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Newspaper Page TextLOCAL COTTON Qi {-INCH MIDDLING.... .... 9 1-4 c 15+16 MIDDLING....co «.es @ ¢ 76 MIDDLING...coe vovvnn 8 3-40 \Z)L 106, No. 80. News Briefs E— gy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT MADISON, la. — Stoic ally calm to the last, Franz A. jacobsen, 3d, and Marlo Heinz, 32, droped O death through a twin {raps of lowa State penitentiary’s gallows few seconds after 5:30 glelock this morning. A crowd of 150 p,wrsmls-—-the largest, according 1o guards to ever watch an execu tion in lowa—jammed the prison gtockade in the early dawn as the pair plunged to death. Jacobsen, an Ottumwa and Davenport, la., chef died for tne murder of Cath erine Leahy, Ottumwa waitress. Three Of the dead girl's relatives gaw him twitch in death agony. Heinz, former Dubuque, la., relief worker, was hanged for the mur der of David Fox, his six-year-old nephew . BENTON, Hi — Voters of genton township don’t change their minds often. Two years ago, Ralph New man defeated Holland Sim mons for Democratic Central committeeman by one vote. Opposing each other again in last week's election, Newman emerged winner by the same margin. gan JOSE, Cal. — The aroma of a nice, Juicy fish ended “Cin namon’s” ‘eight day sit-dowa in the crown of a 75-foot palm tree. Cin pamon, 11-year-old Marilyn Hig gings' cat, gave up after firemen abandoned efforts to reach him with a ladder. WEST POINT, Neb. — Jim Neary brougzht no fish home, but he did cateh a chicken on his hook. Returning after an un lucky bit of angling, Neary tossed his tackle over a fence—then re gretted it immediately. One of his pest Jaying hens swallowed hook, pait and hinker. “Ah well,” phil osophized Neary, “1 always did like chicken better than fish.” ATLANTA — The tall men of Atlanta must continue stooring te avoid cracking their heads on street awnings. City council yes terday refused to adopt Council man C. M. Bolen’s proposal to re quire awnings to swing seven feet above sidewalks. Bolen, six feet, three, represented the city's tall men in appealing for higher awn ings, “The sun will ruin the goods in show windows,” argued Alderman Roy: E. Callaway . “Awnings are all placed to shade show windows.” Council agreed with him, ATLANTA — Solicitor Gen eral John Boykin said A. T. Jeans, alias “Peewee” Burns, was under indictment today on charges of bribing six former deputy sheriffs of Fulton county and two city policemen in connection with @lieged liquor activities. Shortly after his indictment by the Fulton (Atlanta) ecounty grand jury yesterday, jail officials said Burns, a former prizefighter, was released under SIO,OOO bond. ATLANTA ~— George Thomas, negro, today was under sentence to die May 13 for the slaying of C. Gordon Haston on a rifle range here a month ago. Thomas was wnvicted and sentenced yesterday, the jury deliberating only 20 min utes. Haston was mortally ‘wound ¢l and clubbed on March 26 while on a-rifle range near the Ches hire Bridge road. Thomas was arrested in Haston’s automobile. AUGUSTA - C(City Attorney William T. Gray ruled yesterday that operation of a commercial ball game in a city park was ille gal. He told a city council com mittee “any citizen has a legal right to waik into the municipal stadium at any Sally League base ball game and refuse to pay ad mission.” His ruling followed the tommittee's investigation of the issuance of a permit to a traveling carnival to play in a city park. Troy Agnew, owner of the Au gusta Tigers baseball team, has leased the stadium from the eity for SSOO this year. MACON, Ga. — Dr. Charles H. Herty, Savannah scientist, and Governor E. D. Rivers, are listed o address the 25th annual con- Vention of the Association of ‘ouny commissioners of Georgia here April 25, 26 and 27. ATLANTA — Several rundred health and physical educators di fectors met here today ahead of the four-day convention of the (Continued on Page Two) y | Market Trends BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK STOCKS — Lead- Mg stocks extended their Mon ay’s declines by fractions to a Mint or more, NEW YORK COTTON — July “ent to 9.01 and at midday was | selling at 9.00 when the list was ¢ 10 4 points net lower. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK — Hogs Seherally 25-35 lower, top 8.75; tttle mostly 10-15 lower. CHICAGO GRAlN—Opening 1-8 ® 1-2 cent off, ‘Mdy ‘B3 7-8, Jul)’i 2 1-4 to 1.2, Chicago wheat fu-| tures held near then to these fig ures. Corn gw g{‘ to 1-2 lown, May §9 5-8, July 61 8-8. ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service oocecnnntass . . st ” s % 4 R 4 s SS R R g R esy RR R 3 SRR SR SBt S ASEI Bonts R e L R T e ; S s TR R M ) SRR e asen EETRR RS B b : b D R R SR ORI, (s R R Sea R R & EE e S R R e T RN e Le e R e G 0 . BRe e s e g St . 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The scuffie happened in New York when the Roosevelt chauffeur meeting the train grabbed Dirck to shield him from photographers. Both chauf feurs engaged in a brief scrap when the Distler employe miscon strued the action and rushed to Dirck’s aid. Distler fainted during the fray. International Brigade Gets Ready to Defend Tortosa Against Larger Rebel Enrces Mutiny of Loyalist Troops Reported in Barcelona Area HENDAYE, France (At the Spanish Frontier) — (AP—The Barcelona government moved up all available troops today to reinforce the American and other units of the International Brigade defending Tortosa, overlooking the Mediterranean from the southeastern tip of Catalonia. GEAVIGES AT LOCAL CHURCHES ARE BEGUN LAST MGHT Evangelistic Series Opened; Services Held Each Night At 8 ' Using as his subject “Trumpe- | ters of God”, Rev. Peter Marshall, l pastor of New York Avenue Pres byterian chnrch in Washington, D. C., last night preached at Central I Presbyteérian church ‘one of the' sermons opening the simultaneous evangelistic campaign sponsored by local church this week. Rev. Marshall 1s one of a group | of out-of-town pastors conducting‘ services in the Athens churches at | 8 o'clock each evening. Union | services are neld at the Palace | Theater each morning at 10 o'clock, | conducted alternately by the vis |iting ministers. In . addition to Rev. Mazrshall, other visiting pastors conducting gervices are Rev. J. E. Sammons, Vineville Bartist church, Macon at Prince Avenue Baptist; Dr. A. G. Harris, of Macon, who leads at First Presbyterian; Rev. Nath Thompson, Oxford, at Oconee St Methodist; Dr. W. T. Watkins, Emory University, Atlanta, at the First Methodist; and Ellis Fuller, president of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, who will preach at First Baptist. Services at First Christian church, West End Baptist and East Athens Baptist will be led by the pastors, Rev. Perry F. Swann, Rev. A. E. Carter and Rev, New ton Saye. Services at Young Har |ris church have been postponed indefinitely because Rev. C. Z. Hayes, who was to have been guest preacher, was moved to At | lanta. Secret of Peace Taking as his scripture Paul's : Letter to the Phillipians, verses 6 ‘land 7, Rev. Marshall pointed to the secret of peace, saying that | peace of mind and peace of hearl 'l hthetotmul‘s_otpeloe.mdsaw LR e g . . (Continued on Page Two) Insurgent warplanes incessantly bombed the coastal highway from Tortosa to Tarragona, midway along the 95-mile highway to {Bar celona, in an efforty to halt the movement of men and supplies. | Some 20,000 government militia-! men, led by verteran units, were facing greatly superior forces across the tortuous Ebro river from south of Gandesa to the sea. The insurgents, fighting their way to the outskirts of Tortosa last night, occupied suburbs on the right bank of the river and began shelling the city itself. ' The government installed light fielq artillery in the low-lying hills iback from the river to dispute the insurgent crossing. . (lovernment machine gunners lpoured a searing eross-fire from insurgent advance guards attempt insugent advance guards attempt ing to establish bridgeheads. The government defense was weakened, however, by lack of ma terials. Since all bridges across the Ebro were dynamited before the Barcelona troops fell back, quanti ties of guns, tanks and arms were ileft behird. The general picture of the Cata lan front, from the Pryenees on the French border to the Mediter ranean, has been unchanged for several dqays; while government re sistance held firm in the center, | the insurgents sent both flanks | slowly forward. ‘ Governmeny resistance in the 580 square mile valley of Aran, in the } (Continued on Page Two) I Discover Beech Haven by Madge McCann Yesterday | visited Beech Haven. This beautiful place lies less than a mile from Athens, and yet after entering the gates, one would never realize that there is a city within miles. | Begun as “a retreat for my | family and me,” C. A. Rowland | has developed this naturally love ‘ly location into a place of unusual iscenic beauty. After passing | through the entrance gates, there iare two enormous pines, one on leach side of the road whose branches reach to the ground, and ltrom there on, as far as one can isee from the winding road, many kinds of forest trees are represen ted. i We ocmpletely forgot that just @ short distance away there was Athens, Ga., Tuesday, April 19, 