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Mcßae Succeeds Nickerson
Oscar B. Mcßae, left, has been elected president of the Athens
Rotary club for the new term, succeeding Sam H. Nickerson, right.
JVE 0. B. MTAE
JEW PRESIDENT
OF ROTARIANS HERE
Clarence Chandler
Remains Secretary;
Wilkinson Elected
Ry SAM WOODS
oscar B. Mcßae will succeed
Sam Nickerson as president of the
Athens Rotary club on July 1.
Clarence D). Chandler was re
elected secretary and treasurer and
pr. J. C. Wilkinson succeeds W,
R. Bedgood as sergeant-at-arms as
result of the election meeting of the
directorg held recently,
Next season’s directors will be
president Mcßae, Sam H. Nicker
son, Thomas S. Mell, 0. C. Ader+
hold, J. Kao SNIEE.E XOO Belcher,
Lee Morris and the writer. T
Mr. Mcßae, the new president,
was born at Rockmart, Ga., nos
vember 18, 1891 and was schpoled
there at Piedmont College. g
In 1912 he became connected
with the Seaboard Air Line Rail
road and his since represented that
road in parts of - Florida, south
Georgia, Chester, 8. C., ‘Winder,
Elberton and is now joint agent
for the S. A .L., and Gainesville
Midland railroad. Mr. Mcßae has
offices on Broad street. He is as<
sistant chairman -of the freight
claim prevention committee of the
S. A. L. Freight Agent's Associa
tion.
Mr. Mcßae is president of the
Athens High Parents-Teacher As
sociation, a member of the advis
ory councii of the Salvation Army
and teacher of the Friendship Bi
ble class of Frist Christian chureh
He was a member of the Rota
ry club in Chester, S. C., before
coming to Athens and was install
ol as a member here in 1933. He
was a member of the board of di
rectors the past season and was
chairman of the vocational com
mittee.
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Mcßae and
their two sons reside at 1490
South Lumpkin street.
Persons With Syphilis
Cannot Marry in
New York After July 1
ALBANY, N. Y. —(AP)— New
York state banned today the mar
riage after July 1 of persons with
communicable syphilis.
Governor Leachmann signed a
bill requiring all prospective new-
Iv weds to submit to a rhysician’s
examination and serological blood
test before applying for a marriage
license, which. may be issued only
i@ physician certifies the persons
are not infected with syphilis or,
il 50, not, in a communicable stage.
The law specified that the ex
dimination and blood test must be
made not more than 20 days pre
teding application for a license,
and that the ceremony must be
terformed within 60 days after it
is granted. .
Previously, Lehman launched the
Slate’s war against syphilis by ap
broving legislation requiring pros
bective mothers to undergo serol-
Ogical tests to determine presence
Of the disease in an effort to re
duce infant mortality.
Market Trends
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK STOCKS — The
[larket shitfed in varying direc
tions after pointing toward a mod
frate rally at the opening. ‘
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NEW YORK COTTON—JuIy at
Midday was selling at 8-66 and the
list wag 1 point net higher to 1
lowey,
HICAGO LIVESTOCK — Hogs
15-25, mostly 15 lower, top 8.65;
‘attle strong to steady.
CHICAGO GRAlN—Opening 3-4
ts 2 cents lower, May 82 (o 82 1-2,
July 79 1.3 to 80, Chicags wheat
futures helq near then to these
figures. Corn started 3-8 10 5-8
O, May 60 1-8 te 1-4, July 61 1-2
to 5.3, s Re B i g
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
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News Briefs
ATLANTA.— (#) —Four school
superintendentg expected to at
etnd the state meeting of Georgia
educators starting here tomorow
have served a total of more than
two hundred years in institutions
of thig state. State School Super
intendent M. D. Collins said those
who had been teaching or super
viging in schools of Georgia “fifty
years or more” are J, 6 I&. Mathis,
Americus superintendent; B. S.
Fitzpatrick, Twiggg county super
intendent; H. M. Kaigler, Quit
man county superintendent, and J.
A . Thurston, Upson county super
intendent,
ATLANTA .———Dr, M. D. Col
lins, gtate school superintendent,
said today Professor R. H. Gill
had been named superintendent of
the Brookg (Quitman) county pub
lic schools to succed the late W.
