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By Quimby Melton
“*) Announcement . that all re
strictiens off home building
would, be lifted Oct. 15 will r.o
doubt bring on a buildi boom
that will furnish employment to
hundreds of- thousands .skilled
“anti unskilled wc lkmen and vv'ill
cause sawmills and lumber
Plants to hum with activity.
But OPA's futile effort to put
a ceiling on building prices i-: go
ing to be felt by those who start
building immediately, It is en
hr ely possible that building
costs now wilt amount to us
much as 50 per cent more than
before the war. This will be
due, not to the desire of the
builders to make big profits
but to the scarcity of mat 1
and workmen fir.*. For
whenever there is a scarcity on
a market it results in increc. -ed
prices—that's one cf tire first -
laws of economics.
When t hous .. •ds. of people
o build and there are only
e-nough material and labor to
i supply half the demand, there
is no way in the world to keep
prices down. •
So Good Evening would say
to the -mg people of this corn
mur.ily who have been dreaming
of their own home "wait a little
while. Keep dreaming" for if
, * they will do this, within a few
n months, maybe build
cr a year,
ing prices will be nearer nor
mal and they can save a l„t
of memy in building.
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While we're giving advice on
be a good time to suggest a
few "don'ts" to the young peo
pie.
For instance:
Don't cash in those war bonds!
They become more valu, -> K1
eve ry m cntlv.vou held them and
tliere may be a day coming
when they will be needed Jo
bffset ! unemployment, or "hard
times."
Don't drop that GI insurance,
-1 if you are a soldier, For this is
the cheapest insurance you can
get.
Don't buy on the black -market
or pay more than ceiling price
for anything you buy. Even
though it- may be but a few
cel ts abtve Hie ceiling it will
help bring on inflation. And
inflation is one enemy we have
full cause to fear. ' l
Don't forget those promises
you made to lead a better life,
when the nation was in trouble,
and now that peace has come
forget to pray and take a part in
the church activities of ycur
community.
Don't forget (you older folks,
that, you really and truly felt
in your heart that returning
soldiers and sailors deserved the
best—and .‘tart all over again
living the selfish sort of a life
you led before they went off to
the war.
And in listing these "don'ts"
Good Evening, in pointing his
finger at our more than 18,000
readers,’ points his thumb. at
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Georgians Need
Many New Houses
For Immediate Use
ATLANTA <A v i — There Is an ' im
mediate demand lor more than 12.
000 houses or housing units" in
Georgia, according to Chairman
Blanton Fortson of the Georgia Ag
ricultural and Development Board.
The annual need will continue to
be approximately thit number, Fort
son added. Fortson's estimate fol-
4 lowed announcement in Washing
ton (that restriction on building
construction will be lifted Oct. 15.
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NewPower u As Labor
Stoppages Spread
President Strengthens
His Hand To Deal I
With Disputes
, r.Y HAROLD W. WARD
WASHINGTON. —VP'—Labor Se
cretary Lavis B. , Schwcllenbacli,
armed with new authority, ca: -
ried out t.day his promise to “get
right square in the middle" of De
troit's troubled labor situation.
He delegated his ilewly-appointed
chief of the U. S. Conciliation Ser-
vice, Edgar L. Warren, to study the
Detroit strikes to determine wfieth
er government intervention is re
quired. Warren, who flew to Wash
ington from Chii go last night,
also considered calling principals in
The Michigan city's strikes
threatened work stoppages to a la
bor-management conference.
Schweller.bach became the gov
ernments labor "boss" under the
Deparunents reorganization,
Warren aniveci ru Washington by
plane last night and turned his
iirst attenti:n to the Detroit strik
es and threatened work stoppages
to see wheth, r government inter
vention is required. Warren at tlie
same time considered the possibility
of calling a labor-management con
ffri nr fc. amr.ng principals in the De
troit situation. >
, Along with his news conference
announcement of the Labcr Depart
ment revamping^ Mr. Truman also
disclosed that-he is folding up the
Of re of .Economic Stabilization
and turning over Director William
H. Davis's duties to Reconversion
Director John W. Snyder,
power under the reorganization,
Sehwellenbach gains in prestige as
the government's spokesman in fu
ture labor-man ^gement contention
His new power consists only of
that which he inherits liom the an
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ncxed agencies. Outstanding is his
right now to recommend seizuic cf
-trike - 'bound plants interferring
with orderly reconversion, This
by power formerly was held' jojn'.ly
the WLB and Davis.
