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She Columbus Tgnquirer OUNDED BY MIRABEAU LAMAR IN 1828 ULL LEASED WIRE COLUMBUS ENQUIRER Associated PreM Service Over 100 Years Old LN 1828 Number 107 Vol ax Columbus Georgia Saturday Morning July 3 1937 AMELIA EARHART BELIEVED ORCED DOWN IN PACIIC SPIVEY SAYS Increase In Revenues Search Conducted In Ocean or Miss Earhart NEW REVENUE Qf State and Building 7 r'K TO BE RAISED Spurts Are Reported said general a cmbly prohabl wiH waS of mS a total cf have to seek new income ndaj a he haL 6(10 wortn of building con LOCAL MILLS WILL OBSERVE Miss JULY OURTH THE WEATHER the amendments backed by Governor i envoys of other nations to whom Rivers 'the proposal was marie had agreed GIGLIO DIES RIDAY men on top of each other in a Her testimony followed the ft on fol of the WASHINGTON July (AP) Lupo Perez Marshall diminutive HONOLULU July 2fAP) A navy flying boat hopped off late tonight for llouland Island 1500 mite distant to Join the cutter Ita a In hunt ing for Amelia Earhart many horns mining with her navi rator red Noonan tn mid Pacific sea offi Budgets for most state depart ments have been taken to Holly wood for Governor action (Spivey Page 2 Col 7) ISLAND NOT OUND NAVY LYING BOAT IN HUNT OR A VIATRIX uel Supply Exhausted and Coast Guard Cutter Itasca Begins Search SIGNALS RECEIVED RUSSIA ACTS TO WITHDRAW RIVER PATROLS close and not Monday July orders for pe of the manu resulted in the to close for a try and work Board Decides to Locate Liquor Establishment On Third Avenue were Charles Corbin and Ivan envoy This how Senate President Predicts Between $3000000 and 1 $4000000 Needed LOS ANGELES July (AP) amateur radio operators GEORGIA: Partly cloudy Sat urday and Sunday probably scat tered showers in south portion ALABAMA: Generally fair Sat urday and Sunday continued warm Moscow Government Or ders Military Cutters Away from Islands Textile Plants Will Be Closed Monday in Holi day Observance fore the governor would be per mitted to leave On the of fir reial af fairs in jew of an estimated $4 000000 shortage toward the $20 000000 appropriation bill for the next 12 months Snivcv said Joe Giglio 43 died riday afternoon 6:10 at the Community hospital Phenix City after a lingering illness Mr Giglio war bom Sept 27 1888 in Apnlichlcola la He came to Columbus when a lad of thir teen years of age where he made his home until fHe years ago when he removed to Phenix City or fifteen years he was a val (J Pate 4 CL 6) COMPLETE SERVICE Central Press Association CONSTRUCTIVE earless Independent Business Picture or irst Half of Year Is Brightened PHENIX STORE SITE SELECTED Plane Leaves Honolulu to Aid Itasca in Search or Amelia Earhart World light Radio Believed Heard By Amateurs leaving the number at two rested cases and three active The statement Sunday school attendance lows: upon advice health authorities officials of St Luke Methodist irst Baptist irst Presbyterian and Holt Chap el Presbyterian churches an nounce that Sunday school de partments will be closed for all children under fourteen jears of age for at least two Sundays July 4 and July 11 This is a precautionary measure to prevent tire spread of infantile paralysis among the children of the city Seniors Young People and Adults will assemble as us ual in their regular departments and classes will be made later about the re opening of Sunday school for children under fourteen officials of Trinity Epis copal church have decided to cancel the session of the church school for next Sunday This is done because the church wishes in every way to cooperate with the health officers in preventing a spread of infantile paralysis While the officials realize there ere only four or five cases in the city they wish to do everything they can if possible to' prevent even one more cast' and in that spirit have decided to close the amous Woman lier aih to Locate Howland On Ocean Dash school four closed in ef the spread of Well Known Phenix City Man Succumbs At Hospital GOV' for LONDON July (API Bri tarn tonight promptly rejected a from pifipusal of Italy and Germans Pennsylvania several months ago that the naval patrol o' Spanish as a United Press reporter Starr coasts be abandoned and belligcr wAs publicity director for the re ent rights be accorded both