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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
VOLUME XXXI. NO. 30.
Aboard His Special Train
ed Back to Washington He
Makes Series of Rear Plat¬
form Talks
RESUMPS OFFENSIVE
IN NATIONAL
Declares Legislation
By Democrats If Ever
ed Will ‘ End Hope of Re¬
covery.”
On Board Presidential Special, En
Route to Washington, Oct. 5.
President Hoover made a
tour today out of his return to
ington from Des Moines where
night he told a cheering
that “a great national victory has
achieved” in the “war against the
“economic storm” and said the
cratic program was marked by “reck¬
less disregard of the safety of the
nation.”
-j The chief executive, in a series of
rear platform appearances through
Indiana and Ohio today, resumed the
offensive in his campaign for re-elec¬
tion which he assumed last night
when he told the nation that the leg¬
islation proposed by Democrats in
the last session of congress, if ever
enacted “will end hope of recovery.”
This program, tt»e president said,
was sponsored by the Democratic par¬
ty when it nominated Speaker Garner
for vice-president.
White House aides said today that
sectres of congratulatory telegrams
were being received by Mr. Hoover on
his special train, commending him
for his Des Moines address,
A crowd which filled the 9,600-seat
Des Moines Coliseum interrupted Mr.
Hoover nearly 100 times with applause
during the hour and a half of his
speech in which he said, “We
won this battle” against economic
forces and enunciated 12 policies
proposals of aid to agriculture.
Several times during his speech, the
president referred directly to state¬
ments by his Democratic opponent,
-Governor Roosevelt, and once depart¬
ed from his text to say Roosevelt’s
characterization of the Hawley-Smoot
tariff law as “the highest in the his¬
tory of the world” was not “true.”
The president said that Republican
policies “are winning out.” “If we
continue to fight along these lines we
shall ydn,” he added
Heading the list of 12 policies and
proposals was the proposition that
“the very basis of safety to Ameri¬
can agriculture is the protective tar¬
iff on farm products.” The Republican
party, he added, “will maintain the
protective tariff on farm products and
“even widen that tariff further where
necessary to protect agriculture.”
Among the president's proposals
were:
1. Revision of the farm marketing
act “in the interest of the farmer in
the light of our three years’ experi
ence” including repeal of the stabili¬
se,’ation provisions. program”
•. 2. Support of a “sound
to ‘“promote the reorganization of ag¬
riculture so as to divert lands from
unprofitable to profitable use, and to
avoid the cultivation of lands the
chief return of which is the poverty
and misery of those who live upon
them.”
3 Recommendation at the next ses¬
sion of congress at a regorganization
of the federal land banks to “give
them the resources and liberty of ac¬
tion which do not exist, necessary to
enable them definitely and
to expand in the refinancing of the
farm mortgage situation where it is
necessary to give men who want to
fight for it a chance to hold
homes.”
4. Proposal that any annual pay¬
ment on the foreign debt be used
the specific purpose of securing
expansion of the foreign markets
American agrieltural products
The president reviewed what
termed the “real doctrine and
gram of the men” who
the Democratic party.
Although the Democrats were
control of congress, he said, the
ocrats presented no program.
administration did not nresent a
gram which has saved the
from complete disaster.”
Democrats in the house, the
dent continued, “produced a
of pork-barrel legislation in the
of $1,200,000,000 and passed a
hill which would made our
a football of every speculator and
erv vicious element in the
world.
‘These measures representing
dominant Democratic control
d'scnuragment and delay to
That recovery • began the ~
•when it was certain that these
stmotive measures of this
controlled house were stopped.”
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TREASURY RECEIPTS
-
Washington, Oct. 5. UP
fgrcceipts ' V for October 3 were
792.15; expenditures
balance $846,369,347.86. Customs
ties for three days of October
Lehman Nominated
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Associated Press Photo
j Col. Herbert Lehman, lieutenant
governor 0 f New York, who has been
named |j V Democrats of that state as
| a cand j daU > for governor to succeed
j Pranklin D. Roosevelt.
