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The Washington times., 1936-05-20
PLOT LETTER
ISA|RED

LOS ANGELES, May 20.-Re-
morse over stock market specula-
tions that ate up the fortune Of
Mary Miles Minter, blonde star
Of the silent films, caused Leslie
B. Henry, convicted broker, to
plan a smashing automobile
death" for himself, he said in
a letter which was read in court
here.
But the death crash never &C.
Cured. Henry now is serving a
prison term for defalcations in
his handling of the former stars
wealth.
Miss Winters mother. Mrs.
Charlotte Shelby, invested her
daughters funds with Henry
when he was Pasadena represen.
tative of an investment company,
She contends the company is u
able for the shortages.
The letter was read at the trial
of Mrs. Shelby's 100000 recov.
cry suit against the company
With her suit is consolidated an
other for $4,000 by another
daughter, Margaret.
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LandOn'S Nomination
Believed Assured

race for the Republican PreSiden-
tial nomination, was registered to-
day when New Jerseys solid dele
CATION of 80 convention votes was
pledged to him.
Tabulation of yesterdays prl-
mary vote was progressing slowly,
but Governor Landon was run
ming nearly four to one ahead Of
Senator Borah, Of Idaho.
Returns from 1853 districts out
Of $3.50 in the State gave Landon
1878 against Borah'S 33,967.
Some Crushing Majorities
Landon's victory here matched
his triumph in the Massachusetts,
primaries. His lead piled up in
both industrial urban districts and
in the farm areas.
In some sections Landon MAORI
ties were as great as SO to l.
The Kansas Governor won by
$4,000 in Atlantic county. In 20
Hoboken districts he polled the
amazing vote of 375 to Borah's Z.
An interesting aspect OF the
voting was the bitter fight
between Governor Harold G.
Hoffman and former Represen-
tative Franklin w. Fort for
delegate-atlarge. Though both
are Land n-pledged. Fort had
waged a vociferouS battle to keep
Hoffman away from the conven-
ton because of his activities in
the Hauptmann case.
Hoffman Beats Fort
Hoffman apparently had
beaten off Forts CHI al leng e,
though he was not leading the
ticket of the four delegateS-at-
large. He swamped Fort in the
early returns, but was trailing
Ambassador Walter E. Edge and
Edward D. Duffield.
With returns from 2,272 Of
the $3.50 election districts of the
State tabulated the standing in
the race for membership in the
group of four delegates-at-large
was as follows:
Walter E. Edge, 175,774; Ed
ward B. Duffield. 164,621; Edna
B. Conklin, 1928; Harold G..
Hoffman, 141,949; Franklin w.
Fort, 9S,605.
Edge, Duffield, Conklin and
Hoffman were the organization
candidates for delegates-at-large.
Fort ran as an Independent.
Breckenridge Supported
Delegates pledged to President
Roosevelt we're unoppoSed, but
Col. Henry L. Breckenridge, legal
adviser to Colonel Lindbergh,
collected a substantial "proteSt"
ballot in the Democratic preSi-
dental preference vote.
Senator Warren w. Barbour
(R.) was nominated to succeed
himself. The Democrats nomi-
mated State Senator William H.
Smathers to oppose him.
Indicative of Landon's popu-
1arity was the vote in Warren
county, where he polled more
votes than any of the delegates
at-large who will go to Cleveland
to vote for him. There Landon'S
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JUDGE BEATEN;
HUNTC0UPLE

BALTIMORE, May 20.-Indicted
yesterday for assaulting a 73-year-
old jurist in his home here Sun
day, a man and his wife were
sought by Baltimore police today.
The couple, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Sleitzer, are alleged to have
entered the home of Judge Albert
S. j. Owens. of the supreme bench
of Baltimore city, and assaulted
the jurist who. the day before, had
sentenced a man to so days in
Jail for simple assault on the cou-
pies two children.
Mrs. Sleitzer, according to Judge
Owens, apparently did not think
the 60-day sentence adequate.
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Day I'm Congress
SENATE

