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GRIFFIN FIRST
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Your Talent, Your Time,
Your Influence In Griffin!
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E VENIN GOOD 6
By Qutmby.Melton
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Grifiin i s having her first
strike in some time.
Reports from the Highland
Mills are that the strike was
called without anjj disorder and
that everything is quiet at tne
mills.
It is to be sincerely hoped
that the difference between the
management and workers can
be settled without resort to vio
lence on the part of any. Grown
me nand women should be able
to settle their differences in
a peaceful manner.
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This nation of ours is a great
talker ar.d a great planner.
Sometimes it seems we do a
lot of talking and lose a lot of
time.
For instance take the matter
of furnishing food to the starv
ing people of the world.
Were still talking about it—
but so far actual shipments of
wheat and fats have been mighty
small.
And in the meantime thou
sands of people are starving.
There is an expression that
poker players sometimes use—
"Shoot Luke or give up the
gun.” That calls for immediate
action and an end to stalling,
bluffing and the like.
■ It’s high time for Uncle Sam
to “shoot or give up the gun."
There's no more time for talk
and planning.
Hungry people don't appre
ciate talk—for talk has never
yet filled any empty stomachs.
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Installation of John H. God
dard as commander of the local
VFW ‘post Wednesday guar
antees this important veterans
organization good leadership for
the coming year. Goddard, who
made an excellent record in the
Navy during the war, is an able,
clean cut, patriotic American
and can be counted on for good
leadership.
The entire list of officers who
were elected or appointed makes
up a strong group of officials
for the post. We congratulate
the membership on their wisdom
in chosing this type of men for
leaders.
Stadium Committee
Postpones Action
Awaiting Survey
The Stadium Authority meeting
Thursday afternoon voted to
action in connection with the pro
f»
school expert from Washington could
make a survey of the local situation.
This expert is coming from the Fed
eral Department of Education to
make a survey of the needs of the
local schools.
The Authority now has some $14,
000 in pledges with which to finance
the Stadium.
Revival Begins Sunday
At Calvary Baptist
Revival services will begin Eas
ter Sunday at the Calvary Baptist
Church with the pastor, Rev. Wortn
Huckaby, preaching. The song ser
vice will be led by Arlin Stitcher.
Everyone is invited to attend.
MARIETTA PLANS BIG
CARMICHAEL MEETING
TO START CAMPAIGN
MARIETTA.—t/P)—James V. Car
michael's gubernatorial bid will Lt
boomed in his home town who, a
rally next Frlday^r.tght, April 26.
in the Larry Bell Recreation Center
Carmichael has opened tempor
al,V campaign headquarter In Cobb
Ccunty Chamber of Commerce
rooms, but will move to Atlanta.
In Athens, Carmichael was nam
ed honorary member of the Gri
diron Club, honorary society at
University o t Oeorgia.
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PERFECT ORDER
PREVAILING AT
HIGHLAND KILLS
Management Says Mill
Will Furnish Work For
Those Who Report
Picketing continued at Highland
Mills today following the strike
which was called for Wednesday
afternoon by the local Textile Work
ers Union of America. No disorders
were reported and both manage
ment and the Union expressed hope
there would be none.
When the strike was called at 3:00
p. m. Wednesday, workers on the
job filed out without demonstra
tion. After 4:00 o'clock, when tne
second shift began, only a few
workers were on the job.
Management of the mill tins
morning stated the gates to the
mill will remain open and the Com
pany will afford work for all em
ployes who desire to work. The
management stated this morning
that some workers on all shifts
were reporting for work.
Meanwhile the Union reported
it was ready at any time to resume
negotiations with the mill on the
three questions at issue.
These issues which caused L:e
Union to call the strike are:
1. Union security;
2. Work load;
3. An increase in pay.
In a statement today Manage
ment said it holds that collection
of dues is a matter between tne
union and its members and that
the employes have no more right tc
request the Company to withhold
and pay their Union dues than they
have to request tne Company tc
withhold money from their wages
and pay their grocery bills, lodge
dues or church contributions.
Management also reports thej
have offered to submit the ques
tion of work load to industrial engi
neers of the Union and the Ccm
papy. The two groups of engi
neers would attempt to work out a
satisfactory agreement as to work
load and if unable' to agree, tm
matter would be submitted to arbi
tration Tire Union has not agreed
to this plan.
