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ALA, WEDNESDAY MOBNING, DECEMBER 6, 1333 12 PAGES Price Cext Mil 1 i illJ 4 1 Double Killer Sane Greece Tires Of Him Statistics Prove Definite Gain In President Urges Moderation As 1 8th Amendment Dies meet which bad been accomplished by the adoption of the 21st. Washington Writes 'Finis' To Prohibition Amendment WASHraOTOH, Dec (JV-With a Morgan County Jury Locked Up In Second Trial M-Day Deliberations Fail To Bring Verdict; Other Five Cases Postponed Attorney Guarded Two Additional Deputies To Attend Leibowitz As Long As He Is In State DECATUR, ALA, Dec. Unable to retell a verdict after 1 houn of deliberation the Jury tilting la judgment In the cue of Clarence NorrU, second at (even negro defendant in the Scotia boro case, to be re-tried here, was ordered locked up I 90 pjn, with In-tructlona to resume at 8:30 un tomorrow. A rerdlct ni sot apparent after the Jury had deliberated over nine hours, ao Judge W. W.

Callahan ordered cupper sent the jury at 6:35 and Bondurant Sees Primary In Peril; For Convention 1 1 1 Thinks New Means Must Be Found For Naming Members Of Committee Cites Texas Case Moreover He Gin Find No Argument Against Drafting Party Platform By ATTICTS MtXJLTN George Bondurant, of Birmingham, member of the Alabama Democratic Executive Committee, regards it as absolutely necessary that a Democratic convention be called in Alabama to choose the members of the committee the future. Mr. Bondurant says tt is cecessarT to meet the opinion of the United States Supreme Court in the Texas case and retain white Democratic primaries in Alabama. "I am not wedded to the idea of the adoption of a Democratic platform by the said Mr. Bondurant, "but I can see no real reason against, it.

However, as a Democrat and member of my party's executive committee, I would not feel that I had dons my duty by my party did I not advocaie a convention tor the purpose of the selection of the next Democratic committee. I feel that I would not be doing my duty if I sat idly by and allowed i -i -v Bu smess ere Deposits In Montgomery's Banks Million And Half More Than In August Upturn Is General Enterprises Of All Types Reflecting Improvement In Economic Condition Montgomery today occupies a lofty. mid -field position in Alabama's gallant and winning battle to beat down the depression and to restore happiness and prosperity throughout the land. Unmistakable signs of better times are already here to cheer and hearten the Capital City's citizenship as It makes ready to celebrate the happiest Christmas season since 1929. Reports of steady and, in some in stances, startling Improvements emanate from many channels of the city's com mercial life.

The figures substantiate the belief so prevalent now that the door of prosperity is soon to swing wide not only for this city but the entire trade territory and the Bute. That the pendulum has swung back to the side of better days la reflected in the astonishing Increase made in bank clearings here over the corresponding period last year. The clearings last month soared approximately $1,000,000 over September of this year and tl.408,- 922 over November, 1932. Deposits are up about $1,500,000 over August, this year, and nearly 8800,000 over November, 1932, A survey of the retail trade shows a substantial gain In business. The whole sale volume has likewise shown a con sistent Improvement throughout 1933.

especially during the last three or four months, and a heartening Increase over the previous year. The retallersencour- aged over the outlook for thrlrfflffiSkte SAMUEL IX 8 ILL ATHENS, Dec. 6. It was "learned reliably tonight that the Greek Government will request Samuel Insull, former Chicago utilities magnate, to leave Greece at the expiration of his police permit, Deo. 31, 1933.

Insull, it was explained, has no passport. 'The Government was said to bo prepared to furnish a laissec-passer for any country which Insull desires to enter from Greece. This action would be the result of the Greek Government's decision to do all possible to avoid disturbing friendly relations with the United States which has made repeated representations desiring his extradition to face criminal charges In Chicago in connection with the bankruptcy of his utilities concern. Board Of Education Orders Investigation Of Football Trip luture, are increasing tneir stocks are In better position to serve the public than in several years. Montgomery's Utah Ads And 18 States Celebrate Freedom As More Hurry Repeal Tka With an admonition from President Roosevelt to use wisely their newly re-stand "individual freedom," cltlnrin in It Suites test night drank legal liq-jor.

