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IFNOMENTS WILL
(1L “AOME BULE"
TIMADGE. ASSERTS
says Adoption of Proposalsl
"~ Will Double Tax .
Burden |
VOTE JUNE EIGHTH i
Asserts the Constitutional;
Changes Will Destroy !
County Government l
ATLANTA = (A — BOorme)
governor Eugene Talmadge in a
new blast against proposed consti
{utional amendments to-be voted on
m the June 8 e.ection, said to
fav:*
“If these constitutional amend- |,
menis are passed, we will more |
than double the present tax burden
of the state of Georgia.” i
He gaid also it would mean cen- ;
tralization of government “in At
lanta
“This Atlanta government under
these congtitutional amendments
s going to be dictated to by a|
federal board and burean from
Washington,
“These constitutional amend
menty are aimed to destroy county !
government and loeal self-govern.
ment.”
He urged:
2 O Ty S L
“Let's don’t selk out t 0 g bunch
of money-mad tax-grabbers who'
want to raise your taxes to build
up a political machine that will
place vou and youp children, and
voup children’s children, in slavery
for generations to come.”
Talmadge, in an article for his
newspaper, digcussed numerous of
the amendments, both general and
local, jtem by item,
As for the amendments to per
mit the state and counties to levy
taxes for social security, he sald|
the proposalg provided that the
funds be administered by the state
welfare department, which, he
contended, will be controlled by |
“a federal board at Washington,”
Central Control
Talmadge added:
“In other words, you will be rais
jng your pauper taxation and turn
ing over the authority to boards in
Atlantag and Whshington, who will
decide to whom you pay it.
“] have stated before that Wash«
ington would see to it that practi
cally every negro was placed on
the pension rolls. W'hat would be.
come of your labor?”
“What will become es your tax
es”"
As for the amendment to author
ize “the general assembly to con
vene jtself in extraordinary session
whenever it wants :0,” he said:
“What a humdinger! Do we wan{ ‘
the legislature in session all the
time? We have too many laws
now, 1t is very attractive to stay
in Atlanta on state per diem, in
wir-conditioned hallg, taxing the!
peopie. We had better keep it like
s new” < . 1
The S3OO household goods tax
imenoment he descviped as— 3
‘A tad law. No prevar:y should
be exempt from taxation. If thig
is passed, you might save from $3
to §5 that you now pay on thig
furniture, but you will meet your
self coming back when they put a
heavy gales tax, or gross income
tax on you.
"H. B, 34—To classify property
for taxation, and to adopt differ
‘ol rates and methods for taxing
different clagseg of property.
“More Tax Raising”
“Ihis bill does pot say what rate
the different classes of property
Shall pay, but leaves it to “log
olling” Jater on, to get some pro-
Perty at a very low pate, and oth
r property at a eery righ rate
You had better vote against it. x 3
MR 28-151-A—Authotizing the
tounties to raise their present tax
(Continued on Page Two)
BRIDGES ADDRESSES
AUCUSTA ROTARIANS
y PR !
Hd\: GUSTA , Ga. ' ‘Weayer
n..}(‘"“.N president of the Athens
lm‘d.'. v club, addressed the
rll‘n} “’y""“"“'t'linu of the Augusta
,““‘"}\\“““""*H,\/ on the subject of
50 \‘“'l' declaring that “if you
V 4 man, you'll like him.”
”;""‘”t 4 Rotary message, his
M”‘l '!-"“IH With the congeniality
Rota tiendliness to be found im
L ’\ clubs, and the gooed that
W"‘mi ¢tomes to any man join-
Ns I an organization.
,‘,”fi""""\ fumous to Georgia Ro
pp % Mr. Bridges sald the past
fdepy 0% that he has been pres
i o " the Athens club have been
i h:|l;|yi¢.flt in his life.
