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if Local neics in fulltvorld wide netvs in briefbut always first with both Bank If" WEATHER Tf ral fair and colder lonlfht and Wnlni-day. FINAL EDITION VOL. IV, No. 250 Te Independent Banner. Established IWt MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1931" SIX PAGES 6c PER COPY NEWS er Harvard Refuses 325,000 Fund To Hattle Feminism Wrecked Fndne of Suwanee Special INDIAN LEADER WILL CONTINUE TO BATTLE FOR COUNTRY'S SAKE Effort for Independence Not to Cease, Declares JUSTICE CRATER DEAD, STATES TWO LETTERS TO NEWYORK OFFICER Anonymous Messages Draw Attention of ACTION ON PROPOSED CHARTER IS BELIEVED HELD UPBY OF Hoard of Directors Hold Meeting and Appoint Committee Cambridge, Jan.

27. INS By its definite refusal to accent the elft Gandhi lit VVV Vs'' TK MM) I DELAY TO BE SOUGHT I AS PAUPER" RELEASED FROM PRISON Nine Months Imprisonment Fails to Damper Ardor of Nationalist derailed near Helenwood, killing five people and Injuring a score Pho- to by International Illustrated, Bombay, Jan. 27. ONSh-In his first official utterance since his release after nine months' imprisonment in the Ye-rovda Jail, Mahatma M. K.

Gandhi, ftder of the Indian nationalists, served A' 7 Aice on reat Brltaln today that nls pj efforts In behalf of Indian independence cannot cease. Greeted by thousands of his followers on his arrival here from Poona, the 61-year-cld ascetic announced that his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule would continue "until all political prisoners have been released and all repressive ordinances cancelled." Gandhi declared that the Indian tionalist movement was no longer controllable by a few "front rank leaders." Urges Disobedience "It has become broad-based," he said, "and the larger numbers of local leaders thrown into prison alone are able, to deliver the goods." He urged continuance of civil disobedience pending discussion of Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDcoiald's statement by the all-India congress, meeting shortly at Allahabad. He referred to the premier's declaration at the close of the round table conference in London. When he said "the future of Tndia is now in the hands of the Indians." "Our work cannot be suspended," aGndhi said.

"Indians have a right to manufacture salt, to persuade addicts to abstain from drink and drug evils, to boycott foreign cloth and picket shops." The Mahatma urged Lord Irwin, retiring viceroy in India, to Intercede on behalf of the nationalists and obtain abrogation of Britain's "oppressive policy." 'of $25,000 left by the late Albert E. pills- bury, former attorney-general of Mas- I sau lusetts, to combat feminism, Har vard University had today taken the stand that it was not the policy of the Institutions to accept gifts for the promotion of course of personal interest to donors of such gifts. Yale, Princeton and Columbia hove yet to make their decision as to whether they will accept the sum of $25,000 each left them by the late attorney-generalgeneral for tthe purpose of "returning woman to her place in the home." MANY SCENIC FLIGHTS Approximately 80 Persons Taken for Rides; Leaves for Alabama Sailing gracefully over the city like a huge silver bird, with its wings glistening in the sun's rays, the Pan-American tri-motored ship carried about 80 middle Tennesseans on scenic flights today. The ship arrived at Sky Harbor yesterday afternoon from Montgomery and departed at 2 o'clock this afternoon for Rome, where it will make a number of flights Wednesday. The plane is on a good will tour in the interest of aviation and to demonstrate the comforts and safety of air travel.

During the present season, the giant ship has visited about 100 towns and cities flying more than 45,000 miles and carrying over 6,500 persons for flights. The ship is powered by three Pratt-Whitney motors and always carries two pilots. Those with the ship today were Rodney Lamont and J. L. Phelps.