1938, COMMITTEES ARE ISTEDFOR -7 “HB MAL WEEK” ¢ Arrangements Made To Fly Local Mail To Atlanta May 19 Chairmen and personnel of com mitteas to serve here'during ob gervance of National - Air Mail Woeek were announced this mirn ing by Postmaster J. R. Myers. Postmaster Myers said person nel of the committees was salegted by the various chairmen and the names turned over to him yester day. : National Air Mail Week is ob= served in May each year, for the purpose of educating the public to the advantages of using planes te transport letters and packages. Price for mailing letters via air mail is only six cents. While there wiil be no regular air mail plane stopping here to pick up letters mailed at the Ath ens postoffice, arrangements have been made to have a Docal plane carry the mail to Atlanta, where it will be picked up by a regular ‘mail plane. - The mail will be dispatched from Athens on May 19, Postmas ter Myers said, around five o'clock in the afternoon, and Mocal offi cials are anxious to make that day the largest of the entire week. A goal of 100 pounds of air mail for May 19, has been set, An honwrary committee compos od of Mayor A. G. Dudley, chair man: J. D. Bradwell, Dr. B, L. Hill, Harry Hodgson, [Luther Wi Nelson, J. B. Joel and R, C. Campbell has been named, in ad dition to the activel committees. Following is a list of commit tees: Publicity—John Drewry, chair man; Jr F. Carr, H. J.) RO Abit Nix, Newnan Corker, Mrs. M. H., Bryan, G. A. Booth, T. 8. Mell, BE. P, Stone and Sam Woods. : Radio — Lynne Brannen, chair man; E. B. Braswell, J. K. Pat rick, Tate Wright, C. A. Rowland, Milton Lesser, Dr. J. €. Wilkin-' son, John Coffee and J. Bush. BEducation—B. M, Grier, chair man: W. R, Colle, Mrs., J. 7T, Wheleer, S. J. Singleton, Miss Bunice Palmer, E. S. Sell, jr.,, Dr. John D. Mell, Miss Mary Lou Wier, E. B. Mell, Miss Pattie Hilsman, Dr. John Hunnicutt, William J. Russell. ; » Civic-Fraternal — Weaver: Brid ges, chairman; Dr. H. W. Cald well, Sam H. Nickerson, Abit Nix, F. E. Mitchelll, W. N. Wilson, Henry Rosenthal, Miss Ethel Jackson, W, A. Capps, Mrs. J. P. Knwoles, M. . Buckley, V. G. Hawkins, Dr. A. S. BEdwards, Miss Mary ¥red Broughton, Dr. N. G. Slaughter, Business-Professional — W', R. Bedgood, chairman; O. D. Grimes, Lee Morris, Fain Slaughter, Joel Wier, X, L. Wier, L. 8. Davis, ¥. BE. McHugh, Warren Lanier, R, H. Gloyd, L.. O. Price. All Mail Pick-Up Schedules and Services — Perry Hudsdon, chair man; J. R. Myers, George Austin, H. C. Brackett. Burnet Addresses Student Group ¢ Duncan Burnet, University Li brarian, spoke to the University Photograpny Club on Wednesday afternoon. He used as his topic: “The Development of Photogra phy”. Mr. Burnet has taken pictures in practically every state in the United States. He is very inter ested in this type of work, and pointed out t, the club the differ ent phases of photography and its great importance ip the world to day The club appointed Wedford Liddell chairman of the finance committee and Constance Thomas chairman of the fieldq trip com mittee. Wednesday, April 20, the Pho tography Club will have as its speaker, Owen Kirkland, a univer sity student. | all the noise and worry of a city {and busy highway. We parked our {car. and began to walk. We real lized that right here in our grasp i for a glorious hours was beauty |as nature had intended it, aided | only by the helping hand of one | who loves beautiful things. ’ To the right of us lay wild aza jeas that were just beginaing to don their Spring clothes. Here were ‘uscious shades of pink that w“ .. (Continued on Pags Seven) —ESTABLISHED 1832— B AVI R 0 e AT SRR TR P . O o PR IS W Ei2 X . s A SEAMAN AT 2, THIS YOUNGSTER KNOWS THE ROPES As much at easg in a schoo ner’s rigging as an old tar himself is 2-year-old Arthur Johnson, son of Captain and Mrs. Irving Johnson of the Yankee, due in the home port of Gloucester, Mass, May 1, after 3 world trip of 40,000 miles. For a year and a half of his life, little Arthur’s “terra firma” has been the rolling deck of a ship. Workers in Cancer Campaign to Meet Here Tonight Clarke county workers in the Cancer Control Campaign, to be held here nexy Wednesday and Thursday, will meet at g dinner to night at the home of Mrs. H. H. Cobb, on Milledge avenue. - The dinner will be helg at 7 o'clock and is for the purpose otl outlining plans for the campaign.' Bvery worker is urged to be pres ent so that they may be thoroughly familiarized with the work in ;whlch they are taking part, April has been proclaimed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as Cancer Control month, and cam paigns are being held throughout the nation. The