”“ Praised the “first name”
.llji"’j:"*"ll enforced by Rotary
ity wO4 declared this informal
. Knocks the crust off” those
'\’,’l‘\;'?"’”m be aloof and formal.
i 1..‘ suest speaker was present
m.v,..):.,,l"“" Jesse W. Veateh, a
My "'-f the haat club,
»I‘ti!uwll.:‘;:d‘g““. Adl . S
Ing: thar’ ] of the most interest
hive 1 'he Augusta Rotarians
4ve hearq,
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I, the Rev. David Cady Wright,
Ir. there will be no Celeheation of
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Seventeenth Annual Little
International To Be Held
Here Thursday Night, 7:30
Cala Event to Be Opened
With Dog and Pony
Show in Afternoon
PROGCRAM IS GIVEN
This Year’s Show Seen as
Best Sponsored by Sad
dle and Sirloin
Seventeenth annual Little Inter«l
national ILivestock show, sponsor
ed by the Saddle and Sirloin club,l
will be held Thursday night at
7:30 o'clock at the College of Ag-!
riculture; The Dog and Pony show‘
will be held Thursday afternoop at
3 o’'clock. e
Superintendents and | directors
are Dr, W. F, McLendon and Dr.
W. C. Burkhart for the Dog show,
A. B. Childs; Ring; Major Harold
G, Holt, Cavalry and Stunts and
music will be furnished by Pro
ifessor R. T. Dottery directing the
Llfniversity of Georgia band.
‘ Started seventeen years ago ina
modest way, the Little Interna
;tional gained momentum yearly
and today it ranks among the bes:
attractiong of its type in the state.
}Attendance at the annual shows
have kept pace with ‘the develop-
Iment of the event, the crowds
leach year being larger than the
| vear previous,
The 19387 Little International is
confidently expected to eclipse all
previous events, both as to excel
lence, interest and attendance,
- Following is the program for the
‘two attractions, together with de
tailed information as to prizes
[judges, ete.:
3:oo—Parade of ponies and dogs.
3:os—Pony show: (1) Wilson
Hayes, (2) Harold Hodgson, (3)
Walter Marbut, (4) N. O. Mec-
Waters, (5) Edward Nelson, (6)
Hampton Rowland, (7) Jack Row
land, (8) Kenneth Guest, (9) Hom
er Lanier, (10) Glen; Lanier.
3:ls—Eskimo Spitz, Cockeral
Spariels. . |
3:2o—Collies and Airedales.
3:3o—Sorority riding class: (1)
Alpha Gamma Delta, Elizabeth
aylor, (2) Alpha Omieron Pi,
Katherine Burkhart, (3) Phi Mu,
Grace Winston, (4) Delta Phi
Epsilon, Eleanop Goldberg, (5) Al
phi Chi, Fronena Harrison, (6)
Alpha Delta Pi, Myra Harris, (7)
Chi Omega, Virginia Ashford, (8)
Kappa Delta, Edith Connor, (9)
Delta Delta Delta, Kennon Hen
derson,
3:4(o—Beagles,
3:so—Walker July Hounds, July
Hounds. !
4:oo—Pointers and Irish Setters,
4:lo—English Setters.
4:2o—CGerman Shepherds, Dober
‘man Pinchers.
4:3o—Schnauzers, Scotties, Toy
I Manchesters,
4:4o—Fox Terriers, Boston Ter
;riers, Wire Haired Terriers,
.Dog Class Prizes
First, second and third in each
class, male and female, ribbons,
Best female Scottie,, one brush
‘ (Continued on page two.)
WATKINGVILLE GLUB
NAMES L E. FARMER
Civitan Club Elects New
Officers, Honors Two
Basketball Teams
By SAM WOODS
WATKINSVILLE — L. E. Far-|
mer, extension economist of the
State College of Agriculture and
resident of Oconee county, was
named president of the Watkins-|
ville Civitan e¢lub at a meeting
here Tuesday night. |
Carl C. Parson, for the past five
years president of the club
was named bice-president to suc
ceed Henry H. Harris and Neal
Downs was elected seeretary
treasurer, succeeding his brether,
Harry Downs. The executive com- !
mittee is composed of the rres-l
ent officers.