FIRST FATALITY
'Young Farmer is Shot and Killed
By Unidentified Assailants
Standing Near Picket Sta¬
tion.
Canby, Minn., Oct. 5. (fP)—The first
fatality in Minnesota’s farm holiday
strike movement occurred when Nor
dahl Peterson, 25 year oh! farmer of
i near here, was shot and killed by un
identified assailants as he stood near
| a picket Shortly station. before the killing Fred
i Hacker, another farmer picket, was
at but escaped uninjured at a
nearby picket post.
Peterson was caught unaware by a
fusillade of bullets last night as he'
stepped from a tent at a picket sta¬
tion one mile west of here in which
he and three companions were shel¬
tered.
Two men were reported to have oc¬
cupied the automobile in which the
slayers escaped.
Sheriff Martin F. Fitzner, who no¬
tified surrounding communities to
watch for the killers said he was con¬
vinced there was no connection be¬
tween the picketing movement and
the shooting. The pieketeers were
some distance off the road, and no at¬
tempt had been made to stop the car
in which the gunmen rode, he said.
The picketing, which had been car¬
ried in this community for a week,
had been peaceable, with persuasion
resorted to instead of force as the re¬
sult of a promise made by farm holi¬
day leaders to Governor Floyd B. Ol¬
son a month ago that highways would
not be blockaded, farm strike sympa¬
thizers said.
SMITH IS EXPECTED
TO MAKE SPEAKING
TOUR FOR NOMINEES
Bridgeport Conn., Oct. 5. UP)—Na¬
tional Committeeman Archibald M
Neil quoted Robert Jackson, chairman
of the Democratic Speakers Bureau,
as saying today that a speaking cam¬
paign by Alfred F. Smith in behalf
of the presidential candidacy of Gov¬
ernor Franklin D. Roosevelt “appear¬
ed certain.”
McNeil said he communicated with
Jackson after learning of the ex¬
change of greetings last night in Al¬
bany between Roosevelt and his recent
rival for the presidetial nomination.
j The national committeeman said he
j Had asked .Jackson to arrange a Con
nee t' cu f tour tor the tormer New York
governor, appeared certain
1 “Jackson said it
that Smith will speak in behalf of Gov¬
ernor Roosevelt’s candidacy and that
he will come to Connecticut,” Mc¬
Neil said.
MOREHOUSE SLAYS
j SELF WITH PISTOL
i
1 Chicago, Oct. 5. UP) —Forty-eight
cents told the story of the death of J.
j E. Morehouse, about 47, formerly
prominent in the motor car industry
j in New York and Detroit. He was
j found midnight dead in with a loop bullet hotel in shortly his head, af
ter a
A note said he was “another victim
of the depression.” is Great
Morehouse, aiui'.nvc-'-, whose ......- home ......- at — -
Neck, Long Island, N. Y„ formerly
was manager of the New York offices
(of the Stromberg Corburetor weal
ation and a few years ago was
■thy, his friends said.
' On the dresser of his hotel room
was 48 cents. The change was laid
j out beside six letters, one addressed
to his wife, three to friends, one to
undertaker and the other to the
i “authorities, coroner, or what have
BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5, 1932.
GARNER REPLIES
TO PRESIDENT’S
SPEECH IN IOWA
Democratic Vice - Presidential
Nominee Declares Sincerity
or Ability is Seriously Open to
Question
IS INCONSISTENT
WITH PAST REGIME
Scores Tariff and Holds It Re¬
sponsible For Stopping Wheels
of Industry and Strangling
Commerce.
Washington, Oct. 5. (/P)—In reply
to President Hoover’s Iowa address,
Speaker Garner in a formal state¬
ment today said “if we judge the
promises he now makes in the light
of those he has made and failed to
fulfill, either his sincerity or his abil¬
ity to make good his latest pledges
is seriously open to question.”
Thes peaker’s statement said:
“President Hoover’s statement to
the effect that he is using his good
offices to prevail upon the land mort¬
gage companies and other financial
institutions to which the government
has loaned hundreds of millions not
to foreclose upon homes and farms is
indicative of the inconsistency that
has characterized his entire adminis¬
tration.