SENATE
Meets at noon to consider
omnibus flood control bill.
HOUSE
Meets at noon to debate in
terror bill conference report.
Committees:
10 AM.-Interstate; food and
drug bill, executive.
10 A.M.-Rules; price fixing,
open.
10 A.M.-Military Affairs; pri-
vate bills, open.
10 AM.-Townsend investiga-
ton. open.
10 AM.-Agriculture: routine,
executive.
10 A.M.-Rivers and Harbors;
stream pollution, open.
10 ANYWAYS and M e n S.;
petroleum. open.
10 AMP n is; copyright
bill, executive.
1890 A.M.-1ndian Affairs:
routine, open.
1920 A.M.-Post Office: rail
transportation, open.
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MRS MAUDE sLEITZER and her daughter, Marjorie, Of
Baltimore The woman, along with her husband, William
was indicted result of attack made Judge Albert
s. J. Owens his in that city. It alleged that Mr.
and Mrs sletzer angered by 6o-day sentence i'm
posed charged with having attacked their daugh
ter. International News Photo.
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preaching the Landon first bal
lot strength, nor his secondary
strength after the complimentary
votes for favorite sons is out Of
the way.
The Jersey primary, in the
opinion of most political obSerV-
ers, definitely Scuttled Senator
Borah's chances for the nomina-
ton. 1t was the second primary
in which the Senator's candidacy
met up with that of Governor
Landon. In South Dakota a week
ago Senator Borah'S was the only
name appearing on the ballot. Yet
enough South Dakotans wrote in
the name of Landon to enable
him to emerge with a narrow
victory in a State that had been
counted definitely for Borah. The
Jersey contest was more direct.
Straight Test in Jersey
In Jersey there were definite
Landon and Borah states, and the
Kansas governor won by a wide
margin. There were no compiled
tons or extenuating circum-
stances in the Jersey vote.
Senator Borah had tried his
luck in the populous and influen.
tial Eastern States without sue
cess. Save in Pennsylvania, where
his name appeared alone on the
ballot, he is virtually without
prospects of delegates along the
Eastern seaboard. In Pennsyl-
vania, some of the delegates an
nounced they would be bound by
the preference vote, and ex-Sena-
tor David A. Reed reminded Key.
stone Republicans several days
ago that such delegates should
respect their commitments.
Elsewhere there are scant pros
poets of Borah votes. Governor
Landon triumphed in Massachu-
sets in much the same fashion he
did in New Jersey. In New York,
Borah candidates were showed
under in favor of an uninstructed
delegation, of which Landon is
held certain to get portion.
Votes Sure In 10 States
On the basis Of pledges, instruc-
tions and voluntary commitments,
Landon votes are counted from
Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Ken
lucky, Massachusetts,, Minnesota,
Missouri, New Mexico, New Jersey,
Oklahoma. South Dakota, Ten
neSsee, Virginia, West Virginia and
Wyoming.
The entire delegation of each
State is not counted in some in
stances. And it will be noted not
any are included from the five
largest delegations in the conven-
ton, New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio. Illinois and California.
Only three more primaries will
be held between now and the con-
Vention date of June 8. Iowa has
one on June /, Florida ballots the
following day, and North Carolina
on June 6. Several States will
have conventions to select dele.
gates, including Indiana on
June -
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M'CARL RULING
MIGHT HALT
PROJECTS
All Work to 60 Ahead
Except That Involved
In Court Decision