The Woman's Council of !hs!
Christian church, comprising Mrs.l
R. B. Crowley, president, Mrs. D. |
M. Joiner, vice-president and Mrs.
Irwin Duggan, secretary, served
the delightful dinner in the hase
ment of the church.
Civitans at this meeting were
hosts to the Watkinsville High
school boys and girls basketball
team. The girls were champions of
the northern division of the Tenth
District “B" cass, and while not
champions of the entire district,
were close runners-up. The girls
team was composed of Charlotte
Lord, Sarah Weirauch, Barbara
Klder, Gladys Means, Mary Nell
Hancock, Dorothy Harris, Flor
ence McGuire, Bettle Malcomb,
Flizabeth Thomas and Dorothy
Addington. .
The boys team was composed of
Shannon Dickens, Edwin Verner,
Powell Veal, J. W. Bennett,
Henry Parson, Fonnie Dickens,
Norris Gordon, Milton Barnett,
Jerrell Sutton and J. M. Foster.
. Rev. Dan Joiner extended a
‘welcome to the two teams on be
‘half of the Civitan club and Hen
ry Parsons, a team member, re-
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of the University of Georgia Phil
osophy department, whose book “A
Philosopher’s Love For Christ,” is
coming off the press in Grand Rap
ids, Mich,, this week. The story
will be found on page 5.
WEATHER CLEARG P
THROUGHOUT STATE
Rains Are Moving East
ward, Atlanta Weather
Bureau Reports
ATLANTA—(#)—Weather bureat
officials said today rains pelting
north ang northwest sectlons of
the state will move eastward leav
ing the majority of Georgia under
fair skies tomorrow.
The official forecast was ‘‘gen
erally fair tonight and Thursday
preceded by - local thundershowers
this afternoon or early tonight on
the coast and in the extreme east
central portion with not much
change in temperature.”
Macon reporteg an electrical
storm early today with a third ot
an inch of rain falling in 20 min
utes, Telephone ang power serv-s
ices was interrupted for a time in
the Tennille-Millen region.
The weather bureau here said
the heaviest rain in Georgia up
to a. m. today fell at Tallapoosa,
.32 inches. Tome reported 1.05.
Other cites reporting were Co
lumbus, .34 inch; Gainesville .72;
Qriffin .52; Newnan .44; Monti
cello .39; Augusta, Savannah and
Thomasville reported no rain;
LaGrange .76; Hogansville .81 and
Atlanta ,98.
Roviewing crop conditions iq
Georgia for the week ending May
4, the bureau said:
~ ‘The week was decidedly cool
and wet and unfavorable for farm
work as well as for the growth of
‘the principal crops.
’ “Cotton planting was held in
check 1n the northern half of the
i.state, and germination of that
kwhich had been previously planted
'was rather poor. In the southern
)half plowing and chopping were
(Continued on page three.)
BONDHOLDERS FORCE
SALE OF WESLEYAN
COLLEGE BUILDINGS
MACON, Ga, —(P)— A default
judgment for $988,000, principal,
plus interest, was taken in su
perior court here thls morning
against Wesleyan college,
Bondholders brought foreclosure
action resulting in judgment.
The court authorized sale of the
new Wesleyan college plant at Ri
voli to satisfy the judgment on
the first Tuesday in June,
Triends of the college said that
Methodists would make an effort
to purchase the property.
1t was asesrteq by leaders that
the college will continue to oper
ate in its new plant. |
LOCAL WEATHER
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GEORGIA:
Generally Fair
Tonight and
Thursday, Pre
ceded by Local
Thundershowers
This Afternoon or
Early Tonight on
the Coast and in
Extreme East
Cent-al Portion;
Not Much Change
in Temperature.
