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NASHFILLE TENNESSEAN. 11 nnmr JJv HOMB DELIVERED SUBSCRIPTIONS 25c A WEEK i Consolidated ith the discontinued Evening Tennessean 1 VQL-82-N6. 894. 7 NASHVILLE, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17. 1939.

EIGHTEEN PAGES COOPER TAKES Final Stages intleMaking of a Governor STATE REINS; POSTS FILLED- i 1 New Governor Pledges Obligation to People; Browning Gives Notice Of Return to Politics The Brownings Lunch Together A fter 2 Years -y St I i Leonard Sisk, Prentice Cooper head the procession up the War Memorial steps for the ceremonies that General Assembly Ready To Work on Cooper's Legislation; Address Set Wednesday BUDGET IS OFFERED Deficit of $2,693,999 Indicated in Burke's Report; Tax on Liquor Advised By JOHN M. BURNS The Tennessee General Assembly is ready today to oegin- worn on Gov. Prentice Cooper's legislative program. Already bills have been intro duced in both houses that would eliminate legislation and the "spite laws" of Gov. Gordon Browning, which were passed In the 1937 special sessions.

But it was doubted that the new governor would deliver his address to the legislature today, as he has intimated he would rather wait until Wednesday. Also expected to come before the General Assembly is a bill to provide for a three-man state election commission. This would replace the six-man board created by the special sessions of 1937. The act providing a punitive tax on bootleggers, proposed last week by' Rep, Lon Austin pf Lexington, may be throwwrrt "the legislative hopper today, but the representa tive said last night that it probably. would take him unul Wednesday to get his draft completed.

READY FOR ACTION Both Houses of the General As sembly were considered in excel lent condition for the legislative proposals of the new governor. A number of local bills have been cleared already and the delegates have been marking time until after the inauguration. Yesterday saw neither house take much action. Most of the time in the brief sessions was spent in preparing for the inauguration. However, some bills of general interest were introduced among the usual mass of local legislation offered.

Both the House and Senate received a bill that would permit persons who paid their poll taxes in the past election year to vote in special elections without any further qualifications. The measure was introduced In the House by Rep. Charles C. Brown of Shelby County anden. jonn s.

xnomason. Some significance as read In the measure because it was introduced by a Shelby County repre sentative. It has been predicted that a special election has been brewing in that area for some time HICKMAN TO VOTE Hickman County, which will vote shortly in special election for a successor to Rep. Robert Brown who died on the opening day of the current session, is represented in the Senate by Thomason. Sen.

Joe Bean of Hamilton Coun ty offered a bill to regulate the practice of professional nursing in the state, which would give the board of examiners for nurses the power to name approved nursing schools and to prohibit persons not accredited graduates of "any school of learning" from performing the (Continued on Page 2, Column 5) WHAT'S NEW? The sages say there is nothing new under the sun. They may, or may not be right, but of one thing we're certain. There is nothing new about the way the Want Ads get results! They're the oldest form of newspaper advertising and have been getting results right along. These little wonder-worker-want-ads are especially fine when it comes to renting rooms. Here's one that pulled 50 calls, in the past three days.

TWO LOWER BOOMS Heat, lishr.8, hot water, refrigeration furnished. 1-7301. Mrs. rented her rooms to the first person who came out to see them. And it that's not action TOU tell US.

Don't pay yourself rent for your vacant rooms advertise them in the Classified Ads Just call 5-5401 or 5-1221 Ask for Ad-Taker SECURITY LAW LIBERALIZING IS PROPOSED President Asks Congress To Extend Benefits, Boost Payments G. 0. P. RAPS PLAN Real Estate Board Is Created: Aid Bill May Be Whittled T.il Oa Pige 16 WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 "-President Roosevelt today submitted two important messages to Congress, one liberalizing the Social Security program and t.he other creating a special real estate board to supervise the realty business of the government.

In the meantime a Senate subcommittee began consideration of the $725,000,000 emergency relief appropriation bill with indications pointing to more whittling being done on the measure. On the Senate floor, the administration's foreign policy and demand for increased national defenses came in for criticism in debate. CHARGED President Roosevelt's, request for revision of the social security program drew an immediate reply from Republican quarters that the first necessity was the correction of the "mistakes" in the present aystem. The Chief Executive submitted, with an approving special message, a report by the Social Security Board which recommended that: FSederarold age' Insurance vpay-ments begin in 1940 instead of 1942, the date fixed in the present law. Old age insurance payments be larger during the early years qf the program than the law now requires.

