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BANQUET TONIGHT |
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Regent-elect Nix and|
Dean Brooks Principal |
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Speakers |
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Honoring more than 300 out- |
¢anding students, including sev- |
}m Athenians, the University oflf
georgia today celebrated annual |
Honors Day at which time scholar-l
ship and campus leadership were
paid tribute. '
Announcement was made dur~|
ing the exercises of a plan where- !
by here will be begun next year |
a system of senior counseling for
freshmen, ten outstanding seniors
to be selected to carry out the
rojects.
l,\mx Nix, appeintee of Governor
E. D. Rivers to the board or re
gents, delivered the principal ad-l
dress. Dr. W. H. Wrighton de
livered the opening prayer. Dis
cussing the importance of true |
scholarship, Mr., Nix said:
“Wise, indeed, is that individual
who has learned a great and im
portant lesson—that it is mnot
money nor position that make a
man but that is the attributes of
his heart and his mind that real
ly count. Dignity , real dignity,
comes only by achievement and
there is no easy route. May the
dignity which is yours, the dignityl
which is your individual possess-l
jon, ever remain with you as a!‘
priceless heritage, may future
achieaements in the realm of ed-’
ucation, in the realm of buslness]
and in the various other actlvi-i
ties of life add to and enlarge the:
dignity which is now yours.” |
Banquet Tonight l
The second annual Women's‘
Honor Banquet will be given to
night at Memorial Hall honoring
ali University women who are!
members of outstanding hcnor or-I
ganizations on the . campus, i
Grace Winston, Athens, will pre- !
side; and Dr. R. P. Brooks will |
deliver the address of the evening.
Twenty Athens girls are inclu
ded in the group. They are Elean- |
or Nasbitt, Monroe, Phi Beta Kar- |
pa and Phi Kappa Phi; Hazel
Delle Usry, Phi Kappt Phi; Frace
Winston, Phi Kappa Phi, Parthen
an; Mary Dupree Eckford, Doro- |
thy Jarnagin, Parthenians; Bar
bara Jenkins, Parthenian and Zo-‘
diac; Eleanor Williams, Evelyn
Pollock, ana Corinne Stephens,
Zodias; Mary Elizabeth Allen, Zo
diac and Alpha Lambda Delta;
Martha Frances Dryer, Elolse‘
Beckwith Selene Bleodworth I
Frances Brandon, Eleanor Eckford, |
Eleanor Flanigen, Gail Hutchin-*I
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Trial of Athenians to
Be Held ins Winder at ;
9 O’clock on Thursdays
Trial of “Rip” Ridling and Herl-l
'y Porter, Athens men chared|
with larceny from Dr. B. H. Har- !
rs of Winder, will begin tomurrow!
I Barreow Superior court at 9i
Ridling and Porter, here today |
ilter making $2,000 bond yester-i
tay, denied charges against them,
saying Dr. Harris lost his moneyi
0 parties other than themselbes
i gambling game. Tom Shuck-l
gltord, attorney for the twe, said |
I his opinion there was little |
¢ of Ridling and Porter he-1
g convicted. ;
idictment against the two Was
flurned by the grand jury yes=)
frday afternoon, after more than
Vo days of investigation.
It tleged that Dr. Harris lost
*LONO after being “doped” Just
Hilirsday . afternoon. !
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YM.C.A. Maintenance 1
Workers Meet Tonight‘
2 kers in the ¥. M. C. A.i
"‘ Wl maintenance campaign are
“ntly requested to be present
" ibper report meeting to
it the Association building
b o'clock.
meeting will not last long
vitally necessary that all
” ", whether or not they are
cthared to make & report -on
: L prospects, to be present.
Twenty-two Dogs,Held
In City Pound Today
"my N eam—
H“"" are twenty-two dogg in
“ity pound, apcording to an
B J‘(""”“‘llt today by Dr. Harold
. “;"'““"'h It i 8 the largest
the er of dogs that have been In
v, ound at any one time this
. Dr. Hodgson said,
pouded in the lst are several
Fox Terriers, Police dogs
L unds. Anyene desiring one
. ; dogs can get it by paying
" 4and vacciatton fees, and
B 4 tag, which totals SB.OO.