J. Cooey, Dr. Collins said Gill
would gerve out Coey's tem which
ends in 1940. Gill had been prin
cipal of the Morven school in
Brooks county,
AUGUSTA, Ga.—(AP)—Geor
gia Business and Professional
women will discuss with Rep
resentative Robert Ramspeck
his measure for placing post
masters permanently under the
civil service system. The Fifth
district congressman will speak
April 22 at the three-day B. P:
W. C. convention which opens
April 21,
SHONGHAI, — (#) — There is
fighting on a widespread sector
about Yihsien along the Tientsin-
Pukow railway, but both Chinese
and Japahese gtill are preparing
for what they expect to be a de
cisive engagement. This major
battle, it appeared tocay, will be
fought in southern Shantung Dro
vince, midway between the Tsi
nan-Tsingtao railway and the
Lunghai, China's east-west main
line.
ATLANTA. —(AP)—Georgia |
anglers have four more days to ]
dip a legal hook into fishing |
streams—except north Georgia
trout streams and lakes in Ra
bun, Habersham and Stephens
counties The season will re
" main closed from midnight
April 15 until midnight May 31,
the division of wild life an
nounced,
ATLANTA.— (® —The State
Board of Welfare will meet here
April 20, Director Lamar Mur
daugh said today, Most important
business to be transacted, he said,
will be plans for a $6,000,000 build
ing program for the state’s elee
ndosynary ;institutionsy Murdaugh
and Governor Rivers planned to
go to Washington Sunday to ask
the WPA for a grant of $5.0000,000
to add to the state’s $1,500,000 tc
finance the construction program.
ATLANTA.—(®—A clock once
used to time the trains of the
Western and Atlantic railroad
goon will tick off the hours ir
Governor River's office. The eight
foof mahogany time piece of his
torical value is being repaired
(Continued on Page Two)
Watkinsville Boy Chosen
For Denmark Farm Study
Scientific farming and market
ing methods of Denmark, Sweden,
anq Finland will be studied and
brought to Georgia by three stu
dents of the Agricultural College
here under sponsorship of the At
lanta Rotary club.
Five other youths will be sent to
model farms in the north and east
to study. i
Phil Campbell, jr., of Watkins
ville, Ga., and Joe Camp, Coving
ton, Ga., students at the Agricul
tural College here, will be sent to
Denmark to study agriculture.
Harold Hayes, of Lewisburg, Tenn.
now in the forestry school here,
will go to Sweden and Finland to
study forestry. Campbell is the son
of Phil Campbell, former head of
agricultural work in Georgia,
The five who will study in this
country are ng being selected.
rwo will go to the vicinity of Bus
SITUATION IN EUROPE GIVEN
BRIGHTER HUE; DALADIER
WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
British-Italian Concord
May Be Signed Saturday
By The Associated Press
Despite wars on two continents and spreading
French strikes, the apparent readiness of Great Britain
and ltaly to sign a friendship pact today cast a hope
ful light on Europe’s efforts to stave off general war.
Boy Visits Parents,
Finds 4 Members
Of Family Are Dead
McRAE, Ga. — (AP)— A queer
turn of fate brought Harris Kemp
of Palatka, Fla., here for the fun
eral of four of his kinfolk rather
than the wek-end plensure visit
he had planned.
En route from Palatka early
Sunday morning Kemp noticed a
crowd gathered about an automo
bile north of Jacksonville. He
stopped his car, was informed that
there had been an automobile
train collision, and after standing
around a few minutes moved on.
Arriving in Mcßae a few hours
later he dashed up the steps of
his family home, but there was no
one, there. Neighbors said they
had gone to Palatka—to surprise
him.
H. H. Kemp, his two sons, James
and Frank Kemp, and Miss Pearl
Kemp had been killed in the acci
dent near Jacksonville. Their
funerals were held vesterday.
Kemp's mother, Mrs. Dora Rhodes
Kemp, was injured in the same
accident.
De Renne Library
To Be Moved
Here This Week
The famous De Renne collection
of Georgiana will be moved to
Atheng this week to become a part
of the University library, Chancel
lor 8. V. Sanford announced today.
The collection, which is the most
complete library of books and docu
ments relating to Georgia history
in existence, will be housed in the
annex to the University library
which has just been built,
In addition to the letters, manu
scripts, ang documents in the col
lection, there are also numerous
rare maps and engravings that date
back to colonial times.
