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News Events of Nation Wide
Interest The Past Week
FDR Aide On Journal Hour
(By lot Aiwdaled Press)
I opened fire cn McGum Trampled
■ or. the floor police found a comic
The administration won a major Valentine addressed to McGum.
legal battle in the Supreme court, Meanwhile, in Chicago, the Amer-
early this week. In a decision which Bar Association announced the
did not reach the constitutionality I creat,(,n a special committee to
of the Tennessee valley authority as i define publicity standards for trials,
a whole, the Supreme court upheld • Partially as an outgrowth of the
the right of the Government to dis- Hauptmann case. Newton D. Baker,
Cleveland lawyer and former Secre
tary cf War, accepted the Chairman
ship of the committee.
Weather has played havoc in
many parts cf the world during the
past week. In America, storm winds
pose cf surplus power frem dams
constructed for purposes of navi na
tion control or as a national defense
measure. In an eight to one decision,
with justice McRcynolrs dissent ng.
the court held that the construction
of Wilson dam was constitutional
and that the Government’s purchase J and floods lashed the land and
of transmission lines from the Ala -i churned the sea (from the Atlantic
bama Power Company tc distribute; to the Pacific. Buildings were caved
the energy generated by the TVA • in by the snow, lives were lost in
was also valid. A minority of the the cold and whole towns were ma-
court contended the case shculd have J n oned by floods and snow drifts
been dismissed. The court held there: blizzard raged across Turkey kill-
was no constitutional prohibition I ine 78 persons and raising the death
against the manner in which the; toll cf storms in Europe and Asia
TVA is disposing of electricity not j minor to approximately 175. Sixty-
r.eeded for governmental uses. I eight were reported dead in Bul-
■ igaria, 25 in Macedonia, and 12 froz-
The Senate passed an appropria- j 1,0 death in Thrace and Anatolia,
tion bill early this week—one of the' * n country, Montana was shaken
highest in peacetime history total- by earthquakes.
ling $2,800,000,000, including SI,-1
V00,000.000 to pay the bonus and; Adolf Hitler seized the occasion
5400,000,000 for the new soil subsidy; of the opening of the annual German
farm program. -autoirtbile show late last week to
jdeclare of the people to whom he
The Senate drive toward a vote. dictates “we are too many on too
on the soil-conservation-subsidy plan little land. In the last analysis it
began late last week with the adop- would be in the interest of world
tion of an amendment giving Comp trade and world welfare to correct
troller General J. R. McCarl author- this discrepancy at once."
ity tc audit payments to farmers and i
to pass on questions of law in the | Obesrvcrs at Geneva said late last
proposed act. The amendment limit- j week they believed an embargo by
ed the powers of Secretary Wallace the league against oil shipments
to a review of facts constituting the 1 was unlikely in view of the impreb-
bases for payment or grant. In driv- ability of the United States taking
ing toward the final vote, the Senate part in such an embargo. On the
adopted an amendment to prohibit Ethiopian front, the Rev. Harold
Wallace from incurring obligation; Street of Paxton, Ill., and the Rev
in excess of the $300,000,000 author- ’ John Terwin of Toronto were re-
,7ed j leased from custody in Southern
The bill passed the Senate 5C to Gamo Province and were permitted
20 - i*° renew their missionary work.
| They had been arrested by authori-
Pr^sident Roosevelt late last week ties who considered Gamo unsafe in
uncovered a proposal for an extra- view of the war.
ordinary Inter-American conference!
encompassing 20 Central and South j Hiram Percy Maxim of Hartford.
American governments and aimed Conn., internationally known inven-
at “permanent peace on this western' tor and mechanical engineer died
continent." A favorable response .in a hospital at Lajunta, Colorado,
was conceded. j this week of a throat infection. He
AAA officials said last week they, was a member of the family of In-
were informed by the Bureau of ventons who contributed many de-
Intemal Revenue that cotton on [ vices to modem warfare. He was
which there was a tax lien as a re- | best known as the inventor of the
suit of the Bankhead Act can be Maxim Silencer, widely used on
sold freely without payment df the firearms.
tax. This development followed an '
assertion by Representative Chand- *08* TAMS NAMED STATE
ler of Tennessee that Congress in-' OFFICE* BY DIETICIANS
tended to cancel the tax and lien
w v en it repealed the Bankhead law j Miss Gussie Tabb was elected
and that he would introduce a ' secretary of the Georgia Dietetic As-
clarifying resolution if the treasury , sociation at the meeting of the as-
-<iid not concur in his interpretation, station in Atlanta on Saturday.
j Dr. Guy Wells spoke before the
Government lawyers said late last j convention on Friday evening. Miss
week they would double their attack!Clara Haslock and Mrs. George
on Interstate Business Racketeers Echcls also attended the meeting,
by prosecuting such violators both
under the Sherman Anti-Trust
I-aws and the new Anti-Racketeering
Act. Under the later act. a term of
99 years in prison may be imposed.
Announcing that it has practically
completed its emergency task of re
financing home loan distress, the
home owners loan corporation re
ported this week it had granted 987,-
800 loans aggregating $2,990,000,000.
The statement said the total loans
now outstanding represent a sixth
of the country’s urban home mort
gage debt.
