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Evacuation Of Bilbao Residents Begins
Workers Hail May Day With Big Demonstrations
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ITLER HITS CLERICO ‘
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10 Killed as Rebel Air- |
men Bomb Madrid i
(By the #ssociated Press) l
1 ns of workers throughout
orld paraded, sang andi
ated Satoeday in polvln‘uti(,’nl
ahor's internatienal holiday.
ombs in Poland and Puerlnl
o killed one person and injured |
ee, One in Warsaw was thx‘uwng
lewish socialists; one in Sanl
.n damaged a newspaper build- |
,nd shook the city. I
ossacks by the thousands thun- |
ed through Moscow’'s Red |
ware where a million persons}
esed in a) monster demonstra-;
T Pight Hundred war planes |
ned overhead as Joseph Stalin !
swed the assemblage. !
\ half million more persons |
med Paris streets to the re-|
nding strains of the communistl
ernationable, c¢he day’s theme‘
g at leftist centers ovprywhere.l
Hitler Deniounces Clerical !
ists clenched in salute :,lndi
ts of “saxe Bilbao!” rang out‘
nlanes wrote tne besieged bas-i
capital’s name In smoke ipn the
efore 50,000 Berlin' workers,
his Hitler denounced “clerical”
erference in Reich politics, echo
. speech of g few minutes be
e to 180,000 school echildren .as
bled in the Olympie stadium.
May Day manifesto of the
nmunist international named the
ited States and France among
ns where workerg had “check
' capitalism,
arades ad a demenstration by
ny thousands in New York's
ion Square were fiollowed by a
Iy ¢! 8,000 garment workers at
Randall's Islan¢ stadium. A
ery of labor leaders urged them
swive for “indusirial democra-
Labor Cries in Hollywood
mdon was preoccupied by a
ike of 25,000 bus drivers, who
ght slower schedules gnd shor-
Vorking days,
‘e day brought Hollywood a
Z] hor crisis. A threatened
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ATES REVENUE
IFS 5480000
PTLANTA IP)—State revenue |
! wurces during the lil'st!
of this year i||('l‘v;NNl!
) itely $4,800,000 over thu:
. 1 last year, a report of |
) Tom Wisdom ro-i
das
I WiLs slt}.t»ll.7|;’.tm,s
$8,075,137.87 last year,
' 6.28 so rthe first fnuri
3 ’ i |
est increase was from |
nt gasoline tax, ‘which |
$3.509,238.85 for le
; of 1937 to $6,307,176.- |
yeal '
1 and cigarette tax, |
been at the tlouhlmll
¥ April 1, hrought in‘
year compared to
year ago.
vehicle mileage tax,
n adoption of the new
truek maintenance tax,
1186.26 during the first
i this year, a large
te gain over the $75,000
r 1936
rom other sources was:
roperty, 1936, $647,041.-
$080,246.64 .
ehicle lecense, 1936, 11,-
H 937, $1,188,800.22.
' tion tax, 1936, $222,027.63;
) 364 48
) everage tax, 1986, $139,-
7, $166,1565.70
{ tax 1036, $957.696.72;
0 o 0
v tility tax, 1936, $13,7306.-
3 S2BR 67 .
1936, $82.,914.13; 19317,
| sons tax, 1036, $28.842.87;
19,037 8%
tural fees, 1936, $204,000;
*207,952.82.
mers' market fees, 1936, $7,-
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
FOR HOME RULE AND LOCAL CONTROL
The Association of ‘Jounty Commissioners of Geor
gia at their recent meeting in Augusta named Frank M.
Kimble, an outstanding Georgian from Worth coun
ty, as their president. At the same time Charles A.
Matthews, prominent DeKalb county citizen, was
named chairman of the board of managers and first
vice-president. i .
This association has for a long time sponsored local
control and home rule and at the Augusta meeting re
dedicated its faith in these principles. The commis
sioners of the state have since 1934 advocated other
forms of taxation than property taxes by the state,
with allocation of funds back to the counties and local
units to help finance such functions as roads, schools
and health, so that the counties and local units can .in
turn reduce property taxes. They have pointed out
that this could be done under reasonable state super
vision that will not amount to centralization, but insist
that the expenditure of the money be left to the local
units rather than to state boards.