At the rate of almost three mil
lion dollars a day, the Resettle-
ment Administration, headed by
Rexford Guy Tugwell, status Of
which vas rendered at least doubt
full by the Court of Appeals Of the
District Of Columbia Monday, will
continue to spend its funds until
July l, unless halted by Comptrol-
Ter General McCarl.
Pending a final decision by the
United States Supreme Court,
which will not receive the case, If
appealed, until the october term,
the ReSettlement Administration
will continue to carry on all of it's
program except construction Of
the suburban resettlement project
at Bound Brook, N. j., which was
directly involved in the courts de-
cision.
Construction work on three
other suburban projects - the
Seven-milliondollar Tugwelltown
model housing city near Berwyn,
Md, and projects at Cincinnati
and Milwaukee, estimated to cost
approximately five million dollars
will 60 ahead at full pace.
Other Projects Go Ahead
So, too, will construction work
on so rural community projects,
80 subsistence homestead proper
ties taken over from PWA a year
ago, three old FERA rural rehabili-
tation projects and three new
forest home plans, according to
RIA officials.
The biggest part Of the pro
gram, from a daily financial out
lay viewpoint loans and grants
to rehabilitate farmers formerly
on relief rolls-iS not involved in
the decision, according to Tug
well, who bases his assertion on
a ruling by Attorney General
Cummings.
More than 100000 farm families
are receiving this aid.
Resettlement had $130.491.535
in unexpended funds on May IS,
according to report Of the Treas
ury Department. All of this, Tug
well told the Senate Finance sub
committee, would be expended by
the end of the fiscal year, June 80.
The unexpended balance included
$1l,154, 103 for administrative pur-
poses, for salaries, expenses, office
rental. and other operating costs
Of the vast organization with its
more than 10000 employees.
Offices in Every State
The Administration has offices
in 10 different buildings in
Washington, with regional and
State offices in almost every
State of the Union.
Of the suburban resettlement
projects, only that at Berwyn
can be completed, according to
RIA officials, by October, when
the appeal is expected to reach
the Supreme Court. It can be
completed only by rush work,
though it is expected to be en-
tirely finished before winter
starts.
Applications for tenants have
not yet been opened, and none
are expected to be moved into
the new town before late Sep
TENDER.
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'STRESA FRONT
STILL INTACT,
HITLER TOLD
Sanctions Against tally
Failed to Split Allies,
Eden Reveals

LONDON, May 20 GN.S0.
The "StreSa Front" of Britain,
France and Italy against Germany
still stands as firm as ever, the
Reich was warned publicly today
in a statement to the House of
Commons by Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden.
Revealing for the first time that
League of Nations sanctions
against Italy had failed to shatter
the allies union, Eden declared, in
reply to a question by Lieut.. Com
mander Reginald Fletcher, Labor.
lite M. p, that the Stresa conferees
are maintaining their common
policy" He added:
None Of the three govern
mentS has expressed its inten-
ton of departing from the
policy laid down then"
ANSWER TO HITLER
A united stand against Ger
many was adopted by Premier
MuSSolini Of Italy, Premier Laval,
of France, and Prime Minister
Ramsay Macdonald, Of Britain,
at Stresa, Italy, just after Ger
man rocked the world in March,
1885, by open announcement of
her remilitarization.
The foreign secretary's declara-
ton today comes as q sharp
answer to diplomatic inquiry di-
rected by Chancellor Hitler only
this week as to whether the
"StreSa Front" still existed.
Despite Britain's desire to con-
tinue collaboration among the
Stresa and Locarno powers, Eden
indicated that no modification Of
the British attitude ward
Italian conqueSts in Ethiopia Is
in sight.
Keeps Up Contact
England, he revealed, Is in con-
tact with what remains of the
Ethiopian government in the new
capital" at Gore, west of Adds
Ababa. The foreign secretary
told Godfrey Mander:
II understand that certain
Ethiopian authorities, with
whom His MajeSty's consulate
at Gore is in touch, are en-
gagged in maintaining order in
that part of Abyssinia which Is
still unOccupied by Italian
forces"
Eden, also assured the House
that the British government
would apply no pressure" to pre-
vent Emperor Halle Selassie car
rying out his plans to come to
London.
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total was 405 votes. Edge got $40,
Duffield, As; Mrs. Edna B. Conk-
lin, 345; Hoffman, 24O, and
Fort, 1873.
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QUITS
N. Y. RACE
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CONTINUED from Page ~
ship. Accordingly, shall not be
a candidate for reelection this
autumn. 1 have been deeply
moved by and appreciative of
the expressed desire of my
friends that should again stand
for reelection. May I assure
them that at no time will my
interest in the welfare Of the
people of the State of New York
diminiSh?"
WILL HEAD BANK
Although the governor said
he reached his decision several
months ago, it was believed it was
made final by the death last week
of his brother, Arthur Lehman,
who headed the powerful banking
firm of Lehman Brothers.
Governor Lehman, unless ne
yields to a draft movement by
party leaders, is expected to take
over the direction of the vast al
fairs of his banking concern, from
which he divorced himself when he
first entered public office.
The Lehman decision is a sharp
blow to Democratic hopes Of carry
ing New York's important Al cleo
toral votes in the national cam
paign. He rolled up a tremendous
plurality in the last election, and
leaders believed he would win
again by a margin of at least
100000 votes, enough to carry the
State for Roosevelt.
The Democrats now are forced
into the position Of entering the
campaign with a candidate not
personally identified with the
issues which Governor Lehman
forged during the last session OF
the legislature.
Republican leaders, on the
other hand, were jubilant over
the turn Of political events.
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Rhode Islands is
Pledged to Roosevelt