par cent democratic party campaign tics in the Spanish civil war for adoption of 26 constitutional I German source however said entiie court isue for the session! asking that the senate send the! substitute to its judiciary com mittee for study But thosn in charge of the new bill said they had enough votes to prevent its being sent to tne committee and enough to pass it J' In Hslnklng capital of Mar i rhnuknn and hsrirnirtr thr armv Yhnf i fsnwam i was indicated gunboats would accompany all A ananpco ManrhntibuA i ant craft on the river the north VUUllUdj) UClAttH H8lf choukuo and Russia's Siberia This would te to enforce the right to navigate the deepest'' channel jnz all reaches of the ri ver which Japan insists forms the real boundary That view which clashes with the Russian contention that the boundary was fixed by Russo Chinese treaties of 1858 and 1860 and does not necessarily follow the deepest channel was shown to be the ba'ic point of the Jap anese position On the question of where the river boundary runs turns pos session of islands such as Sennu lu and Bolshoi near which one Soviet gunboat was sunk anoth er beached nd a third chased away by Japanese lanchoukuo artillery June 30 showing of a moving picture that depicted police shooting at flee ing strike demonstrators and club bing fallen men and women Cither witnesses testified the police shot and clubl cd demon strators who were in full flight One said a ten year old boy was shot i Mrs Marshall who said she was a social worker connected with Hull House testified that in the Page 7 Col 8) has ro intent taking over the reins of state ORCS GATHER TOKYO July Jap anese end Russian armed forces continued today to gather along the Amur river near the scene of their recent river battle The Japanese army and Manehcukuo government spoke of forcible measures to maintain what they culled of navigation" The appointment of Thomas as a member of the dared is original i Ct 141 Opposition leasers disclosed Satterfield of the countv they would seek to side track the! bee force Mr Ellison resigned to take the post of assistant imlor at county jail to succeed Zeno Gar rett who resigned Officer Moore son of Tom Moore former chief of city police is scheduled to begin his duties thia morning at 8 rrtiiHtv hn cit'n pH k'ar nnSMint half the coast of installation not five months this year in th Cap to exceed $2750 tai City area were cited at $4 Commissioner Edward Mtn rail 535 800 compared with $3162 wno nas wen connnen to rispiui for too period in 1836 home for the past two months Brunswick a so reported wuri unuuuni lever ui a1 wna iocs: nuitaing rhe first i outstanding acafr st toe sncrial asixned io the plane tund but that the nearly onn Has part mtesinc in the Pacific on HAO ri! L4 9 ta rrri rt i i i i 1 i Wultir McMenimy Mri Amelia Earhart Putnam Arnerlia Earhart Putnam and her navigator red Noonan were believed forced down in the Pacific ocean near Hou land Island uhen their fuel supply was exhausted A search was immediately started The $80000 plane of the aviatrix is sb own above ii 1' i 1 4' I MV UiUl UJHp C5 a 1 tilt? fcOveno Of cy owned land nr the new ence of collecting Harris orobabiv will remain Tn a ui '7kr! cable connections with the countv tax officials predicted A 'd tO rCvUrnpcrgeanfs ric'k police head lanta taxable valu would P4 Lb 1 QU mters It will be for ire joint increa'cd from $253060000 wcSJldbe two xX the cly 2nd rcIicc i0 th's yciU and the county has agreed to pear Building permits for tn? hr lui i in air rieru or a vpar ar a "While he is well on the road I time Each of hoards hrs to reiosery now and is gaining mombe ship of three and the six strength every day I dor' mind pieces will probably be filled al telling you came near losing tne r3turjay session tne governor" our or five additional River' was stricken with ndi i bonds paving ordinances HONOLULU July 2 CAP) Amelia Earhart nd her naviga tor red Noonon were belitved forced down at sea near Howland island today when their fuel gave out on a flight of 2570 miles from Lae New Guinea A radio message from them at 2:12 (EST) saying the had only a half hours supply of fuel and that no land waa in sight waa believed to indicate they had over shot the tiny coral island on the daring oversea flight The coast guard cutter