OIL WORKERS STRIKE
(By The Associated Press)
A crippling strike against the na
tion's oil industry appeared gain-,
ing headway today, adding new
thousands of workers to the more
than 200,000 already away from
their jobs over labor disputes across
the country.
As the CIO Oil Workers Interna
tional Union pressed its demands
for a 30 per cent wage increase,
O. A. Knight, president, predicted
walkouts would extend to the cn
tire industry. Continuance of the
strike threatened to cut stesl pro
duction in the big mills in the Chi
cago and Gary, Ind., area.
j No new developments were report
ed 111 the labor situation in the De
trail area, where some 80,000 work
.t'ts remained idle by strikes and
layoffs. The CIO United Automo
| ! bile Workers declared the uiii.n
! plans to go ahead with its stalkt
j vote m some automobile plants U
wage increases of 30 i>er cent wen
I ! not given,
Likewise, there was no change h.
the situation in another of t.li
versies, at the Wcstinghousc Elec
tric Corporation plants in six states.
The 10-day old stoppage has idled
more than 37,000 workers after a
(trike by the company's salaried
workers over a wage dispute,
PFC. WALTER C. WELLS
RETURNS FROM EUROPE
Pfcv Walter C. Wills arrived In
1 * 1C febbied Slates Saturday after
noon from the European Theater of
Operations where He served for 11
months, Pfc. Wells wears the Com
bat Infantryman's Badge, the Good
Cflnduct Medal, and two campaign
stars. He Is now spending a fur
lough with his wife in Experiment
GRIFFIN, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1945.
Nylon ii Q . rd *i Hose ck ' Will
s«n Be sea rce
NEW YORK.—i/Pj—The ny
Jon hosiery dream suffered
setback today."
The National Association of
Hr. fry Manufacturers said that
even with predicted production
of 3,500.003 dozen pairs by
Christmas, less than one pair
per woman would be available
by that time.
Besides that, rayons are likely
to be in shorter supply by the
turn of the vear than ever with
overall hosiery stocks lower than
at any time since the war be
gan.
The hosiery associate n said it
probably would fee late spring
or early summer before women
coyld be sure- of getting nylons
and that rayon probably would
have to supplement nylon sup
plies "for. at least a year or
mere,”
TREASON’S REWARD
Sentenced To Hang
LONDON William Joyce,
Lord Haw Haw of. the German Ra
dio. was convicted of treason in
Old Bail: today and sentenced to
hang.
A jury of 10 men and two women
required less than 25 minutes to
arrive at a verdict after Justice
Tucker had ruled that Haw Haw
had left this country in 1939 "wrap
ped up in the Union Jack" in order
to carry on German propaganda.
The justice informed the jurors,
after listening to three days of legal
argument, that Joyce was not a
owed allegiance to the British Crown
when he left the country because
of the protection afforded him by
a British passport. This was despite
his American birth ,and the fact
that Joyce later took out German
citizenship. .
Joyce will make an immediate ap
peal. his lawyers announced.
Joyce stood quietly while the
trial thus ended with dramatic sud
denness in his sentence to death.
When he walked away toward -his
"cell he gave what appeared to be
the Nazi salute, to friends in the
courtroom.
When the result .of the trial was
heard outside the bomb-scarred Old
Bailey a waiting crowd of London
ers raised a cheer.
The convicted man’s brother, Ed
win Joyce, a British government
worker, made the sign of the cross
when the sentence of death was
passed, and after the prisoner left
the courtroom he knelt in silent
prayer.
