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Invest Your Money,
Your Talent, Your Time,
Tour Influence In Griffin!
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By Quimby Melton
Two-hundred-eighteen
of Congress, a majority, have
a petition that will bring out
committee the bill that would
enlisted personnel of the Army
Navy the same terminal pay
as officers. The measure will
voted on May 15—the first
it can be brought up.
The measure has been before
military affairs committee of
House and certain
feared it was being “kicked
in the committee and would never
come up for a vote.
But action of a majority in sign
ing the position has placed the mea
sure on the House calendar and
there is no way to escape a vote.
And sipce the majority of the House
signed the petition it is reasonable
to expect that it will be carried.
The bill will affect millions of
GIs—every man and woman who
has served since the draft act was
passed before the war started.
Good Evening has long thought
it unfair to give commissioned of
ficers terminal leave and not give
the enlisted personnel the same.
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What does terminal leave mean?
Under Army and Navy regulations
every man, enlisted and officers
alike, is entitled to 30 days furlough
or leave a year.
The regulations provide that un
less an enlisted man takes his fur
lough during the year he loses it.
The same regulations provide that
an officer need not take his leave
but can accumulate it up to four
months limit.
Now many enlisted men and of
ficers were unable to take their full
30 days "vacation" for the simple
reason that in wartime such leaves
were almost impossible. Many men,
for Instance, who served overseas
had no more chance to get their
30 days off duty than a snowball
has on the Arizona-California man
euver deserts.
Now when the time came for the
discharge of enlisted personnel the
officers were paid for the accum
ulated leave-time they had, up to
four months. But the enlisted men
got nothing for having remained on
duty except a pat on the back.
That is justly unfair.
What’s sauce for the goose should
te sauce for the gander.
If it was right to pay officers
terminal leave pay—then it’s just
as right to pay the enlisted men.
If it was wrong to pay enlisted
men, then it was equally wrong to
pay the officers.
A great majority of the officers
feel that way about it.
So Good Evening hopes that Con
gress will correct this injustice and
the enlisted men will get their ter
minal leave pay. I
Some may howl “it will cost bil
lions.”
Well what if it does? The enlisted !
men are entitled to their accumu-1
lated furlough pay as well as the
officers.
Five Locol Men I
Enlist In Army l
live more locel men including one
voteian have enlisted in the Armv al
the local recruiting station end
reported to duty Monday, Sgt.
Steel?, recruiter, reported^ tocL.y.
Gnrlind Jack Massey cf Griffin
who recently received a dlschaige
lias re-enlisted. Oth”rs who en
listed are Hilly W. Kelley. Joe C.
Vaughn, Carlos Lawson, Jr., ar.d
George A. Steelo.
EASTER EGG HUNT
AT ASSEMBLY OF GOD
An Easter Egg Hunt for mem
bers of the Sunday School of the
Assembly ot Ood Church will be
held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’
clock at the church. All Sunday
School members are urged to at
tend.
4th District Track
(Meet To Be Held
In Griffin Friday
Teams from nine schooLs
participate in the Fourth
Track Meet which will be held
Lightfoot Park Friday. The
entered are Griffin, Spalding,
rollton, Hogansville, Jackson,
boro, LaGrange, Newnan and
aston.
The preliminary events will
held at 10 o’clock Friday
and the finals will begin at 2
in the afternoon. Norris Dean, track
coach at Georgia Tech, is expected
to be on hand to serve as starter
for the events.
Griffin High will be defending
district championship titles of last
year in loqr events. Joe Deraney
will seek to hold his title in the
shot put event, Arthur Maddox in
the 440. and Wiley Virden. the
discus. The Griffin relay team, com
posed of Thacker, Virden, White,
and Maddox., will defend the dis
trict and slate title which Griffin
won last year. Other Griffin en
trants in events will be:
Pole Vault. Jimmy Turner; Mile
Run, Earl Rowe; 100-yard dash,
Wiley Virden; 220-yard race, Ar
thur Maddox: Broad Jump, Whitey
Thacker; Hurdles, Whitey Thacker:
High Jump, Joe White: Half
Run, Albert Watson.
Arthur Maddox was recently el
ected captain of the Griffin track
team.
Spalding High will have contest
ants in all events. The following
boys will take part in the contests:
Milton Brooks, Buford Brvant.
Lamar Dillard, Claude Donehoo.