Newspaper File
One of the most valuable and
useful parts of the De Renne Li-
brary, according to Dr. E. M. Coul
ter, professor of history at the
University, is the file of Georgia
newspapers, which includes photo
stat copies of every issue of the
Royal Georgia Gazette, first news
paper in the State, and an original
file of the Cherokee Phoenix, a
newspaper published by the In
dians of north Georgia in their
own language.
Among the itemg relating to the
founding of Georgia are letters
from Harman Vereslsi, accountant
of the Georgia Trustees and Ogle
thorpe’'s private agent, Governor
Wright's original reply, dated Feb.
15, 1762, to inquiries of the Board
of Trade about colony, and Wil
liam Stephens’ “Journal of the Pro
ceedings in Georgia,” published in
L.ondon in 1742.
Information about the Revolu
tionary period in Georgia is given
in a mass of General Nathaniel
Greene’'s correspondence, Other
(Continued on Page Two)
MARBLE CHAMPS
(Charles Owens won the marble
crown at Chase street school, snd
Norman Carnes was declarel win
mner at Childs Street _this after
moon ip finals at those schools in
the Rotary Club-Y. M., C. A.-
Banner-Herald event, Complete
details will be found in Wednes
l'day’s paper.
falo, N. Y., to spend the summer
on a model dairy farm, one to a
Lancaster, Pa., dalry farm and two
to Springfield, lil, to study hog
culture. All five will live with farm
families during the summer.
| *Kendall Weisiger, chairman of
|the Rotary Educational Foundation
iof Atlanta, said the Rotary club
isp(msored the trips for the pur
|pose of “pringing back the gospel
tof work, intelligence and good
| citizenskip we neeg to inculcate in
|the people of Georgia.” :
| The two agricultural students
;going abroad will take a course at
{the International People’s College
lat Elsinore Denmark during the
}summer to learn the language and
ithen travel over the country on
lhicycles. In the fall, after crops are
harvested, they will go to one of
| (Continued on Page Five)
Athens, Ga., Tuesday, April 12, 1938.
The agreement between Great
Britain and Italy, to end animost
ties dating from outbreak of the
Ethiopian war in 1935, was being
}shaped up to be signed next Sat
urday in Rome. ;
Evidence of new amity was seen
in the announcement that Leslie
Hore-Belisha, British war minis
ter, probably would Pay a courtesy
‘call on Premier Musolini. His would
be the first visit to Rome of any
|British cabinet member since An
thony Eden went to confer with
11 Duce in 1936.
Agreement between the rival
’Mediterranean powers was hailed
by King Farouk of Egypt, who told
his parliament a British - Italian
agreement would be the “surest
guarantee of peace.”
New strikes in France raised the
total of strikers to more than 140,-
000 and the number of occupied
plants—some flying the req flag—
to 119,
In Spain government forces broke
through the solid front of the
‘Spanish insurgent armies driving
through Catalonia to reach the
Mediterranean. Insurgents, however,
gained at some points and there
was no material change.
Both Japanese and Chinese still
are preparing for what they ex
rect to be a decisive Dbattle in
Shantung province, wmidway he
tween the Esinan-Tsingtao railway
anq the Tunghali, China’s main
east-west line.
WINS CONFIDENCE VOTE
PARIS —(#)— The Chamber of
Deputies today gave the new “nat
ional defense” government of Ed
ouard Daladier an overwhelming
vote of confidence, 576 to 5.
The vote came after the premier,
making his ministerial declaration,
promised that the government
wouldq keep armament factories
running in spite of a wave of
strikes involving 150,000 men and
more than 120 plants.
Both socialists and communists
joined the center and right to give
Daladier a huge majority.
Demanding a quick vote the
pr2mier warned, “the destiny of
France itself is at stake; we have
no: time to lose”
The socialists reserveq ' opinion
on Daladier’s request for the right
to rule France by decree until Aug
ust 1, but the size of the first
vote apneared assurance he would
get decree powers without social
ist subport,
TO SEND KEY MINISTER
LONDON —(#)— Prime Minister
Chamberlain is planning to send
one of his key ministers to eall on
Fremier Mussolini to seal Britain's
new {viendship with Italy, inform
ed “sources saig today. :
War Minister Leslie Hore-Belisha
it was said, would stop in Rome
on hkis return from an inspection
trip to the British fortified island
of Malta in the Mediterranean and
“quite likely will pay a courtesy
call on Signor Musolini.”