PROVIDENCE, R. l., May 20
U.SD.-The Rhode Island State
Democratic convention. held here
yesterday, elected 16 delegates to
the Democratic national conven-
ton in Philadelphia pledged to
vote for Roosevelt's denomination.
Each delegate will have a half
vote.
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Landon Leads Borah
& to 1 in New Jersey

TRENTON, N. j., May 80 GIN.
SO.-Another smashing victory
for Governor ALI M. Landon
of Kansas, runaway leader in the
The Washington times., 1936-05-20
Texan Quits Post
On Reserve Board
International News Service

The White House today con-
firmed reports that Ralph w. Nor
rison, Texas banker, has resigned
from the Federal Reserve Board.
President Roosevelt, however.
will not act upon the resignation
until he has had anopportunity to
confer with Morrison. Morrison's
retirement is said to be due to the
fact that he and Chairman Mar
riner s. Eccles, of the board, dis
agreed over matters of policy.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
CLAIMS P.-T. A.
VOTES BLIND

Charges that 10000 members Of
the District Parent. Teacher Associ.
alton have been asked for a blind
endorsement" of the Bentley bill
to change Juvenile Court procedure
were made yesterday by Mrs. Jerry
A. Smithson after a meeting of the
Park View PIT. A.
Mrs. Smithson contended that
the measure was presented to her
local with a request for a yes
vote when half Of our members
didn't know what was in the bill" !"
She said:
members attend these meet
ingS and endorse many things
because they are told the as
sOciatiOn is behind them. As for
me. l want to know what IL in
the bill. Our local has post
pOned action on the endorse.
ment."
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DEATHS

Alice Rosson. 50. aria Jsnifsr st. N. W.
Walter 9. Brown, 81, 2S3S Tenth st..
N. W.
John Walter. 81. 1sIS Clifton St. N. W.
Charles 3. simons, 70, 1855 Wyoming
Ave. N. W.
Walter H. Smith, 7s. 81 N st. N. W.
Ann B. Smith. 81. Garfield Hospital.
Edward R. YounEs, 90, 1s4S Fourteenth
st. N. w.
John E, Myers. 50. Emergency Hospital.
George W. o'BrIen, 80. 1911 wisconsin
Ave. N. W. ..
Frank e. Reynolds, So. National Home
opsthic Hospital.
Minnie X. Coates, 50. Providence Hos
pital.
Mary Harris. 81. 22O H st. N. z.
Hannah Barnes, so. Home for Aged
and Infirm.
Mary A. Wilson. rs. $40 Virginia Ave-
Martha Mitchell. IS. ass2 Nichols Ave.
$. e.
Mary Jones. IS, GalllnEer Hospital.
Minnie Boyd IS, Gallinger Hospital.
william Mason. 50. Gallinger Hospital.
william H. Butler, 4s. SoS l. st. 8. e.
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FINDS
SON DEAD