Jap Prison Heroes
(Will Be Honored
By Eichelberger
TOKYO OP) Eighty-six Allied
prisoners-of-war who voluntarily re
mained in 21 hated Osaka prison
camps to help evacuate 7.217 oth
ers will come out tomorrow the
lust men to be cleared from the U.
S. Eighth Army area.
They will be greeted and thanked
by Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger,
Eighth Army commander; and by
other Allied officers.
They planned a big dinner with
music for the men, who were led
by Lt. Robert F. Jenkins, Jr., Phil
adelphia; and who made their way
to Yokohama Sept. 4. but volun
tarily returned to Osaka that night
to organize the evacuation of the
others.
Prisoners to be honored for their
volunteer work included:
Second Lt. Samuel S. Dillard, At
lanta, and Radioman Harry T. Gray,
Augusta.
FORECAST FOR GEORGIA:
Partly cloudy today, tonight and
Thursday; moderately warm
today and Thursday; rather cool
again tonight.
B-29's Soar
Home From Japan
In Non-Stop Flight
WASHINGTON. (/P>—The
bombardier who dropped the
atomic bomb on Nagasaki is one
of the crew members of the
three B-29s flying non-stop
from Japan to Washington to
day.
The Army Air Force identified
him as Captain Hermit K. Bea
lian of Houston. Tex., and said
lie is returning to this country
for another assignment. lie is on
the plane piloted by Brig. Gen.
Emmett O'Donnell, Jr.
The atomic bomb lie loosed on
Nagasaki Aug, 9 was the only
bomb lie dropped in combat.
WASHINGTON.—(A*,—Japan and
the Pari! ic Behind them, three giant
B-29 bombers roared eastward over
Alaska today on a nonstop, 6,500
mile flight to Washington.
The Superfortresses, which took
off from the Japanese mainland be
ginning at 4:01 P. M. (EWTi yester
day, pa>.'sed-9ver Fairbanks, Alaska,
at 6:10 A. M. (EWT). They werc
about' 550-miles from White Horse,
Canada, halfway point.
. Lt. Gen. Barney M. Giles, com
mander of the flight, radioed earliei
from Nome, Alaska, that he expect
ed to land in Washington at 6 P. M
The flight is scheduled to entei
the United States near Duluth
Minn. From there the route fol
lows a course near Green Bay, Wis.;
Lansing and Detroit, Mich.; Cleve
land and Pittsburgh,
A top-notch Army Air Force gen
eral commandeered each of the B-2L.
Superfortresses. They lifted fioir,
the
Sapporo, capital of Hokkaido, be
ginning at 4:01 P. M. (EWT) yes
terday for the expected 25 1-2 hour
flight.
Lt. Gen. Giles, ccmmander of
all Army Air Forces in the Pacific
Ocean Area, also headed the 12-man
crew of the lead plane. In command
of the other planes were Maj. Gen.
Curtis E. Lemay and Brig. Gen
Emmett O'Donnell. ' ' v
The giant bombers were stripper
of armament and armor to lighten
them for the terrific gas load ant:
also to provide for the slightly over
sized crews cf 12 men each.
The Army apparently was not at
tempting an oiilcial nonstop air
line distance record. So tar u,
could be learned there were no ai
rangements for official, checker:
from either the National Aeronau
tic Asscciation or the Federation
Acronautique Internationale (FAIL
FAI records list as the longest
airline distance flight a two-plane
British liop of 7,158 miles from Is
mailia, Egypt, to Darwin, Austra
lia, in November, 1938.
A B-29 previously had flown non
stop liom Iwo Jima to Spokane
5.490 miles—m 23 hours and 33
minutes. Twice the big bomber
have covered nonstop the 4,873
miles from Hawaii to Washington.
ARC Representative
Visits Csriftin Today
W, J. Fenton, M. D,, Soutli- a -
eni Area, American Red Cross, v;-u
cd Gtliiin today. Dr. Fenton m-
Fluker, chairman ci Water haietj
for the local chapter, and wtui
Mis. Franklin Sibley, chairman of
the Accidents in the Home Com
mittee.
