the Associated Press)
The flooded Ohio river, struggl
ing like a captive serpent of fabu
lous strength, sought escape against
weakening levees today on its:
cresting descent to the Mississippi.
The known dead stood at 293, the
homelesy passed the mifion mark.
an additional 500,000 were endang
ered, and property loss was esti~
mated at more than $400,000,000. i
Along the 1,000-mile ghost town
trail, the slowly receding waters
lapped idly at empty houses in the
empty towns,
Will Cost Billions
The cost of rehabilitation, now
becoming of paramount interest in
northern Ohio river valley com
munities where the worst apparent
ly has passed, drew estimates
ranging into billions, Officials said
the average cost for cleaning and
drying out a single flooded home
wa - $260. .
Fresh dangers cropped up by the
dozens as the crewt of the flood
swung south, i:
At Paducah, Ky., the next point
of crisis, Red Cross officials hur
ried to exacuate thousandg of re
luctant inhabitants in advance of
the oncoming flood peak. .
Col. Chat Rhodew, U. S, army
engineer, warned of a 61-foot crest
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l wAaicnt A
.~ SPAIN IS RUSHED
! Negotiators Spurred on by
i Italo-German Promises to
| Co-operate
{ e s
(By the Associated Press.)
International negotiators, spur
*red by Italo-German promises to
cooperate, rushed plans today te
i isolate Spain.
A neutral blockade of Spanish
!coasts, to halt spread of the war
| fever to the rest of FEurope, was
gplanned by the London non-inter
| vention committee, using fleets of
ifour great powers concentrated in
i the Mediterranean.
Details of the plan, considered
while the Madrid governmeént
forces were reporting new stra
tegic victories, still were indefi
nite. G
To bolster the coastal blockade
of foreign arms nd men, the
non-intervention sub - committee
hoped posting of neutral observers
on the Hispano-Portuguese border
would be permifted, but Portugal
expressed uncomprom}sing opposi
tion. G
Warships of the four great pow
ers were in readiness to patrol
Spanish ports, the Germans and
Italians probably guarding Social-
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advancing and inundating larger
‘areas, thus making the work of
relief and rescue not only huda%;%
but more costly since much greater
territory must be covered. .
Since Tuesday, when a oheek%:’%
for slightly over $1,600 was sent
to national headquarters of the
American Red ecross, cash contri
butions turned into the local Red
Cross office in the courthouse
have been slightly in excess of
S3OO. e
Athens has been asked #
a minimum of $2,500 and to ex
ceed that figure as far a zf"t
The real fight against the flcods
has been started—the fight agains
disease epidemics — which always
follow in the wake of floods. It is
estimated in Louisville alone 200
lives have been lost through after
o i Gl