WOODSIDE, Md. Feb. 7,-Sid.
ney Dozier, 15-yearold son Of Dr.
and Mrs. Howard D. Dozier. was
found dead at the home Of his
parents, 9409 Columbia Blvd
Woodside, Md, early last night.
Mrs. Dczier told members Of the
Montgomery county police that
the family were about to sit down
to dinner when she noticed that
her younger son was missing. She
went to his room and found him
hanging lifeless from a door, a
bathrobe, cord looped around his
neck. 49,. .-,. -.
Efforts of a physician and the
Silver Spring Rescue Squad to
revive him were futile. ...
After a consultation with States
Attorney James H. Pugh, DR.. H.
H. Hewlett, Silver Spring physi-
clan, issued a certificate of acci-
dental death.
Both parents Of the boy de-
clared that Sidney, q student at
Paul Junior High School in Wash
ington, had been in good health
and spirits, but that he was ad-
venturous and possibly had been
amusing, himself when he slipped
and fell with the cord knotted
around his neck.
The boy is survived by his
parents and one brother, Doug
las, II, and a sister, Mary Louise,
13. DR.. Dozier is an economist
in. the Department of Agriculture
and a staff member Of the
Atlantic Monthly.
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CITIZENS FIGHT
FOR SEWER
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

Washington Highland Citizens
Association condemned the Budget
Bureau for deleting from the Dis
trict supply bill an appropriation
recommended by the Commission
ers for the Oxon Run sewer prof.
ect. President w. A. Nair said:
"Oxon Run Il nothing more
than an open sewer which af.
fects the health Of the entire
neighbOrhOOd. Our committees
have worked several years to
have the Commissioners recon-
mend the appropriation, only
to have the Budget Bureau.
which knows absolutely moth
ing about the needs Of our
section, strike out the apprO-
priatiOn.
Mr.. Nair will head q commit
tee to cali on Representative
Blantou.s subcommittee on appro-
priations and urge the return Of
the item to the District bill.
Carroll Wall and Henry, Refs
TAFT were named q SPECIAL commit
tee to confer with the Commis-
sioners and urge the opening Of
Mississippi Avenue from Atlantic
Avenue to South Capitol Street
Southeast. . ~e-
A resolution was adopted oppoS-
ing the enactment of the Kramer
Russell anti-sedition bill, which,
it was claimed, would have the ef-
feet of suppressing free speech
and press.
The Progressive Citizens Asso-
citation of Summit Park last night
voted to join other groups in
petition to the Board Of Education
to include in the five-year build
ing program an appropriation for
a new elementary school to be To-
Gated between Summit Park and
Hillcrest, to supplant the Stanton
School, declared inadequate to
take care Of the present enroll
ment.
The Commissioners were asked
to extend the city water main
from Thirty-Sixth and Bangor
Streets to Suitland Road and
Camden Street.
Mrs. Francis Bryant was elected
to membership. Mark B. Wood
ring, memory expert, furnished
entertainment.
Northeast Conference of Citi-
zens' Associations last night, on
motion by A: H. Gregory Of stan
ton Park, voted to request all
unit organizations to work for
restoration in the District bill of
an appropriation Of $3.50, 900,
recommended by the Commission
ers for improvements at Eastern
High School and cut out by the
Budget Bureau.
Harry N. Stull was named to
report at the next meeting on a
proposal to merge the Columbia
and Gallinger hospitals.
A. F. e. Sheer, who presided,
informed the assembly that con.
tracts would be let March 1 for
the Franklin Street bridge and
the new fire house to be erected
at Fourteenth Street and Rhode
Island Avenue northeast.
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QUIZ
REPORT FILED
international News serrice