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: .ELBERTONIAN DIES
. LBERTON, Ga. — () — Fun
“ervices will be held here to
e W fop Thomag Swift Hayes,
:‘;“l""““a"l\'e of Blberton, who died
Ay ip Tampa, Fla,
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
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MRS. ANNIE VIC BULLARD
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Mrs. Annie Vic Bullard
To Represent Southern
Business Girls at Meet
A distinct honog has come to
the Athens Business Girls' ciub and |
to the Georgia Business Girls’ club
ag a whole with an invitation to
Mrs, Annie Vic Bullard of Athens
has been invited to represent the
Scuthern Business Girls group of
the YW.C.A. at the Southern In
dustrial Girls’ conference to be
held at Camp Merrie Woods, North
Carolina, the week of June 52. The
announcement was made at last
night's meeting of the Business
Girls’ club held at the Y, W.C.A.
home,
Mrs. Bullard was selected to play
this prominent part by the South
ern Businesg Girls’ council which
met in New Oyleans recently. A
letter from Miss Elsie D. Harper,|
who is executive of the Southern|
Business Girls’ summer conference
says that the council was unani-|
mous in their choice of Mrs. Bul-l
lard to represent them after con-I
sidering the many qualifications|
they felt were necessary in such a |
representative, The Athens Busi
nesg Girls’ club is justly proud of|
the honor conferred on one of its
members, and the whole Georgia
group of Business Girls has cause
to feel honored by her selection. |
Past Chairman
Mrs. Bullard ig & past chairman‘
of the Southern PBusiness Girls']
Summer conference, and has taken!
a keen interest in the affairs of the
lecal ¢lub, being a past president.i
At the Georgia State conference‘
last year, she wag elected chairman |
of the state conference to be heldl
in Athens May 15 tnd 16, |
Clommittees for the convention
thave been announced, and plans
are underway for a royal enter-!
tainment of the many visitors who |
will be here from all over the state,i
Prominent speakers will appear on
the program and their contribu-|
tions are expected to attract many(
friendg of the Business Girl's club |
and the Y.W¥C.A. ro the meetings
which will be held at Wickersham
Lodge, :
A meeting of all convention‘
‘committee chairmen as well as the!
executive committee of the Busi
‘ness Girls' club has been called forl
Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock
iat the Y.W.C.A, home. !
}Dismissalsof State |
| Hospital Employes ’
| May 1, Is Deferred'
' MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — (/) I
Dismissal of four state hospital |
employes here, scheduled for May
1, has been postponed ‘“pending
further study of the situation n,(l
the state hospital.” |
Dr. John W. Oden, superintend
lon( of the hospital’last night suid,
|l,urnur (. Murdaugh, director of
the state public welfare dopm‘l-!
ment had ordered the change lnl
plans,
Those affected are Homer Bive
ins, steward, his wife, and H. 8.
! Jones, hospital secretary and Mrs,
H. 8. Jones, superintendent of
nurses at the hospital.
A telegram received by Dr. Oden
| vesterday from Murdaugh read as
{follows:
| apending further study of thci
’sltuution at state hospital and fi«
nal developments of detailed r)l;m‘l|
for future operation of institution
you will please postpone the effec
tive date of discontinuing services
of Mr. and Mrs, Bivins and Mr,
‘and Mrs. Jones until further no-‘
tice from this department. Please
wire confirmation and acknowledges 4
'ment immediately.” ‘
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OLDEST VETERAN DIES 1
NEW YORK.—(P)-—~Addison "Pa
tillo Youngbldod, 93, father of 8,
W. Youngblood of Atlanta, and
gald to be the last Confederate
veteran in the Metropolitan areg,
is dead.
He was stricken with a heart at
tack during a walk on April 1,
and died at his home here Monday
morning.