“The president vetfied the measure
that would have assured farmers the
credit necessary to prevent foreclos¬
ure. He asserted at that time that
it would make the government a
pawn broker, and insisted that loans
be extended only to a select clientele.
After extending the loans he states
that he is now endeavoring to induce
those who have secured the millions
of government credit to be lenient
with the farmers and home owners
whose mortgages they hold.
“I am not criticizing the loans to
banks, insurance companies, land
mortgage companies and other finan¬
cial organizations, but it must be ob¬
vious that extension of credit to a se¬
lect few only cannot bring to this
country the maximum benefits that
should accrue from the release of this
great volume of credit.
“The farmers and the home owners,
who have acceptable collateral, are as
much entitled to that credit as any
corporation or company with equally
acceptable collateral.
“President Hoover is again de¬
nouncing what he terms ‘pork barrel’
legislation enacted by the Democratic
house, but is taking credit to himself
for all public construction now being
initiated.
“He states that the Democratic bill
was for ‘non productive and unnec
essary work,’ but there was not a
major item in that hill that had not
been recommended by the adminis¬
tration.
“He recently boasted that public
construction was being initiated un¬
der the terms of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation act, but does not
mention the fact that this provision
of the bill was included despite op¬
position of the administration and
administration leaders.
“In the course of his Des Moines
speech President Hoover said: ‘The
tariff act was not passed until near¬
ly one year after the depression be¬
gan.’
“Mr. Hoover approved the Hawley
Smoot tariff act on June 7, 1930, yet
in the previous March he was still
assuring a nation that prosperity was
just around the corner and the turn
already in sight.”
Young Girl Faces
Prison Sentence
For Fatal Fight
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 5. (IP )—A
pretty 19-year-old blonde, Grace
Goode, was confronted today with the
prospect of a ten-year prison sentence
for first degree manslaughter in the
dance hall stabbing of Mrs. Margaret
Allen, 19-year-old mother.
The girl was convicted last night.
She heard the verdict with outward
calm and Judge John P. McCoy de¬
ferred pronouncement of sentence at
the plea of defense counsel.
Miss Goode was accused of murder.
The state charged Mrs. Alien, mother
of two children, was fatally stabbed
last February in a quarrel precipitat¬
ed by names applied to Miss Goode
and iri which Miss Goode, her escrit,
Wallace Meshad and Mrs. Allen’s es¬
cort, R. C. Harrison, took part.
The girl admitted fighting with Mrs.
Allen but uviwwu denied she "O' used Kim,,
but her hands. Miss Goode was al
jtemately dance" and pictured “Sunday as a “queen school of and
a
church goer” in arguments by c6un
sel.
“Ten years isn’t long,” said the
ive girl this morning as she paused in
jail corridor during the exercise
period. “I hadn’t made any plan:-. I
held up my plans to see what the
jury would do. Bit. really I didn’t
expect to get anything.”
FOP FLOOR FIGHT
FOR
LedforiFHamilton Contest
State Treasurer Will Be Plac
ed Before Convention
Final Action
TAKEN OUT OF HANDS
OF FLOOR
Resolution to Give Group Full
Power to Act Offered By
Stewart of Coffee County
and Was Defeated.
Macon, Ga., Od. 5. HP) The
state Democratic convention to¬
day nominated Eugene Talmadge
for governor and Governor Rich¬
ard B. Russell, Jr., and Senator
Walter F. George for United
States senators and referred to a
committee its chief contest, that
over the office of state treasurer.
After hearing acceptance ad¬
dresses by Talmadge, Russell and
George, and completing its per¬
manent organization, the conven¬
tion adjourned until 4 p. m.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 5. UP)—A resolu¬
tion which would have given the con¬
committee the final say-so in con¬
tests was defeated today as the state 1
Democratic convention, after nominat¬
ing Eugene Talmadge as governor,
prepared for a floor battle over the
nomination, of a state treasurer.
The resolution to give the commit¬
tee full power to act on contests was
offered by Charles Stewart, of Coffee
floor leader for the Talmadge
Refusal of the convention to adopt
the resolution means that the con¬
test between State Treasurer M. L.