The first figures on the subject
to be released since 1930 showed a
reduction of 38 per cent in the har
vested acreage cf cotton in 1934 as*
compared with 1929 a* reported by!
the census bureau. A production
drop of 35 per cent accompanied the
acreage decrease.
Colonel Frank Knox of Chicago 1
look his first formal steps as a'
Presidential Candidate last week by '
filing an entry in the Illinois Advi- j
sory Preferential Primary Senator;
Bcrah also entered Henry P. Fletch-
er. Republican National Chairman.!
said he "Heard Talk" about coali
tion cabinet if the New Deal is de
feated in November. Petitions were
entered for President Rooce\olt ir.
the Illinois primary late last week -
Crime develornnents were mark
ed late last week l.v the killing of
Danoer Machine Gun Jack McGum.
former Capone Gangster. In a Chica
go Bowling Aliev on St. Valentine’s
Dav he received two shots in the
•>ack in much the same lashion as*
the seven George Moran gangsters I
who died seven vear« ago in the j
bloodv St. Valentine’s Dag Mas.sacre. j
McGum beat, the rap on that charge
Two men entered the place and
FOB SALE—One Famuli Tn rtf
A-l Condition. R. L. Prtncr,
ledgevllle. Georgia.
MARTIN OPENS NEW THEATRE
Manager Frank D. Adams, of The
Campus Theatre, accompanied by
Mrs. Adams and Misses Marguriete
Wright and Clara Snider, attended
the opening of The Grand Theatre
in Fitzgerald Monday evening.
The new theatre was built by Mr.
Rcy Martin, owner of the Martin
Chain of Theatres in Georgia, Ala
bama and Florida. The
wa» modeled after the theaj
and is most attractive.
Mrs. Adams and party ret „^
to MiUedfeviUc Tuesday
ported a most delightful ti me
ever they declared the opening
not compare to the great crowd
was present when the Campus
opened about a year ago.
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( “Save Food, Flavor
I and Money, Use Ice”!
Marion Allen, Rocsevelt campaign manager for Georgia and
prominent Milledgeville attorney, shown as he analyzed the l ation-
al political situation for the WSB audience on The Journal Editorial
Hour program in Atlanta.
—COURTESY ATLANTA JOURNAL
ANNUAL OYSTER SUTTER GIVEN
CITY FATHERS BY MR. CLARK
Carrying out a custom started sev
eral years ago. Mr. T. H. Clark sent
to the City Officials a barrel of oys
ters from his winter home in Florida
and cn Monday evening an oyster
roast was given at the Coca-Cola
company with Mr. Walter Zachery
plant manager, in charge.
Those present were Mayor and
Mrs. George Carptenter, Mr. and
Mrs. Lamar Ham, Mr. and Mrs. S.
D. Stembridge. Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Woot-
ten. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Arnall, Mr.
and Mrs. John Holloway. Judge
Frank Bell. Judge E. R. Hines and
Chief and Mrs. Frank Broome, Mr.
L. H, Andrews.
SERVICES AT THE CHRISTIAN
CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY
Regular sevrices will be held at
the Hardwick Christian church next
Sunday when the pastor. Rev.
A. Cunningham will preach. The
mcroing service will be at 11 o’clock
and the evening service at 7:30. Sun
day school will be at 10:00 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to all
the services.
Talmadge Sets Up ’Dictatorship’
MAIL CARRIERS IN CONVENTION
HERE
The anm;al banquet of the Sixth
District Rural Mail Carriers Asso
ciation was held last Saturday even
ing in the dining room of Atkinson
Hall with 125 guests present.
J. W. Cole, inspector in charge oi
the Atlanta division and W. T. An
dersen, editor and publisher of the
Macon Telegraph, were the guest
speakers. During the barquet Mrs.
E. R. Hines presented a musical pro
gram featuring the Geoigia Chero-
kees. Mr. John W. Riley, president
df the district organization, presid
ed.
SERVICES AT MONTFELKR
NEXT SUNDAY
Services will be held at Montpelier
church next Sunday morning at M
11:30. Rev. W. C. Budd. the pastor I
will preach and a special musical "
program will be given by an or
chestra from Hardwick composed
of the fololwing members Mr. Dud
Harden. Mr. Veal, Mr. D. C. Leap-
trott, Mrs. Grady Pennington, Mr.
Dessie Wright, Miss Rosalind Wright.
The public is cordially invited.
On Sunday evening Rev. Budd will
preach at the usual heur at the
Hardwick Methodist church.
Cold Alone Is Not Enough
A modern ice Refrigerator air conditioned will cost you
only a THIRD to HALF die amount you are figuring on spend-
U ing. It will use so little ice that the ice service man need
R cotne once in several days.
MARY PICKFORD
INVITES YOU TO
Tun* In on Columbia Broadcasting System *v*ty
Tuesday avaning . . . Maat Miss
Pickford ... The Stars of Radio, Scraan and Stage
Music by AL LYONS and his Cocoanut Grova Or
chestra .. . Get a new thrill In radio antertainmant.
»y Ike Leasin' Ice aoS lee *.M«erete. Ceawaalee
Atlantic Ice & Coal Co.
Phone 485
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Gcv. Talmadge is shown as he signed his proclamaticn that set
up his financial "dictatorship" of Georgia. Holding that no further
legislation is necessary for him to operate all agencies of the gov
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all state departments in lieu of the last General Assembly’s failure
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