Management today also issued a
statement in connection with the
Union's demand for a wage increase
of 10 cents per hour and five cents
per hour differential for the third
shift, “n view of two recent wage
increases, one in January and an
other- in March the Company could
not agree to another raise at this
time," the statement said.
Charles Merriman, Jr., and Gale
Richmond officials ol the Hign
Mills who have bee:,
here for negotiations with the Un
ion left today for their homes
Virginia.
Baptist Sunday School
Convention In Augusta »
To Hear Dr. Poling
ATLANTA.—(/F)—Dr. T. W. Tip
pett, secretary, has announced that
the Georgia Baptist Sunday School
Convention will convene Vn he
First Baptist Church at At/justa
April 23-25.
One of the principal speakers will
be Dr. Daniel A. Poling, editor of
the Christian Herald and pastor ol
the Baptist Tabernacle of Philadel
phta. A discussion of crime and
Juvenile delinquency will be led by
D. K. Brown of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, Washington, and
Judge Sam Davis Tatum of Nash
vllle.
Georgia Mbrine Rides
Bike From California
ATLANTA. — (Ah—A bicycle
purchased from a little girl for
$16 solved the Callfornla-to
Georgla transportation problem
for Donald Bradley, 19-year-old
Marine combat veteran.
Bradley pedaled the machine
about 2,200 miles In a month
and alx days. On arrival here
his only comment Tea an em
phatic "no mor* for me. *»
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GRIFFIN, GA, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1946
U. N. May Study
Spanish Question
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NEW PICTURE OF FORMER
GOVERNOR: Eugene Talmadge
avowed candidate lor Governor
in the coming state? primary sat
for a new picture this week.
Commenting on several other
persons “throwing their hats
in the ring" the iormtr Gov
ernor said "The more the mer
rier." (AP Photo).
Easter Parade
j Here's What Griffin
Men Will Wear On
Easter Sunday
Bv BETTY HILL
The pre-Easter question “what
will you wear" is usually asked of
the women of a community. But
this year I want tp deviate a little
from the beaten pain and ask the
men of Griffin "what will you
wear? ”
Everyone knows the women anc.
girls of Griffin will look like a
"cool million” all dolled up in their
Easter dresses, bonnets and acces
sories to match. Famous Fifth Ave
nue in New York will have nothing
on Hill Street this Easter Sun
day.
But what of the men? •
Will they be forced to rely on
dry cleaned suits or have they
managed to find a new “outfit?'
That's what I wanted to find
out and here is w-hat some of Grii
fin's "best dressed men" answer-
ed:
John Gabard. recently discharg
ed from the Navy said he has not
yet determined which of his suits he
would wear but added "you can
bet your bottom dollar it won’t be
Navy blue."
James Rawls: Recently out of the
Army, was fortunate enough to get
a new suit which he will wear. It
Is a blue pin-stripe. He will com
plete his Easter costume with a
blue tie with red stripes and a white
shlrf.
Bill Moore: Discharged “Marine,
has a hold-over pre-war brown tro
pical worsted. He plans to invest in
a new tie which will be cither green
or tan, but he does not think it will
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Beautiful Weather
Promised On Easter
(By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The extended weather fore
cast for Georgia calls for clear
and warm Weather Saturday and
Easter Sunday.
Monday will be partly cloudy
and warm. Tuesday will brinj
showers and Wednesday the
weather will clear up and the
temperature will be cooler.
Rail Strike Hinges
On Union Accepting
16-Cenl Wage Hike
WASHINGTON.—</P)—The threa
of a nationwide railroad strike
hinged today on acceptance or re
jection of a tact-finding boaid'r
wage boost recommendation for
more than 200,000 locomotive engi
neers and trainmen.
The government board suggesteo
I 3 16-cent hourly boost, wltn certain
changes in working conditions, tut
the findings can be either accepted
or turned down by the carrieis o'
the two unions involved.
The Brotherhoods of Locomotive
and Trainmen had postponed £
scheduled March 11 stnue pending
the board's study. Under the Rml
road Labor Act the strike row is
barred until May 13. Most such
fact-finding reports in past disputes
have led to settlements without
strikes.