Ledford of Cairo and George Hamil¬
ton, of Atlanta, will be fought out
on the floor.
Talmadge, accepting the nomination
for governor in a brief speech which
covered a wide range of subjects,
pleaded for relief of land and other
.visible property from “some of the
terrible lax burden.”
A band played “Glory, Glory to Old
Georgia,” as the nominee for gover¬
nor was escorted to the speakers’ plat¬
form by a committee, and the throng
in the municipal auditorium rose to
its feet and cheered.
Talmadge, Georgia’s fiery commis¬
sioner of agriculture, said the ad valo¬
rem tax in Georgia could be reduced
by euttinggover nnrental expenses and
by putting “invisiblep roperty” on the
state books to ire taxed for state,
county and municipal purposes.
The governor-designate urged a r e¬
in freight, electricity, gas
telephone rates, and better schools
and roads.
A similar plea for 1 reduction in the
rates charged by these utilities was
try Tom Linden, of Hazlehurst,
and attorney, and an employe
of the state department of agricul¬
ture, who was named temporary chair¬
man and keynoter of the convention.
Mix Talmadge advocated laws to
safeguard depositors and •sharehold¬
ers in banks; legislation to control
trucks and busses as to size and man¬
of operation, and licensing by 1 be
state department of agriculture of
associations operating in
Hugh Howell, Atlanta attorney, was
chosen by the Talmadge forces as per¬
manent chairman of the convention
and of the state Democratic execu¬
tive committee, and Miss Eleanor Orr
of Newnan as permanent secretary.
Judge Schol Graham of McRae,
long-time friend and counsellor of Mi'.
(Confirmed On Pagp 3>
THREATENED BY FIRE
FLAMING FORESTS ENDANGER
WESTERN OREGON AND
WASHINGTON VILLAGES
Portland, Ore., Oct. 5. UP)—Forest
fires roared through western Oregon
and southwestern Washington
threatening to destroy three small
towns. Flames had already left one
Oregon town in ashes and destroyed
half a dozen buildings in another.
The deserted mill town of Wendling
Lane county, central western Ore
gon, still stood today as 2,500 men
fought flames that, threatened it. Res¬
idents had fled.
Amboy, a little town in southwest¬
ern Washington about 40 miles north
of Portland, was virtually ringed by
flames that had swept over thousands
- — acres - of ■■ timber ‘•‘"O'l.i and win. brush uon land.
Across the Columbia river in Wash
ington county, Oregon, the mill town
of Cochran was nothing but ashes. Its
200 residents fled shortly before their
were burned yesterday.
forest service officials .-aid they
believed rain would be the only effect¬
>ve check against flames which parade
in broken formation from north of the
Columbia liver to the California bor
der. The weather bureau forecast
continued dry weather.
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Rumor has it in London that (he betrothal of Princess Ingrid of
Sweden and Prince George of England soon may lie announced. The
possibility of the royal wedding was forecast when Prince George visited
Stockholm recently with his brother the Prime of Wales.
IN CURTIS’ CASE
Supreme Court Holds Up Its
cision, on Two Motions
Lindbergh Ransom
Affair.
Trenlon, N. J., Oct. 5. (A 3 !—The
supreme court reserved decision
day on two motions in the John
Hughes Curtis case, one for dismissal
of his appeal from conviction on a
charge of obstructing the search for
the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby,
and the other for continuance until
January.
The court hear rival counsellors
announced it. would consider the
just, before recessing at I o’clock and
during lunch hour. A decision was
expected when the court reconvened
at 2 p. m.
Ryman Herr, counsel for Curtis,
opposing a move I by . Prosecutor II......... i .. .. An¬ A ..
thony Ilauck to dismiss the appeal on
the ground of lack of prosecution,
pleaded that the court not hold Cur¬
tis to blame for “any oversight” on
counsel’s part.
“I feel everything humanly possible
was done to bring this appeal on,”
Herr said. “I ask that, you do not
deny Ibis man the right of review for
some error or oversight counsel may
have, made.”