‘l'he British government, mean
while, moved forwarq doggedly to
day with the intention of signing
a Iriendship agreement with Il
(Continued on Page Two)
Rivers Condemns
Southern Rail
Rates At Parley
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—(#)—Geor
gia’'s Governor E. D. Rivers con
demned existing southern rall
rate gtructurs® today as an indi
rect and illegal attainment of a
tariff barrier against the south.
Testifying before an Interstate
Commerce Commission hearing of
the complaint of eight southern
states against rates they contend
are “discriminatory,” Governor
Rivers cited several industries
“which moved from Georgia be-
cause of high freight rates.”
In replying to a question on
cross-examination, Rivers said he
wanted “parity for Georgia and
thig section, but n, better rates
thap, they have elsewhere.” He
also blamed existing rate struc
tures on the control of southern
carriers by the east-west lines in
“official” rate territory.
. “If the southern railroadg were
not controlled by outside lines
thig rate situation would not ex
ist,” he said.
The Georgia governor also fire
cast tremendous industrial Adevel
opment for the southeast 'f rail
*“rate handicaps are removed.”
“The present rate structare is an
indirect attainment of ;2 tariff
parvier against the ‘outh." he
sald. “The federal constitution
forbide a direct tariff, and T think
the rate structure is highly ille
gal.”
. He sald a “balanced economy
calls for location of industrv near
the source of raw material. ‘This
(Continued on Page Five)
GOLDEN VOICE OF
GHALIAPIN 13
GTILLED BY DEATH
World Famed Opera
Basso Dies at 64,
Exiled From Russia
PARIS—(AP) —Feodor Chaliap
in, the great Russian basso, died
today at the age of 64,
Death resulted from a kidney ail-
ment which brought on anemia,
against whick blood transfusion
was unavailing
" The famous singer sank rapidly
during the afternoon and died at
5316 (11:15 a. m. EST.)
- Death came in his Paris apart
mment, his home in exile:
Chaliarin had suffered Kkidney
ailments for the past three years.
In 1935 he remained in a serious
condition for weeks with an attack
of grippe and bronchitis. He was
taken to a hospital in ILe Harve
when he landed from the United
States and rushed by ambulance
from there to the America nhospi
tal in Paris.
fTwo weeks ago the singer’s phys
igians ordered him to remain in
h{s apartment and finally forbade
visitors.
‘Two srecialists had attended him
for the past three days but de
spite blood transfusions his condi
tion steadily grew ‘worse.
Born a Peasant
Feodor Chaliapin was born in
1873, in a one-room peasant hut
at Kazan on the middle Volga
now carital of one of the Soviet
Russian repubiics.
He gained fame and fortune on
ly to be accused by the Soviet
press of having ‘“sold his soul to
mammon.”
Interviewed in Paris he once
said:
“] left Russia without a cent,
and was obliged therefore to sell
my soul to the devil. Yes, 1 sold
it, and it is not my fault . . 1
pay no attention to these accusa
sions, as I have been bullied by the
press on all sorts of occasions.”
.As a basso cantante in the role
of Mephistopheles he became one
Epera’s greatest satans. It was
‘generally conceded - Chaliapin's
voice attained its peak in that role
The great basso was honored
with the title of “people’s artist”
by the Soviet government but 'was
divested of it in 1927 ard a yeat
later his summer estate was con-¢
verted into a home for Red pion
leers.
He had been in virtual retires
ment since an attack of influenza
at Paris in 1935. His last concert
tour in the United States was in
1932. At that time he said bhe
would never sing in Russia again
but expressed the wish to be bur
ied in his homeland when he died
Chaliapin was twice married.
His first wife ‘was an Italian
ballet dancer, Julia Tornaghi,
whom he married in 1898, in Rus
sia.
The dancer bore him eight chil
dren and was divorced in Moscow
in 1927 in proceedings brought by
the singer throngh the Soviet con
sul in Paris. His second marriage
was to the former Mme. Maria
Petzhold, daughter of a Russian
landowner.