Ray Duffy, Lewis Griffin, Thomas
Hawkins, Bobby Jones. Sonny Jones.
Thomas Ogletree, Bernard Shock
ley, Clinton Vining and Dewitt War
ner.
W.O.W. To Honor
Members Who Served
In Armed Forces
T. W. Mitchell Camp, Woodmen
of the World, will entertain and
honor members of the order who
served In the Armed I
Forces at a
special meeting on Thursday. April
25. The meeting will be an open
one and the families of Service
Men—Woodmen are invited. W. C.
Butler Is council commander of the
local camp.
Every member of the camp who
wore the uniform will be presented
with a special certificate authoriz
ed by the national organization
The presentation will be made by
Col. Claude Christopher who is a
veteran of World War One and had
two sons In the recent war.
Compulsory Military
Training To Be Topic
Of Kiwanis Forum
Compulsory military training will
be discussed on the Kiwanis Club
f °rum over Radio Station WKEU
tonight at 8 o’clock, Four Griffin
H** 11 School students, Janet King.
Edward McCarvey, Charies Dickin
son, and Richard Gaston, will take
part In the discussion. J. P. King
will serve as moderator on the fo
rum.
Storm — Carries _ . D DOOk ■
170 Miles Away
ANNISTON,(IP)—After n f^ak
wind and hall storm lashed 'An
niston, a book belonging to the pub
lic library here was found 170 miles
away at Sheffield. Ala.
Its title: “Let the Hurricane
Roar.”
HARD LINES
TAMPA, Fin. — UP —A woman
shopper here saw a lengthy double
lineup before a counter, worked her
way to the clerlf and asked what
was on sale, “Nothing that I know
j of," responded the clerk. "Two worn
an just stopped here to look at
something—and this is what
pened.;’
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GRIFFIN, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1946
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HUBBY WASN’T MAN-BRIDE COMPLAINS On a complaint
lodged by attractive 18-year-old Marlys Convers • left), ex-WAC
Margaret Hurst tright) who assertedly masqueraded as a man and
married Miss Converse, is in the Tacoma, Wash, jail awaiting action
of the court which will be asked to act on a 15-year-old suspended
forgery sentence.
Local VFW Installs
Slats New Officers
John H. Goddard was installed
as commander of the local VFW
post last night and Frank P. Lind
sey> Jr . senior vice commander.
Harold Thaxton was installed as
junior vice-commander.
Meanwhile it was announced lhat
the membership drive for 600 mem
bers had more than passed the half
way mark. Seventy-two members
were sworn in last night. The cam
paign will wind up April 27 with a
barbecue at the Municipal Puric fol
lowed by a dance at the Griffin
High Athletic Court.
Other officers installed at the
meeting Wednesday night were:
James M. Roddy, quartermaster;
Roland Richardson, advocate: J. E.
Newby. Jr., adjutant: Bill Moore,
service officer; Dr. Thomas J. F'loyd,
Jr., surgeon; Quimby Melton, Jr.,
public relations officer: John M.
Cheatham, legislative' oflicer; Har
old Hadden, officer of the" cay;
Herbert Bolton, historian; Harold
Glow, sergeant major; Ford Claw
ford, quartermaster sergeant; Ar
thur W. Sauley, patriotic instruc
tor; James Head and II, L. Polk,
publicity officers; William A. Be
vil, guard; J. L. Rice and Calvin
Davis, employment officers: Albeit
L. Avery, bugler; Cecil Maugham
and Harold Thurston, color bearers;
Charles H. Brooks and Edwin Clark,
color guard.
The new officers will serve for 12
months.
4th District Spelling
Contest Next Week
Miss JaneTCumming. Sam Bailey
student /^fio ’won tne Spalding
County sficlling championship, will
represent the county in the Fourth
District contest which will be held
Tuesday night at 7:30 in the audi
torium at Robert E. Lee High School
in Thomaston. Miss Christine Ben
ntee is alternate for Spalding
County.
Prayer Service To
Be Held Friday Night
A prayer service, sponsored by
McIntosh Baptisjt Church, will be
held Friday night at 7:30 at the
home of Jesse Chambers on the
Fayetteville highway. The Rev.
George Duncan will be in charge o.'
the service.
•LEGGINGS’ FOR HOSIERY
LOUISVILLE. Ky Wi—Owen
G. Strother. Louisville, believes he
has found the solution to the spat
tered hose of milady on a rainy
duy.