The plane has a wingspread of 77 feet and 10 inches and weighs fully loaded. It has a capacity for 325 gallons of gasoline and 34 gallons of oil and makes approximately two miles per gallon. It costs $80 an hour to operate the ship. This giant ship is one of the Pan-American fleet, the officials of the company having visited here sometime ago in a Sikorsky. Those in the party aboard the craft were McCrory, assistant general manager of the Pan-American Petroleum Corporation; H.

S. Read of Memphis, division manager and J- D. Sheehy, assistant division manager, also of Memphis and the two pilots. Approximately 30 of those taking flights this morning were from Nashville while the remaining 50 were from Murfreesboro and other parts of Middle Tennessee. The visit here was under the supervision of R.

A. Huddleston, local Pan-American representative. SECTION IDEAL FOR TOBACCO GROWING "Rutherford county is ideally situated for the growing of Burley tobacco as there is no finer soil and climate anywhere in the country for Burley than the blue grass region of Middle Tennessee," declared R. H. Milton of the extension department of the University of Tennessee in an address at the courthouse this afternoon.

A good-sized crowd was present and heard the tobacco authority speak in the interest of growing tobacco in this county. "This section could become a second Lexington, Ky," he declared. Woodmen Name New Officials W. V. Welchance as- elected consul of the local Modern Woodmen lodge at a recent meeting.

Other officers elected were L. H. Wehrle, clerk; R. H. Smotherman, advisor; W.

B. Hays, banker; Smith Brown, escort; A. K. Smith, watchman; A. G.

Broyles, secretary, and E. B. and John S. Allen, physicians. Bedf ord Woman Dies After Long Illness Shelbyville, Jan.

27. (Spe cial.) Funeral services for Mrs; A. F. Temple, who died at her home a few miles from town Sunday, following a lingering illness, were jheld from Crow-ell's Chapel Monday- afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. R.

stem, Interment in the nearby cemetery. Mrs. Temple is survived by her husband and six children, also her mother, Mrs. Mollie Turrentine, and Several sisters and brothers. Letters from Widely Divergent Points Relate Similar Stories New York, Jan.

27 IN5 "Joe Crater is dead. No use looking for him. Ho was buried August 22, after being in the water two weeks. As no identification was made, he was buried us an unidentified pauper, 75 miles from New York. Sorry I can't tell you where it is but it's true." This was the anonymous letter, signed S.

received by the district Attorney's office here on September 29 last, a month and a half following the disappearance of supreme court Justice Joseph Force Crater. Today, district attorney Thomas C. T. Crain was In receipt of another anonymous communication. It was postmarked Buffalo, N.

January 24, and read: "You will never behold Crater again "He fell into a deep chasam at Crown Point, N. Y. He was standing on the edge of a bluff when the fill gave away and he fell to the bottom and was instantly killed. There were four, men in the party, all tourists. The others kept their mouths shut about what happened.

His body was recovered and buried in the village cemetery by the village undertaker." While Crown Point, N. is considered more than 75 miles from New York City, the similarity of other portions of the two letters, received four months apart and mailed from widely divergent points, compelled the attention of investigators. BUTLER'S ADDRESS WILL BE PROBED General Alleged to Have Made Remark About Mussolini Washington, Jan. 27. (INS) Ma -Gen.

Smedley D. Butler went to Philar delphia again last week and made an address, and again the state department has instituted an investigation concerning his purported statements. This time the commandant of the marine barracks at Quantico, selected a "ticklish" subject, Benito Mussolini, premier of Italy, and some of his alleged remarks, far from complimen- (Oontinued on Page 0) METHODISTS PLAN MISSION INSTITUTES Murfreesboro District Meeting Will Take Place at McMinnville Nashville, Jan. 27 (Special.) Methodists in the section covered by the Tennessee conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will be active, Feb. 2-13 in taking part in a church-wide series of over 300 missionary institutes, under the leadership of Bishop H.

M. DuBose, and local leaders. Bishop DuBose, chairman of the conference commission 6n benevolences, the body sponsoring the institute series, will be assisted by John W. Barton, vice-chairman of commission on benevolences, Dr. W.