Requesting power to subpoena.
witnesses, a House Labor subcom.
mittee today reported the con-
tractors on the Gauley wv. Val,
tunnel showed q grave and In
human" disregard for workers ex.
posed to deadly silica dust.
Testimony taken by the House
investigators stated that hun.
dredS of workers on the project
died from Silicosis, contracted after
breathing the dust, and that many
more are now permanently dis
abled from the malady.
In a formal report, the commit.
tee, which is headed by Represen.
tative Griswold CD, Of Indiana,
complained that P. H. Faulconer
and E. j. Perkins, officials of
Rhinehart and Dennis Company,
Of Charlottesville, Va, the con.
tracing firm. had refused to ap-
pear for testimony.
The committee also cited testi-
mony showing that the danger of
silicosis exists in other mining
projects throughout the United
States.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
N. & w. Freight Gains

RICHMOND. Va, Feb. 7.-For
the week ended February l the
Norfolk and Western Railway
handled 23,251 revenue freight
cars, as compared to 22.051 the
previous week and 21,546 in the
like week Of last year. it was an.
nounced at the general offices OF
the carrier in Roanoke, Va.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07

Luvinia Butler. Is, $40 Second ST. 8. e.
Daisy Fitzgerald, IS. 1922 Fourth st.
N. w. ...
Joseph Jenkins -. oalllngsr Hospital.
Florence White. 43, s1s Third st. 3. w.
Ellen Smith, II, Emergency Hospital.
Matha Tinsley, 40, 3lO East Capitol st.
Mary e. Branson, 90, st. Elizabeth's
Hospital.
Frances Holmes, 81. Gailingsr Hospital.
Alex Campbell, rs, GalIingsr Hospital.
pital.
BIRTHS
Scott and NsttiO Bush, girl.
Earl o aud Mary z. ouintsr, bcy.
Bernard D. and Anne Calm, boy.
Robert NJ. and Rachel W. La Toilette,
boy.
Morris A. and Mary Rosen. boy.
Emil r. and Eunics n. Block. boy.
Clarence P. and Mamie II. Jones boy.
Samuel and Anna Rosen. girl
Frank A. and Pearl N. Gould. girl
Joseph z. and Margaret r. Garner. girl
Miles w. and Blanche q. Dalton. girl
Thomas o. and Rose @. Rock. girl.
John Y. and MabelI r. Weber. girl
James G. and Yoianda C. Anderson,
boy.
Cyril J. ana Helen c. Corbin, girl.
Matthias ]. and Lillian NJ Gillian. boy
Robert e. and Mary e. Kimball, boy.
John L. and Ellen j. Kain. boy.
John n and Evelinn v. Stockard, boy
Howard @. and Katherine l.. Howe. boy
William o. and Inez c. Cushard. girl
Lynton N. and Lucille T. Florence, girl
Joseph H. and Doris L. McAllister. girl
William R. and lrma N. Kelly. girl.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
Dead Man Identified,
Poor Farm Resident

The body Of q man found dead
at First and Canal Streets South
west on January 20. today was
identified at the Morgue as that
of Walter M. Donaldson, 66, a
resident of Blue Plains poor farm.
The Identification was made by
Walter w. Donaldson, 5000 block
M st. N. W., who said the man
was his father. Death was at
tributed at the Morgue to natural
causes,
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
Composer Honored
Al FrederiCksburo

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. z.
Frederic A. Granklin, head Of the
Fredericksburg School Of Music,
is given a prominent place in
"Virginia Composers, published
by the Virginia Federation Of
Music Clubs and edited by Mrs.
Elizabeth Myers McCartner, Of
Stuart, Va.
Mr.. Franklin is listed as having
published IS, compositions. Two
pages are devoted to his bio.
g-aphy.
Enters State Race
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WAYNESBORO, Pa, Feb. Z.
John r. Jackson, Waynesboro at
torney. today announced his can
didacy for the Republican nomi-
nation for State Senate at the
primaries April 26. He is ma
tive of Brush Greek, Fulton coun-
ty, and has been practicing law
in Waynesboro since 1926.