Curtis, who is free under $10,000
hail, was sentenced July II by Judge
Adam O. Robbins to a year in jail and
fined $1,000. He was not present to¬
day. Justice
The argument, before Chief
Gummere and Justices Bodine and
Donges, lasted only 15 minutes.
Ilauck asserted he was not served,
in compliance with court rules, with
an assignment of errors, state of the
case or notiee of argument. He also
said the defense had made no deposit
with the court stenographer within
the time provided by the statutes for
a copy of transcript of the trial.
WATSON MEMORIAL
TO BE PLACED ON
LAWN OF CAPITOL
| Atlanta, figure Oct. 5. I/P) Once again the
dynam j c of Thomas E. Watson,
„iator, author, legislator and friend the
of the oppressed, will be seen on
lawn of the -tale capitol.
A committee of the Thomas E.
Watson Memorial Association confer¬
red with Governor Richard B. Russell,
Jr., regarding a site for the Memorial
to the late Georgian. The legislature
has authorized the placing of the
statue of the famous orator anywhere
on the capitol grounds, or iri the cap
jtol.
1 I Today J’Dliiy various vai iwu;- rditn sites on the oil’
; j grounds and in the capitol building
were being studied as a site for the
17-foot statue of Watson.
The statue, the work of Dr.
Klein, Atlanta sculptor, is now
cast in bronze iri New York
from a model made by Klein.
Left hand upraised in
style, Watson i pictured in
pose. The base of the statue is to
10 feet high and the full length
j seven feet.
FOR DEFENDANTS
Attorneys For Officers on Trial
For Slaying of Youthful
I Prisoner Call Attention to
Threats.
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 5. (/P)- Ful
ler Warren, counsel for Solomon II to¬
I ginbotham who with George W.
i Gourson, is on t rial for t he torture
j murder ol Arthur Maillelert, New
I Jersey convict, today asked the court
Fiat each spectator lie subjected to
close inspection because of a death
threat received by mail by one of the
defendants,
The request came soon after seal
dig of a jury of 12 men following two
and one-half days examination of ve¬
niremen. Warren referred to a let¬
ter received from East Liverpool,
j Ohio, dated July 17th, which said the
defendants’ 1 1 I i ■ i i / I • i 11 I ■ “ “lights” I i 1 . I o' ” would \K't > ■ i I / i be Iw. 4 ‘ pul i»i i 1
out” during the trial.
Judge George G. Gibbs, presiding,
told Warren today “we will do all we
can toward that end and if you hear
of any specific instance, please let me
know and I will take immediate steps
in the premises.”
Warren previously had asked that
special guards be appointed in view of
the letter but the court held this was
unnecessary.
Better Business
Since August Is
Seen In Country
Washington, Oct. 5. f/P) Moderate
improvement in business activity
since late in August, marked by “rap¬
id gains in the textile industry,” was
reported today by the commerce de¬
partment in its October survey of
current business.
Summarizing the business .situa¬
tion, the department said a number of
major indicators bud moved upward
“by more than Hie usual seasonal
amount.” It continued:
“The movement has been generated
largely by the demand for consumer
goods as reflected in the rapid gains
in the textile industry, and an upturn
in the leather and food processing in¬
dustries.
“So far the heavy industries have
felt little stimulation and show a con¬
tinued tendency to lag. Steel mill ac¬
tivity has risen to only about 17 per
cent of capacity; the automobile in
| dus.try is seasonally inactive with
1 Production at a law level; and the
(slight advances but little in support construction to the have pro
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duetive end of the industry.
“The upward movement of com¬
modity prices, which extended into
September, has stimulated trading in
some lines. Industrial production
turned upward in August after declin¬
ing steadily since last February. . . .
Manufacturing output was up 5 per
cent.
“Factory employment and pay rolls
were higher iri August, interrupting
the long series of declines. ...”
PRICE FIVE CENTS
He and Governor Roosevelt
Shake Hands and Pass Kid
ding Remarks as They Bury
Political Hatchet
LEHMAN NOMINATED
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Tammany Chieftains Lose Their
Eight to Bring Their Candi¬
date to Floor of Conven¬
tion.