JUscs immediately prepared io search for the fliers northwest of the islands Equatorial light Attempted Mias Earhart who was attempt ing an equatorial flight around the world from Oakland Calif and her naviagtor left New Guin last night last radio broke an silence to searching I to be me city at their I I i azuuuuuuu meeting this morning are sched 1 that just! to act on several mtiers eluding awarding of contract fori Incumbrances against the ba! tlie new police radio broadcast I mce he said represcntiCE allo 1 ing stem ration of revenues to sneeiM dr ITwo Reports on compilation of tax d' 54900564 38 Hecluimed to have picked up signals gets for year will be received ir figured debts! tonight on frequencies officially of Amelia va vj 4 Sxll A 4 It 1 court bill put forward today a 1 Moore lr i substitute wnich opponents de 'Muscogee county police depart mar tnejment to succeed Ellison was announced yesterday by Chief po Several Matters to Be Con sidered By City Commission ubcommittee supfrUd the Bril rourt to 13 members by January ate civil liberties committee died I ZX trt tn fl T' nts I 1 1 fi Ifl I rx r4zi 4 I 1M Pm 1 4 1 III 1 I 111 II I 114 kJ II IIC a S' 7 1 EMPLOYE DISMISSED ATLANTA July Dis missal one state employe mrougn oraers ot me executive department caused speculation to 1 tfl 1 1f mount tonight over the extent of i an expected of all co a i i lo Abandon Platt Phil air recently engaged pub he relations representative of thLt T' 77 1 1 elfar dv partment was replaced 0 INaVal 1011'0 1 by Kelly Starr on orders originat mg from Hollywood where prnor Rivers called list of all state workers air came to Georgia ATT creased state revenues and re ports of spurts in building bright ened Georgia's business picture for the first half of 1937 I State Auditor Tom Wisdom an nouneed today the trca ury as of June 30 held a cash balance wth a carryover of! $19106 19 81 from the lat fiscal on the $20000000 ive Columbus churches in the downtown area issued a state ment yesterday in which it was announced that Sunday classes for children under teen years of age would be tomorrow and next Sunday loru'to prevent poliomyelitis Tn the meanwhile health au thorities yesterday said that no new cases had been reported i ar Leader Sees Special Session of As sembly in ali If govern' and comptroller general rai'e the property tax fom throe to five nulls $2000 000 will be piovidcd and the City Churches ight Spread Of Paralysis Harris prooabiy wid remain Jordan vocational high school jRED NOONAN 'ALSO ABOARD BIG MONOPLANE The Alabama alcoholic bevtr age control board yesterday se lected the vacant building on Third avenue near ourteenth street formerly occupied by the Russell county welfare depart ment as the site for the Phenix Pquor store The announcement was made by Horner Cobb Phenix City commissioner after lie returned from Montgomery where he met Ph Page CoL 8) ea at 7 (E T) An hour before the message Miss earlier fve hour radio report the flic rs were for the believed within TOOjnilfs of their portion at that time Previous report Indicated fair ly strong headwinds which appar ently increased the gasoline con sumption of the 580000 plane When the" plane left Miami la June 1 starting the world girdling flight it carried a rubbe lifeboat and life belts for ue if i the craft were forced down at sea The tanka of the land plane were equipped to be emptied quickly serving to keep it afloat Visibility 2(1 Miles The weather at Howland island was reported partly cloudy with visibilty 20 miles The coral island two miles long and only a few feet above sea lev el presented a small target for the Diane flying the great expanse of Pacific ocean dotted sparsely with other small atolls The Itasca radioed there was the fliers could remain aloft after 6:30 (EST) The coast guard officers con sulted with the army commanders in Honolulu concerning the sibility of sending land or planer from Honolulu but rials said this was unlikely Avaltion expert doubted hll metal twin motored land plane would float long Bound around the world on an equatorial trail of more than 27 000 miles Miss Earhart had flown since May 21 from Oakland Calif in relatively leisurely stages Arriving at Lae New Guinea June 28 Miss Earhart awaited fa vorable weather for the attempt to negotiate