local campaign is being sponsored by the Whoman's Club. Local workers and the organiza tions are: Mrs, H. L. Bannister and Mrs. W. H. Cabaniss, Wloman's Medical Auxiliary Miss Mary Frea Broughton, Pilots club; Miss Wylene Chafin, Business Girls' club; Mrs, Harry Stevens, Entre Nous club; Mrs. Leroy Michael, Junior Assembly; Miss Grace An derson, American Association of University Women; Mrs. E. D, (Continued on Page Two) Coogan’s Mother Refuses to Give Money Status LOS ANGELES —i#)— Refusal of Jackie Coogan's mother to dis close the financial status of her and her husband, Arthur [L. Bern stein, presented an obstacle today to counsel for the one-time chua! film star. Taking of a deposition from Mrs, Bernstein was scheduled to be re sumed late today, but William Rains, attorney for Coogan, indl-} cated he might not question her| further untii he gets a court ruling | on whether she should answer certain questions abouf her present wealth, Coogan has sued his mother and' stepfatheyr for an accounting of his film earnings which he estimates at $4,000,000. At the deposition hearing yes terday, Mrs. Bernstein declined, onl advice of her counsel, to answer questions about how much money she and Bernstein have. Coogan’s mother wept as she testified that “Jackie was a bad‘ lbOY—-;& very, very baq 20-year-old boy” who had no sense of the value of money. He is now 23. ‘When the name of her late hus band, Zackie's father, was men tioned, she broke down. After a skort recess, she said that once the elder Coogan, who was killed in 1935 in an automobile crash, repri mandeq Jackie, telling him that “if you had any meney you'd go com pletely haywire in two months.” “You're breaking your mother’s lhEM‘t." she quoted her husband as saying. t This lecture, Mrs. Bernstein tes i tified, came after “Jackie had done lsomething that was bad—particu larly bad.” It was not brought out what Jackie did. She said that the elder Coogan told his son that everything he {earned belonged to his parents— that he haq “fixed it so Jackie would never get anything.” Again, Mrs. Bernstein said: “That boy is my son and I love him. T've done the best for that boy that I could. I've tried to make a man of him, but I don't think Rivalry Between Conservative And Liberal U. S. Agencies Hinted Over Spending Control FRANGE AND [TALY BEGIN PARLEYS TOHEAL RUPTURE Mussolini Reported Displeased With the Rome, Berlin Scheme By MELVIN K, WHITELEATHER ROME.—(#)—ltaly and France agreed today to begin conversa tions immediately to re-establish their traditional friendship, shat tered by the Ethiopian war, Italy’s readiness to bury the hatchet wag expresed by Jules Blondel, French charge d’affaires, by Foreign Minister, Count Gal eazz, Ciano, officialg revealed. Blondel on Saturday asked Count Ciano if Italy were prepar ed to open negotiations, and the affirmative answer was handed to him today when he called at the French office, France took the initiative, in formed quarters said, because of a desire to have something concrete underway bhefore Britain pressed her to support the British resolu tion at Geneva pext month to clear the way for recognition of Italy’s new empire in Africa, Otherwise, it wag said, France's principal bargaining ace would be plaved without receiving anything in return. 1 Roth sides are careful to point out that “re-establishment of ¥ranco-Italian relations does not mean a weakening of the Rome-‘ Rerlin axis.” FRIENDSHIP TALKS PARlS,—{(P)—ltaly and France decided today to undertake friend ¢hip talkg without waiting for ap pointment of an ambassador to Rome, and a source close to the French foreign' 'office said the question of extending “interna tional cooperation” to include the United States and Britain would 'he studied. Inclusion of the United States would be discussed during the visit April 28 of Premier Dala dier and Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet to London, it was said. Though no specific questions were placed on the agenda it was indicated the entire scope of diplo matie, financial and economic col laboration would be considered. Jules Blondel, French charge d’affaires in Rome, consulted with Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano today and it was agreed to (Continued on Page Two) New Experiment on Sleeplessness Will Begin Tonight A new 100-hour “sleepless ex periment” will begin at the Uni versity of Georgia tonight, Dr. A. S. Edwards of the psychology de partment revealeq today, but names of the three students taking part will not be made public. Dr. Edwards said the three boys who agreed to enter the experi ment have a promise from him that their names will