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LOWOBE, .oo svss wlot saavs s DILE
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Normal, ... s+ «seens S BT.O
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Inches ast 24 h0ur5........ .42
Tota since May doseviiiins .45
Deficit since May 1....... s A 6
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Athens, Ga., Wednesday, May 5, 1937,
CONTROVERSIES IN
CONGRESS HOLDING
BACK ADJOURNMENT
Leaders Uncertain When|
Law-Makers Will Get |
Back Home [
HIT G.O.P. CLAIM
Democrats Fire Back at
Republican Assertions
On Reorganization
By EDWARD J. DUFFY
WASHINGTON | —(¥— The 7bth
congress hegan its fifth month to
day embroiled in controversies un.
dreamed of when it convened in
January, Leaders were uncertain
iwhetlwr to exnect adjournment in
July or October,
Some senators, contrary to the
general opinion, said an early
wind-up appeared a distinet pos
sibility.
" Their bhelicf was hased opn the
predominant talk of compromise
on court reorganization and the
possibi'ity that legislation on
wages and hours, genera]l govern
ment reorganization, farm and
power policy might he deferred,
There was no sign of adminls
tration willingness to compromise
on the court issue, however, or to
restrict the legislative program 80
lnarmw]y. Much will hinge on
President Roosevelt's decisions
!When he returns.
If he remains adamant on the
judiciary question and submits
recommendations for industrial
regulation, legislators said they
probably would not be homeward
bound before autumn,
A house committee began hear
ing on the major issue of econo
my—ag presented in the president’s
request for a $1,500,000,000 relief
appropriation. Advocates of SI,-
000,000,000 appeared to be gaining
ground over those demanding $2-
500,000,000,
Major Measures
Among the few major measures
enacted so far this session are
“cash and carry” neutrality, re
newal of the president’s monetary
powers and the currency stabiliza
tion fund, the reciproeal tariff
policy, establishment of coal reg
ulations, extension of the recon
struction cerporation, and full pay
for supreme court justices wishing
to retire at 70.
Only three more appropriation
bills have to reach the house
floor. They will contain funds for
the interior department, the relief
administration, and for rivers and
harbors projects supervised by
the army,
The administration committee
studying various proposals for
minimum wage and maximum hour
regulations has yet to report, Whe
ther it will deal with such matters
as trade practice agreements, as
under the NRA codes, or bhanning
of child labor is a question.
A Republican statement that ad
ministration leaders had abandon
ed all but one feature of the
Roosevelt program for reorganiz
ing the government was challenged
(Continued on Page Two)
Fourteen American
Women Will Curtsey
To Monarchs Tonight
LONDON — (#®) — More than
500 women gave last-minute touch
es to their shimmermg gowns to
day in preparation for curtsies to
King George and Queen Elizabeth
‘at the season's llr'st royal court
‘tonight,
i Fourteen American women Wwill
ibe among those to be presented in
\the Buckingham pamce ceremony,
the first big fashion parade of the
coronation season,
The procession probably will take
about two hours; afterward a royal
buffet will be gerved.
Gowns of glittering lame oOr rich
gilp will have long court trains
suspended from the shoulders,
White ostrich Prince of Wales
plumes will be worn in the halr,
with white tulle veils floating from
the base of the clusters.
Most of the debutantes will
carry flowers or big ostrich fea
ther fans. Court flomists have
gpent days making up gheafs of
iilles for tall women and gmaller
bouguets for the more petite ones,
Mrs, Robert W. PBingham, wife
of the United Stateg Ambsasador,
will present the Awmerican women
to the king and queen.
She will wear a gown of malse
and yellow silver procade with @
jewelled belt and a maisge chiffon
train of applique with brocade,
Her jewels will be a diamond tiara,
a necklace and a bracelet.
Ambassador Binknam and his
daughter, Henrfetta, also will at
tend, Miss Bingham has chosen a
gown of blue satin with a train of
the same fabric, She will wear
pearls,
American women to be presented
today include: :
Miss Eleanora Bowdoin, Alken,
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~ Mrs. Byron Hilliard, Louisville,
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| above, in Pittsburgh, temporar
t ily halted the government’s
I anti-trust suit against the Alu
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{ The order was based on 'the
| company's contention that it
! was already observing terms of
| a consent decree resulting from
| a “parallel” “suit brought in
' Pittsburgh in_ 1912, The gov
! ernment’s suit was filed in the
{ southern district of New York.
