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G R I F F I N FIRST
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By Ouimby Melton
OPA may be on its last legs
asjjfar cernedT'for as price control is cori
there are those who
hold that the badly mutilated
bill now m the Senate for P a §P
age, strips OPA of most c;- us
power.
In fact Chester Bowies recon
,
version administrator says the
bill is full of “booby traps"
and will accentuate inflation if
it becomes the law. Many per
sons, high in favor with the
President are urging him to
veto the bill.
But even if OPA is on its last
legs it has made a move that
will be hailed by millions, They
have made cases against. Pacific
lumber operators charging them
with a "racket" that has caus
ed “artifipial lumber shortages”
all over the country that is
holding back home building.
Suit has been filed against 40
lumber companies, on the coast,
seeking to .collect a total of
$9,043,530 in treble damages.
The alleged violations involved
some 65,649.123 board feet ,of
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Some of the companies in
volved call the suits a "political
move." ■*
The head of one of the con
cerns being sued says "It's a
crime that OPA should pick on
the northwest operators while
Southern operators are running
rampant on the black market."
He further claims that "These
suits are based on differences
of opinion in interpreting OPA
ceilings." ”
But regardless of whether
lumber men in the South are
violating OPA ceilings or not
—if the Northwest men are do
ing this OPA has the right jo
and should make cases, No
doubt OPA will get around to
Southern operators in time.
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Gecgytphical location makes
no difference. If operators are
in the "black market" they me
making people who want to
build now pay more than they
should and are keeping a lot
of veterans, who badly need ii
homes, from building.
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One may “cuss" OPA from
breakfast to sundown. But this
organization has done much to
hold down prices during and
since the war There has not
been anything like the run a
way prices that followed the
last war. And OPA can be
thanked for that.
JAMES I. PITTS IS
PROMOTED TO SERGEANT
UNITED STATES FORCES IN
AUSTRIA—James I. Pitts, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Pitts o!
Griffin, Georgia, lias been promoted
to tlie rank of Sergeant while serv
ing With Headquarters Buttery. 42ci
“Rainbow" Division Artillery. Ser
geant Pitts, assigned overseas in
March, 1945. wears the battle parti
cipation star for Campaign “Cen
tral Europe" on his Africa-Europe
Middle East Theater Ribbon, He
also wears World War IJ Victory
Medal and World War II Occupa
tion Medal.
FULL WEEK'S VACATION FOR NEWS
EMPLOYES WILL BEGIN TUESDAY, JULY 2
The staff of the Griffin Daily News will take a week off, beginning
Tuesday of next week, and running through Monday of the following
week for their annual holiday.
In the past It has been etistemary for employes to take a week
off, one at a time, without interruption of publication But due to
the shortage of help tills year the old arrangements will be Impossible.
And the employes of The News are entitled to a week's holiday
with pay.
Subscribers who pay by the week will not be expected to pay their
newsboys on Saturday July 6. Si bscrlbers who pay In advance will
have their subscription expiration dates moved bark a week.
During the week The News k; closed down we hope everyone of
our readers will have a pleasant week.
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HITCHHIKING' SENATE CANDIDATE-Ted Allen, 35-year-old
cotton mill worker from Union Springs, Ala., looks over highway maps
at Montgomery in planning a "hitchhiking" campaign after qualify
ing as a candidate for the United States Senate He seeks the
Democratic nomination to succeed the late Senator John H. Bankhead
in a special primary July 30. Allen says he hopes to speak in every
town in Alabama, traveling by bus or “hitchhiking.” iAP Photo).
Water Follies To Be
Presented July 4
All children who are attending
the Red Cross swimming classes
which are now in progress at the
Municipal Pool will take part in
the water follies which will be
presented at the nool Thursday
night, July 4 at 8 o'clock. Miss
Larry Goodrich, chairman of wat
er safety for the local "bapter of
(he Red Cross, is in charge of the
program.
Over 200 children are enrolled in
the school. Classes are being held
for sub-beginners, beginners, ad
vanced beginners, intermediates,
swimmers and Junior Lifesavers.
Unusual progress has been noted
among the sub-beginners, who are
seven years old and younger. Many
of the group have learned to swim
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but will be unable to make suffi
cient progress during the week to
meet the requirements for a Red
Cross card These requirements
are a jump in deep water, swim
half way across the pool and swim
back.
Classes will continue daily
through July 4. The last two days
will be given over to practice for
the water follies.