not be di vulged. He saig the psycology de partment will try to fulfill the terms of the agreement, as far as it is concerned. The psychologist said that undue publicity to the experiment ham pers those conducting it and while the department appreciates the in terest of the newspaprs he hopes they will cooperate with him in not trying to obtain the names of the students taking part in the test and thus disrupt it. Society Bride Near Prostration As Husband Disappears NEW YORK —(#)»— The society bride of Andrew Carnegie Whit field, nephew-namesake of the founder of the Carnegie steel for-' tune, was reported near prostration today as police and relatives push ed by land and sea a frutiless search for her missing husband. Mrs. Whitfield remained at the New York home of her parents, Dr_and Mrs, Robert H. Halsey, while the search widened for the vouthful businesg executive who disappeareq mysteriously Friday during a routine solo flight in his private airplane. Failure to discover any trace of the plane despite a painstaking search of Long Island and adja cent ocean waters led puzzled po lice to conclude that Whitfield was still alive, A possibility faded that Whit field might have sailed with Frank Steinman, another aviator, for Furope on the Red Star liner Westernland last Saturday as ar unlisted passenger. The captain of ‘the liner wirelessed that a search had failed to discloge Whitfield A.B.C. Paper—Single Copy, 2c—s¢c Sunday Glass Will Support Relief And RFC Plan For U. S. Loans WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Senator Glass (D.-Va.)j charged today that the administration’s proposed re vival of public works duplicates a program which is possibie under authority recently given the Recon struction Finance Corporation. More Jap Troops Arriving in Shantung Province SHANGHAI —{#)— Ag a prelude to a grand new offensive in south Shantung province where they have met with severe reverges, 6,000 Japanese reinforcements have ar rived on the Yi river, four miles from Lini. | They fought their way overland, despite constant Chinese harrass ment, from Tsingtao, Shantung port 130 miles away, airline distance. Lini, 80 milas northeast of Su chow, rapidly was becoming the center of a battle which military ‘experts saidg might develop into a ‘major engagement of Itne nhine months-old undeclared war. ' Another Japanese column was reported sweeping to the south east of Lini. Chinese sources said five fresh Japanese divisiong had arrived in Shantung from Japan and Formosa, ‘while 26 transports were unload ing munitions, Japanese aircrafy carriers were reported stationed off the Shantung coast, presumably for a concerted air attack, On their part, Chinese command erg declared they were ready to pour 1,000,000 soldiers into the bat tle. Already thousands of rein forcements had thrown up strong entrenchments along the Yi river line, Better led and equipped than at any time since the conrlict started, they were preparing to follow up recent successes Iu the hope of ad ministering a major check, with Shantung province and a great slice of central Ching as the staxe. Meanwhile slashing guerrilia at tacks continued upon Japanese gar risong on a dozen fronts, especial ly in the western province of Shansr where withdrawal of Japanege garrisons to reinforce the Lini ‘drlve was costing them many towns and villages previously won by bloody sacrifice, ~ Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek’s commanders reported the recapture of a 20-mile stretch of the Grand Canal between Hanchwang and Taierhchwang, scene of the first major defeat administered to a modern Japanese army. Hanch wang, point of the southernmost ‘advance of the Japanese, was re taken. The thrusy along the Yi river front was the third major offensive Japanese have wundertaken to cut the important east-west Lunghal railway reaching from the coast far into the interior. Rivers Criticizes Opponents of Roosevelt Policies ATLANTA —i#)— Gov. E. D. Rivers, in a radio address last night, urged Georgians to support President Rooseveit's recovery pro posals. He reiterated hils support of the president andq his program and as serted “I am not one to run when others are turning on our great leader, “The president,” he declared “didn’t let the home owner down. He didn't let the bank depositor down, nor the unemployed and the olg people. He didn’t let the schools down when Georgia was pleading for funds. And he didn’t let big business down.” : The governor said there were “those in congress who are playing partisan politics, looking to the presidential election of 1940, in steaq of co-operating with the president.” LOCAL WEATHER GEORGIA: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; pos sibly showers in northwest portion Wednesday; mild tem peratures. TEMPERATURE Highest «:.c ccos svae svi 000 TlOwalt .l i ek AN MR ..o avin eani s sbbenaßil NOrthl ...i siis mgale b 5 OPI RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours .. .... .05 Total since April 1 .. .. .. 