The old age plan be extended as rapidly as possible to some wotkers now outside the system. The unemployment insurance system also be enlarged to embrace 'millions now uncovered. EXTENSION URGED "As regards both the federal old age insurance system and the fed eral-state unemployment compensation system," Mr. Roosevelt said in Wiis message, "equity and sound so-policy require hat the benefits be'extended to all of our peo-7 pie as rapidly as administrative ex- perience and public understanding permit." Senator Vandenberg Mich.) commented: "He ignores the fundamental ne- eessity of putting the existing system on a sound basis before it is expanded. I emphatically agree that there should be an expansion, but manifestly it is logical that we 4h p'ifiiOsyWHirtgr Mr.

Roosevelt suggested, as did the board to begin insurance payments earlier and make the more liberal, and a second to increase federal grants to states of "limited fiscal capacities, so they may pro vide more adequate assistance to thase in need." TWO SYSTEMS Under the' Social Security Act there is an old age insurance sys tem, under which workers and era ployers pay taxes and the worker receives a monthly pension wnen he reaches 65 and retires. There (Continued on Page 2, Column 7) Lonnie Taylor GivesRightArm To Foil Death The right arm of Lonnie Taylor, East Tennessee prison-breaking desperado facing 145 years of accrued prison sentences was amputated Sunday to halt spread of gangrene, Warden Joe Pope of the state prison, announced Monday. Taylor received wounds from more than 60 buckshot and pistol bullets in a break from the prison early in November. Prison physicians said antitoxin "Was administered at the time and every precaution taken halt the spread of gangrene from the bul-'let wounds, which are particularly susceptible to this type of infection. Gunpowder is believed responsible.

Taylor was taken to Vanderbilt Hospital several days ago for examination. He was returned to the prison hospital for the amputation just above his elbow. The physicians said his left arm was also infected, but that treatment had been effective in checking the spread. He is expected to remain in the prison hospital at least two more weeks before being placed beyond the white line at the I rison. Warden Pope last night express-ad belief that the amputation might have the effect of preventing further prison breaking attempts en the part of Taylor, who has escaped a number of times in the past few years.

CLOUDY, WARMER WASHINGTON FORECAST TENNESSEE: Increuinf eloodinest, lightly warner in Wet port ton Tuesday, fallowed by rain in West portion Tuesday vifht and Wednesday and in East portion Wednesday, colder Wednesday night. KENTUCKY: Fair Tuesday followed by rain beiinnlnf in West portion Tuesday night or Wednesday and in East portion Wednesday, somewhat warmer Wednesday. ALABAMA: Fair and slightly warmer Yvesday; Wednesday occasional rains. HOURLY TEMPERATURES a. m.

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m. m. io) a. w- ''VV-" NEW AIDES CHOSEN Stewart Is Personnel Director; Butler Will Head Highway Patrol, Public Relations TeU of Browning ntd Cooper Speeches On I'r 111) By O. K.

BARNES Tn an atmosphere charged with drama. Prentice Cooper of Shelby-ville became Tennessee's 39th governor at noon Monday, while Gordon Browning, the retiring chief executive, served notioe that he ntrnded to return to the political arena. An overflow crowd In War Me morial Auditorium saw Chief Justice Grafton Green of the Tennessee Supreme Court administer the oath, of office to Cooper. On the platform with the new governor were his father and Mr, and Mrs. W.

P. Cooper of Shelby- ville. After the Inauguration, the wheels of the new administration began to turn, with induction into office of Cooper's cabinet. NAMES TWO KEY-MEN ijate-last. nitrht-Governor Coaner to two key positions in the new ad ministration They were Bain Stew art of Shelbyville, personal confident of Cooper, as personnel direc tor, and Hilton Butler, former newspaper man and director of publicity for the Coalition, as state safety director.