BORNING TWINS MUST
BE FAMILY HABIT
SANTA ANA. Calif. — t/P)—The
Mnxey family is arriving in dou
bles.
On June 18. Eugene R. Maxey’s
wife, Marion, gave birth to a boy
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and a girl Now the babies have
twin cousins—boys born this week
at the same hospital to Uncle Wil
liam Maxey and his wife, Jeanette.
THE WEATHER
FORECAST FOR GEORGIA:
Partly cloudy and moderately
warm today, tonight and Fri
day. Scattered thundershowers
over north portions this after
noon. A feg' widely scattered
thundershowers Friday after
noon.
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Maximum Thursday: 79
.Minimum Thursday: 63
Maximum Wednesday: 80
Minimum Wednesday: 65 -
Rainfall Wednesday: 1.59
inches.
GRIFFIN, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1946
10,700 Register
To Vote Here,
Padgett Reports
At least 10,700 Spalding
County citizens are registered
to vote in the Democratic Pri
mary on July 17. Tax Collector
Grover Padgett announced to
day. Padgett also is secretary
of the Board of Registrars of
the county and has charge of
compiling lists of voters. ,
He said that of the total, 9,-
500 are white voters and 1,200
are colored. He expects total
registration to go well past the
12.000 mark before t<he deadline
for registering comes.
Wednesday, July S-, will be
the last day that a voter can
register, Padgett said, He said
that his office in the court
house Will be open all day that
day, from 8:30 a. m. to 4 p.
m.. to care for the last minute
rush of persons who desire to
register. Usually his office closes
at noon on Wednesdays.
Howard Collier
Is Installed As
Rotary President
Howard Collier was installed as
president of the Griffin Rotary
Club today at its regular dinn°r
meeting at the ^Griffin Hotel He
succeeds Raymond Kite.
It was announced at the meet
ing that the Bob Hunt cup for out
standing work during the past year
was awarded to the International
■Committee, which is headed by
Charlie Randall.
Other new officers Installed to
day include the board of directors
composed of Herbert Bolton. T. G.
Dulin. Dr. T. O. Vinson. Jim Kin
ketd and Raymond Kite Carry
over members include Jack Cozine,
Homer Hutchinson and the Rev.
Len Topping Homer Hutchinson
and George Murray were installed
ns new members of the student lpan
fund Carry -over members are
Percy Bramblett, Howard Chiller,
Woods Hanunond and Porter Ma
son.
FRANK AIKEN GETS
DISCHARGE FROM NAVY
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Frank
lin D. Aiken, III, apprentice sea
man, received a discharge from the
United States Navy Tuesday, June
25. at the Naval Personnel Separa
tion Center, Jacksonville
home address Is 115 South Twelfth
street. Griffin, Ga.
SWEEP UP JAP MINES
TOKYO. — f/P) — Japanese
sweepers have completed
in -Soya Slraits between
of northern Japan and
Islands, recovering 386
mines, Alllecl headquarters
nounced today.
V-F.W.Post Here
Making Plans
For Club House
No House Shortage
For Army Families
I Going To Germany
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SPRINGFIELD, 111. <A>)—
The family of Lt. Col. Charles
R. Bean is getting ready to join
him in Heidelberg. Germany,
and will have no housing prob
lem.
Mrs. Grace Bean, who ex
pects to embark July 9 with
the couple’s five children, said
there is a 19-room house wait
ing for them in Germany.
7 Possible Polio
Patients In Grady
ATLANTA. — Frank Wilson,
superintendent of Grady Hospital,
today reported seven suspected polio
cases, all but one from south Geor
gia. had been admitted to the hos
pital since Monday.
Wilson declined to give names
of the suspected victims, declaring
that quite frequently the original
diagnosis made by the family phy
sician is not borne out by Grady's
polio laboratory, which is conduct
ed by physicians of the Warm
Springs Foundation.
He said all of the cases came
from south Georgia except cne from
Macon.
Wilson termed the Georgia qua
rantine against Florida as “the
biggest fool thing I ever heard of.”
This state recently imposed a two
week quarantine on persons coming
into the state from Florida, where
infantile paralysis cases nave caus
ed concern.
The Grady superintendent said
he believed the quarantine merely
worked a hardship cri returning
I Florida vacationists.
| Turner Represents
Griffin Younq People
At Atlanta Meeting
Jimmy Turner, who will be a
Senior at Griffin High School this
year, left Wednesday for Atlanta
where he represented the young
people of Griffin at the banquet for
the Boys and Girls of the Year and
at the State Committee meeting
i where plans made for Youth
i were a
Workshop to be conducted at
con in August.
