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Prints All The News That's Fit To Print And Prints It First For Nearly A Century Has Set The Pace For Mississippi Journalism FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT JACKSON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1932 ESTABLISHED 1837 UM RUNS As Conner Said, "LDo 0. Cnniier Orfas SMp State To Put On Steam After Giv ing RELIEF IN CHARGE OF CQASTMIT Coast Guard Has Complete Charge of Tallahatchie Rescue AHEAD I EARLY-LOUISIANA VOTE Icoiomy Angle 9- L. At it 11 Iil.x At 12:37 p. m. inesaay juage aioney Smith of the state supreme court finished reciting the oath of office for Governor of Mississippi and Mike Sennett Conner said firmly "I do." Here we see the inaugural setting, Chief Justice Smith on the left, the head of Speaker Thomas L.

Bailey visible between that of Judge Smith and Conner, just to the right. Lieutenant-Governor Dennis Murphree who presided over the joint session of the legislative bodies Is next on the right of Conner and Former-Governor Bilbo is at the extreme right. Photo above shows the Conner family car, driven by A. D. Wicks or Jackson, with little Lady Rachel Conner seated between the driver and General Erie C.

Scales on the front, spa nn fvio roo coo Governor Conner is seated next to his wife, with the governor's mother on the other side. General Scales, assigned as special military Governor Conner yesterday is mentioned as Conner's choice for adjutant-general. The selection will be announced today. Sheriff Ferguson Serves Wa rriing With LocalRaid ii 99 Photo by Daniel Studio 3J -in1 sAa 9 Evidences of a wholesale liquor JJ outicij was UU- covered Sheriff Warren Ferga- 60X1 a110 ois deputies in a raid one mile south of the Clinton Boulevard juiu outside xne city limits nere early last night. oi pure grain aico- apa one gauon jug of 'syn- a specially con- siructea nit fit tne rear of a nfrvntj zoni planter, was arrested by tne officers and charged with possession of the whiskey.

Sheriff Ferguson quoted Gibson as admitting ownership of the alcohol supply. Sheriff's officers who participated in the raid Deputies Ned B. Parish, Kan Schneider, W. Jacobs, R. E.

Hollingsworth and Bob Hill re ported the finding of scores of containers, ranging from quart bottles in paemng cases cases to ten gallon kegs, and freshly-emptied alcohol tins. In addition to the alcohol cache the officers confiscated six ten-gal lon kegs, 3 two-gallon kegs, 4 five-gallon kegs, 2 one-gallon kegs, 18 one-gallon glass jugs, and approximately four dozen quart bottles in cases. Several empty five-gallon alcohol tins were found in addition to the two full containers. The alcohol is thought to have been smuggled in from the coast. The gallon of "synthetic" whiskey found by the officers was be-Meved to have been grain alcohol cut and In making the raid last night Sheriff Ferguson served warning on liquor dealers of an unrelenting war.

"We have "just begun," said the rheriff. "From now on, we are going to make Hinds county mighty unhealthy for the bootleggers" PLAY THURSDAY factoct i of the courts th- ru nnrrfinaj? is scneauied to play the Columbus Y.M.C.A. cagers here Thursday Closes As Auditorium Gorgeously dressed women and colonels in new uniforms were crowded almost off their due places by the great throng of onlookers and dancers. An orchestra under direction of Armand Coullet dispensed highly satisfactory music, and after a few the curious went home, the dancers really enjoyed themselves in tripping the light fantistic The huge crowd at the ball held the same jocularity which obtained all day, through the ceremonies, the mansion reception, in the afternoon, and the ball at night, and good naturedly made the best of the extremely crowded conditions. Its Re Me Nearly 15,000 Hear Ad dress at Steps of New Capitol A mighty outpouring of enthusiasm from the largest and moiti colorful crowd that ever gather- ed for a public eta in Mississip- pi was Mike Conner's welcome yesterday as he took over the reins of government from Theodore G.