The two-unions called a meeting
next Wednesday at Cleveland to
determine their stand. Alvanley
Johnston, head of the engineers,
told reporters at Cleveland the
board's recommendations were "not
as much as we asked for." A. F.
Whitney, Trainmen's president, de
clined «4he comment.
Carriers Wage Conference
: Committee planned meet today
to
in Chicago to consider the bo&ra
and then to talk
with representatives of the broth
erhoods on Monday. The railroads
rceently asked for a 25 per cent
increase In freight rates, partly to
compensate for arbitration awards
April 3 giving similar 16-cent an
hour pay increases to 1,250.000 oth
er railroad workers.
The board in the Locomotive
neer and Trainmen case said, in
report filed yesterday with
ident Truman, that it felt bound
to follow the wage pattern set in
the earlier eases in order to avoid
“inequity and discontent." The
engineers and trainmen had asked
a $2.50 a day hike, or about 31 cents
an hour.
Firemen Put Out
Big Gas Fire
Here Thursday
City firemen prevented a
gasoline fire at Randall and Blake
ly’s used car garage from spreading
to surrounding buildings
The blaze was one of the larg
est In Griffin in several
and threatened to spread The
mount of damage has not been
The alarm was turned
May Be Appointed To
Investigate Matter
By MAX HARKELSON
NEW YORK.— (/P )—A compromise
proposal by Australia gained sup
port among delegates of the United
Nations Security Council today as
a possible solution to the controver
sial Spanish question.
The proposal, submitted by Au
stralian delegate W. R. Hodgson
hortly before the Council adjourn
ed yesterday for the Easter
days, calls for the appointment of
a five-man sub-committee which
would investigate the Spanish situa
tion and report back by May 17.
Before the Council resumes its
discussions of the Spanish ques
tion. however, it will tackle again
the Iranian case, which was inter
rupted Tuesday after Secretary
General Trygve Lie submitted a
surprise opinion that there was some
doubt as to whether the Iranian
case could legally be kept on th»
agenda.
The way was opened for a new
floor fight on the Iranian
when the Council’s committee of
experts on rules and procedur# re
ported last night that it had split,
8 to 3, with the majority holding
that the Council has full authority
to keep a case on the agenda as
long as it thinks necessary.
The Council, which previously
had been divided eignt to three on
the question of keeping jurisdiction
of the case, was expected to accept
the opinion of the majority and
then vote to keep the question cn
the agenda until May 6, the date on
which the Russians have promised
to have all Red Army troops out
of Iran.
The Council was expected to come
back to the Spanish case by Wed
nesday or Thursday at the latest.
| It was generally agreed that the
Polish proposal for a worldwide
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rupture of diplomatic relations with
the Franco regime had little chance
of success, if brought to a vote
now.
Hodgson proposed that the con
templated five-man committee be
Instructed to find the answers to
two questions:
1. is the Spanish situation one
essentially within the jurisdiction
of Spain?
2. Is the situation in Spain cne
which might lead to international
friction or give rise to a dispute?
Then, if the answer to the sec-
at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon.
I This morning the Fire Department
was called to the 200 block on South
Hill street. A car was •n fire but
had been extinguished before the
firemen arrived The blaze wa
caused by faulty wiring and a leaky
carburetor The car. which iva*
not damaged heavily, belongs to
ond question is in the
he suggested this question: Is tne
continuance of the situation
to endanger the maintenance of in
ternational peace and sccuritv?
Griffin High Band
Plays Af Exercises
Thursday Morning
The Griffin High School band
made its first appearance before
the student body when they played
reveeal selections at exercises Held
Thursday morning The bund.
which was organized early thi> vtar.
Is under the direction of Alfred Hell
man.
Miss Elizabeth McClellan, super
intendent of the Strickland Memo
rial Hospital, spoke to the student
body on the subject of cancer.
C. E. BANKS BECINS
TRAINING IN NAVY
[ clarence E (Rusty) Bunks, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. W Banks, 1031
West Broad street, left Tuesday for
| oreat Lakes, 111., where he will
receive "boot” training with the
| united States Navy. Before enllst
lng in the Navy Benka wae a mem
j ber of the Junior Class at Bpaldlng
High School. He recently moved
i to Oriffin from Mobile, Ala.