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 5. tA 3 )—Two
hands clasped in floodlight lingered
in the memory of Democrats today as
they squared away for final tussles
with Republicans.
They were the hands of Governor
Franklin I). Roosevelt and Alfred E.
Smith, who called each other “Al”
and “Frank” us they grinned over a
common victory.
Both had fought for the nomina
of Lieut. Governor Herbert H.
as Governor. An opposition
finally melted and success arrived,
they met on the platform of the Dem¬
ocratic state convention last night.
Ten thousand pairs of eyes watch¬
ed them. It was the first time they
had met since (lie Chicago national
convention, where Roosevelt won and
Smith lost the nomination for the
presidency.
Smith, arriving to place Lehman
in nomination, went on the platform.
Shaking hands with persons there,
lie approached the spot where Roose¬
velt was standing. It was “hello, Al”
and "hello, Frank” and then the
handshake.
Tumult, drowned their further re¬
marks, hut as reported by Guernsey
T. CroSs, the governor’s secretary,
tlie dialogue over the handclasp was:
Roosevelt: “Al, this comes from the
heart.”
Smith: “That goes for me too.”
During his speech, Smith referred
to Roosevelt by name once. Review¬
ing bis own efforts as governor for
social legislation, lie said:
“And when 1 left here on January
I, 1929, I left with a fueling of satis¬
faction because we handed that pro¬
gram to Roosevelt and Lehman.”
A few minutes later he expressed
confidence that the Democratic na¬
tional ticket would be successful.
“The Democratic party,” lie said,
“enters the field not shackled by any
false pride, with no apologies for past
mistakes, but with a platform and a
program of progressive reform that
will permit Ibis nation to go forward,
that will bring it to a better day,
that will solve its economic problems,
its problems abroad, and lift from
business the paralysis that is causing
unemployment, and that can be ac¬
complished by a /Democratic victory,
by the election of the Democratic can¬
didates in the coming election.”
Roosevelt,, addressing the conven¬
tion, praised Lehman and said that
under Smith’s governorship “this
state was put on the map among all
states, as the criterion of successful
state government.”
He also lauded United States Sena¬
tor Robert F. Wagner of New York
who was renominated.
The nominations followed a day
packed with fast moving events.
First there came from hotel con¬
ferences reports that the alliance of
Tammany Hall men and upstate lead¬
ers, opposing the Lehman nomina¬
tion, was holding fast.
As the huge armory filled for the
final convention session, there still
was no definite word from the hotel
where John F. Gurry, Tammany chief,
battled against the Lehman selection.
He and up-staters, headed by Ed¬
ward F. O’Connell, Albany leader,
were for Mayor John Boyd Timelier
of All/uny.
Smith argued with Gurry against
apposition of the lieutenant gover¬
nor. Finally one of Gurry’s own dis¬
trict. leaders, Edward J. Ahearn, was
reported to have declared he would
not go along in the opposition to the
New York banker.
Gurry yielded and a slate headed by’
Lehman was nominated without a roll
call.
The ticket also includes M. William
Bray of Utica for lieutenant gover¬
nor; Morris S. Tremaine of Buffalo
for comptroller; John J. Bennett, Jr.,
of Brooklyn for attorney general;
Cuthbcrt W. Bound of Lock port for
chief judge of the court of appeals
and John Fitzgibbori of Oswego and
Elmer E. Studley of Queens county
for congressman at large.
Wagner, Tremaine, Bennett and
Bound are incumbents. Pound is a Re¬
publican and lias both party endorse¬
ments.
TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH
Macon, Ga., Oct. 5. Two ne¬
groes have been sentenced to electro¬
cution October 28 for entp' .ig the bed¬
room of a Webster county man, slug¬
ging him into unconsciousness and at¬
tacking his wife. Officers said both
the accused, Charlie Green and Paschal
Baker, confessed. They were brought
here from Webster county yesterday
after a trial at Preston, Ga.. Officers
said the crime was committed near
Preston August 2 but the arrest and
investigation were made secretly,
r