Besides the son, 8. W. Young
bloog of Atlants, he 18 survived by
two daughters, Mrs. B, D. Moore,
with whom he lived here, and Mrs
Bmma Lou Pittman, of Gaffney,
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Administration Leaders Are
Seeking New Method To Halt
Rise In Prices And Monopoly
Guided by Restatement of‘|
President Roosevelt’s
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SOUNDS WARNING
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lßeserve Board Studies
t Carefully Extent of
I Market Speculation
l BY WILLIAM S. ARDERY
WASHINGTON — ® — Ag.
ministration authorities, guided by
a restatement of President Roose
velt's views, cast about today for
new means to cheek climbing pri
ces and prevent monopoly.
The president, before leaving omn
a southern fishing trip, expressed
his views in three ways:
I—He advised against specula
tion inp the stock rmarket.
2—He made public 2 report from
Attorney ‘General Cummings sav
|ing revision of anti-trust laws was
Idesirab]e “in the faogp of the pres
‘ent tendency to increasg prices.”
- 3—He wrote Vice President Gar
ner of “the present hazard of 'un-4
due advances in prices,” voicing
opposition to g bill by Senatotl
Tydings (D-Md) to legalize cer
tain price maintenance understand- ’
ings,
'~ Mr. Roosevelt’s statement on |
stock market speculation came as
an aftermath to his recent request
that government workers should
‘avoid “securities gambling.
~ Asked whether thig advice also
%was good for the general public,
‘he replied he had Leen saying so
‘since 1927,
Officials at the reserve board
lsaid they were making a caretul,l
continuing study of the extent of
stock market speculation. Brokersl
and bankg recently were ordered
to submit more detailed renortsl
on credit advanced for stock deal
ings
The officials said the board
~would be in a position to lift mar
.gin requirements immediately if it
appeared that speculative credit
'was jacking up the market artifi
}clally. There was no indication
' however, whether such actiop would |
i~be taken. I
| The president's action in mak- |
ing public Cummings’ report indi-!
.cated to informed authorities that
he may follow the attornéy gen
eral’s suggestion to create g com
mittee to examine the anti-trust
laws.
Asked -wWhether such a group
’would be named, Mr, Rooseveltl
said something would be done.
| 'WHth varioug officials warningl
'of inflation dangers in recent
'weeks, some gdministration spokes
‘men have viewed tighter anti
i mor.opoly laws as a powerful wea
l-l.on of price control,
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’AII Workers in Member -|
; ship Campaign Request-l
' ed to Report During Day
' The executive committee of the
Concery Association requests that
5u,1l workers report today, Wednes
lday. on the sale of memberships
to date and on prospective new
’momhers. Concert headquarters in
the lobby of the Georgian Hotel
will remain open until 6:30 o'clock
and the artists’ commitee may
Ilmvp an important announcement
to make this afternoon concerning
ite choice of the second attraction
for the coming series,
The first selection of the com
lmittee, the Barrerg Little Symph-f
lony Orehestra, to appear in the
,r:m. was announced yesterday.
The orchestra is made up of thir
‘h-vn men and the conductor, Geor=-
{ges Barrere, most renowneq flutist
'in the world.
Of Mr. Barrere, Time Magazine
says: “Of the 80,000 professional
flutists in the Uhited ‘States, all
but five use an instrument of sil
ver or some cheaper metal. But
Gieorges Barrere, peer of them all
has goneg two steps ahead. Ten
vears ago, he took to playing a
isl,ooo gold flute, T.asy fall, for
the first time iln Manhattan, he
|dnmonstrated a flute made of
platinum, Price: $3,000, The denser
the metal, the better the instru
ment's tone. Density of silver I 8
10.5; of gold 12.2; of platinum
lzx.s.
! As a very young man in France
Mr. Barreére organized the earliest
ensembly of woodwinds, for which
he was made a member of the
French Academy. Coming to this
country twenty-six years ago 10
join the New York Symphony, h®
established himself as the most
gifted flute-player in the world.
Touring now with his own little
symphony, he lis realizing the
dream of his young manhood. The
Barrere. Little Symphony Orches
tra is made up of eleven different
instruments, and the musicians
play many of the works of the
great masterg which were long
lost to the worlg because there
were no orchestras of the proper
; ~ .
(Continued on Page Two)
Athens, Ga., Wednesday, April 28, 1937.
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Clayton Bowers (above) hast
been elected general secretary of
the Athens Y. M. C. A., succeed- |
ing Walter T. Forbes, who wil]l
retire July 1, after 39 years’ con
tinuous service in that post.