Bilbo with promises of sweeping reorganization of stato administration policies. A march through cheering ianes that thronged Jackson streets with citizens from every part of tho Other inauguration stories on Pages 5, 7, 16 and 20. Other inauguration pictures on Tage 7. Text of Conner's Inauguration message on Pages 12, 13 and 14. state led the forty-fourth governor of Mississippi to the new capitoi with the pomp and splen dor of a Roman holiday.

At the capitoi, Conner went through the solemn inaugural preliminaries and then launched into a thunderingly-emphatic portrayal of the state's despeiato straits and an equally emphatic declaration of his own resolve to remedy the situation at all costs. A thousand rifles of Mississippi's finest regiments led the comparatively youthful executive to an impromptu platform at the south entrance of the new capitoi that became a veritable stages of public drama as throngs pack. iontinued on Page Seven) REdIhaTT labor meet Police; Use Nightsticks to Break Up Mob of Strikers NEW Jan. 19. (P) Two hundred communists sought to break up meeting of fur workers in Bryant Hall tonight and several persons were injured, including homebound office workers.

In tho melee that followed. Three emergency squads of police were despatched to the parfc outside the hall when the disorder threatened to grow serious. Two of the communists were arrested on charges, of attacking a policeman. As the crowd of fur workers and communists, who had seceded from the international fur workers union two years ago, poured out of the meeting hall they were met by police swinging nightsticks. The disturbance moved across 6th avenue into the park and a number of men and women passersby were caught In the fracas.

Arrival of the emergency squads resulted in dispersal of the crowds. The meeting, held to discuss a new working agreement, was to have been addressed by Matthew Wolf, vice president of the American federation of labor. The communists forced their way Into the hall through a barrier of ten patrolmen and three mounted policemen. After being driven to the park they sang the Internationale and booed the police. AWARD EAGLE BADGES CLARKSDALE, Jan.

19 Delta Council of the Boy Scouts awarded the rank of Eagle Scout to 70 boys of the organization during the last year, according to annuai report of the council. In addition. 170 tenderfoot badges were awarded. ABE MARTIN If she's alius smilin. an has a scar on her neck like she'd been caught in a barbed-wire fence, she's had her face lifted.

It's purty hard to believe that a hotel would cut up vrfT) UWj Jli I PJt7u? 0 ll wtcei NEW ORLEANS, Jen. 20. (Wednesday) It became a case of the citv versus the country toaay In the democratic primary elec tion lor governor and other state offices. The odds favored the city and the election of O. K.

Allen, candidate for governor and political follower of Governor-Senator Huev P. Lone. Allen looked down from a lofty wave of a 40,000 majority over the field on unofficial returns from the city of New Orleans with scattered figures from over the state failing to wash him down. In fact, available country returns showed him leading even on these ballots. Governor Huey P.

Long, feeling In fine fettle, issued a statement that Allen would win by 58,000 majority, 40,000 in the city and 18,000 in the country. But Francis Williams, manager of Dudley J. Le Blanc pooh-poohed the idea Ravine there surev would be a sec ond primary and that Le Blanc would go into omce. Unofficial and incomplete returns Indicated that John Fournet, would rise along with Allen but figures were not avauaoie tonigni to give any indication on the rest of the ticket. Political- leaders, with strong anti-Long feeling, said tonight tere was a slight chance, but only a slight one, that tne couniry ballots would offset the New Orisons t-nt and, the election be Francis Williams charged tonight that election frauds were practiced and reports of disorders at the polls were received by the attorney general's office from Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes.

Tonight Elmo Cognevich, 26 year old resident of Buras in fiaque-mincs parish was brought to a New Orleans hospital with a serious gunshot wound after a fight at the polling booth at Boothville, when a ballot box had been torn pen and the ballots scattered over the ground. At the LaFitte polling booth in Jefferson parish, Thcmas Gilmore, soecial assistant attorney-general was arrested as he attempted to invest'gate reports that voters were being intimidated by a shotgun squad stationed on a porch overooking the votins booth. Returns from 517 precincts out of a total of 1.441, of which 257 were reported from New Orleans, cave lor Governor, aucu Ti Blanc 28.401: Guion 19,626 William C. Boone 229; William I. Clark 201.