Strother has devised “leggings”
of a transparent, waterproof ma
terial that prevents splashing the
stockings. The leggings zip upward
from the bottom and are being
made at present in three sizes—all
children’s sizes.
Sidney Lanier was baptized »t
the Presbyterian Church here.
Georgia Peach Crop
Will Be Short
MACON.— up —a peach crop
in Georgia 1.024 carloads below’
last year's is forecast by the
Georgia Fruit Exchange, due to
the li~ht Eiberta budding and,
scattered damage by hail. I
Total shipment is estimated at*
9,306 carloads compared with
10,330 last year.
The Exchange pointed out an
last additional 764 carloads Utovedj
year by truck and if this
figure is considered, the pros
pect this year is for 1,788 cars
less.
Rome Woman Found
Guilty Of Murder
ROME, Ga.— UP )—A jury convict
ed Mrs. Bertha Gossett Hill, 28. of
murder last night but by recom
mending mercy spared nor from the
electric chair.
The July deliberated qt.fy 30 join-'
utes before returning a verdict that
she poisoned her husband, Leroy |
Hill, a mechanic, to collect insur
ance on his life.
The former dime store floor-walk
er was indicted also on charges of
murder in the deaths of her parr
ents, but was tried oi.i> for ihe
death of her husband.
The state contended she poisoned
all three to collect Insurance. Hill,
was the defendant’s second husband.
Mrs. Hill testified she loved him
and her parents and did nothing
to~harm them.
The defendant remained calm
during.the 25 minutes she was on
the stand until she told tiie jury
of her husband's last words, sobbing,
she said Hill told her just before
he died. "Darling, everything's all
right."
Local Boys Sell
Steers For $780
At Cattle Sale
Three steers belonging to two
Spalding High school boys. Billy
Mixon and Frank Van Haltern,
were sold at the Fat Cattle sale
in Atlanta Wednesday for a total
of $780. The individual prices on
the steers were $280, $260, and $240.
In addition to the money received
for the steers the boys were given
$24 for showing the steers
Two school bus loads of Spald
ing County Future Farmers and
Four-H Club boys attended the Fat
Cattle sale. This was the first time
Spalding County boys had entered
steers in the show and sale.
In a steer grading contest Billy
Mixon won second place, receiving
a cash award of $7.50. Future Farm
er and F-H Club members through
out the state entered this contest.
WELL BABY CLINIC
MEETS IN WEST GRIFFIN
The West Griffin Well Bab;
Clinic will be held Friday at 2
p.m, at the nursery school on
street.
Senoia Med Student
Dies In Gas-Filled
Room At Augusta
William Hariison Addy, Jr., ol
Senoia. 21-year-old senior at
Georgia Medical School at
died early Wednesday morning from
what was believed to be the effects
cf a leaky gas heater, according to
reports of the Augusta Police Do
partment.
The Senoia youth and his room
mate, Paul Matthews Jones, 30, of
Eiberton, were discovered Wednes
day morning by two residents of a
nearby fraternity house when on
their way to work they smelled gas.
Thy broke down the door end im
mediately took the young men to
the hospital where they received
artificial respiration, bot h were
pronounced dead a short while later.
Addy was born and rea ”erl in Se
noia and was first honor graduate
of Senoia High School in 1941. He
was graduated from Emory Junior
College at Oxford, and then enter
ed the Medical School «X Augusta.
He was a veteran of World V.ar II.
receiving training in tnc V-12 pro
gram of the United States Naval
Reserve.
Survivors are his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Addy, of Senoia; grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Addy
of Senoia and Mrs. J. W'. Dunn o!
■Concord; an uncle, Glenn Addy of
Griffin.
Funergl services were held this
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Senoia
Methodist Church, of which the
deceased was a member) The Rev.
J. H Hearn, pastor, and the Rev.
John Whitley, pastor of the Senoia
Baptist Church, officiated, lnter
meat followed in the Senoia ctme
ier y. Haisten Brothers, funeral oi
rectors, were in .charge of arrange
ments. |
Cousins of the young man served
as pallbearers. Members bi tire Se
nior class of the Medical School!
attended the service in a body.