The above named ieaders and other splendid offi
cers of this association, realizing that the governments
of all of the counties are judged by the counties with
the least efficient governments, are pledged to con
tinue their fight for better county government looking
to its continued usefulness. They realize that the dis
integration of the counties means the disintergration of
democracy, and that so long as the people of the locali
tieg have some say so as to the kind of government they
2@s’ the more efficient is county government likely
The Association of County Commissioners is one of
the most influential organizations in the state, one that
ix ever on the alert in fostering more efficient and more
economical government and in safeguarding the inter
ests of the taxpayers.
Governor Will Address
Jaycee Banquet Mondaz
Sixty Athenians, State
Officials Invited; WTFI
To Broadcast
BY HINTON BRADBURY
Governor E. D. Rivers will be
the principal speaker and 60 Ath
enians and state officials will be
guests here Monday night at 7:30
o’clock when 145 members of the
Athens Junior Chamber of Com
merce hold their first banquet at
the Georgian hotel.
Dinner will be served at 7:30
o’clock and will be rollowed by 30
minutes of musical entertainment,
Mayor T. S. Mell will offer the
welcome to visitors and introduc
tion of Dr. Harmon W. Caldwell
will follow. Governor Rivers will
be introduced by Dr. Caldwell at
g:4¢ p. m. Radio station WITFI
will come on the mir at 8 o'clock
and will broadeast the entire pro
gram, which will last approximate
ly two hours,
ihe Junior Chamber of Commer
ce, organized only a few weeks
ago, is now one of Athens largest
civic organizations. Members are
young men between the ages of
1S and 35 who are employed in
Athens. Only 38 young men were
present at the first gession, The
wmembership jumped to 77 during
the next two weeks and more than
a member a day has been added
sirce organization.
C. Gilbert Roberson, well-known
insurance agent, is president; Sam
Tortson, vice peesident; Jimmy
Pert, chairman of board of direc
tors; Robert Bradberry, secretary;
John Arrendale, treasurer and
“whiter Burpee is secretary of the
board of directors. More than ten
committees operate the affairs of
the crganization and are headed by
lthe most prominent young men of
| Athens.
7lnvlted guests included Gover
nor gnd Mrs, E. D. Rivers, John
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T. H. Little, Father of
Athenians Passed Last
Night at Sparta Home
Word was received here last
night of the death of T. H. Little,
prominent retired business man
of Sparta, Ga. Mr. Little died at
his home in Sparta.
He was well known, net only in
the section near his home, but
throughout Georgla. He was a
pleasant, kindly gentleman and
always active in work he nelieved |
would Fenefit his communiiy. |
Mr. Little was a life-long mem
her of the Presbyterian church,
and for a number of years served
as an elder.
fPuneral services are te be held
this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at
Sparta, with Dr. B. L. Hill, pas
tor of the Athens First Presbyte
rlan church, officiating.
Survivors include his wife, a
daughter, Mrs. A. M. Scudder,
Athens, and a son. Douglas Little,
Atlanta. S
Birth Control As
Farm Aid Cited By
Arkansas Speaker
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.,«m—r«*red]
A. Isgrig, United States district |
attorney for eastern Arkansas,‘
added his endorsement Saturday
to birth control education as a[
step toward solving the low-in
come farmers problems.
He described vocational guid
ance and birth control information
as necessary in any long-term
soiution.
“Although I know to some of
you this will be heresy, 1 bhelieve
we must advocate birth control,”
he told a gathering of planters
and civic leaders here.
“Phe people who compose the’
undesirable labor class, the less |
intelligent, need and are asking
for birth control information. A
new baby born, as we say on the
farm, every spring and fall, is not
conducive to a better and more
economical life for the rural pop
ulation.”
Isgrig, a landowner in the east
ern Arkansas plantation area,l
where the percentage of tenancy is
high, advocated establishment ofi
small factories adjacent to good‘
farming sections to take care of
surplus agricultural help and im
mediate local markets for farm
products.