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Picket Line Reinforce
ments Are Promised to
Movie Strikers
HOLLYWOOD (P)—Picket line
reinforcements from lengshoremen
um} tlie Committee for Industrial
Organization were promised to
film industry strikerg today, as
the labor conciliator for major
producers predicted an end of the
five-day strike.
A riotous union clash in the
headquartiers of the international
alliance of the theatrical and
stage employes last night appar
ently marked a crucial turn in the
walkout of 6,000 studio employes.
1t was followed by a statement |
from Pat Casey, labor executivo‘
of the producers association, that
the Los Angeles Central Labor
council had suggested a peace
plan to be studied today.
Six men were hospitalized byan
inter-union clash., Steps were taken
which might send eleven unions of
the Federated Motion Picture Crafts
back to work and meet demands
of the potent screen actors guild
for improved studio conditions.
Intervening with producers, the
Los Angeles Centra] Labor Coun
cil submitted one proposal as a
basig for ending the strike. The
actors guild opened a conference
with producers last night,
In the first large-scale violence,
‘3O persons stormed into offices of
the International Alliance of The
atrical and Stage Employes on
Santa Monica boulevard. Doors
were crashed, windows broken,
water bottles were sent hurling
about the rooms, furniture was
smashed, and several mepn were
thrown down a stalrway.
The 1.A.T.8.E., affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor
like the Federated Crafts is mnof
on strike., The six men who re
quired hospital treatment were
seeking to join the organization te
obtain studio work.
Actresses and actors reached the
studios with difficulty, . Among
those on the sets were Jean Har
low, Marlene Dietrich, Clark Gable
Bing Croshy, Jack Benny, Bar
bara Stanwyck, John Boles, Grets
Garbo, Cary Cooper, George Raft
Charles Boyer, Herbert Marshall,
Gilbert Roland, Dorothy Lamourt
Lew Ayies nad Leslie Howard,
None of the stars had nay com
ment on the strike situation,
Dean Leon P. Smith,
Wesleyan Scientist,
Succumbs Last Night
MACON, Ga, — (#) — Activities
at Wesleyan college were at a
standstill today out of respect of
Dean Leon P. Smith, 68, who died
in a hospital here early last night
of a heart ailment.
“He wag one of our most beloved
professors and officers and we
#hall miss him greatly,” said Dr
D. R, Anderson, wWesleyan presi
dent,
Dean Bmith, who also served as
vice president of Wesleyay college
wag one of Georgla’s leading edu
cators and a recognized autherity
on geology,
Only last week he was awarded
honors by the Georgia Academy of
Sclence for his research on flint,
He took active part in the study
of indian Mounds opened -hers
ITALIAN AID IN BLOCKING
EVACUATION OF REFUGEES
FROM BILBAO IS CHARGED
CHOICE OF HOME fs
PROVING PROBLEM
TODUKE AND WALLY
Couple Reported in Mild
Argument Over Selecting
Residence
MONTS, France. —(#P)— Wallis
Simpson and her gay Duke walked
arm ip arm-—behind a sharp-eyed
escort of two—in the grounds of
the ancient Chateau De Cande to
day.
_ Fifty yards in front of thei
strolling lovers, .an alert British
detective paced along with Hex{
man L. Rogers of New York, Mrs,
Simpson’s frienq and spokesman,
Police at the various gates were
doubled to keep the eurious out,
Rogers saig neither the Duke of
‘Windsor nor his bethrothed plan
ned to Jeave the estate today.
| In fact, they were reported in
mild argument aboug their choice
lof a home,
! Rogers, coming out to greet
'newspapermen before the stroll,
refused for the first time to accept
telephone calls, He also declined
to discuss plans for the wedding—
presumably put off unti] after mid
May, when Edward's youngest
brother, the Duke of Kent, may be
best man.