the unflown miles to Howland Island the dot of land which represents the United frontier in the south Paci fic and which is regarded as potential stepping stone on an air line between the Pacific coast snd the Antipodes They left Lae at 10 a local time July 2 which was 7 Thursday Eastern standard time expecting to complete the flight in 18 or 20 hours Tug on Watch The navy tug Ontario stood by half way between New Guinea and Howland but was not heard from The Itasca waiting to re rage 2 Col 4) ATLANTA July Senate President John Spivey returning from an air trip to the Hollywood Caiif bedside of Gov ernor Rivers predicted lite today tl'e Georgia general am bly will te called upon to misn 1 between $3000000 and $4000000 in new revenue at a scheduled fali session Spivey one of four advisers to the governor who made toe est I coast trip said Rivers decided a special se: ion in July 1 elKIiy Ot cause was tx ri risncet of rn s'r? a ronsirie ahle I 7 i irv Ti niirtne nizsi i a 10 a 7 a Li iz zzj 1 ciijrxJx4lv vi iviviziis vUv UrryjVvr 11 I The condition fol caused by the ending cl terms va clear surrlut lowing complications from a re July will probably cent kidney operation also entered Hied A bft governor was a mighty review of personal property bpivey said re is Girl Says Wounded Men Piled In Patrol Wagon jt During Strike Hash MOSCOW July (Saturday) (AP) The Russian government announced in a communique ear ly today it had ordeied the with drawal of military cutters and armed patrols from islands to the Amur nver which both Rus sia and Manchoukuo claim The communique said toe act Miss I fon was taken only after Mam oru Sh'gemitsu Japanese am had agreed to the wlth Plerson drawa! of Japanee Manchouku oan military cutters from toe dis puted area is 1 rxwition paving na anntl nil 1 Germany atone in advocacy ofl Thc increase in the size of the the hospital while others scream the'r plan with Portugal sitting court would be only temporary ed and groined on the fence (New Page 4 Col 4) Her testimony followed the ight Will Be Made in Sen ate On Substitute Proposal Moorc Is Named On Police orce flici British rejection was considered to bring tin whole European con troversy over control tr a stale mate The subcommittee adjourn ed until next week when other nations in the full committee will be called in for a review of the situation which diplomats 'admit ted was grave Among the subcommittee mem bers agreeing to submit the Italy German proposals to their govern ments rench ambassador MBIsky ever did not prevent them from criticizing toe proposal: strongly in lengthy speeches which they said were Informed British sources said five of the nine members of thetiio president could enlarge the PLAN IS ACED RY flPPDTIONtorv css 1 ViJl I The coast guard headquarters ihere received information that Mi Earhart probable overshot (Navy Page 7 CM 1) BOARD SLATED5 state take ahionI I 0 Mr Jh 5 a 0 fc0 A A St AaA A A ON NEW RADIO to refer it to their governments The Italo German plan was laid before the directing sub commit si c0touiee 1 They prepared to begin arguments pf kim isolate toe Spamsb con jt on senatc f00r nCxt I Tuesday The substitute ini reduced by Senator Logan (D Ky) Hatch (D NM) and Ashurst (D Ariz) would permit the president to name new justices to the supreme court at the rale of one a year up ui me total number of Incumnentl justices past 75 years of age I viun one place on tne court nows vnernt because ol the retixemert of Justice Van Devanier the presi dent could make a total of three appoinfmciits within the next six months The bill would permit one this year and one on Jan i uary 1 1938 In addition to the 'Mexican girl testified today that appointment of Van Dcvaiitcr Chicago police piled 16 wounded successor men on top of each other in a If the four justices now past 75 patrol wagon after the fatal Me wcre to continue on the bench mortal Dty strike clash tiic president could enlarge the I One of them she told the sen WASHINGTON July (AP) i Adminiotraton tones abandoning 1 thmr long fight for the Roosevelt tne Last meeting of me commis sion on uonciiv 01 usr wi nearly $2000000 carr'oee from The ordinance promo: toe iat fiscal tod' may help'! £he operation ot radios and ja i nfnr nniAminol i The senate nt when toe hnf between the nours