Searcy Memorial
Choir To Sing At
Hanleiter Church
The choir of Searcy Memorial
Methodist Church, under the direc
lion of the Rev. and Mrs. John.H.j
Lane, will present a musical pro-,
gram “Makers of the Cross” at
Hanleiter Methodist Church Fri
day night at 8 o’clock. There will
be no admission charge but an of
fering will be taken. Everyone is
invited to attend.
THE WEVTHER
FORECAST FOR GEORGIA:
Fair and warmer luda.v, tonight
and Friday.
Maximum Thursday: 68
Minimum Thursday: 44
Maximu mWednesday: 65
Minimum Wednesday: tO
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ARMY FLIES CHILD TO H08TITAL Two-yesr-old Frank Hamlin
suffering with agranulocytosis, a blood stream infection, and his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Eldrldge Hamlin, are in Baltimore after an
Army plane flaw them from Macon, Ga., to enter the child in Johns
Hopkins Hospital without delay. iMi Wlrephoto).
Highland Strike
Scheduled Today
NEWS OF THE WORLD
-i
In Brief
; Compiled From AP Dispatches
PITTSBURG Representatives
of the Westinghouse Electric Co.
and CIO Union met today in an
effort to reach an agreement that
would -end a three month long
strike.
WASHINGTON—Secretary of In
terior Krug said that 28,000.000 tons
of soft coal have been, lost since
the coal mine strike started.
MANILA The largest pocket
of die-hard Japs-a hungry, discas
ed force of 1.000 in the mountaln
ous San Jose section 200 miles north
of Manila is steadily being wiped
out.
ATLANTA—A picket line fracus
last March at the Ehittier Mills here
has resulted in a five to seven year
sentence for Horace P. White, or
ganizer for the Textile Worst:
Union of America iCIOi.
NEW r ROCHELLE, N. Y.—Tommy
Manviile and his eighth wife,
lish-born Georgiana Campbell, have
parted. i
WASHINGTON — A Brittsh-Ca- I
nudian - American deadlock today foodj
over wavs to ease the world |
crisis delayed an order which will
put this nation diet of less bread ■
on
and flour.
Dahlbender Tops
Nelson In Match
Gene Dahlbender, Jr;. Atlanta
amateur, burned the Municipal
Golf course up here Wednesday
shooting a 68 to be low man in the
»*teh-4hat-.fmatured Byron Nelson.
outstanding professional, But Nel
son was close behind with a 69.
The match was played over a
rain-drenched course but that did
not keep a record gallery from
watching the play. ,
Dahlbender shot an eagle-two on
Hie 420 yard sixth hole when he
landed close to the sand trap on
his drive then dropped it in from
there.
Tommy Barnes, Atlanta, scored a
71 and Charlie Kane, local golf pro
a 76.
The match was played with Kar.f
and Nelson teamed and Daiilbender
and Barnes opposing them, When
the 18 holes were finished the two
teams were all square.
ROLLS OUT THE BARREL
ROCKLAND, Me. i|p—A local
clothier displayed in his store win
dow; the latest thing in men’s suits
a nf|w barrel, complete with lmt
tie and gay suspenders
G RIFFIN FIRST
Invest Your Monay,
Your Talent, Your
Your Influence In Griffin I
HOUSE WILL
INSIDER
BILL MAY, 13
218 Congressmen Sign
Petition To Force
Bill Out Of Committee
WASHINGTON. — </P>—Hopes ot
terminal leave pay soared' today
for millions of GI's as a majority
of House members signed on the
dotted line in their behalf.
Unless the representatives change
their minds, the House on May 13
will vote to give all enlisted per
sonnel, including those already dis
charged, the same accrued leave
pay consideration now given to efti
cers.
On that day the legislation will
come before the House automatic
ally under so-called discharge pro
eedure.
The 218th signature Vo a peti
tion taking the legislation out of
the hands of the Military Commit
tee and putting it on the House
business calendar was affixed yes
terday.
The earliest the bill can be call
up for a vote will oe May 13 and
Rep. Dwight Rogers (D-Fla.I, who
started the discharge campaign,
told reporters he would demand ac
tion that day.
Although a military subcommittee
had approved the legislation, the
full committee shelved It after the
Bureau reported it would
conflict with the budget, which made
no provision for such an expendi
ture estimated by the Bureau at
••several billions.” / *
In any event, the bureau said,
the legislation should not be made
retroactive and applicable to men
aheady discharged. To do that, it
added, would pose "opeiational
problems of the most difficult solu
tion.”