B. Ricks, missionary secretary, Littell Rust Conference Lay Leader and the presiding elders, pastors; and lay leaders of the conference. J. F. Rawls, representing the general commission on benevolences, has been secured to fill speaking engagements at the district institutes in the conference, beginning February 2, at Waverly with the institute for the Dickerson dis- (Oontlnued on Page 8) Edgerton Raps Insurance Plan Washington, Jan.

27. (INS-A scath- i ing attack on unemployment insurance was made today by John E. Edgerton, president of the National Association of Manufacturers before delegates to the rmanent preventives conference being held here by three national church organizations. He said he objected-to theJnajsan.ee because "It is thoroughly and clearly incompatible with the American theory of government of morals, and would subsidize idleness and encourage -shift lessness." Group Will Ask'Time to Make Thorough Investigation of Charges Action on proposed new charter for tlie City of Murfreesboro will be deferred at lea-st six weeks, it is believed, as the result of a meeting of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce held last night at the city hall. The board of directors was appoint-, ed by the Chamber of Commerce membership at its annual banquet Friday night to make a thorough investigation of tf'ie charter.

The bill which provides for the change has already passed two readings before the legislature and the final reading was expected this week. However, the action of the Chamber of Commerce directors last night is practically certain to delay final passage cf the bill until after the recess which will be around March 15. Senator C. C. Jackson and Representative H.

H. Earthman have been notified of the Chamber of Commerce's action and they will hold up final action on the bill, it is believed. Council Members Present James R. Jetton, who introduced the motion before the Chamber of Commerce body Friday night declared this morning that the presence of the City Council members last night was unexpected as the meeting was expected to be limited solely to members of the board of directors. "As it is the council's bill, the members of the committee would not discuss it freely last night and practically the only result of the meeting was the appointment of a sub-committee to continue the investigation," declared Mr.

Jetton. It is understood that the sub-committee will read the charter line by line and made any revisions or additions that it thinks advisable, then report to the directors to explain their actions and if the directors favor the charter as amended cr changed by the subcommittee, the matter will then be taken by the tlhe entire membership of the Chamber of Commerce for final adoption. Then, final passage will be asked in the legislature. It is not known when the sub-committee will meet to discuss the charter. However, Mr.

Jetton, as chairman, de-' clares that he believes it will take at least six weeks (the time of the length of the legislature recess) to make a thorough study of the matter. The special committee, in addition to Mr. Jetton, is composed of Andrew L. Todd, Foster Spain, John C. Mitchell and H.

L. Fox. W. R. Bell, newly elected president of the Chamber of Commerce, presided at the meeting last night.

PENNSYLVANIA BILL SEEKS WHIPPING POST Harrisburg, Jan. 27. INS) The shadow of the whipping post loomed over the criminal in Pennsylvania today with a bill before the lower chamber of the legislature calling for estab lishment of a whipping post in every county. The bill calls for 5 to 60 lashes to be administered on the bare back "well laid on" in addition to the regular penalty fi xed for certain offenses. Whipping would become a public affair under the provisions of the bill and whipping pest would be kept in or near the county jail or workhouse.

The lashes would be administered by the sheriff or his deputy. Young Man is Charged With Stealing, Auto A young man, giving the name of Wallace Ogles, who was arrested Saturday by Deputies Sheriff Petty and Bragg, is alleged to have stolen a car in Cannon county, carried it to Texas where he wrecked it and then stole another one, placing the license plates the first on the second machine. He is alleged to have stolen the Texas car from a garage. He is being held here for Texas authorities. WEATHER FACTS Conrteiy Sky Harbor Weather Baresa Maximum temperature yesterday, 58.

Minimum this morning, 47. Sun riset tomorrow at 6:52. Sun sets tomorrow at 5:86. Precipitation until midnight, trace. Special photo shows the wrecked en- gine of the Suwanee Special which was TRAINING SCHOOL WILL START FRIDAY Central High Seliool is Selected as Meeting Plaee Central High school has been selected as the meeting place for the scout leaders' training course starting here Friday evening, according to an annouce-met by J.