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 19 With clear skies, spring tempera ture and good roads, tne voters swarmed to the polls today to rast ballots for state officers ranging from governor to con stab! p. Ballots were cast under high tension as bitter feeling existed between the factions favoring and opposing Governor-Senator Huey P. Long, who supported a state ticket headed by O.

VL Allen for governor. The anti-group divided in the opposition campi of Dudley J. Le Blanc and George Seth Guion fought until sundown Jn an effort to stem the Long tide that has swept over the state for four years. In New O.vur.j two corr.plaints were receded by the attorney general of police interference tit the the claim being made that the ponce favored the Long aimsiey ucxet. MISSISSIPPI Tartly cloudy, warmer Wednesday.

Thursday probably showers, warmer in east and sooth portions. Louisiana; Partly coudy, warmer cuuebuay; inursaay prooabl showers. Alabama: Fair, warmer In north ana wes portions Wednesday; Ajiur5uay increasing cloudiness warmer. Extreme Northwest Florida: Fair eanescay; Tnursday increasing viwuuuiess. warmer in west portion.

Aransas t-aruy cioudy, wanner weanesaay; Tnursday unsettled. puwauijr cowers, in north end west portions. Weather bureau records of temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. Tuesday in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: High Low Rain Atlanta 52 34 Bunungnam 54 Chicago 40 Denver 60 Jacksonville 65 Little Rock 56 Memphis 54 Meridian 56 New Orleans 60 New York 42 Vicksburg 56 34 26 31 54 36 40 33 52 32 40 MISSISSIPPI RIVER Flood Present 24-Hour Station stase Stage Change St. Louis 30 11.9 0.7 rise Memphis 35 32.0 0.4 rise Helena 44 39.9 0.6 rise Arkansas City 43 42.7 0.4 rise Vicksburg 45 40.6 0.4 rise Natcnez 48 40.3 0.3 Angola 45 39.3 0.3 Baton Rouge 35 30.3 02 Plaquemine 31 262 0.3 Donaldsonville 28 23J2 0.2 Reserve f.

22 16.7 0.0 New Orleans 17 12.5 0.1 rise rise rise rise rise rise 5 SAUER COT IS BROUGHT INTO COURT Protographer Carried Thru Crowds to Courtroom MRS. SAUER DROVE CAR VICTIM ASSERTS State Finds- Mystery Wit- ness' in Sensational Case Plot BROOKHAVEN, Jan. 19. A pair of accusing blue eyes watched a hospital cot In the Lincoln circuit courtroom today. Mrs.

Myrtle Love Sauer, dressed In simple black and holding her youngest child on her knee, lis tened intently as her invalid husband gave his version of an attempt on his life. The pretty blonde wife is defendant "In the most sensational court case In the history of Lincoln county. Twelve men will decide tomorrow, whether she is guilty of an attempt to murder her husband. A. D.

Sauer, prominent Brookhaven photographer, on the night of December 33. Sauer was carried into the court -hoom on a hospital cot, shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon, attended by a physician and a nurse. Judge Simmons convened court promptly at 1 o'clock. He over ruled a demurrer to an indictment charging Mrs. Sauer.

and Ralph Greenlee, local with two attempts to "kill and murder A. D. Sauer." i A motion for severance filed by A. A. Cohn.

attorney for Mrs. Sauer, was allowed and her trial was launched Immediately. Greenlee remained In the courtroom with his attorney. The jury was selected after about two hours and Sauer was called for the first witness. Six jurors were refused by the state and four bv the defense.

Mrs. Sauer sat with her sister and her attorney as her husband was carried before the court. She held her 3 year, old daughter on ner knee. II. V.

Wall, prominent Brook- (Continued on Page Sixteen) WARTHREATS RISING AGAIN China to Sever Diplomatic Relations With Japan, Say Officials NANKING, China, Jan. Severance of diplomatic relations with Japan is immiment as a result of the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, the official Chinese news agency, Kuomin, announced to night. Meanwhile the government is nopmg for further steps by the united states on the basis of the notes invoking the nine-power treaty and the Kellogg pact 6ent by secretary of state stimson to Japan and China. This was made clear In a speech by Sun Fo, who holds the post corresponding to premier, before a group of Chinese officials. Another government spokesman declared the Japanese answer to the Stimson note, in which Tokyo reasserted its ntention of maintaining the open door policy, was "impertinent to America and insulting to China.