The story of Chaliapin's career
is of the Horatiy Alger type . . -
Rehabilitation Is
Started Today
In Central Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. —(AP) —
Central Alabama’s devastating
flood, one remaining of nature’s on
slaughts that throughout the na
tion killed nearly 100 persons in
two weeks, spent its force today
and a far flung rehabilitation pro
gram got underway.
Controlled in part by regulation
of impounded waters in power res
ervoirs, streams not receding at
least were maintaining levels soon
to be lowered.
The Alabama river, which crested
at 54.2 feet here Sunday was re
ceding but weather bureau officials
said it would remain out of its
banks for at least two days.
New Church Service
Ameng Atlantas
Deaf Mutes Planned
ATLANTA —(AP) — The Rev.
A. O. Wilson of Dallas Texas,
Baptist minister who has taught
school and Bible classes nearly
half a century without ever
speaking a word, is organizing a
new church service group amorg
Atlanta’s deaf mutes.
Mr. Wilson held nis first class
of worship here Sunday and said
he hored soon to enroll 125 or
more members.
Born in Stockholm, Swedea, in
1867, Mr. Wilson was stricken at
the age of ten with an fillness
which deprived him of his irearing
and power of speech. o -
He taught in deaf schools of
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas
many yvears before beinz ordained
a minister in the Southern Baptist
convention., : S
GARNER REPORTED AGAINST
oPEADING PROGRAM:
MIGHTY STRUGELE BREWING
Roosevelt To Deliver A
“Fireside Chat” Thursday
WASHINGTON — (AP) — A major congressional
struggle was devéloping today over President Roose
velt’s huge business recovery program, amid reports
that Vice President Garner had taken a firm stand
against new government spending.
Dr. W. T. Watkins
Preaches Sunday
In Revival Series
By MARY FRANCES CRABB
Dr. W. T. Watkins, head of the
department of church history at
Emory University, will be guest
rreacher at revival services begin
ning in First Methodist church
Easter Sunday. Regular Easter
serices will be conducted by Rev.
George M. Acree, pastor, who will
deliver a special sermon on the
Reserection.
Dr. Watkins ,who is being very
prominently spoken of as one of
the new bisheps of the Methodist
church, according to the Rev.
Acree, will reach tAhens Sunday
afternoon and will preach his first
sermon of the revival Sunday night
on the Heart-warming Experience
of John Wesley. During evenings
of next week he will preach on
Lofty Themes of the Scriptures.
The congregation of First Meth
odist ‘church will unite with other
congregations of the city in union
services that will be held each
weekday merning at the Palace
theater.
Coogan Sues His
Mother For
Part of Fortune
LOS ANGELES —(AP)—Jackie
Coogan, “the kid” who transformed
rags into millions is almost in
rags again, he ~harged in a $4,-
000,000 suit against his mother and
ster-father today.
Coogan, now 22 and recently
married to actress Betty Grable,
filed his suit yesterday, charging
his mother and her second hus
band, Arthur Bernstein, withheld
his earnings as a child film star.
He quoted his mother as having
told him:
“you haven't got a cent. There
never has been a eent belonging to
you, It's all mine and Arthur's, and
so far as we are concerned you
never will get a cent.”
Charles J. Katz, counsel for
Bernstein, characterized Coogan's
charges as absurd.
“Phe young man has received
everything he is entitled to, and
more,” he said. “His mother 'was
entitled to all his earnings up to
the time he became of age.”
Katz also said Coogan’s estimate
of his screen earnings was much
too high. f
Mrs. Bernstein told an inter
viewer she was “deeply hurt” by
her son's action.
“f am sure he hag beep mis
guided by outside infiuences,” she
said. “He says hé has mnothing
and that T refused to give him any
part of the estate. No promises
ever were made to give him any
thing.”
Coogan’s complaint said he be
lieves Bernstein has dissipated
considerable of his money by play
ingz the horse races.
Pay Last Tribute
To Well Known
Athens Man Today
Russell Tilton, well known Ath
enian, died Monday afternonn at
2:30 o'clock at his residence, 242
K'ng aveny: sTter an illness of
five months., Mr. Tilton was in his
49th year, :
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
in Bernstein Funera! Home chapel,
Rev. D. b. Nicholson and Rev.