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A POPPY AND A KISS FOR THE PRESIDENT Four-year-old
Betty Lou Hall shyly kisses President Truman after selling him the
first Buddy Poppy of the 1946 VFW Buddy Poppy Sale. Betty Lou,
the daughter of a deceased service-man, came to Washington from
Eaton Rapids, Mich , where site and her three sisters and a brother
live at the VFW Home for Widows and Orphans. Her dad, the late
Arthur Alvin HaH, wg* killed in action In the ETC) during 1944
NEWS OF THE WORLD
In Brief
Compiled From AP Dispatehos
CHUNGKING.— Chinas govern
ment expected word momentarily
of the fall of Changchun
with heavy casualties-before the
overwhelming Chinese Commuaist
attack
NEW YORK—The United Nations
eventually will become one of
world's largest International em
ployes with a payroll of 3.000 on
scales ranging lrom $1,140 tt> $20,
000 annually
BERLIN.—A new U. S Air Force
of 71,000 men is being built up
tually from scratch in Europe
der orders which, well
sources say, come directly Trom
Carl Spaatz, commander-in-chief of
the USAAF.
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MOULTRIE. Ga.
7.200 tons of cabbage have
shipped lrom South Georgia since
the market opened about three
weeks ago.
ATHENS. Ga George Hamer,
Columbus, Is winner of the South
eastern Conference Golf title A
H. J.
Discharged Veteran
Named Assistant
Farm Agent Here
Cecil E Johnson. Jr., recently da
charged from the Army after 18
months overseas, has been named
assistant to N V Davis, county
agent Johnson is now on termi
nal leave as a captain in the In-
antry His home Is in Oglethorpe,
The new assistant county at,ent
graduated from the University o!
Jeorgia in 1940.
Easter Contata To
Be Presented Tonight
An Easter cantata, "The Crucl
flxion” by Stainer, will be presented
tonight at 8 o'clock at the K'U
Methodist Church by the combin
ed choirs of Oriffin The chorus
is made up of approximately 50
voices.
The public is Invited to at tend.
In 1845 there were 1.119 personr
living in Griffin.
fellow townsman. Sonny
runner-up.
JERUSALEM—Vast throngs of
Pilgrims, some carrying crosses,
walked along the \ ia Dolorosa
from Pilate’s palaee to Mount
Calvary today as the Holy Land
held Good Friday services com
memorating the last iiours and
erucifixion of Christ.
WASHING!ON—The urgent need
I tor quick Ainerican-Canadlan agree -
! ment on an accelerated famine re
lief program was underscored today;
bv President Truman's Stalemen
that the Global food crisis ..s “worse
than it l been painted '
as
TOKYO Premier Shidehatu;
flatly refused tonlghi to accedi to
ithat demands of four political parties
he resign ,_
CAMPBELL TO SPEAK
ON OLD-AGE PENSION
W M Campbell will speak on!
tile Old-Age Pension Plan at' a;
meeting at the Court House
iav afternoon at 2 o'clock Special
violin and guitar music will
presented at the meeting, J A
Anderson announced today
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THE WEATHER
Maximum Friday: 76 j
Minimum Friday: 53
Minimum Thursday: 41
Minin— . i 2 .urs<-.v: <4
FORECAST FOR GEORGIA
Fair and warmer today and to
night, Saturday fair and con
tinued warm.
Drivers Can Renew
Licenses Saturday,
Monday, Thursday
, Ix,ral , clnvers Cf ? n "new thelr ...
Georgia drivers licenses at the
Griffin headquarters of the State
PatroI oli Saturday, Monday and
Thursday. ™ Licenses will be . renew
ed between the hours of 9 a m. and
5 p. m.