During the day Dr, Fenton
ed the Municipal Swimming Pool
and witnessed the work ^nicii i
being done in tiie swimming class
es which arc being conducted tot
the girls in the physical education
classes at Giiffin High and at
Spalding High. The classes veie
arranged 1 through the schools, the
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local Red Crcsa Chapter, and the
Recreation Department.
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Gmerals Barney Giles. Curtis LcMay. and Emmett O'Donnell could use in their unprecedented 6,500
mile hop from Japan to IVashington, D. C. Three B-29s ure making the flight and due Washington
lids alternoon. Early tins morning arc in
the pla passed over Fail mks, Alaska. <NFJA Telephoto Main
Senate To Confirm
New Appointments
BY JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, i > Swift Se
nale. confirmation seemed .assured
today for three major appointments
by President Truman They are:
1. Senator Harold, Burt n. Olii t
Republican, -as As; relate Justice of
the Supreme Court. He succeeds
Republican Owen J. Roberts, re
signed.
2. Robert P. Patterson, pnasertl
Undersecretary, as Secretary cf
War, He succeeds Henry. J im.
son , lesicneri. _,_
3 W. Stuart Symington as Sur
plus Property Administrator. K ■
takes over from a three-man board
which he form erly headed.
Congress! mil Repul
Democrats alike got a lift out- i.
MT: Truman’s unexpected choice of
but for -lightlv different reasons,
Republicans liked the s
of their 57-year-old Senate colleague
because they regard hipi as a high
ly qualified lawyer and because
he is one of them.
Democrats chuckled at the politi
cal strategy of the President-. Some
said lie was influenced in his choice
by Robert E, Hannegan, Democra
tic National Chairman,
Burtcn's exit from the Senate will
give Gov. Frank J. Lausehe of Ohio,
a Democrat, a chance to appoint one
of his party members in that doubt
ful state. That would up the Demo
crats in the Senate to 66, cut the
Republicans to 39. with one Pro
gressive.
Mr. Truman's choice, of the 54
ye,n-old Pattervn as Secretary of
War brought praise and criticism
from both sides. Some Democrats
grumbled that he is a Republican.
Some Republicans replied that' In
isn't in their fold.
With Burtcn's appointment. Mr.
Truman demonstrated again that
he likis old Senate friends best.
While he was in' the Senate, til
President worked closely with Bur
tot:, a member of the War Investi
gating Committee which M: Tn;
man headed.
JOHN BROWN SERVES
ON COMBAT TRANSPORT
PEARL HARBOR, T H John W
Brown, Jr., seaman, second
3 Whitten Ave, Giilfin r'm lav
claim to a share in one of the out
standing records of the war whtl
serving, on the embat transport
Gulden City, which tank part in six
of the major Paciiie aetions with *
out tiie .‘lightest dam-ig- to horsoto
or her landing boats, and withou
a casualty among her crewmen.
Called the "Lucky Golden" by her
crewmen, the combat transport |>nr
tlrlpatecl in the amphibious
tn Guam, Leyte, Line .. n Gulf and
Snn Narcisco. She landed troops
and .supplies at Okinawa, evacuat
ed Marines from lwo Jima and
Okinawa, and was under attack by
aircraft, submarines
subs.
The Golden City piled up her
ord while attached to the Servlet
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Force of the Pacific Fleet.
Four Veterans Are
Enrolled In Local
High School classes
Four vet,: -us „f World War II
have returned t the local high
schools and mriicali n.s are that sev
eral more .will come back to 1 the
classroom dm ing the next few
weeks.
Three boy who have received
hcnorabl: dr charges freni the Army
are t -'rolled at Spalding High, Billy
Mullins, n and Edward Durham.
21. both v. service overseas. For
rest WUltnins. 19. served f r severtd
months with the Armv in the United
_All till tM are members i,
the Senior Class.
Whitey Thacker, 17, has returned
to Giilfin High School after several
months' sei vice with the Merchant
Mali He i enroll: d ill the
e'.i v. l.th iiiarie.