Drinking places opeaed wide their doors in the early evening immediately after Ca word had flashed through the land that Utah, following closely behind Pennsylvania and Ohio, had become the 36 ih State to ratify repeal of national prohfbUioa. Five other States were getting regulatory laws into shape for the sale of liquor. More than a scon, however, remained dry under their own statutes. In a proclamation carrying out the provisions of tho recovery law for the repeal of taxes that expire with prohibition. President Roosevelt asked tho cooperation of eitisens in confining purchase to legal dealers and urged that no Stats permit the return of the saloon.

"I ask the wholehearted cooperation of all our cttisens to the end that this return of individual freedom shall not be accompanied by the repugnant conditions that obtained prior to the adoption of the 18th amendment and those that nave existed since Us adoption," be said. "failure to do this honestly and courageously will be a Irving reproach to us all." His proclamation followed by an hour one from the State Department signifying the official end of the 18th amend- dicates that the total number of pas sengers on the train was 1,092, and that. including the team and band, there were 351 Lanier students on the train. "The Board instructs the superintendent that a full and complete investigation be made to develop who, if any, of the student body on the train, were guilty of rowdyism and destruction of the railroad property, and that necessary discipline be administered. "The Board also instructs the superintendent to prohibit future excursions of this character unless he is satisfied that proper steps have been taken to insure safety and good behavior of the school children." Is.

C. Cardinal, who was reelected chairman of the Board, also an official ol the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, the line which operated the special, said that the reports of damage to railroad property been exsggaratt'4. He estintawtd the total damage would be less than 350. CWATo Rebuild Auburn Dormitory Smith Hall, the girls' dormitory at Auburn, which was dismantled by fire on Thanksgiving Day. will be rebuilt with labor furnished and paid by the Civil Works Administration.

William H. Jones, director of projects and planning for the Alabama Civil Works Administration, last night approved plans for rebuilding the Hall submitted to the CWA by Dan T. Jones, of the Auburn Engineering Department, who drew them, and P. O. Davis, executive secretary of Alabama Institute.

After the successful conference with CWA executives, Mr. Davis announced that rebuilding of the dormitory would begin next week. It was estimated that 130 skilled workers would be required in the undertaking and that the rebuilding of the hall together with repairs to other buildings on the campus would, entail an expenditure of The old walls, it was said, would be used and the building would be constructed as nearly fireproof as possible. One Killed, Five Hurt In Louisiana Tornado SHREVEPORT, Dec. S.

(iPh-Tornadoes striking In widely separated sections of north Louisiana tonight claimed one life and resulted in five injured persons being brought to Charity Hospital here for treatment. Mrs. J. C. Manasco, 58, was killed at 6:30 p.m.

when a tornado swept through a rural area eight miles east of Manley, levelling eight or ten homes on three plantations. Weather conditions were so severe that it was Impossible to learn whether anyone else was killed or hurt In that area. Five negroes residing between Shreve-port and Benton, 15 miles to the north, were injured and brought here for treatment when a. tornado destroyed two bouses about 7:30 p.m. LOOTS KENNETH KEV XTEW.

ORLEANS, Dec t. 0P Judge A. D. of the Criminal District Court, Louis Kenneth Neu, 28, held for the alleged murders of Sheffield Clark, Sr, of Nashville, Tenn. and Lawrence Shead, of Paterson.

N. sane and responsible for his criminal acta, and ordered him to stand trial before a Jury here next Tuesday In the Clark case. Judge. Benriques's sanity ruling was given during a hearing at which defense counsel filed evidence showing tiat Neu had been discharged from the army because of mental disorders and at one time was confined to an insane asylum. ik if .1 iviasons uatner In 1 1 3 th Session W.

Lee Brings Grand Lodge To Order; Ending His Term Of 2 Years With delegates present from all parts of the State, the 113th annual communication of the Grand Lodge, A. P. and A. opened at o'clock last night at the Masonic- Temple. Grand Master Lee, of Dothan, who is closing hts two-year term, presided and delivered his annual address, containing a number of recommendations which will be considered in, committee meetings this The formal opening followed a jolut session.

with the officers of the Eastern Star. Visitors high in the ranks of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter participated in the traditional session. Today's activities of the Grand Lodge will be confined to business in the forenoon, another business session and a visit to the Masonic Home in the afternoon. Plans have been made to have all delegates spend an hour at the home on the Carter Hill Road. Col.