C. Mitchell who is chairman of the local training committee. Mr. Mitchell has appointed six men as patrol leaders, who are Dr. B.

N. White, R. H. Stickney, H. L.

Fox, John Jewell, Prof. Hobgood and Chas. Caw-thon. Mr. Mitchell, however, states that he wishes to re-emphasize that the training course will feature methods of boy leadership usable not only in Scout work but in other boys' work, and that any man in the community is eligible to take the training course.

It is not necessary to be registered, merely to come to the meeting which starts at 7:30 at the High School Friday evening. The first meeting will be given over to a discussion of the scouting scheme and method of organization. The men taking the course will actually be formed into a troop with all troop officers that night. Anyone wishing information on the traiing course can get it from any of the above mentioned patrol leaders or from Mr. Mitchell himself.

BELOVED RESIDENT OF TRIUNE IS DEAD Mrs. Mollie McCandless Succumbs; Funeral Services Held Triune, Jan. 2J (Special.) Mrs. Mollie Lee McCandless, age 75, died at her home near here at Nolens-ville on Sunday afternoon after a long illnes. She is survived by her husband, J.

F-AfcCandless, a well known farmer of the Nolensville community, and one son, J. M. Christopher of Nolensville, and four stepchildren, Mitt McCandless of Nolensville, Mitchell McCandless of Nashville and Tolly and Joe John McCandless of California and Mrs. Rosa Wood of Almaville. Funeral services were conducted from the residence on Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock by Elder S.

P. Pittman of Nashville. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Interment was in the family graveyard. Bedford Clothing Firm Closes Doors Shelbyvirie, Jan.

27 (Special.) Adams and Raby, for many years prominent clothing merchants of this city, failed to open their doors yesterday morning, having made an assign-met late Saturday night in favor of their creditors. Inability to collect the accounts due together with the depression of business was directly responsible for the necessity of the assignment. It is understood that M. B. King, former county court clerk will act as receiver.

BAGGETT TO DIRECT CHURCH CONFERENCE Plans Made for Crossville School Which Opens July 6 Nashville, aJn. 27 (Special.) The committee selected by the presiding elders of the Tennessee Conference and the executive committe of the Tennessee Conference Board of Christian Education met here recently for the purpose of perfecting plans for the young people's conference to be conducted by the Tennessee Conference Board of Christian Education at Cumberland Mountain School, Crossville, Tennessee, July 6-13. The following members of the committee were present: Miss Jessie Or-gain, Clarksville; Rev. D. T.

Ridgeway, Pulaski; Mrs. T. O. Barnette, Crossville: Miss Mabel Miller, Dickson: Miss Ruth Krotzer, Winchester; Miss Mary Sue Owens, Madison; Guy Thackston, Lebanon; Miss Mary Lou Cate, Murfreesboro; Miss Elizabeth Beasley, West End, Nashville. In addition to the above who were selected by the Presiding Elders, the following (Continued on paee 3) YOUNG AXON'S TRIAL IS AGAIN POSTPONED Father and Chattanooga Friend With Youth in Court New York, Jan.

27. (INS) The trial of James M. Maxon, son of Bishop James M. Maxon of on a second degree murder charges was again postponed today, to' be taken up Friday morning. General Sessions Judge Donellan ordered the case put over when he learned he would have to preside in another murder case, which had been held up because of a sick juror, and would now proceed ahead of the Maxon case Bishop Maxon, father of the youth charged with second degree murder in the killing of David Paynter, 73-year-old printer, in a rooming house fight, was in court The bishop said he believed it would be improper to comment on the case at tfiis time.

With him was his riennd, E. C. Patten, hotel owner of Chattanooga. Young Maxon is being defended by Martin W. Littleton, famed attorney, and also from Chattanononga.