Perry W. Swann, pastor ol Tirst
Christian church, officiating.
Interment was in Oconee Hill
cemetery and pall-bearers were
Grover Dean, C. C. Tomlin, Bill
McKinnon, Judge Carlisle Cobb, H.
H. Callahan and J. A. Bruce.
Surviving Mr. Tilton are his wife,
Mrs. Ella Mae Tilton, a daughter,
Eva Mae Tilton; one son, Russell
Tilton, jr.; a sister, Mrs. Fred
Lemon and several nieces and
nephews. s
Mr. Tilton was born in Athens
ang had lived here ali his life. A
member of the Baptist church, he
haq a large number of friends who
will be saddeped by news of his
passing. Thou(l;x he had been in de
clining health for some time, his
death was unexpected and was a
great shock to those who knew
AB.C. Paper—Single Copy, 2c—s¢ Sunday g*‘*
| Announcement that Mr., Roose
velt intends to explain his program
’in a “fireside chat’—the first since
last November-—led many observ
ers to believe that he wag determ
ined to marshal popular suppart
against his opposition in the sen
ate and house.
Stephepn T, Early, White House
press gecretary, said the radio ad
dress probably would be delivered
Thursday night following dispatch
to congress of a message on relief
and the general economic situa
tion.
The only possibility of delay
wa:i that the President might not
complete W'y conferences with ad
ministration officials and congres
sional leaders f» time to finish the
message by Thtrsday noon.
Tentative arangements, Tarly
said, had been made with the
three major broadcasting chains
for a 45-minute talk beginning at‘
10:30 p. m., Eastern Standardd
time. Retwene mnow and Thurs
day night, he said, presidential
engagements were heing held to a
minimum to permit ample time for
work on the message and speceh.
Conservative opposition to re
newed heavy spending gained
momentum in both genate and
house from the rveports tha¢ Vice-
President Garner was opposing
further pump-priming. Senators
close to Garner said he had ex
pressed his viewg in no uncertain
terms at a White House confer
ence yesterday. |
Commenting on the reports,
‘Early told reporters he was pres
ent for a considerable part of the
lpafley attended@ by Garner and in
that time had seen nothing tg in
dicate any “tiff or controversy .”
’Everyone. Farly said, “was happy
and cordlal when the meeting
DooneAel,! v
“Antis” Jubilant
Anti-administration senatorg re
ceived the reports with jubilation.
They frankly counted on Garner’s
popularity in both senate and
house to win considerable support
to the conservative cause.
Garner long has heen an econo
my advocate, a fact which many
legislators credited with occasion
ing his stand ‘against pump-prim
ing expenditures.
Advocateg of government spend
ing, however, won new support
vesterday from Secretary Mor
genthau, who had criticlzed such
a program last November 10.
Since then, the treasury head teld
yepotrers, conditions hav2 changed
radiecally.
Morgenthau said that buusiness
conditions, which he described as
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Pension Director
Opvoses Making
Public The Lists
ATLANTA — (AP) — Director
Lamar Murdaugh of the State
Welfare Department said today
county welfare unts had been
advised by rorm letters to cooper
ate with any grand jury investiga
tion of cases in their jurisdiction.
“rhe letters instructed the di
rectors to offer full cooperation to
the juries,” he said. “When the
jurors find imposters on the wel
fare rolls, my office is glad to find
it out so they can be removed.”
~lt was the latest [development
in a series of = Incidents since
dropping of 166 from Dodge count}
pension rolls was disclosed last
week.
Judge W. M. Harper yesterday
instructed the Schley county grand
jury to investigate old aze pension
payments. &
W. W. Webb, head of the 'ld
age pension division, said he be
lieved it was a mistake to publish
list of old age pensioners and the
amounts they received.”
He read a newspaper article
saying the Wilkinson county grand
jury had recommended such pub
lication and commented:
“There are several reasons why
these lists should not be published.
The main reason is because of the
embarassment it would bring about
ta recipients and their families.
The information finds its way into
schiools and children of families
receiving assistance find them
sclves set off in a class.”
Webb said another reason was
that “schemers will try to sell re
cipients of pensions everything in
the world and continually harass
them.”
He said further “I have received
numerous letters from old people
saying tbey need a pension, but
if their names had to be published
to get one they would rather
starve.' ; i
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Georgia Group Will
Attend Conference
In Birmingham, Ala. !