P. chairman of the automobile committee, requests all Masons of Montgomery and civic club members to hav cars at the temple about 2: la p.m. The' grand lodge Will not elect officer? until the closing session, which will probably be tonight. Some of the delegates expressed the belief and -hope thai the session will close this afternoon, Meeting of the Grand Lodge followed annual sessions yesterday and Monday of the Grand Chapter of Royal AnU Masons and the Grand Council of Royal and Select. Masters.

The council, meeting yesterday afternoon, elected Hoyt McClendon, of -Birmingham, grand master, succeeding B. H. Campbell, Jasper. J. S.

Morgan, Birmingham, the only officer elected from the floor, becomes grand steward. Other officers, were either advanced a station or re-elected to fill, present terms. Serving with Grand Master McClendon arc the following: John P. Knott, Mobile, deputy grand master; John L. Cash.

Montgomery, grand principal conductor of work; John W. Terry, Montgomery, treasurer; Guy T. Smith, Montgomery (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) Memphis Capitalist Sent To Hospital In Airplane MEMPHIS, Dec. 5. P) 0.

D. Smith, Memphis capitalist, was brought to a hospital here today from his Marks, plantation, seriously 111. When' his condition became critical, he was taken to Greenwood, from where an airplane ambulance was used to bring him here. dash of ceremony, Utah teM today wrote an end to miiocal prohibition in a de cree that opened doors of liqour shops in IS States. Almost half a dozen other Slates were completing plana for legalismf aaie un der their own lavs.

In remainder of the nation remained dry. Word that Clan the 3Sth 6tte had ratified repeal was flashed to the capital a few hours after Pennsylvania and Ohio. But little later, tt final formalities were completed with the issuance of prociainauane by the Bute Department and President Roosevelt declaring prohibition at an end. There waa little ceremony at the sign ing of the presidential or the State De partment proclamations, but in wet (Tons To Page CeL 3) Lindberghs Fly Toward Brazil Famous Couple Off After Score Futile Attempts At Takeoff In African Town BATHURST, GAMBIA, Dec. 8.

(Wednesday) UPh Col. Charles A. Lind bergh lifted his heavily laden red monoplane into the air at 2 a.m. today (8 p.m. Tuesday, Montgomery time), and, with Mrs.

Lindbergh at the wireless, headed across 1.900 miles of open sea toward South America. After a score or more unsuccessful at tempts to lift trie heavily laden plane in an almost dead calm, he was helped on his way by a light breeze from the interior which rippled the surface of the lower Gambia River. (A message direct from the' Lindbergh plane to Eahia, Brazil, relayed to Pan- American Airways In New York, reported their position at 3 a.m.. an hour after the takeoff, as 12:17 North Latitude, and 17:50 West Longitude, 115 miles at sea.) For four days the Lindberghs had been balked by inability to lift the plane with it Heavy load of fuel, required for the longest hop yet attempted In their aerial survey tour of Atlantic Ocean Airways. Excess fuel and baggage was Jettisoned, and at 4:30 p.m.

today the Colonel went to the plane for a final inspection. The Colonel was Informed that weather Indications insured a bright, clear tropical night for the takeoff. Trie German steamer had been, Brazil 'securing supplies, was due to return to its mld-AUantio post yesterday, affording further security for the Lindberghs on their flight. The Westfalen is used by the German Lufthansa Line as a base for trans-Atlantio flights. By veering slightly northward off a direct course to Natal, Brazil, they could also stop at St.

Paul's Island, a French possession In mid-Atlantic. Fernando de Noronha, a volcanic Island 125 miles off the coast of Brazil, offered another possible landing place. Calculations based on the fnown speed of CoL Lindbergh's plane fixed the approximate time of a flight across the South Atlantic at 14 hours or less. Natal, believed to be their Intended destination, is a' seaport with a harbor Of two square miles. Advices from South America said Pan-American Airways, for whom Colonel Lindbergh is- technical adviser, had requested that the harbor be kept clear.

Flying Couple Will Report By Wireless Every 15 Minutes NEW YORK, Dec. 5 (JP) A message from Mrs. Anne Lindbergh, two hours after she and her famous husband took off tonight in a flight across the Soutn Atlantic reported "everything Ok." The wireless relayed to New York after being picked up in Bahla, Brazil, fixed a schedule for future communications. 1 Mrs. Lindbergh said she would report the progress "of the flight every 15 minutes and would give their position every half It's Passengers Yell On Leaving Liner NEW YORK, Dec.