BANDITS GET $19,200 IN CHICAGO ROBBERY Chicago, Jan. 27. INS)-Search was being pressed today for five bandits, one of them wounded, who escaped with $19,200 receipts from a large department store after a revolver battle with two policemen during the rush hour late yesterday. During the revolver battle, witnessed by 9C0 customers and clerks, one bandit was shct, a policeman was wounded and a customer shot through the leg. The gunmen seized a box containing the receipts for the day and escaped, carying their wounded companion with them to a waiting automobile.

"Host Suir Willi Sash Is Possible In '31 Wardrobe Pittsburgh, Jan. 27. the well dressed man will wear" for 1931 includes: More, decidedly more, color especially for sport affairs: A wider variety of attire from business dress to informal and formal social events designs. A special costume, known as the "director's suit," recommended for the banker or business man. The "host's suit," including a sash if desired, which allows the host to be distinguished from his guests.

The scarlet costume for hunt club programs, both formal and informal. These were the salient points of the year's fashion decree rendered today by the National Association of Merchant Tailors pf America as the style arbiters of the nation opened their four-day convention here. The dress coat emerges triumphantly, still supreme for formal evening wear, but with a new color of "midnight blue" introduced. In fact, there should be two suits in the wardrobe, the standard black garment included. The "host suit" is designed to take the place of the Tuxedo for men enter-tainihg Informally at home.

It will be offered in novelty colored cashmeres, blues, purples, browns, tans and maroons, with a rolling shawl collar. A sash ofthe same silk used in the facing may be worn. LYNCHING BILL HITS AT POLICE OFFICIALS Instant Suspension for Of-fice in Charge Advocated Nashville, Jan. Instant suspension of any officer that lets a prisoner in his custody be lynched is provided by bills that have been introduced in both houses of the state legislature. Under the provisions of the bills, whid found their way into the senate and the house hoppers last night, the ouster proceedings would be brought by the attorney-general within ten days after the occurrence of the lynching.

The fact that the prisoner was taken from custody would be a presumption of the officer's negligence, but tjhe officer would be given an opportunity to refte the implications at his trial. And shold he win a favorable decision, he wold be reinstated automatically. State Takes Life of Negro Murderer Nashville, Jan. James Theodore Harris, 22-year-old negro, was electrocuted here today for the murders of a family of three in Knox-ville on Christmas Eve, 1929. Harris killed Dr.

and Mrs. Barclay Jones and their 14-year-pid- nephew George Lane. He said he had slain the youth because he "felt like killing But did not know why he murdered Dr. and Mrs. Jones.

NO DATE IS NAMED IN MURDER HEARING Trio Remain in County Jail With Bond Denied; No New Developments The date for the preliminary hearing for Jesse and Bill Timberlake and Mrs. Bettie Young, charged with the murder of Andy "Red" Travis had not been set this afternoon. The trio was arrested Sunday afternoon but all three have denied any connection with the assassination of the alleged young bootlegger who was found fatally wounded in his car January 17. The two men and the woman are being held In the county jail without bond. They have secured Clarence Cummings to represent them but Mr.

Cummlngs has made no statement concerning his plans for their defense. Officers report there are no new developments in the case. Infant Succumbs Near Christiana Walter O. Wiggs, infant son of Mr. and Mrs.

W. O. Wiggs, died at the family home near Christiana yesterday after a brief illness. The child, who was born on Christmas Day, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs, Wiggs.

Simple funeral services were held today and burial was in Miller cemetery, Woodfin-Moore In charge. In addition the baby is survived by APPENDIX REMOVED Carl Arms; Route 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J.

Arms, is improving after undergoing an operation for appendicitis at the Rutherford hospital last night. Have you a fur coat or stylish clothing of any kind you no longer Don't discard or throw them -AAway. findgood cash buyers for this merchandise with a Want Ad In the News-Banner. There are many L.peoplewhojwould be gen- uinely glad to buy slightly used clothing, coats and furs of style and quality at saving prices. Tell them what you have to offer.

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