: The argument aboui & home, if
it really could be called an argu
ment, was this: :
Wallis Warfield Simpson —the
former Baltimore belle who won
the heart of a king—was under
stoog to be urging America as a
land in which the tumult surround
ing her royal romance could be
forgotten,
mdward, Duke of Windsor—the
British monarch wheo chose “the
woman 1 love” to .the crown he
might have worn one week hence
—was pictured as wanting to make
their home in Austria, whose peo<
ple. he feels, are close to him,
Their trials of five months and
one day of separation melted yes
terday in a joyful embrace at the
chateau. Persons close to the
household said Mrs, Simpson sug
gested that after the wedding they
go to the Uniteq States, or at
\]east to <Canada, to escape the
memories and traditions of royal:
ty that still would bing them a#
duke and duchess.
The two were not pressed
for time in their home-making de
cision because the duke, eagfr not
to dim the glory of his brother’s
coronation next week in London,
apparently "had put off his mar
riage plans. ’
Move Is Launched
By Commission to
Stop Tax Evasion
ATLANTA —(#)— The state of
Georgia, which recently raised the
tax on popular brand cigarettes
from one ang one half cents to
three cents a package, announced
today a campaign to stop evasion
of the tax by persons ordering cig
arettes from other states,
Revenue Commissioner T. Grady
Head said today inspectors had
made several large seizures already
to stop sales of unstamped cigar
ettes from ;lnts wtihout the state
by mail.
Head said mall advertising cam
paigns had been started from sev
eral points outside Georgia solicite
ing business,
He sald the sellers were adver
tising to individuals as well as re
tailers to gain orders for unstamp
ed cigarettes at lower prices than
they can be bought within the
state.
“So far as we have been able to
learn, the violations have been.con
fined to certain territories within
the state, especially in south
Georgia,” Head sald.
“By concentrating a force of in
spectors in that territory we have
been able to clear the situation up,
1 believe, and hootlegging of cig
arettes has been checked.”
Head declared it was within the
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Negro Slightly Hurt
In Wreck Last Night
Dedrick Johnson, negro, ‘'was
slightly injured last night on the
Lexington road when his 'car
overturned. Johnson said a pass
ing truck struck his auto, causing
the accident.
An Athens ambulance was call
ed after the accident, but it was
not thought the negro was badly
hurt, and he was not brought to
the hospital. .A few minutes later,
however, another call came in af
ter the mnegro had collapsed on
the front porch of Policeman Clar
ence Roberts home, and Johnson
was carried to the hospital, The
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INOTHER VICTIM OF
TORSD KILLER FOUND
Mutilated Body of Woman
Is Found in Lake Erie;
Is Ninth Since 1934
CLBEVELAND — (#; — The mu
tilated body of Cleveland’s ninth
torso .slaying viclim, a woman,
was found today in Lake Erie at
the Kast 9th street pier, only a
short walk from the downtown
district,
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The woman'g arms and legs and
head had been cut off. The ‘torso
had been in the lake for about two
weeks, police estimated.
The body was taken to the county
morgue where Coroner Samuel R,
Gerber was to make a closer exa
mination,
Tirst reports indicated the glay
ing followed all the weird details
of the previous nine killings., Coro
ner Gerber a month ago warned
police that the mad torso slayer
probably was “yaking friends”
with hig ninth victim. |
Today’s victim was the tourth!
woman in the list of slayings. All
of the women’g bodies except one
have been found sn Lake Erie,
The bodles of male victims were
found in Kingsbury Run, a small
dirty stream flowing through | the
indvustrial section at the southern
rim of the downtown section,
Only three victims ever have
been identified.
The first of the nine bodles, that
of a woman, was found September
5, 1934, on the eastern sghore of
Lake Erie,
The eighth victim, also a woms
an, was found February 23 this
yeul
Investigation of the killings has
been almost endless gince the first
pody was found, but every likely
clew evaporated.