Emrhatically denying a fre
quently heard charge that south
ern planters do not attemp to
care for their tenants, hg said:
“rhe truth is that the labor
left on the farm today lis sullen
and resistant toward efforts to
make the tenant self-supporting
planters encounter more trouble
trying to get temants to plant and
care for a garden than they do in
getting their whole plantation in
crops. The average tenant does
not know when or how to plant
gardens and is unable to care for
himself,”
Five Athens Firemen
To Attend College in
Atlanta During Weck
Five Athens firemen will attend
the Southeastern Fire College in
Atlanta next week, starting Wed
nesday and lasting through ¥ri
day night, when a banquet will be
given for all visiting firemen.
The fire college is an annual
event, designed to better school
fire-fighters from cities in south
eastern states on how to battle
blazes.
Those golng from Athens are
Assistant Chiet J. B. Farr, Cap
tain Ernest Daniel, Guy Lester,
Jack Maguire and Max Pinson.
Athens, Ga., Sunday, May 2, 1937.
SPEAKS AT SCIENCE
MEETING THIS WEEK
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Dr. L. O. Kunkel of Rockefeller
Institute who will adrress a meet
ing of biologists at the University
here this week.
BIOLOGISTS OF BIX
STATES MEET HERE
Application of Research to
Medicine to Be Studied
During Meet
Biolegists from six states will
meet at the University of Georgia,
May 7 and 8, at the invitation of
the Division of Biological Sciences
to discuss biological and zooclogi
cal problems and the application
of certain zoological research to
medicine.
The afternoon of Friday, May
7, and Saturday morning will he
devoted to the reading of papers.
Friday evening at 7 o'clock a din
ner will be held in Memorial Hall,
after 'which President Harmon W.
Caldwell will deliver an address
of welcome.
Immediatey following President
Caldwell’s address, at 8 p. m.,
Dr. L. O. Kunkel, of the Rocke
feller Institute, will speak on
“New Views in Plant Virus Re
search.” ¥is spreech will be open
to the public and will be given
either in Memorial Hall or in the
chapel. .
Dr. Kunkel was formerly ‘with
the United States Department of
Agriculture, has been connected
with the Hawaiian Sugar Planters
Association, and snice 1932 has
been head of the division of plant
pathology at the Rockefeller In
stitute. He will discuss the most
recent developments in virus res
search, mentioning- the rpossibility
that viruses are protein crystals.
Twenty papers will be presented
at the meeting, among them re
ports considered by the biologists,
papers of general interest, and
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Madison Dentist Is
Elected President
Dr. G. H, Dunlap of Madison is
the' new president of the Eighth
District Dental soctety whoch held
its annual meeting in Athens last
week. Dr. R. C. Martin of Mon
roe was elected vice president; Dr.
A. N. Bowers, Athens, secretary
treasurer; Dr. Pope B. Holliday,
Athens, delegate to the state
meeting ‘in Savannah and Dr. C
J. May, Washington, alternate.
The convention of the society
was held at the Isprman hotel last
Thursday afternoon. "Papers were
wead by Dr, Irwin T. Hyatt and
Dr. Roy D. Mitchell of Atlanta. A
dinner in honor of the guests was
given at’6:3o o'clock.
LOCAL WEATHER
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ROWRE . Liivii o aran aaen 58.0
RERRE. . i i e 60.6
Normal. ... i, 67.0
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 h0ur5...... 0,00
Total since May 1..... cus Al
Deficit since May 1......+ .21
Avrage May rainta11.......- 3.6¢
Total since January 1......25.68
Wxcess since January 1..... .90
~ESTABLISHED 1832—
GIANT FILM STRIKE
THREATENS TO SHUT
HOLLYWOOD STUDIO
Walkout Spreads as 14
Unliens Vote on Joining
KO-Columbia Men
10,000 ARE AFFECTED
Industry Facing Complete
Shutdown; Playes Call
Mass Meeting '
HOLLYWOOD.— (/) —Picket- |
ing increased at major studiusi
and spread to other Saturday’
night as the threat of pamlyzing-:"
strike affecting more than 10,000
craftsmen and players hung nveri
the multi-billion dollar motion
picture industry. t
Four unions with a membership !
of some 2,600 already were nomi—"
nally on strike under a call issued |
Friday night. ;
The question of ‘whether 14
other unions will join the walkuut[
will be decided Sunday morning
at a meeting of the recently or- |
ganized parent body, the Federat-l
ed ' Motion Picture Crafts, strike
sponsor. Its unions were votlng}
Saturday to determine strike sen—i
timent. ‘
The powerful Screen Actors
Guild also called a mass meeting
for tomorrow night in the Holly
wood Legion stadium to decide
whether 5,600 members, including
nearly all the film colony's top
notch players, will pass through
picket lines into the studics.