5. (P) When the Liner Majestic put in from Europe today some of the passengers, including Marc Connelly, the playwright; Laura La Plante, actress, and Ethel Levy, comedienne, trooped down the gangplank with certain mysterious packages under the arms. "What's in them packages," asked the customs men. "Liquor," they yelled. said the customs men.

It was an historic moment. la the name of J. Sanders, and two wrote in the, name of Murphy Sylvest, of Franklins ton. After the close of the polls tonight, nntl-Long leaders turned their attention to bringing out the vote for candidates in the citizens election on Dec. 27 when another election will be held that will place the Issue of sixth district representation before the House of Representatives.

The temper of the citizens in the district had not cooled tonight as effigies of Senator Huey P. Long and his followers, who called the election, were burned in three separate sections of the district The first effigy was burned yesterday in Hammond in one of the parishes where the election was cancelled. A motorist late today drew the fire of citizens when he drove slowly op to a group of men at Albany' en the Baton Roare-najnmond highway and shmilel: "Hurrah for Huey." The clt liens palled their fans astd fired at the ear, which turned and raced away Id the direction of Batoa Bouse, Effigies were burned In Denham (Tiirs) te Page 3, Col 1) declared recess of an hour and IS minutes. They resumed deliberations at o'clock and :30 vera locked up. Only trie during the day was the door to the Jury room opened, one when the 13 Morgan County citizens sent for the exhibits and documentary evidence, and the other when Judge Callahan sent them to luncheon.

While the Jury deliberated this snornlng Jadre Callahan granted a snoUoa of Samuel S. Lelbowits, chief of defenaa anseL retained ey the International Labor Defenaa, for an indefinite postponement of the regaining five trials, sent hers under a change of vena from Jackson County Two additional deputies to watch over Leibowltz, tonight were ordered to at- tcnA tVtm iKtmM until lpffc th oisie. Judge Callahan, who presided throughout the trials of Haywood Patterson and NorrU, on charges of attack ing Mrs. Victoria, Price In Jackson County, March 25, 1931, assigned the additional guards. In ordering the additional deputies to guard the attorney, Judge Callahan instructed them specifically to attend him at all times.

Already Had Two Guards Two guards were assigned to LeibowiU by Judge Callahan when the trials be gan here on Nov, 20, and they have been In constant attendance. The Judge did not state why he had doubted the guard assigned to the at torney when the proceedings opened i orris wss tried on an indictment -tank of Mrs. Victoria Price and Rubv Bates aboard a Southern Railway freight train between Stevenson, and Paint Rock. Ala, on March 26, 1931. The negro and his co-defendants were convicted by a jury in Jackson County in April, 1931 and sentenced to death.

The convictions were set aside by the TJ. 8. Supreme Court which held that the negroes did not have benefit of adequate counsel. orris is the second of the defend ants to be brought to trial here. Heywood Patterson, the first one, was twice convicted by a Mongan County Jury and sentenced to death, the second conviction having been returned last m- In moving for a postponement today, Leibowlts told the court that, if the Alabama Supreme Court confirmed Patter son sentence, wouia oe appealed jo the TJ.

S. Supreme Court. Lelbowlti said that in view of this, "further trials at this time would be but a futile The attorney called attention to the constitutional questions raised In preliminary motions before the Patterson trial. Motions to quash the Indictments returned In Jackson County in 1931 and to quash the venire drawn for both the Patterson and Norris trials were over ruled by Judge Callahan, Racial Issue Involved Each of the motions was based on al legations that negroes were systematic tllv avMilrietff' trexm tfoa Inries in son and Morgan Counties "solely because of race and color" and that exclusion violated the constitutional rights of the defendants. A motion that Willis Roberson and Olen Montgomery be admitted to bail was de nted by Judge Callahan, who told the attorney he was without authority to grant it.