ofjaJIIJ IITfyP IRV atcs asehinf! i0 ani 8 a at all places I III I ill 1 Mfl I wh re lw fr or ale wild VI JI WM V4 1 ability of the governor s'id he tomorrow Modifies Of ion mo oramanre io mase ex i cepuons certain down town dis or certain distances from rtLlktences is sought in some quar i Columbus textile plants with one exception will be closed Monday in observance of toe ourth of July which falls on Sunday and one of the mills which be closed Monday will remain so for one week The Swift Manufacturing com pany on completion of Ulis operations will open again until 12 A reduction in cialized products factoring company officials deciding week rather than part of the employes hoping that in the suspension orders will be received allowing the mill to Carry on normal operations with the usual number work ers The Swift Manufacturing com pany employs between 1300 and 1400 persons The Bibb Manufacturing com pany will operate as usual Mon day jt was stated riday Plants closing Monday include the following: Columbus Manu facturing company Bradley Man ufacturing company Eagle Phenix Muscogee Manufacturing company Swift Spinning Mills Archer Hosiers nulls and Perkins Hosiery mills at the latter plant one department only wilt be in operation Other plants to close Monday for the day include the Columbus Iron Works Due to the ourth of July fell ing on Sunday and Monday be ing observed thousands of work ers will have a three day vaca tion I Walt The bo ird of tax ca'ft arm over Reported pickea up eai: gnala on 62J0 of teal estate and the board of tax I me iscai ptrid st mting kiocjcics ano near i 1 I I I zA znz A I Sa 1 113 Call yover ivulu i 1 879614031 and txccs of re Ho mean latitude Tne letters ceipts n' er appropriattons for theiACrc followed by undecipherable! 1 six months was Jilgurc I Analyzrg the business 'rhe signals continued for some I Wisdom said ''This smtemnt ro 1 Jn'e McMenamy expressed be babv an incrosro (over toe st l1 frorn a Portable zro'six months of ftQ transmitter He received other geston and an intestinal d'suder scnedulvd for second reading and 67336 In general fund revenue CUa'V boat together with having a condition I passage and there ill also be1 receipts and an frtorea of $2 'rf SUfn: CU1 er Ito' ca re of toxicity rrorn a gall blander amendment to the building 25465797 in special allocated to by ailment He later developed a eerie regarding the scherittte of fund revenue and on ml frequencies throat pmumorfa but doctors fees for ouildmg permits up Only a little more than 13 per At p' to Pierson chief row report it has duappeared I considet alien ic nt of i ted nVpri of tn Patterson Radio! Spivey left House Speaker Roy I The new police radio station to coite tion he said sr? nr1hn similarly Harris Executive secretory I hr to7 i i izr 1: tr jt signal on iiuo i a IB a4 A a a fc A 4 AA a A A a a 1 a I I I I Downing Musgrove and Cnatr I bern ar rroverf bv federal ric rz di Luri'arts daytime frequency He man Cnarles Reid of the state commission will include a doa er increaee was erratic ond unde democratic executive committee houe and tower erected on a plat I nomic conditions and the tt a aizlr a ffl 1 a zsmi ii a iG mIc vcr iti a Aong the line I ulton tr Vrri 4Hriid In hrr nl be'" in? nimtrom WL'TIVf'TAV Am I 1 XJt 4 a Jr 4 fcTi 4 permits for Ue frnst Aomirnl William Ieahv chief of naval opera toms instructed the commandant of the naval station nt Honolulu tonight to render whatever aid he may deem prac ticable in toe search for zmelia si 1 Earhart i Leahv acted after receiving I fjhjs Amur A number of routine matters are' traded for against $99874 for thehliss Earhart was believed to! scheduled for cnniclcr3Lion and a sarne period this yorr The forcd df'wn the I i i i ri Ti inniur'i ina i i mo au wtvvv rtk MIK Hl IHt! YJVJIilLJ VA AUXV AklJlU me r5tun wicK 'uip island (increase lace col 4) A number of fact surface ves moctly destroyers now ft LJ ift a ata via ft au a ox I I ft zm ft a a 1 I fc ui We Oh illVlV Utrtil I a scoi of long range naval bomb iinz plants Tne commandant at Honoluluhas romptete diwretion to employ planet and ships in the search if weather and other conditions per 1 II I I I I I IIII 1 IIUUHUII lfH I 'yjd i fci Z' i (x JsMkfc stew tf 7 i A i.

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