Police Chief George J, Matowits
only a week ago called upon the
public for assistance, asking that
all information, no matter how
trivial it seemed, be turned over
10 the police department,
In at least isx of the killings,
\he coroner's examination ghowed,
‘K ‘& M L i
W . AContinued op rage IWER
BASQUE DEFENDERS
WILL DEFY EFFORT
T 0 PREVENT RESCUE
Peaceful Settlement of
Anarchist Uprising Re
ported by Government
By ROBERT B. PARKER, Jr.
BILBAO, Spain — (#) — The
Basque government defenders ofi
Bilbao charged tcday that “an
Italian destroyer and seven insur
gent fighting ships were massed
off this Biscayan gert in an at
tempt to prevent by force the eva
cuetion of 2,800 women, childNen
and old men, fen
The Basques said they would
defy the insurgent fleet and would
evacuate the refugees fromi be
sieged Bilbao tonight under the
Red Cross flag, In Spanish ships
which will be protected, outside the
3-mile limit, by French and Brit
ish men of war,
France is the destination of the
refugees, ol
At the same time the Basque
government reported its troops had
trapped Italians aand Moors north
east of here and droadcast to the
lworld a statement placing “full
'blame” on Germany for the air raid
lon the sacred city of Guernica,
lwhere 800 persong died last week,
Jesus Maria de Leizaocla, Bas
que minister of culture, in a radio
speech said the fighters “who in
1914 violated Belgian mneutrality”
and “made a weapon of lies,” X X X
“today use the same weapon upon
us’
He cited what he said were hos~
pital records to effect women and
children caught ip Guernica died
of machine gun wounds, This, he
said, would phave ;een impossible
had the city been fired by its de
fenders, as the insurgents have
charged, P
Marig de Leizaola also declared
no Spanish planes had been shot
down in Basque territory and cited
alleged statements by two captur
ed German fliers to the effect they
belonged to a squadron of 24
Heinke]l bomberg flown exclusively
by Germap army pilots. ‘
‘ “Atrocity Lies” ;
| (Germany has termed the Bass
‘que charges that Germans raided
Guernica “Atrocity Tales.”) e
Basque commanders claimed
much of the presure from the in
surgent semi-circle that had pene
trated to within 12 imles of this
capital had been relieved, 5
Preparations were completed,
meanwhile for removal today to
France of 2,300 children, the first
’retugees to be evacuated from the
'jammed “Pittsburgh of Spain”
“They were to be carried on Span
ish ghips, escorted by French naval
| vessels, %
‘While fiery Basque militiamen
held their net around the trapped
linsurgents at Bermeo, 16 miles
lnortheast of Bilbas, a second ¢ol
| umn drove southeastward along
the Durango road, meeting the in
\ (Continued on page three.)
DETECTIVES SEEK
CLUES TO DEATH OF
AUGUSTA TRUCKMAN
. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, — (@) =
!Detective W. B. Bush of m
joied officers here today in a gquest
;tor clues to the fate of 'fl}g;‘
FPtheridge, Augusta, Ga, uek
Bush drove from Tampa in a
truck belonging to Etheridge found
abandoned on a street there. Po=
lice have found ro trace of the
owner, g
Detective Inspectér B. L. Acosta
questioned-a negro listed as Frank
Weaver, who the officer sald ae
companied Etheridye from Augusta
to' Jacksonville, i
“We have reason to believe that
Ftheridge was murdered,” Acosta
commented, oD
Latimer, Mudson Are
Named Leaders Here
By Georgia Students
Pete Latimer, a member of Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, of
Atlanta, 'was named president of
‘the Pan Hellemic council Yast Q}
‘night and P, l. Hudson, Hape
ville elected campus leader.
“Monk” Arnold, also from Atlan- =
ta and a member of Phi Delta
Theta fraternity, was named vice
president of the ' Pan-Hellenic &
group, Tom Abney, Athens, of PI
Kuppa Alpha fraternity, was nams<
ed treasury and Newell *
of Savannah, member of Alpha
Lambda Tau fraternity, was nam
ed secretary, 6 et
Tom McDaniel, Albany Was
was named vice campus leader.
“ on. and
Hartwell Himed president ibf
RO PASTN . .