Quarterly Appears
In State Tomorrow
ATLANTA iA‘i The fiist South- j
ern edited and published issue of
' Jimn-ii-m Quarterly" conn s of!
the presses today according to the
magazine’s recently elected editor.
Dr. Raymond B, Nixon.
“Journalism Quarterly" i.s a ra
tieilHi publication devoted to re
search in journalism and the entire
c mmunications field." 4
Dr. .Nixon said this, issue include
an article by Ralph McGill, editor
of the Atlanta Constitution, Mc
Gill's article- “Reflections on World
News Freedom Following the a. S.
N. E, Tour" deals with --impres
sjons which wen not included m
I :h- committee's report to the Amer
ican Society if Newspaper Editors
Dr. Nixon is heart of KrilOrv Uni
verf.itj's department of Journalism
ahd the author, of "Henry Grady,
Spoke.man of flic New -South "
Dr. Rufus Harris
Is Considered For
Chancellor Post - I
Dr Ruin Harris, native Geor
gian and president, of Tulane Uni
v ir.' ity is being considered by inttn-l
bets of tiie Boatd of Regents as a I ;
po-rtbt" Mtettssor to the late chan
; " Hor S. V Sanford, it was learned
Tuesday IJr, Harris i.s well-known
in Oriftin where he and hit wife
and s--ti- have frequently vi.-iteil
Mrs Harris' nnthrr. Mr: J Henry
Walker 'at her home on Bout.li
HM' •Stfii
; Ih Hants born in Monroe,
vv,j
j c,a the , tn 1897 He ti a former dean
of Mem i I'nivt-r, tty I iw School
at Macon, and served us dean of Hie
Tulane law school and professor of
law frr 10 years prior to 19,17
hr was named pie Went Of Tulane
Progress Resumed
COLOMBO. Ceylon -U-i Con
struction of hydro-electric develop
meat at Northern and Maskellya
has been resorted after several years
delay. Two engineers from England
have been engaged to complete .the
wtfrk and tiie labor force is being
greatly expanded. *
World To End Friday,
jgyj Aged Preacher
PASADENA, Calif. i/P) -The Rev.
Charles G. hor.g, white-haired lead
er o! a religious group known as the
"Remnant of the. Church of God,"
has ended a 24-hour fast and today
he and Ins flock were waiting for
the end of the world which he pre
dicts probable will occur Friday.
The Turkish-born p rophe t . who l
72. announced that the exact time
may be at 5:33 P M, Pacific War
Time. <r 7 33 A. M, Pacific War
Time il the jaSf coming Is Recording
to Jerusalem time ■ - —
However Rev Long, referring t<
certain biblical passages, stater
there Is the possibility of a delay
until September 29 or even until thi
fall of 1846. <9
At a press conference yesterday
ill the religion:, leader's modest'
bungalivv, his son, Richard,
32. read a statenia lit which said in
part: "The exact time of the enu
of the world, or the last age in
which shall be the consumation of
all things and the sudden appearing
of Jesus Christ in the clouds of
heaven, was revealed to the Rev
Charfes G Long one day in Septem
ber of 1938, in a wonderful vision."
Brother Richard, as the sen is
known to members^ of the group,
which numbers 49 in Pasadena and
one in Arizona, added: "The Uiri
informed the world through! the
atomic bomb that atoms can be
separated. On Friday He will show
us that the atoms of all 96 ele
ments can bt* split at once."
Richard, vvh- i we up Tiis job
as a I pod market manager because
yl the prophesy, said that only tb
earth and moon will be affected
with the rest of the univer-e re
maining intact
Rev.. Long said that ns the fasUn'.
has now elided ail his .followers are
leading their normal lives. Thev
were not presi r.t at the pros con *
ten-nee.
SGT. WILLIAMS IS
HOME ON FURLOUGH
Stnlf Sergeant Thomas C Wli
who recently r: turned to tin
United Bt a f f from the E roixsan
rhetiter * I Opetaiicns. i , pending
30-dav furlough with hts parents,
Mr. and Mi Carrr.il William . KoiU"
1. Griffin.- Sgl William served F r
H month; overseas with the Slit!