Lelbowits contended that their stones Huoersan uiat ne was ui ana re mained in a box car from Chattanooga, Tenn, to Paint Rock, where all of them were arrested, and Montgomery that he wu hllnd and rode in another box car were substantiated in part by two State witnesses In the two most trials. Atty. Gen. Thomas K. Knight, Jr hi' terposed objections to granting bail, con tending that the State had not conceded that their stories were substantiated, and the "ends of Justice demand that they be kept in Jail." Judge Callahan, as he granted postponement, said he would "merely pass" the cases on the docket, since the law "is very exact on me, and does not allow me to permit a man to remain In Jail too long without trial." The next regular term of Morgan Criminal Court Is In the early Spring, but it is doubtful if the Alabama Supreme Court will have acted on the Patterson case by then.

QTOROGERS Beverly Hills, Dec. S. Editor The Advertiser: Talked to the Philippine delegation going through here on their way to Washington. Missed seeing Manuel Que- sun, their very able leader. They will bo a unique delegation in Washington and one that I believe the President will welcome, for they are asking for lib erty and not money.

A thing like that is unheard of. Why can't we set the Philippines free now? We kept 'em for yean Just on account of their sugar When they take you off liquor, you crave sugar and sweets. Well, now we go back on a liquor diet, so they can take us off sugar. That automatically sets the Phil ippines free. Yours.

WILL, to be imperilled as would be the cas Unoer the Supreme Court's decision in the Texas case if we elect our committee members in a primary paid foi by the State. Sees Primary In Peril "If we do that, it means our com mittee is an arm of the State and not an arm of the party in the view of the United States Supreme Court and if the committee 1 an arm of the State, It cannot preserve the white primary system." Mr. Bondurant is a lawyer and a veteran member of the committee and he has studied the decision of the Su preme Court In the Texas case as have many other lawyers not only in Alabama but in every Southern State. He, with the other lawyers, has reached the conclusion that the State Democratic Com mittee must be selected in a convention of the party and not In a State pri mary paid for by the State. He says oth er Southern States are going to hold conventions to select their Democratic com mittees because of the Texas case.

Mr. Bondurant, while wedded to the Idea of a convention for the selection of the next State committee, is not set In his ideas about a plrvtform made tt the convention but he believe that If a platform should be written by a State convention, that platform would follow the ideas of the winning candidate for Governor in the primary. He did not explain Just how he reached that conclusion. Likes Quota Plan Mr. Bondurant believes also that the plan of having two delegates from each county with six delegates from each congressional district would be a fair plan of representation.

However, he says be is not wedded -to the idea that members of the present State Democratic committee should automatically become members of the convention. Mr. Bondurant, according to reports, is one of the members of the committer who went into a secret caucus in thi Tutwiler Hotel, in Birmingham on Nov. 4, at which was evolved the idea of a State convention. Mr.

Bondurant said he had heard of a proposed plan to hold a referendum on May 1 on the question of modifying the prohibition laws of Alabama. However, he said he had not made up his mind -what his attitude would be on this question should it be brought before the committee. He said he did not know how far the Idea had gone with the membership of the committee. Commerce Department Inspector Due At Airport I. K.

Mc Williams, inspector of the United States Department of Commerce. Washington, will arrive at the Municipal Airport by plane at 10 a.m. today, it was announced last night by L. Mason, airport manager. Mr.

McWilliams will Inspect ships at the airport, all of which are licensed by the Government, and possibly give examinations to pilots applying for licenses Littlefield Quits As Head Coach At Texas AUSTIN, TEXAS, Dec. 5. UP) Clyde Littlefield resigned tonight as head football coach at the University of Texas after having been reelected for next year by the University Athletic Council. team of Maude Gorman, of Cleveland, and R. R.

Richards, of Detroit, with a point score of 218.9. Of the nationally-known figures, Mrs. Molly Punk and Walter J. Pray, of Indianapolis, were 20th in the final round today, with 131.5. Sir Derrick J.

Wemher, of New York, president of the Bridge League, playing with Mrs. Anne Rosenfeld, of Cleveland, placed fourth with 213. (. Waldemar von Zedtwlts and Mrs. R.

B. Fuller, of New York barely made tenth with 208. Other rankings in the final contract mixed pair were: Mrs. Anne Plrrung and Ralph A. Miller.

Detroit, fifth with 211.7; Mrs. A. C. Hoffmeler and H. Jaeger, of Cleveland, sixth with 209.8; Mr, and Mrs, V.