Look to Actors for Support
Federated Crafts officials are
banking heavily on the Actors’
Guild for support of their demands
fer a closed shop and union rece
ognition in th¢ industry. Produc
ers’ representatives so far have
declined to grant these demands
before receiving and considering
any wage and hour requests which
the ecrafts may expect to make.
Effect of Friday night's strike
call ‘o the four unions could not
pbe determined definitely Saturday,
it being a light day at most stu
dios.
~ Pat Casey, labor conciliator for
ithe producers, declared very few
workers failed to report for work
and such production as was
scheduled for Saturday was not
hampered.
President Charles Lessing of
the elerated Crafts also said he
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TALMADGE LINES UP
WITH DRY FORCES
Hopes to See State Remain
In Arid Column, He Tells
Butler Students
| (By the Associated Press)
Former Governor KEugene Tal
'madga Saturday had repéal on the
lliat of thingg he opposes on the
[June 8 general election ballot.
In g commencement day ad
dress at Butler, Ga, Friday the
former executive gud, “I hope to
see that Georgia comes up in the
| dry column” on election day.
| His pronouncement drew from 8.
Marvin Griffin, chairman of the
Georgia Alcohol Control Associa
ition in Atlanta, the remark that
l"'ralmdge is just talking poli
tics.” i
' “He knows,” Griffin continued,
“that whiskey is being sold in
‘evt’l’y hamlet in the state of Geor
,g‘aio
Talmadge devoted most of his
address to opposition to the 26
constitutional amendmentg to be
voted on June 8 glong with the
lrepell issue,
l Map Programs !
‘ The two organizations n]rwmh\fl!
‘euch other In the batile over li
quor-—theg Consolidated Forces for
‘}’rohlbltlon and CGriffin’'s Control
Assoclation—continued to map
thelp campaigns.
‘W. W. Caines, head of the pro
hibition league, sald “we have
passed the state of belng ‘calm’;
{we are becoming more and more
{ aroused.”
‘While gailnes reported increased
organization of countles through
out the state, Griffin announced
jan enlargement of the personnel
jof the eontrol assoclation by nam
ing three assistants
The new helpers, he sald, will
be Senator Jeff Pope of Cairo, and
Representative Spence R, Grayson
of Savannah, and Willam G.
Hastings of Atlanta,
The general assembly members
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Sixteenth Anniversary Of
Wilkinson Ministry Today"
Members of the First Baptist
church today will observe the
sixteenth anniversary of the pas
torate of Dr. J. C. Wilkinson.
Dr. Wilkinson's ministry at the
First Baptist has been one of the
most successful in that church’'s
history and the membership roints
with pride to the splendid record
that has been made under his
leadership. Dr. Wilkinson’s min
istry from the beginning was
marked by an increased interest
on the part of members of the
church in its activities.
Shortly after coming to Athens,
Dr. Wilkinson organized the
men's Church Council which has
heen successful in the develop
ment of many of its members into
effective church leaders. He is
also teacher of the Forum class,
which has a large membership
and is one of the most interesting
religious groups in the state. /
Dr. Wilkinson has not only
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TAUMADGE THIAL
HINTED BY PAPER
Ex-Governor May Be Tried
For State Hospital Deal,
Says Atlanta Daily
ATLANTA — (#) — The Atlanta
Constitution said Saturday night
the “first mpve towafd possible
court action against former Gov
ernor Kugene Talmadge was geen
when Solicitor General Cartey
Baldwin of the Ocmulgee judicial
eircuit joined in wme investigation
of the Milledgeville state hospital.”
The paper said Talmadge “ad
mitted selling farm goods to the!
hospital while governor and ex
officio member of the board of
control while the law creating the
board reads ‘no member of said
board shall direetly or indirectly
«ell to or buv from any institution
under its control or supervision.'