Sun Fo said he hoped the United States would call a second Wash ington conference for further ac tion in the Manchurian problem. The announcement of imminent severance of relations with Japan, which is favored by Foreign Minister Eugene Chen and the "Christian general. Feng Yu-Hsiang, came on the heels news that former President Chiang Kai-Shek had agreed to return to politics. DODDSVILLE IS SAFE FROM FLOOD WATER DODDSVILLE. Jan.

19 No fears are entertained here that the high waters from the Tallahatchie levee breaks will reach this immediate section. However, the recent rains have caused a considerable over flow of Quiver river and several ad- acent bayous until the highway between Doddsville and Schlater 's almost entirely covered with water in many places to a death of sev eral feet, rendering automobile traffic almost impossible. Solons Prepare to Rapidly Execute Conner Suggestion Enactment within two weeks of Gov. Sennett Conner's plan for removing politics from state educational institutions, was forecast last night by legislative leaders. Under the program mapped out by Governor Conner in his inaugural address, the boards of the schools will be consolidated, the membership to be selected by the governor with and by the consent of tne senate.

The terms of the members of the proposed board would be fixed so that no governor could have. control of the group of nine members. Speedy action on this legislation, through which reinstatement of four of the states schools to membership in national accrediting associations is expected, was aided (Continued on Page Seven) dawesIets credit post Ex-Vice President eaves London to Guide Huge Corporation WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 W) The firm hand and genial force -fulness of Charles Gates Dawes will guide the gigantic reconstruction corporation through its task of eco nomic healing. President Hoover announced today that the brusque and distinguished soldier-tatesman-f inancier would iiead the agency.

Meanwhile indications came irom capitoi hill that in a few days it would begin its work, of applying two billion dollars "worth" of soothing credit to the nation's business wounds. The corporation bill all but had the full approval of congress. Conference committees have the task of harmonizing the few divergent views of the two houses on how the organization should function. Full agreement is not expected to be de layed. To place behind the corporation the fullest measure of psychological support and public confidence, Mr Hoover assigned the corporation's presidency to Dawes at the cost of an important change in America's foremost diplomatic personnel.

General Dawes resigned as ambassador to Great Britain, effective immediately. He was to have served as chairman of the delegation to the Geneva arms limitation conference during its preliminary work. Secretary Stimson will now take that post, but will be unable to at-, tend the opening sessions of the conference. Until he arrives, Hugh S. Gibson, ambassador to Belgium, will be in charge of the delegation.

HARliACGEPTS BIG POSITION Hattiesburg Editor Becomes Internation Executive Secretary NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Election of Francis S. Harmon, Mississippi newspaper editor and lawyer, as general secretary of the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian association, was announced at a meeting of the committee tonight, along with word of Harmon's acceptance. Harmon, former assistant attorney-general of Mississippi, and editor of the Hattiesburg American, succeeds Dr.

John R. Mott, who resigned last summer. A budget of $3,000,000 was adopted, for the next three years. COTTON ACREAGE LAW IS TESTED FRANKLIN, Tex, Jan. 19.

(JFj The first legal test of Texas' new cotton acreage curtailment law has been set for hearing in district court at Franklin tomorrow. County Attorney T. L. Tyson constructed the case on the contention that Fred L. Smith, farmer, was making arrangements to plant more cotton this season than the statute permitted.

It was alleged that Smith had Indicated his intention of violat ing the law by breaking and plow ing his land and making arrange ments with the Calvert State Bank to finance his farming operations in 1932. The suit declared he executed a crop lien, showing he expected to plant 900 acres to cotton. The new cotton reduction law prohibits planting in 1932 to cotton mor than 30 per cent of the total land under cultivation In 1931. TINGE OF SADNESS PRESENT DURING 4 INAUGURAL DAY IS A tinge of sadness uncaught by any of the vast throng that escorted Governor Mike Conner to his inauguration yesterday gripped the Conner family as members anxiously awaited word from the bedside of the sister of the governor's mother. From HattiesDurg the family had received word yester-terday morning that Mrs.