P. Boland, Cleveland, seventh with 309.8; Mrs. O. H. H.

Gardner and William K. McKenney, Cleveland eighth with 200.3; Miss Charlotte Bid way, Cleveland, and R. S. Need-ham, Oreenvllle, 15th with 190.4; Mrs. Alvln Phelan and Whltner L.

Gar Atlanta, lfth with 187.1 and Mrs. P. B. Nell and M. P.

Walley, Columbus, Ohio, 23rd With 170.0. Sidney Levy, of Montgomery, father of the new bridge champion, was notified by wire last night of Fred Levy's victory at Cincinnati. merchants ere anticipating the biggest Christmas trade in three or four years. 1 Optimism General The optimism Is shared bj virtually all lines of business endeavor. Automo- -bile dealers, for example, pleased with results of this year, are preparing for an even greater business in 1934.

They sold more new cars this year than in several years. The railroads are enjoying a steady increase in freight volume and as a resut tbeUlnaaoviocsaaainc ere5oyitcr.t -tt all departments. Huge orders for steel have been placed by many ef the roads of the country and by early 194 contracts will be let for millions of dol- -lars worth of rails, new cars and other equipment. One of the highly visible signs of economic improvement in Alabama is tho sharp gain In number of automobile tags old throughout the State. The tax commission estimates that approximately 13,000 more cars will be in operation to 1934 than in 1933.

Montgomery County, on Nov. 14, when auto licenses became delinquent, had Issued between 600 and 700 more tags than on the same date the previous year. Telephone subscribers here have increased 157 in the last 90 days. Reports also disclose that there is an increase of 300 gas connections over the peak month of 1932. The number of electric consumers also shows a substantial gain since September, Indicating Improved conditions, the total increase for the past three months Is 312, with each of these months sharing in the gain.

The new low rate of the Alabama Power Company and the better conditions generally have resulted in an increase In average (Turn to Page CoL 6) Mississippi Man Splits Wife's Head With Ax BILOXI. Dee. 8. V-6uf-ferlng from ax wounds on her head, Mrs. C.

P. Clackley, 84, mother of four young children, is In the Blloxt Hospital In a critical condition and her 53-year-old husband, an L. and N. crossing watchman, is in the City JalL The case first came to the attention of police when Clackley was found wan-, dering around the premises of the Blloxt Hospital, after he had Jumped or fallen Into the Gulf of Mexico, this morning. Officers, upon taking him home, found his wife dying in a blood-soaked bed, with her head split open.

Then a 15-year-old son, WJlbur sobbed what he knew of the trouble to police. He said his father frequently had visited an old negro, Madison BUI. 63, a reputed fortune teller, and that the negro had told Clackley his wife was not true to htm. He said his father had previously threatened his mother. There were no witnesses to the tragedy and Clackley would not talk.

Police expressed the opinion be waa "not In his right mind." No charges have been filed, but he and the negro were held for questioning. Henry Wallace To Speak At Birmingham Dec. 16 WASHINGTON, Dec; 5 (Special) Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace will speak In Birmingham, Saturday, Dec. 16, In an exposition of the administration's form program with special application to its approach toward the problems of the South, he notified Senator John H.

Bankhesd today. The address will be delivered undwr the auspices of the Birmingham Kiwanis Club, but the meeting will be held in the City Auditorium and will be open to the public. The Secretary will speak at 2.30 p.m. In order to afford opportunity for fanners to attend. One Member Surprised At Reports Of Rowdyism; Saw None Of It In a brief statement yesterday, the Board of Education Instructed Dr.

W. R. Harrison, superintendent of schools, to make a complete investigation of the reported display of rowdyism on the return from Tuscaloosa last Thursday; of the Sidney Lanier special train. If the probe reveals that students on the train were guilty of misconduct, the board asks that discipline be administered. Announcement was made by the board that of the 1,092 passengers on the train, only 351 were Lanier students, including the football teem and the band.

It was also learned that sehtwl authorities at begah an investigation Friday morning. J. S. MoCants, principal of Lanier, who was on the train, said he notified officials of the train Thursday night before the train left Tuscaloosa, two hours behind schedule, that the school Is responsible only for the team and the band. At least one member of the Beard of Education was also on the special.