—Courtesy Constitution,
COLLEGE PAEPARES
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FOR CATTLE SALES
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Third Annual Consign-!
ment Will Be Held Next|
Monday . |
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Officials at the University us:
Georgia College of Agriculture h“l
day were completing plans for twni
annual cattle sales, scheduled for !
the college campus during the nextl
two weeks, ’
The third annual consignment |
sale of registered Guernsey cattle |
wil! be held on Monday, May 3. lt’
will be sponsored by the (;unr;:ifil
Guernsey Breeders’ Association, of
which Ralph W. Coarsey, of Triun,l
Ga., is secretary,
The Georgia Jersey Cattle club |
i the sponsor of the ninth annual |
consignment sale of Jersey cattle, |
to be held here on Monday, May |
10. Tom R, Breedlove, of .’\lnm'm‘,l
is secretary of the Jersey club, |
Dean Paul W. Chapman of the!
iCollege of Agriculture, said today |
the purpose of these auction sales
is to stimulate interest in better
dairying and to promote the breeds. |
Assigned to the Guernsey sale
will be animals from six of the
best hgrds in the state and from
five high-clasg North Carolina
herds. Placed on the auction block
will be 23 females and two out
standing young bulls.
The Jersey sale will attract 35
head, two of which will bhe high
quality bulls All Jerseys will be
Georgia bred and will represent 20
of the best herdg an the state
Frank W. Fitch, dairy specialist
for the Georgia Extension Service,
who lis assjisting with the sales
said all cattle congigned to the twae
gales are registered and have pass
ed necessary teststoshow they are
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iNational Magazine
. Devotes Big Space
{ To Dinner in Athens
‘ i -
' Jimmy Roosevelt visit to Ath
!vn.\ in March is given top posi
lrinn in the ecurrent issue of the
|.f\':|ti~n:|! Young Democrat,” offi
cilal orgap of the Young Democra
tic Clubs of America which lists
four million members
Jimmy's picture occupies the
front page of the publication and
Aan entire page 18 agevoted to an
article concerning the DPresident’s
;s'm\- vigit to Athens to deliver the
l\'j'lm‘v Dinner address for this
| area The article ig based on news
| reports in the Banner-Herald and
'.‘,. addition to anuotations from oth
er Georgila writers the article
quotes freely from an editorial in
The Banner-Herald in regard to
‘.lm my's visit here and a feature
story by Jack Reid of the Banner
* Herald staff,
| Commenting on the visit of
Young Roosevelt, the National
Young Democrat sald:
“There were a sot of people at
that dinner, the aristocracy of De
Inwrmc*y in the Cracker State In
| fact, and all of them were admit
tedly captivate® by the elder son
of the president.”
SAYLOR GETS LIFE
CARTERSVILLE, Ga (P) =
Preston Saylor was under a life
im-nu-mm again today for the slaye
ing of his brother, Harry
A mandatory lify, sentence was
impcsed yesterday after the jury
declared him guilty arter 45 minu.
tes deliberation, and recommended
mercy, ending his second trial
. SPANISH SITUATION
GIVEN AT A GLANCE
R e P —
By The Associated Press
DURANGO—lnsurgent northern
forces kept from occupying “gate
way"” town of Basques in fortified
church, but some encircle Durango
to march on Bilbao, Basque capi
tal.
BIBAO — Authorities pour con
lcrete fortifications, build air raid
shelters to withstand siege; study
evauation of all women and chil
dren,
VALENCIA - Basques charge
“German-Italian headquarters” or:
(dered @erial bombardment of Guar
'nica which killed 800 civilians,
irazed the ancient ‘“‘sacred” -city.
' MADRID-~lnsurgent forces launch
counter-attack on Teruel front,
{their ‘nearest to Mediterranean
coast,
~ LONDON—Gen. Francisco Franco
charges British fieet = “violated”
Spanish three-mile limit to con
voy food ships through insurgent
attempted Biscayan blockade.