The fact that a major!’;/ of House
members signed the discharge pe
tition indicated the Budget Bureau
would be overruled. The House
rarely turns down a proposal brought
to a vote under discharge jreoee
dure. «•«,
TO FAY AI.L GI's
The lcgWailou wculd t* retro
f ^ aU enliated personnel *ho
^ gerved since the dra f t U w
enacled before ,. JV sturted .
u 8ljpulates thgt {or all un uaed
tlme , they must be paid in
cash. •
Enlisted personnel are entitled to
30-days furlough annually, but un
used time is cancelled automatically
at the end of the year. Thus, un
der wartime conditions, many GI's
lost out on part or ail ot their fur
loughs. Officers are entitled to the
same amount of leav.-, but ivsnla
tions permit them to carry over un
used time from year to year up
to a maximum ot four months-. Up
on leaving the service, they recelve
the so-called terminal leave pay
for t.he unused time.
The House legislation would ap
|,ly a similar 120-dav limit to the
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SGT. J. L. OVERTON
ARRIVES IN STATES
Master Sergeant James L. u/ver
totv, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. M.
Overton of Griffin, arrived in New
York Wednesday night after serv
ing for 11 months in the European
Theater of Operations Sgt. Overton
expects to receive his discharge at
Fort Bragg, N. C at an early date.
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON. :Ah —‘The
House voted overwhelmingly to
day to continue OTA for nine
months, but in a form OPA Ad
ministrator Paul Porter said
would wreck price control. It was
one of President Truman’s wont
legislative defea’s since he en
tered the White H< • rou
ago.
Picket Lines Will Be
Established At Mill
This Afternoon
A strike of Union workers has
been called at Highland Mills this
afternoon at 4 o'clock following
meetings of the workers Wed
nesday afternoon and this morning.
.Reports are the vute was unan
imous for the work stoppage.
The Union has previously voted
May 1st as the deadline for signing
a contract between the Mill and
the Union. However, according to
Union officials negotations on the
contract have failed to result in
i any agreement and the local Union
voted to strike.
Meetings between the Manage
ment and Union were held Tuesday
and Wednesday, The three issues
thut , are sported „ . to holding up
a contract are Union security, work
load, and an increase In pay. The
Union has usked a 10-cents an hour
wage Increase with a 5-cent dif
ferential for the night shift.
Management has agreed to in
elude one week’s vacation, with 2 per
c ent 0 j yearly wages paid all wht
have been with the mill for a year;
and a Christmas Bonus plan of
t wo Per cent to all employes, re
gardless of how long they have
worked in the mill in a contract.
Management reports that they
proposed to the Union that engine
ers of the Company and engineers
of the Union make a survey of the
work load and work out a schedule.
Failing to agree the matter would
be arbitrated. Management says
the Union has not accepted this
proposal.
Union officials this morning said
they hoped for and expected peace
ful picketing at the mill and did
net look for any difficulty there.
Workers have been instructed to
turn off their machines this after
noon and leave the mill without any
demonstrations
Bramblett Resigns , |
As Secretary Of j
County Democrats !
„ Percy Bramblett, , for many years I |
secretary of the Spalding County (
Democratic Executive Committee,'
has resigned. In a letter to Chair-,
man Quimby Melton he .date.. “The,
demands upon my Urn- are more
I than I can conveniently look after.
I am forced to slow down. '
Bramblett also resigned as a iru n,
bei of the committee from the Grif
fin district. The vacancy will be
filled by the committee when it
meets and a new secretary will be
selected.
It is probable that the committee
will not be called to meet until after
j the state committee meets. At the
| ! meeting of the local committee ques
tions pertaining to local races in
the party primary will be cori-ider
Harlow's Brother
Dies In Summerville
Mr Robert Harlow, brother of
John Harlow of Griffin, died Wed
nesday at his home in Sutnmer
; ville. He had been sick for some
i tim". He Was an employee in the
i Summerville postoffice.
The funeral was held this morn
ing.
Men's Volley Boll
Group Will Not Meet
The Men’s Volley Bail Group
will not meet tonight at the Grif
j fin High gym as the High Schixil
] Spring festival will be held there.
TL? Group will meet as usual next
week
SUPERMAN (THIEF
MERIDIAN, MlM.—AP—The thief
who robbed a Meridian parking
meter must have been a superman.
The meter pole was pulled from
<u concrete base.
Established 1871