The governor explained that the new safety director would nave charge of the state highway patrol, the drivers' license division and related functions including an educational and public relations pro s' MAY BE MADE MAJOR lM DoM.Bk holds an officer's commission in the military intelligence section of the regular army reserves, will be commissioned a major in the Tennessee National Guard. Stewart succeeds Steve Cave of the Browning administration, But ler's position is to be created by an act of the Legislature. Earlier in the day Governor Cooper announced the appointment of Hugh Clark of Brownsville as commissioner of administration. Clark was sworn ih late last night by Chief Justice Grafton Green. Clark, a forme-r4' state-- -senator; will serve for the few days until the Department of Administration abolished.

CORTNER COUNTY JUDGE A formal reception in the gov- ernor suite at the -Capitol, when Cooper and his parents greeted hundreds of well-wishers, occupied most of the afternoon. Cooper found time, however, to perform several official acts, including: 1. Appointed Clarence Cortner of Normandy as county judge of Bed ford County to replace C. W. Phil lips, who is the new Sate Highway Commissioner.

2. Appointed Glenn W. Woodlee of Dayton to succeed U. S. Senator- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) Tenor Invades Depths; Basso Sings Falsetto MOSCOW, Jan.

16 flrV-A battle of bassos and tenors of the Grand Theater of Moscow tonight confronted authorities in charge of enforcing the new labor code with a knotty disciplinary problem. The argument started when Ivan KozlovsKy, a tisnorrsuddeTi ly astonished an aduience and his fellow performers in the production of the opera "Rigoletto," by singing an aria in bass. This so incensed Vassili Drovian-nikov, the basso in the cast, that ha marched out on the stage and warbled his lyrics in tenor. Kozlovsky invited Droviannikov to go behind the scenes and settle the affair in a more direct fashion and the labor code authorities, hearing of the matter, cited both for violation of the code. TODAY'S TENNESSEAN Albert.

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I'm satisfied." Mrs. Gordon Browning said. The former governor reported that yesterday's luncheon with his wife was the first they had togeth er, with no guests, since they came to Nashville two years ago. Mrs. Browning long has wanted her husband to retire from poli- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) STEWART GETS SENATE-SEAT Winchester Man Sworn By Garner; Miss Cox Joins Staff By B.

N. TIMMONS (Washington Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 A full- fledged senator at last, after taking the oath of office at 1:55 p. m. to day, Sen.

A. Tom Stewart or win- Chester, turned to the task of answering hundreds of letters that greeted him upon his arrival in Washington. His first official act was to an nounce appointment of Miss Mary Virginia Cox of Johnson (Jity as member of his office staff. He de clared he had not yet decided upon a secretary and other members of his staff. SERVED THREE GOVERNORS Miss Cox, who served with three Tennessee governors, Alfred Tay lor, Peay and Horton, took up her duties as secretary or clerk to th.e state third senator.

She had for merly been connected with the staffs of Senators Nathan Bachman and George L. Berry. The new senator was not accom panied to Washington by his fam ily, and temporarily will stay at the Mayflower Hotel, where Sen. Ken neth D. McKellar also is registered The oath-taking ceremony was simple.

After word had been re ceived from Nashville that Gov Prentice Cooper had been formally inducted into office, Vice-President Garner emerged from the Senate cloak room where he had been talk ing with the two Tenncsseans, and resumed the chair. Senator McKellar next entered the chamber, interrupting a speech by Sen. Robert Reynolds, of North Carolina, to announce that the sen ator-elect from Tennessee was in the chamber and desired to take the oath of office. ESCORTED BY McKELLAR Stewart was escorted up the cen ter aisle of the chamber by Mc Kellar to the left of the rostrum where the oath was read by the vice-president. McKellar appeared in the best of spirits and smiled broadly, while Stewart seemed solemn and a bit nervous.

Approaching the rostrum he wiped his handkerchief across his face two or three times. Although arriving in Washington mr time to-attend-opening of to day's session of the Senate, Stew art did not immediately present himself to be sworn in. Technically, if he had been in ducted into office before Governor Cooper's inauguration, Gordon Browning, retiring governor, could have declared Stewart's post as attorney general vacant and named a successor. After the new senator had signed the register of members at the (Continued on Page 18, Column S) Governor nor's desk earlv yesterday morn ing. Among the first was a huge floral basket from friends in Bed ford County.