F. M. Conner was critically ill In her seventieth year. The secret was closely guarded from the vast vlirong that saw the new governor's mother look on with fond pride at the crowning triumph that she had waited through long years for her son. Relief for the official family's feelings came, however, upon returning to the man- sion and finding a report that the patient was much improved and "resting comfortably." Official receptions yesterday afternoon and last night found the official family's attention divided, however, between happy crowds of well-wishers and reports from a Hattiesburg physician.

The illness of the sister of the governor's mother, however, took that lady out of all public functions yesterday, and it was announced from the mansion hat she would not participate in any social affairs until the patient's condition has changed more definitely. MELLON CASE HANGING FIRE Congressional Jury With holding Decision on Probe of Secretary. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 A congressional jury of twenty-three today held in abeyance its ver. diet on whether impeachment charges against Andrew W.

Mel lon warrant an investigation the treasury secretary's official conduct. 7 Just fter a cable from President Olaya of Colombia was read repeating Mellon's own denial any conversations between the two on the Barco oil concession, the house judiciary committee conducted hearings on Represen tative Wright Patman's resolution seeking the secretary's removal on an allegation of illegal business connections. The committee met briefly be (Continued on Page Seven) APPROPRIATIONS FACE CONGRESS Senate Passes Deficiency Bill; House Debates Agriculture Bill WASHINGTON. aJn. 19 Appropriation bill were on the floors of both houses today with the reconstruction measures Dacked on to conierence.

The federal land banks bill, in tended to lift the pressure of mortgages from many homesteads, needed only house and senate ap proval or a conference report before it is ready for the president's signature. The reconstruction corporation measure with its $2,000,000,000 available for, financial blood transfusions into the. veins of weakened business was progressing toward a satisfactory compromise. Certain he would get it soon, President Hoover today announced he had selected Charges Gates Dawes to head the corporation and Eugene Meyer to be chairman of its board of directors. The senate today passed the first big appropriation measure, the $125,000,000 deficiency bill.

The house has already approved it and it was sent to conference to smooth out differences, the senate bill carrying over $1,000,000 more than the house measure. The house debated the supply bill for the agriculture department. In the meantime, its ways and means committee promised it would have a tax measure framed by February 1. Several representatives testified before a senate committee In sup- The house judiciary committee port of bills to legalize beer. today ended hearings on impeachment charges brought by Representative Patman, democrat, Texas, against fretary Mellon but delayed a vote indefnitely.

PERFECT PLANS FOR W0J3K IN 6 COUNTIES New Crevasses Reported in Humphreys and LeFlore Counties GLENDORA, Jan. 19. (JFi An swering the distress call of 45,000 or more flood sufferers in the Tal lahatchie Valley flood, the National Red Cross and the coast guard stepped in tonight and took complete charge of rescue and relief. Local flood and Red Cross committees, who have been shouldering the burden of feeding near-starving thousands and rescuing thousands of others In haphazard manner, breathed easier after reinforcements had arrived and organized workers had gotten Into the battle against dire want. Robert E.

Bondy, of Washington, D. director of disaster relief of the National Red Cross, arrived in the flood area today and laid plans in a conference at Sumner for adequate organized relief in care of twelve trained disaster relief workers. Victims of levee crashes In six counties of the delta where the 200 mile flood stretches will be removed to safety by a fleet of coast guard craft in charge of crews under command of S. B. Johnson, commander of the Great Lakes coast guard district.

(Continued on Page Seven) STATE STILLXALM Ruse to "Break" Alleged Tent Murderer is Un-: successful CONROE, Jan. 19 F) The muraer tent wnicn was hune 1us outside the cell of Dun-ell Kendall here had not "broken the suspected siayer today. Kendall, charged with the ax murder of two members of an itine rant minstrel show at New Canev Texas, last December, recently had not appeared "bothered at so he was moved to another cell She rirr Ben Hicks revealed todav The tent in which Lou H. Brown and Martha Smith were slain remained up in the jail yard, how ever, where its mournful slapping in tne wind could be heard For many days, Kendall was kept in a cell where he could see the tent every time he looked out the win dow. Officers had believed the somewhat ghostly vision might DreaK" K.enaaii.