Except for the stopping of the train, she said she did not know until she reached Montgomery that any rowdyism had taken place. The statement follows: "The Board of Education regrets the display of rowdyism on the occasion of the return from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery of the Lanier football team and band on the night of Nov. 30. "Information coming to the Board in- Hawaiian Peak Spouting Fire Is Seen From Air HILO, HAWAII, Dec 3. (fV-From a three-mile heighth aboard an inter-island plane looking down through the clouds of steam rising from the ring of hot lava pouring from the Mauna Loa volcano, the Island of Hawaii today resembled a land of seething fire.

Mauna Loa, one of the Island's three active volcanoes, began coughing early Saturday and there has been a constant cascade of fiery lava flowing across the plateau between the pits since. So far there has been no danger, but Inhabitants of the lower slopes of the mountain are ready to move at an instant's notice should the eruption grow more extensive. Persons approaching the island aboard the coast guard cutter Itasco last night from Honolulu saw the dull red glow of the volcano reflected on clouds 100 miles at sea, giving the appearance that the entire island was afire. as the plane climbed higher, the beautiful panorama of steam, like a smoke film, rose in a column a mile high, with an unbroken cloud field extending about two-thirds up the slope of the volcano, which Is 13,000 feet high. Over Mauna Loa a chain of geysers was visible spouting hot lava several hundred feet In the air from the crater maw, but there was no lava flowing over the edge.

Volcanologlst Thomas A. Jaggar has taken up headquarters on the summit of the crater and Is making scientific observations. He said the activity here, in Japan, Salvador and the Aleutian Islands probably at least were attributable to a sun spot period coming on an average of once every 11 years. Jaggar will remain at the pit for several days. The Army Signal Corps has brought 10 miles of telephone wire, which will be strung up the mountain side near the crater for constant reports of the volcano's activity.

Alabama Town Has No Taxes For Fourth Year OAINESVHXE. Dec. The nation may have become accustomed to bank holidays, farm holidays, and similar phenomena during 1933, but residents of this community believe they will have the distinction of observing the only tax holiday In the United States For the fourth consecutive year, tht town will collect no ad valorem taxes Mayor P. M. Norwood, announced this fact today.

Gainesville, once a thriving commercial center and one of the largest Inland cotton markets in the world because of Its location on the Tomblgbee River, now has a population 329. Election Is Held In Three-Fourths Louisiana Congressional District Fred Levy And Mrs. Wagar, Atlanta, Win American Bridge League Title BATON ROUGE, Dee. 6 (TV-Am last the smoke burned ballot boxes and a defiant show of arms by protesting citizens. State administration forces under the direction of Senator Huey P.

Long today succeeded in holding a Congressional election In three-fourths of the Sixth Louisiana District The election was only a formality, for the printed ballot contained only one name, that of Mrs. Bolivar E. Kemp, Senator Long's choice for the vacant, Sixth District Congress seat, -who was designated as "the unopposed nominee" by administration forces which refused to hold a party primary. Voting was extremely light throughout the participating area as week of violent citizen demonstrations against the administration maneuver brought to a climax by sporadic raids on the polls by armed citizens who seized nd burneO ballot boxes. Returns tonight showed only a small percentage of the registered voters went to the polls.

The count from lt of the 148 precincts totalled 4,80 votes for Mrs. Kemp, out of a total registered vote of 45,141 in the nine pertehes where elections were held. The ballot carried the printed name only of Mrs. Kemp. Eight voters wrote CINCINNATI, Dec.

6 A pair of comparative unknowns from the Soutn pulled from behind today to take the mixed pah" championship of the American Bridge No better than eight in their qualifying section yesterday, Mrs. Humphrey Wagar. of Atlanta, Oa, and Fred Levy, of Montgomery, Ala, came to the front with 254.8 match points for two day of play, as against the 222.8 scored by Mrs. H. J.

White, of Cleveland, and Dr. 3. McClelland of Akron, Ohio. The title they won, giving them possession of the Olga J. Billiard trophy for a year in Its first year of competition, was the first decided In the week-Ions play of the Bridge League's national championships.

Winning it, the Southern pair fulfilled a prediction of many experts, that unknowns or near-unknowns might run away with the titles P. Hal Sims and Oswald Jacoby, principal among the outstanding experts here were eliminated to qualifying play yesterday. They have three mors events in which to re-estfibllsh themselves. Today's title Is the first of national scope that Levy has won. Mrs.

Wagar was a member of the mixed team of four that was runner-up In the last tournament. Placing third In the event was tho.