It was placed on the desk formerly occupied by David ManRer, secretary to Browning, Relatives of the new governor came a long way to see the cere monies yesterday. Among the number was Tom Cooper of Henderson, Ky. cousin. Capitols and legislative halls are no new thing to him, as he spent the first part of 1938 as reading clerk for the Senate of th Kentucky General Assembly, Tom Cooper had expected Gov. Albert B.

(Happy Chandler to (Continued on Pags 2, Column 2 the state Supreme Court, left, administers the oath of office to Cooper. Escorted by his military aide, are to make him Governor. Chief Justice Grafton Green of COUNCIL FIGHT ON TVA SEEN Mayor Request for Vote Before City Election To Be Opposed A hot fight is expected at tonight's city council meeting on Mayor Thomas L. Cummings' request for adoption of a resolution or ordinance setting an early date for referenda on TVA issues. Anti-administration leaders arc expected to fight calling for a vote before the regular city election and also the inclusion of the transportation system within the (Continued on Page 4, Column 5) Life Lines Nashville's automobile traffic safety record is now 48 deathless days, as compared with the unsurpassed 88-day record of 1938.

Davidson County's record is now 21 days as compared with last year4 69-day record. (SJiaded lines represent past records In city and county black lines show the present records.) Deathless Days Deathless Days (City) (County) 88 80 69 60 40 21 20 60 4 1 48 40 20 RATE HEARING NOT CONTINUED Severance of City's Suit For TVA Prices Asked, Chaiiman Porter Dunlap of the State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission said Monday night that there has been no continuance of the rate case against the Tennes see Electric Power Company, de spite the filing of a petition by the City of Nashville, protesting an alleged continuance. The city attorneys in their protest also asked a severance of the city's- suit to obtain TVA rates from the suit being brought by the commission for similar reductions for all cities served by TEPCO. They charged that the hearing of the commission's suit on behalf of all the cities would result in delay of the City of Nashville's case and (Continued on Page 4, Column 6) The ceremonies ended, Governor Cooper takes over his desk in the chief executive's office and as his first official act signs the commission of Glenn W. Woodlee as district attorney-general to succeed U.

S. Senator Tom Stewart. Bedford Countians Cheer 'Their Mother Leads Applause to 'Dixie9 Whose A salute sped Gov. Cordon Browning from the Capitol yesterday morning to the. War Memorial Building Auditorium where he relinquished the reins of state to Prentice Cooper, his successor.

A 19-gun salute, approximately one hour later welcomed Governor Cooper as he returned to the Capitol to take over officially the governor's office. A special gun crew from Center-ville was on hand to give the salutes. Lieut J. B. Bogle was In charge of the detachment of seven enlist- Mercury Skids As Snow Fails To Show Here Snow predicted for last night by the weatherman failed to arrive In Nashville, but the mercury skidded down toward the freezing mark, just the same, with a low of 20 to 26 degrees forecast for the night Increasing cloudiness was promised for today, to be followed by rain or snow tonight.

The highest temperature recorded yesterday was 39 degrees at 1 p. m. A year ago the max4mum was 69 degrees and the minimum 31 degrees oa January LIQUOR CAUGHT Fast Driving Leads To Arrest of Truck Driver; Is Bound Over Trurk Driver R. T. Benson's reckless driving nominally would cost him only a $2 fine and costs in general sessions court Monday after noon but it actually led to bone dry law violation charges on which he posted cash bond when bound over to the grand jury.

Constables C. A. Williams, R. E. Clay and I B.

Petty stopped Ben son, who is from Murfreesboro, just north of Goodlettsyille for reckless driving. In his truck they saidthey found 2(1 cases of liquor and a hill of lading from Guthrie, to Murfreesboro, County delegation that was on hand to see "their governor," Tren-tice. Cooper, inaugurated. Time after time, Governor Cooper was cheered by the Bedford Countians as he mentioned that section in his speech. Mrs.

W. P. Cooper, mother of the new governor, showed her love for the South by leading the applause that swept over the auditorium when the American Legion Band played "Dixie." W. P. Cooper, his father, was among the first to join in ths ap their, son and former Gov.

Brown ing delivered their addresses. Flowers, telegrams and heavily i wiannpd packages hecan to make their appearance on'the new gover- ed men that fired the gun. It Both sat in silence while from the Battery of the 115th Field Artillery of the Tennessee National Guatd. Almnet tnnH as the aalnte was th cheering from the Bedford 1.