«phe solicitor general, whose
circuit includes Milledgeville and
tßaldwm eounty, spent pracucally‘
'the entire day at the capitol in
Econterence with State Auditor Tom
Wisdom, who recently made public
a list of purchase by the hospital
from Talmadge and Mrs. Talmadge,
| Baldwin algo was closeted with
iofficla]s of the state department
of law for some time.
“Neither Baldwin, Wisdom nor
officials of the gsaw department
‘with whom thhe prosecutor con
ferred would say anything regard-
ing Baldwin’s presence at the
capitol, but it is snown that he
obtained official copies of all pap
erg involved in the transactions
between Talmadge, Mrs, Talmadge
and the Milledgeville hospital”
" ffhe Constitution said Judge
James B. Park ot the Ocmulgee
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'J. F. Rhodes, Former
" Athenian, Passes in
. Atlanta on Friday
Funeral arrangements for J,
frank Rhodes, former Athenian,
who died Friday mght in Atlanta,
have not been made, it was an
nounced lates Saturday night, due
to failure to contact a relative.
Surviving Mr. Rhodes, who was
;a long-time resident of Athens, a
‘rurmer mayor and representative
in the state legislature, are his
wife; three daughters, Mrs. R, K.
McClure, Hollywood, Fla., Mrs. W.
‘E. Frye, latrock, N. C, and Mrs,
i‘Ann R, Harrigson, Atlanta; three
isons, B. H. Rhodes, Miami, Fla.,
‘Harry ¢!, Rhodes, Orlando, Fla.,
land J. F. Rhodes, Jacksonville, Fla.,
| wister, Mrs., Jack Gallagher, New
| York City and a brother, L. C.
inhudes, Graysville, Ga,
| Mr. Rhodes was 77 years old and
'he died at his residence in At
!lunta. 41 Ponce de Leon Court.
Athens Students at !
Tech on Honor List
Three Athens boys will be gmong
the studentg honored on May 14
when Ceorgia ‘Tech, in Atlanta,
holds its annual Honors Day ex
oxorcises, according to an gnnoun
;M‘nwm by University officials.
I The three Athenians, all of whom
imudn the school’s honor roll, are
H B Cobb and Dan Dupree, both
| sophomores and C. D. Flanigen,
freshman. W. H, Duckworth, as
slstant attorney-general of Geor
gla, will be the Homor Day gpeak
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RIVERS OONFIDENT
HE'LL GET NEW JAIL
Sale of $1,600,000 Tatt
nall County Prison to
State Held Certain
ATLANTA .—(P)—State acquisi
tion of the 31,600,000 Tattnall
county fprlson at Reidsville by
June 1 appears ‘“good” te Gover
nor E. D. Rivers.
The governor said he dlso was
confident the Public Work Admin
istration would give the state a
loan and grant of $560,000 with
which to install manufacturing
equipment.
Should the state obtain the
rrison, Rivers declared, the pres
ent penal institution at Milledge
ville would be abandoned and its
buildings converted into an annex
for the state hospital, now oper
ating under crowded conditions,
The Tattnall prison was con
structed by the PWA for Georgia's
use, but without a definite con
tract for the state to take it over.
Negotiations Under Way
The buildings were completed
ghortly after Rivers teok office,
and negotiations have been under
way . for several months to ar
range terms for the transfer.
Under the latest proposal, the
PWA will allow Georgia 50 years
in which to repay 70 ‘percent of
the cost, the limit having been
raised 20 years from the original
suggestion.
The $500,000 loan and grant on
a 456-55 basis, Rivers explained,
will- be used to install equipment
for running industries “to take
care of the overhead of the pris
on."
State Supplies Only
State supplies only would be
manufactured, he held. The list
of possible activities includes the
manufacture of automobile tags
for the state revenue commission;
making of “tax-paid crowns'' re
quired under the new beer tax act;
production of mattresses, clothes
and shoes for other state institu
tions; manufacture of tin-ware
for state purposes; and enlarge
ment of the printing plant already
operated at Milledgeville.
An act of the last general as
sembly created a special house
genate committee to work with
the governor in acquisition of the
prison, and authorized a contract
for its purchase.