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Harlan - County Woman,
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Tells of Boast of Drunk
‘en Deputies
WASHINGTON — () — Hugh
Taylor, former Haralan county
Ky., deputy sheriff, chargeq he
was offered $2,000 to remain away
from the senate civil liberties in
vestigation of coal fielg violence,
The offer, Taylor testified be
fore the committee, was made
April 1 near Barbourville, Ky,
during a conversation with Sher
iff Theodore Middleton, of Harlan
county, and Clarence Poer, whom
Taylor describeq as operator of
three liquor stores.
“Either Mr. Middleton or Poer"”
Taylor testified, offered him §2,-
000 and a salary of ‘slso a month
if he would go to mnearby Clay
county “until all this is over.” |
In response to questions from:
Chairman La Follette (l’rng-W?is.),‘
Taylor said other deputies shot |
and seriously woundeq him F'Ph-‘
ruary 20 in a roadside altercation
ip Harlan county arter he had re
jected proposals to join in an at
tack on mine union organizers. |
He named one of his assailants
as Deputy Frank White. He tes-!
tified White stood over his prn.-:-‘
trate body and exclaimed, “let him
lav there, and he'll quit talking.”
Mrs. Lawrence Howard of Har
lan county, Ky, said a group of
drunken deputy sheriffs tolg her
they were going to “get” Marshall
Musick the night Musick's son was
shot to death,
The shooting occurred February
9, just a few hours after the dep
uties talked to her. The homg of
Musick, a Baptisy preacher and
United Mine Workers organizer,
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Knights Templar of
Georgia Name Athens
Man as State Officer
. MACON, Ga., — (#) — Frank C
}.lones of Thomasville today had
succeeded CTharleg R. McCord of
"Macon as eminent Grand Com
'mander of the Knights Templar of
lG‘-eorgla,.
! At final sessions of the annual
|convention here yesterday Fitz
gerald was selected the site of
|the next meeting rlace.
. Other officers include Jameg C.
Newton, Jackson, eminent deputy
grand commander; Wiatts Powell,
!Vionna, eminent grand generalis
| simu; Paul Stephens, Augusta,
fvminont, grand captain general;
' Frank B, Willingham, Forsyth,
lc-minont grand seniop warden,
| Joslah T. Clarke, Augusta, emin
lvn( grand prelate; Charles 8. Wood
Savanx‘h. eminent grand treasur
ler; Rev, H. IMelds Saumenig, Rome,
eminent grand recorder; Bolling 8.
Dußose, Athens, eminent grand
standard bearer; Dr. W Frank
Wells, Atlanta, eminent grand
Inword bearer and Joseph A. Moore,
| Milledgeville, emineont grand war
lden,
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‘ Total since April 1......... 5.0¢
! Excess since April 1........ 1.8
| Average /April rainfall...... 3.5¢
Total since January 1......22.8!
[ Excess since January 1..... 4.5
Economy Move Takes Hold,
House Committee Slashing
Second Deficiency Budget
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and hair, and the other is a complete albino puzzles California
scientists, but doesn’t bother the boys in the least. Umberto, left,
and Rudolfo, born of Mexican parents on Santa Catalina Island,
are healthy, normal and happy. i
RODSEVELT ENROUTE
President's Train Due in
Atlanta Some Time To
night
ABOARD ROOSEVELT 'I‘RAIN‘
ENROUTE TO NEW ORLEANS. |
—(P)—President Roosevelt traveled
across rain-swept Virginia and
the Carolinas today toward the
warm waters of the Gulf of Mex
ico and his long-planneq rendez
vous with tarpon,
He will embark on the U. 8. S,
Potomac at New Orleans Ilate
Thursday for ten daysg of angling
off Lowsiana and Texas. He will
return to Washington on May 13.
The president told associates he
would seéek a complete rest, mix
ed with plenty of his favorite
sport of fishing. He had no formal
\speeches in mind,
1 He took along a report from At
torney General Cummings recom
’mendlng creation of a special
:commlttee to study revision of the
anti-trust laws with a view to
clarifying them and improving their
‘enforcement.
~ He also had a brief case of
mail that arrived too late for him
to read before leaving the White
‘House in the rain las¢y midnight.