Under present procedure licenses
can be renewed at the local Patiol
headquarters and renewals are is
sued immediately This eliminates
the necessity and delay of send
renewal , applications , , To Atlanta ,
processing,
H. C. English reported that a
of 865 licenses were renewed at
local headquarters Monday
Tuesday. He said that they can
[- e[leweC | a t, least once a v eek
j for a bomber . of , weeks, ,
District Track 1
Meet Held He re
TL; 1 0,5 C «''ernoon A 1 t er nnnn
Final events in the Fourth
trict track meet were begun at
this afternoon Lai gtuioot Park
Nine schools entered contestant*
the events?
rfvliniinary events were heir!
morning. Jimmy Turner of
won first place in the pol" vault
the only event in whicn the.
were held this morning
of Thomaston placed second, Pnne
hoo of Spalding third. oil • Mat .
thews of LaGrange. tourtl
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PFC. JOHN I. BOGAN
REENLISTS IN MARINES
CAMP PENDELTON, Oceanside,
Calil Marine Private First Class
joim idci Bogan. 20 . oio East w?.u
Street, Griffin, Ga, has reenllste
hi the regular Marine Corps for
years. .
Pfc Bogun attended Griffin Vo
rational High School. Orllfin. Cm
where he was a two. letter winner
the football team Before en
listing In the Marine Corps in
1943. at Macon, Oa
was employed as a roofer by the
Newton Coal and Lumber
Griffin, Ga
Previously stationed a' thr Ma
fine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N,
C., Pic. Bogan terved twenty-three
months overseas on Oahu. Territory
of Hawaii
Iu 1849 there were 49,000 bale!
of cotton brought to Oriffin ir.
wagons.
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Administration Leaders
Want Rebellious
Congress To Go Home
WASHINGTON. (A*!—Admini
stration leaders reportedly trimmed
their legislative sails today to five
"must" subjects in an effort to get
an irritated and often rebellious
Congress^ out of Washington py
early July.
Tlie unofficial decision appeared
likely to direct major efforts toward
salvaging OPA and the draft, pass
ing regular appropriations bills and
getting approval for the (3,750,300
Britlsh loan and a long-range hous
.ng program.
MEASURES TO BE POSTPONED
If this program is tollowed, legis
lation to merge the armed services,
Increase the minimum wage rat*,
broaden social security, curtail la
bor disputes, set up a permanent
Fair Employment Practice Commis
sion and abolish state poll taxes
woald go by the board* until the
next session In January.
Of these only the minimum wage
and anti-poll tax kills have ap
proval of either house. The Senate
loaded the wage measure with a
farm price beosting amendment the
administration opposes. The House
approved poll tax bill faces a Senate
fillibuster any time it Is called up.
Also marked for death under the
program wmuld be many relatively
less Important measures on a wide
variety of subjects ranging from
public works to presidential succes
sion.
Kicked soundly in the teeth by
the House on OPA and draft exten
sion, the administration was rep
resented in some Capitol Hill quar
ters as believing that it might be
better for all concerned to let the
legislators go home as soon as pos
sible.
OPPOSITION TO TRUMAN
Senator Pepper (D-Fla.i a sup
porter of. the Truman program, said
that on j hP of the House’s re
cent actions Congress appeared, lb
no mood now to do anything about
a lot of problems he felt were prais
ing.
Even the sliced down program is
expected to require Congress' pres
ence here until early,to July. But
many members who have primary
campaign contests will make unof
ficial departures long before that.
With the House off on an Easter
recess that lasts till April 30. the
Senate expected to clear away today
additional debate obstacles that still
probably will delay a vote oil a*
mendments to the Biitish loan pyo
posal until some time next week.
Senator Taft of Ohio, chairman
of the Republican Steering Cpm
in it tee, told a reporter he will ask for
a vote as soon as possible on his
proposal to give the Biitish $1,250,
OOO.tXJO In lieu of a loan.
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City Jail Empty,
County Jail Has
Qnlv ’ One Prisoner
It may be the Easter spirit.
Anyhow, law violations have
been scarce in Griffin this
week In fact, the Police D»
I part ment reported today that
j the city jail was empty all
day Thursday and today.
Sheriff Luther MtddlebrooVca
reported that there is only one
prisoner in the county Jail and
lie is waiting to be transferred
to a work cs#mp. Cpl. H. C.
Engli'h reported that only one.
accident was mvestisateu by th?
Gnlftn headquarters of the
State Patrol Thursday and that
no one was injured in it ft oc
rurred in Barnesville and J C.
Cesltn of Milner was charged
with reckless driving.