Shortage Is Denied
By Linder; Charges
Mud-Slinging Plot
ATLANTA - i l"urz:ul'l
Commissioner of Agriculture om |
Linder Issued a gtatement here
Saturday saying “I have never
been short one cent and there has
never been any lability uga.lnat‘
my bond.” l
His formal statement was given
in answer to an Announcement by
Governor Rivers a week ago that
the Amertean Surety company had
pald without contest a state claim
for $4,127 as fees collected by the
agricultural department, but not
recorded on the books,
“ want the people who honored
e to know that T zm not short
one cent,” Linder sald.
~ He ‘charged that “if any money
has been paid by the bonding
company on Tom Linder’'s bond" it
18 a “desperate and frantic effort
to throw mud on Tom Linder,”
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SGARGITY OF aAIPS
PERILS SUCCESS OF
MASS MIGRATION
Franco Reaches Basque
Front to Take Charge
Of Attacking Army
ULTIMATUM ISSUED
Surrender of Stricken City
Demanded by Mola;
Both Claim Gains
By ROBERT B. PARKER, JR.
HENDAYFE, Franco =~ Spanish
Frontier.— () —Anxious Basques
and willing' British skippers
worked against weighty odds Sat
urday night to evacuate Bilbao’s
non-combatants beyond the range
of Spanish Insurgent bombs and
cannon. ¢
Refuge around the Bay of Bis
cay's bend in France for some
children was assured when the
masters of nine British freighters
in Bilbao harbor volunteered to
evacuate as many as possible
from the imminent menace of
bombardment and siege. ;
But a shortage of ships and In
surgent Genéral Francisco Fran
co's refusal to respect foreign
refugee vessels running his Bay
of Biscay gauntlet menaced the
success of mass migration.
Franco in Personal Command
Time also became a factor when
CGieneral Franco arrived on the
northern front to take personal
command of hig troops, about ten
miles east of Bilbao on the Dur
ango-Guernica line.
Rerorts from the northern war
zone said General Emilio Mola,
commanding the drive against
Bilbao, had sen an ultimatum to
the Basque president, Juan Anto
nio Aguirre, demanding the imme=
diate surrender of the city “to
avoid useless sacrifice.” .
~ Insurgent officers declared they
were confident the Basques' “des
perate military situation” would
tf(:l‘co them to surrender, e
. Governmeht and Insurgent res
;pm'ts from the front conflicted.
Defense officers declared their
lines had brought the attack to a
halt. Insurgent communiques said
the Basques had fallen baek to
their last defense lines and were
{dtgglng in to stand off an Ofle{lf
| sive against the Basque capital,
Bilbao, itself.
! ‘Scarcity of Ships
In the face of an expected urs
’gent need for sreed in removing
' Bilbao’'s non-combatants and a
scarcity of ships in which to carry
them, removal even of the 150,000
mentioned by French and British
| officials as their geal seemad un
likely .
I Diplomatic gources said the
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40 MINIMUM PAY
OFT FOR TEACHERS
Tentative Schedule Under
New 7-Month Term
Places Top at SBO
ATLANTNA, —(#— A tentative
schedule ¢/ teachers' salaries rang+
ing from S4O to SBO a month wdy‘
guggested by the state department
of education today @s the state's
share in operation of commog
schools under the new seven
month term bill.
Salaries, under the tentative
plan released, would be bhased on
experience and 'training of the in<
dividual teacher, .
Full. payment of the $9,256,000
appropriation for the scholastic
year 1937-1938 would enable such
a rate to be pug into effect, Dr. %
D. Collins, superintendent, said in
a letter to school! heads through
out the state, Local governments
could supplement the state-paid
salaries. . < : ¢
The proposed schedule of pay
would be: 4
Teachers holding four-vear col
lege certificatbs: S7O to SBO.
Teashers holding three year el
lege certificates: $856 to $75. i
Those holding two-year college
certificaes: S6O to S7O. o
Those holding one-year or less
college certificates: S3O to S6O.
Those holding county licenses:
S4O, o
For negro teachers, the 'scale
would be approximately 60 percent
of the rate. v E;&
Collins sald the three-year col
lege certificate would he & new
one which he woulg recommend to
the state board at its next mogts
ing, v
Attaches of the education des
partmeny stated the schedule an
nounced was not definite, and that
all arrangements would have to be
passed upon by the sstate board.
Governor Rivers declared it fif
possible the final plan would net
be approved until the appoietment
'of a new education voard to takq
office July 1y e