The train,” however, did not leave
until after daybreak in order to
avoid a layover along the route,
The train is due at Atlanta to
night and Montgomery early to
morrow for operating stops before
reaching Biloxi, Miss.
‘Governor Rivers Is
Il in Washington;
| Reported Improved
t WASHINGTON —(A — W, H,
' Duckworth, assistaat attorney gen-
Im'ul of Georgia, said Gov., E. D,
| Rivers had “Improved” today after
|an attack of renal colic which sent
'him to bad early last night.
The governor was expected again
to preside over conferences with
federal officials on lowering of the
'south's freight rates today.
! He was confined tp his bed yes
terday afternoon until the confer
iom-o opened, He appeared to make
lu gpeech on the necessity for re
' duction of freight pates and presid
ed,
. Duckworth said the governor
would remaip in the capitol until
Thursday or Friday. He has ap
l,puhnnwnls, he said, with officials
' of the bureau of public roads, the
Irurul electrification administration
‘innd other government agencies,
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THOMASVILLE VOTES
' FOR SUNDAY MOVIES
- AND BASEBALL 368-31
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‘ THOMASVILLE, Ga. — ) —
Less than a fifth of the voting
population balloted on the question
‘nf Sunday baseball and movies
| yesterday, but the move was aps
{ proved 3862 to 81.
! The light vote wasg in part due
|to the efforts of a “better govern
}mnnl" league, led by the town's
| ministers, which spomsored a boy=
{cott of the election,
| Court action to prevent the city
| counecil from approving results of
| the election has peen threatened
[by Rev. T. F. Cawaway.
{ Church leaders contend Sabbath
| amusementg are prohibited under
state law and advised their con
gregatlons to ignove the election.
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copy, 2c—s¢c Sunday
Rl %
Governors and Uhhtyl
Commissioners Confer—l
ring in Washington
WASHINGTON —(#)— Southem]
governors and utility commission
ers have agreed on one objective—
to press for lower class freight
rates before the interstate com
merce commission,
After yesterday's meeting the
utility commissioners had a pri
vate conference of their own a.nd‘
developeq some lively points of |
arguments among themselves,
They reaffirmed their endorse
ment of Wilbur Leroux, formerly
on the Interstate Commerce Com
mission’s staff, for chief counsel
in the rate fight,
‘ At the general conferencec, Gov
ernor Bibb Graveg objecteq to Le-|
‘mux on tne grounds he was rep- |
resenting a group of Maine potata
lgmwers in a rate controversy
against southern interests.
‘ Graves also said Leroux indi
catei he would argue thg case
drom a “sectional” standpoint,
Irather than a “nationalistic the
ory.” The governor contendeg the |
argument to win must be that uni
form class rate schedules, not
based on sectional lines, would
give the average consumera ‘“coms
petitive market” in which to buy.
Selection of a chief counsel was
held cover for action at Atlanta.
“It costs one-third more to ship|
cotton goods from Macon to Chi
cago than from Boston to Chicago,”
Graves said, “although the dis
‘tahce from Macon is less. The
Chicago market, that is, the group
of northwestern states served by
Chicago, is the greatest market for
texitles in the world. That mar
‘km, ought to have the right to
competitive buying, insteag of be
ilng forced to buy in a territory
protected by sectional freight
rates,
‘ At the commissioners' conference
‘ (Continued on Page Two)
TRAFFIC VICTIMS IN
| U.S. ALREADY REACH
| 8,500 FOR QUARTER
| iy
CHICAGO .. (A 9 — The Nation
al Safety Council reported today
approximately 8,500 persons died
in traffic accidents duving the first
quarter of 1937, a 26 per cent in
crease over the total for the same
periop last year, |
Decreases in the number of mo-[
tor fatalities for the first two or
three months of the current ycar
| were registered by only six of the
!39 reporting states, the council
Imld. Of the nation's 93 cities of
100,000 pcpulation or more only 15
'repm'ted decreases,
The urban traffic death record
for the nation, based on statistics
from cities of 10,000 or more popu
lation, showed an lincrease of 30
I per cent for the three-month 1937
| period as compared with the 1936
’ quarter,
Gasoiine consumption, which us
ualy goes hand in nhand with traf
fic death totas, increased s!x per
cent In January, 1937, over the
some month last year but the in-i
lr’rease in fatalities was 26 per
cent, the council rald, Prellmin
ary figures indicated an increase
of 22 per cent in February gas
consumption and eight per cent in
March, LR e
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\ AIDING MOVEMENT
’ . i P"‘ PRI
'lmpoundmg Certain Per
centage of All Appropri
, ations Favored by FDR .