6795 Excess since April 1 .. ~ 446 Average April rainfall .... 3.68 Total since January 1 .. ..13.80 Deficit since January 1 ... 3.65 Ho=H Glass, chairmap of the senate appropriations committee, gaid he would support President Roose~ velt's recommendation for $1,250,- 000,000 for relief, but would not vote for a $1,000,000,000 fund to provide public works loans and grants to cites and states, The newly-enacted RFC lending bill, which Glass sponsored, auth orizeg that agency to make public works loans to state and munici= pal governments. The same stat ute also assigns the agency “blanic check” powerg in making loang to business. As far as is publicly known, however, only business loang have been considered. i When he introduced the bill, Glass sald, he believed it would “take care of public works." “Otherwise I would never have introduced it,” he added. s Some legislators interpreted the situation as evidencing a keen riv< alry between the RFC and the Pub lic Workg Administration for con=< trol of the big new lending pro< gram. Glass was understood to have favored RFC control because of the %known conservatism of Chairman Jesse H, Jones, - Public Reaction Joneg discussed the general re= covery program in a radio speech last night, declaring: i “We must have confidence in our country and confidence in our government, and if we demonstrate that confidence by action, bettee business will follow.” Meanwhile, public reaction ta Mr. Roosevelt's' recovery propos salg was beginning to make itselt felt in letters to senators and rep= resentatives, although many mem bers, recalling the recent delge of communications on the reorganiza= "uon bill, reported their mail was not extraordinarily heavy, . Senator Borah (R-Idaho), who said he would vote for relief but questioned the advisability of a large pump-priming appropriation, declarea all his mail was against renewed spending. v Senator Wheeler (D-Mont.), ad-« vocate of earmarking public works funds for irrigation, reclamation ‘and other specific types of pro= jects, said he had received no malil on the gubject. House members will start work on the relief and public works phases of the program tomorrow whep Harry Hopkins, Works Pro= gress administrator, testified be= fore the appropriations committee. The joint conference committea seeking to adjust differences be= tween the senate and house rev= enue bills recessed today until Fri< day, still firmly deadlocked. The committee started ijts sess sions last week, but thug far has taken no action whatever t, com« prise major Adifferences between the senate and house tax revision measures . At a closed session today, the conference group heard C‘hmg Willlam ©O. Douglas of the securis tieg commission discuss a provisi on of the senate measure exempt= ing from the capital gains tax utility holding companies whichu simplify their corporate structures in conformity with the utility hold= ing company act. The conference group reached no decision, hows= ever, on whether this provision should be inluded in its compro= mise. : The senate tax bill approved elimination of capital gains levies on sale of a holding company's se« curities from one utility to another in conformance with the holding company act. e (Chairman Harrison (D-Mis’u,)“';?dz?}; (Continued on Page Two) Rivers Decides Not To Tackle George | SAVANNAH, Ga. —(#— Unilesd |he changes his mind before the |state Democratic committee meets Ein Atlanta Saturday night, Govers {nor E. D. Rivers will be a candi< jdat@ in the September primary to succeed himself as governor of [Gw\rgia. T [ While “still giving consideration to the senate race,” in which he would oppose Senator Whlter P {George, Rivers all but spiked thig htossibility here today. i - | “I will probably make known my [position about the senate or govs< lernor's race Saturday’ night,” w; i said. . i | The governor admitted he )ﬁlﬁ lboen and is still being urged by icitizens all over Georgia to rum |against Senator George, but the general senor of an interview made it appear he has about given up the idea. B Reminded of this impression, he said: SR “You can draw your own cona clusion, and if you want to makg a prediction, do so accordinglyst

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, April 19, 1938, Home Edition, Image 1