Tank Destroyer Battalion.
fvt, Williams writs the Ooo<
Conduct Medal, the ETO Ribbon
with time battle stars and the P:r
idintlal Unit Citation Badg
At, the «n<1 of his furlough S
Williams will i"putt ti <'sm,> But
tier, N. C
State Flag Sent Nurse
BATON ROUGE, La An
Army nurt-e in France. 1st Lt Mar
garet Marv Hatnley of Lake Pi evi
dence, La . wrote the Governor for
a fmall Louisiana flag to pin on
her door along with three Texas
flags. ‘
Lee Lavmock, -the Governor's sec
retary, sent her a flag big enough
to cover all three Texas flags.
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Japs Predict
Cabinet Purge
Mae Arthur Sticks To His
200,000 Occupation
Army Statement
TOKYO-. ttP )—General Mac
Arthur Is allowing his 230,000
occupation-force statement to
stand without further comment,
his public relations office' said
today.
The office described the state
ment as •• quite clear and ex
planatory,” ami said there •
would be no comment upon of
ficial Washington's mixed rear
tion to me Supreme Comman
der's prediction that occupa
tion forces probably could be
halved in six months.
TOKYO hV) — General MacAr
thur's headquarters announced to
day it would issue soon a new and
lengthy list of suspected Japanese ■
war criminals, while reliable Jap
anese sources predicted an Immi
lunt purge of reactionary elements '
111 the cabinet of Premier Higashi
Kuni.
Premier Prince Hlgashi-Kuni him
self in a press conference yester
day told Allied correspondents that
his government intended to deter
mine responsibility for starting the
war and try its own accused, pro
vided General MacArthur approved.
T4 h-- prince did not elaborate, how
ever, and there was no word from
Mar Arthur's headquarters on whe
ther the Japanese would be per
milted to punish their own war
criminals.
Demonstrating its resolve to keep
a firm grip on the conquered Jap-
anese, suspended for
one day a second Tokyo newspaper
the English Language Nippon
Times
The paper was ordered 30 min
utes before press time to withhold
publication of its Thursday morning
edition, not because of objection
able material but because its edi
tors had failed to submit for Amer
lean censorship a printer's proof of
an editorial on the recent change
of foreign ministers.
Tuesday, the big Japanese lan
guage paper, A.sahi,. was ordered to
."■kip publication for two days, for
printing inflammatory, articles.
Meanwhile the American Embassy
residence, got busy suddenly, mak
ing preparation* for the expected
arrival of Mrs. Douglas MacArthur.
And out in the Pacific the largest
carrier task force ever assembled
was being formed into special “Car
rier Division 24" to carry back home
Hie vietorius draftee army of Gen
eral MacArthur.
Brig Gen, Elliot Thorpe, chief
American counter Intelligence, said
the new list of Japanese wanted for
'juestluning will be much larger
than the original one of 47 which’
began wi'h Kidcfci To jo and ranged
down through hD cabinet.
All but two men of that Infamous
Japanev- cabinet which started the
war were on the first list and Gen
etatl Th'a-pe said their omission '‘was
a clerical error.”
Tiie next li t is expected to bulge
v.i'.it names of Japanese wanted for
Int err-.cation concerning the tor
ture-. of Allied prisoners in Nip
)>c ir c mps, where mistreat-
men f w : Iteaped alike on generals
and pri do;.. in the ranks.
'i h 1 <i me task of demobiliza
tion. in which interest was helght
ned bv (;• pera’i Mac Arthur's estl
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Senate Approves
Hugh Henderson
WASHINGTON T*. 'Hie Sen
ate has approved the following
nominations for postmastershlpi in
Georgia: -
Neldu Pate. Artbi; Hugh Hender
son. Brook.s: Minnie C. Lanier, Har
tlnez; Lucy H. Cochran, Meartsville;
Mellie Pitts Newborn; Mattie M.
Pojie, Omaha: Edith D, Patrick, Pul
aski: George D. Walcher, Rincon;
Louie O, Moadovw, Shiloh,