ATLANTA —®P — A Georgia
Methodist laymen’s group had uns=
derway toqay a movement 10
“lobby” against proposed unifica
tion of the three branches of
Methodism st the general eonfers
ence of the' 'Methodist Wpiscopal
Church, South in Birmingham, Ala.
The conference, meeting April
28, will vote on the merger dquess
tion. !
“1t is my judgment that if the
Southern Methodist church would
have representatives from its 42
conferences go to Birmingham per=
sonally, sit in the galleries and stop
the delegates on the streets, the
plan could be killed or postponed,”
Miller 8. Ball, Milledgevilia banker,
told the group at a dinner Ilast
night. 5 :
After his appeal, géveral leaders
agreed to attzad the ]’-ir‘mingbmfi
‘meeting., Others saiq they would
send telegrams to delegates. :
Approximately 100 Georgians ata
tended the dinner, sponsored bythlé
laymen's organization for the pre=
gervation of the Southern Methos
dist Church. L
They unanimously adopted resos
lutions asking delegates to the
‘general conference to opposeuhg
plan for unification “at the press
ent time, unless, and until, the
facts have been explained to the
general laity of our church, and
they shall have had a free and
independent opportunity to express
themselves upon the subject.” .
The resolution asserted ‘“there
has been practically unanimous op=
position to the abandonment of the
independence of the Southern
Methodist Episcopal Chureh.”
The group voted to send a teles
gram to Bishop W. N. Ainsworth,
of Macon, Ga., inviting him to visit
the organization’s Atlanta heads=
quarters ‘“and see for yourself
thousands of signatures, including
record votes of entire congrega=
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Whitney’s Arrival |
At Sing Sing .
Halted By Crowd
~ NEW! YORK.—{#)—The depar
ture of Richard Whitney for Sing
Sing prison was delayed today,
‘presumably because of a crowd of
3,700 which gathered at Grand
Central Station and in the con
course to see the ruined broker
start up the river. "
Whitney, sentenced yester@ay};t&
serve from five to ten years for
grand larceny, was to have lett
with four other convicted men at
10:30 a. m, (EST).
Long before that time the side=
walk population in and around
Pershing Square began srowing.
In the concourse of the station ite
self thers were about 1,200 Der=
song, according to an estimate
made by Captain Patrick Hogan,
in charge of police of the New
York Central railroad. *
In Depew Place, through which
the “black maria” was to bring
Whitney and the others from m
Tombs Prison downtown, thers
were an estimated 2,500 mep and
women. i
TO ENTER SING SING
OSSINING, N. Y.—(P)—Richard
Whitney, stripped of power and
reputation, enters Sing sing pris
on today to become a number B
a shoddy gray uniform.
Thus the once powerful hroker
and Stock BExchange president,
will begin serving a sentence of
five to ten vears, imposed in New
York vesterday by Judge Oweq,
W .Bohan hefore whom he preve
iously had pleaded guilty to two
grand larceny indictments. -
Evep with time off for gsod hes
havior, it will be thros vears and
four months—August 11, -;941-&
hefore Whitney may be a free man
again, and when he ig released his
old profession will he closed teo
him by an order of Supreme Court
Justice Juling Miller permansntly
enjoining him from selling sceuri=
ties in New York,
Whitney spent last night in the
old Toombs Prison in New York
across the street from' eriminal
courtg building. e
He will have one distinction im
Sing Sing—he will be, according
to Warden Lewis E. Lawes, the
most distingulshed inmate since.
Ferdinand Ward, broker partner .
of President Ulysses 8, Grant, was .
<apt wn the river for speculations
in 1883. e
LOCAL WEATHER
GEORGIA: Fair to partly
. cloudy tonight and Wednesday;
slightly warmer tonight. Tk
TEMPERATURE L
Highest. ... ..cs «oes ......68.&{?@;
TiOWeSE. . i s wree b RIS
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Normal.. .. . iusosiisare ansaliig s
RAINFALL SR
Inches last 24 h0ur5...... 0.00
Total since April 1........ .98
Fxcess since April 1....., §2&
- Average April rainfall..... .3.58
~ Total since January 1......13.78
| Deficit snce January 1..... |2 8§
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