WASHINGTON ~— #® — The
house appropriations committee,
spurred by President Roosevelt's
demand for economy, slashed $18,» .
828,606 today from the budget bur
eauw’s estimates for the second de
ficiency appropriation bill, e A
The committee approved $79,-
206,043 for the Tenmessee Valley
authority in 1938, to defray ad
ministrative expenses of paying
the soldiers’ bonus and to finance
varied federal activities for the
rest of this fiscal year. :
The largest item was TVA's —
$40,166,270—f0r Gse during the fis
cal year beginning July 1.
The principal yeduction was $15,-
000,000 cut from $30,000,000 Te
commended by the budget bur
eau for refunds and payments of
processing and related taxes. The
tax refunds were made necessary
by supreme court invalidation of
the agricultural adjustment act, but
congress provided that processors
must prove—before receiving such
refunds—that they had not pass
ed the taxes on to consumers, i
| Flood Control :
Restoration of $1,000,000 to the
appropriation for flood control on
the Mississippi river was recom
‘mended because of recent floods.
The committee sald topping of
weak Poing in the levees and open
ing up the Bird's Point—New Mad
rid floorway would consume s4,+
169,000 of appropriations already
made, .
House leaders planned to call ug
the measure for consideration {0«
day with a hope of passing it be.
fore nightfall. L
| In connection with the TVA
iprogram, the committee abproved
!$742,439 for continuyation of pre
liminary investigations for the pro
posed Gilbertsville dam on the
Tennessee river. The project was
suggested for conyroling floods on
| the Tennessee, Ohio and Cumber
land rivers. Its cost wag estitaats
ed at $300,000,000. !
| Of the total TVA allocation, $36,~
‘589,987 would be available for pro
jects under construction, including
the Gilbertsville dam and reser
voir in Alabama; Hiwassee dam
and reservoir in; North Carolina
and the Pilckwick landing and
Chickamauga dams and reservoirs
in Tennessee,
Favors Impounding
. Speaker Bankhead said he was
authorized to state that President
Roosevelt favored impounding 15
Iper cent of all appropriations for
ligovernment departments agnd agen
!cieg for the next rnscal year.
' A resolution to impound ' that
!proportion of appropriations ' was
llintroduced yesterday by Repres
| entative Cannon (D-Mo). None of:
the 15 per cent would be avafl!&&f
‘for expenditure unless released by
Tth¢> president,
i Bankhead said he did not believe
| there would be any immediate ac~
i (Continued on Pags Two)
‘May 9 Set as Opening
| Day for Legion Pool;
’ Repairs Are Underway
l Weather permiteng the Ameri
can Legion swimming pool will bs
| opened to the public on Sunday,
May 9, it was announced today by
'| the pool committee of the Allen R.
Fleming, jr, Post. The committes
’is composed of D. Weaver Bridges,
|T, J, Camarata and F. H. Wil
!llums.
| Repairs to the pool, bathhouses
i"nd grounds are being made now,
j;my everything will be in tip-top
jmmdmon for the grand opening. Al
| program will be announced later.
! Although not open to the public
{until May 9, the pool will be used
{ for the state high school swimming
’mant on May 8, it has been an
nounced,
Solicitor Henry West
To Speak in Lavonia
LAVONIA-—~Solicitor CGeneral H.
H. West will be the prinecipal
speaker of May 256 at Lavonia High
gchool commencément exercises,
Superintendent Claude Phillips has
announced,
Plans are bheing completed for
the different graduation programs
in both the high and grammar
schools. Superintendent Phillips is
well known throughout this sec.
tion and was formewy superintend. -
ent of Oconee County IHigh school
at Whatkingvi g
B ng lie, Mol e b b b.“..hfi?
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