But he had volunteered no state ment to authorities, epitomizing his auuuae in a remarK to county Attorney A. A. Turner, "If you want to hear about the murders, come io my inai. Kendall's trial comes up in May. No attempt has been made foi hLs release on bail, but Sheriff Hicks revealed the prisoner's time did nor weign too heavily upon him.

"The good women folks of Con roe, said the sheriff, had taken an interest in the prisoner and were always sending him nice things to eat." Kendair, Hicks added, haa seemed "pleased with the write- ups tie got. Brownlee, head of the little min strel show that made its last stand at New Caney, and Mrs. Smith, his assistant, were found dead in the tent on December 9. Kendall was motion picture projectionist for the show. The bodies had lain in the tent I or several days before towns people became curious and went in to investigate.

Jagged holes had been cut in the top of the tent and a number of animals the show carried were shrieking with hunger. parrot was iound in the tent and Authorities first decided, under ad vice of a Houston naturalist, to keep if under watch because the naturalist said he believed it might helk- ui Boivuig uie muraers. iater, how ever, it was decided the parro; would be of no use. Kendall was traced to his home In Mississippi and arrested. HOME BURNS COLUMBUS, Jan.

19 Fire believed to have started from a defective kitchen flue destroyed the J. E. Chism farm home, six miles north of Columbus, Monday. The fire had gained such headway when discovered it was not possible to save any of the furniture. The loss was partially covered by Insurance.

A large dairy barn and other buildings were not damaged. BASKETBALL RESULTS Jackson Hi ...60 Deaf School .13 Miss. Teach ..28 La. Normal ..57 L. S.

U. ....40 Miss Aggies ..15 Wofford 46 Erskine 19 Centre 24 Ky. Wesleran 12 S. Carolina .39 Presbvterian 20 Tulaae 39 Sewanee 20 1 1 Hill IIIUllUx ouuu ju nuiu I 1 PfcTI 7 IV riKH Kl I fl. rilVLl llVjlVriBl mear-niot marks upenmg oi Triak nf Allpnprl Trunk' PHOENIX.

Jan. 19 (TV-Faces were scratched and clothes torn today as. spectators fought to see the start of the Winnie Ruth Judd murder trial. Only 35 men and 27 women were able to get in the courtroom already crowded with prospective jurors. Counsel for Mrs.

Judd, laying the foundation for their intend ed insanity defense, struck sparks quickly from the prosecution as the confessed slayer of Agnes Anne Leroi and Hedvig SamueL son spent her first dav before the court which holds for her life or death. Mrs. Judd is being tried for murder of Mrs. Leroi, whose body, with that of Miss Samuelson, was found In a Los Angeles rail way station last October 19.. The Tsodies were sent from Phoenix by Airs, juaa as baggage.

The day was spent in tenta tive jury selection. Six Jurors passed the first scrutiny of Coun ty Attorney LJovd J. Andrews and. his assistant, G. A.

Rodgers, ior tne prosecution, and Paul Schenck and Herman Lewkowitz for the defense. They Included a DooKKeeper, a clerk, a machinist. a dairyman, a caroenter and a juror into whose occuption neither prosecution nor defense Inquired. -t-ersistent rumors that other names in addition to that of Mrs Judd may be brought Into the case were borne out in nart wnen Lewkowitz asked veniremen! regarding acquaintance or busi ness associations with .1 Hal. loran.

Phoenix lumberman. Conner's Day Crowds Jam Conner's day Tuesdav. but It branched over into Wednesday when crowds attending the inau gural ban kept up the pace well into this morning. The ball, with the grand march led by members of the American Legion drum and bugle corps and uovernor and Mrs. Conner, was the next to final event on the day's full program which actually concluded at the mansion when the staff of colonels and ladies gathered as guests of the Conners.

Over 6.000 persons lammed the auditorium for the ball, the crowd being so. dense on the floor that the opening march was held with difficulty. 1 of perfectly good meat fer hash..