Turner was selected bv a com
mittee representing the Georgia
Citizens Council. He has made an
outstanding record scholastically a'
Griffin High and is recognized as
a good citizen in school and com
munity relationships He served
as vice-president of last year's Ju
nior Class, was a - member of the
fixitbaU squad, the Key Club and
the “G" Club., Turner was pole
vault winner in the Fourth District
and tied for second place in the
state contest. He Is the son of Mrs
Melville Turner. 61 Terracedale.
4 The young people were guests
of the Georgia Power Company and
were taken on a sightseeing trip
and a picnic. The Atlanta Hotel
Association entertained the group
at a banquet Wednesday night at
the Ansley Hotel, where Governor
Ellis Arnall was the guest speaker.
The boys spent the night at Geor
gia Tech. Thursday morning
was a committee meeting at
Piedmont Hotel.
Miss Louise Fluker,
ent of recreation was a guest of
citizens Council at all of
meetings
A GOOD SHOT
The archer fish, which bring:
down Insects by shooting water at
them, has been se«-n to
clgarets in mouths of
several years away.
Warren Haisten HeuJs
General Committee On
Proposed Club House
Noah Barfield Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, voted last night to
start a campaign for a clab house
here immediately. Already the post
has an option on a suitable home
that could be converted into a
club house. This home is well lo
cated and near the business sec ~
lion of the city.
HAISTEN APPOINTED
John H. Goddard, commander,
announced appointment of Warren
Haisten as general chairman. Mac
Cheatham will be chairman of the
advanced gifts committee which
will m..ke a canvass beginning next
week.
The post plans to raise half of
the money needed by public sub
scriptions and the other half by
various entertainment and sport
ing events put on by the post it
sell
Servlng on the advanced gifts
committee with Cheatham will be
James Roddy. Frank Lindsey, Jr..
Herbert Bolton. Ernest Carlisle,
Jack Helds, Roland Richardson,
and Harold Thaxton.
ASK PRICE CONTROL
The post ab:o voted to wire Sena
tors George and Russell and Con
gressman Camp urging '-them to
work for and vote ior. price controls
on “the essentials of life" such as
rents, iood. building a.id cloihing.
Cost Of Coffee
Raised 3 To 4 Cents
WASHINGTON Q p)—The gov
ernment today added an increase
of 3 to 4 cents a pound for coffee
to a steadily growing list of price
boosts for dinner table items.
Stabilization Director Chester
Bowles approved the higher prices
and OPA said they will go into et
fect within a week—as soon as the
i exact amount of the retail increase
is calculated.
Ai authorizing the price hike
last night, Bowles said the purpose
was to encourage importation of
green coffee from Larin America
i To this end. exporters will get two
cents more a 'pound Importers
ceilings are being raised 2.075 cents
a pound.
For ■ housewives, Hie coffee price
boost comes close on the heels of
Increases on such Important mar
ket bai-krt items as milk, bread,
butter, cheese and breakfast <-<
reals, And meat prices- went up
net long ago
Bowles said the State Depart
ment had "long urged ttiat returns
to the coffee-prodycing countries
be increased due to higher prodtje
lion costs He said he had agreed
to the Increases ••with' the great
ext reluctance,"
i _______ TS PLANNING
j BOY SCOU
I TO ATTEND CAMP WILL
HAVE PHYSICAL EXAMS
All Boy Scouts who plan to t -
Mend Camp Thunder will rrreiv y
their physical • examinations Thurs
day afternoon at the office of the
Health Department in the Court
House
31 -YEAR-OLD FORMER
j a GRANGE MUSIC
j iTacher d ~s
l I a GRANGE, Ga —uV Alwyn M
Smith, who retired as head of the
music department of I tOrange Col
lego ?n years ago af'pr j.ervir , in
the post LS years, died yesterday
He was 81 years old. Funeral erv
ices were held today.
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■DEPENDENT’ III SBAND ENJOYS DOMESTIC 1FE—George
M. Madole, Jr., cf Warren. Ohio shows his wife, the former Sadie Jo
Carroll, of Hasten. Texas the pie he mnde'-whilt wailing for her
return from her office in Berlin. Germany. Madole, a husky 24-year
old ex-GI, admitted he enjoys the luxury of doing nothing but house
work and playing golf, whtlr hts lovely wife "slaves at the office". Mrs.
Madole. who is employed by the State Department was allowed to
bring a dependent husband' to Berlin and it was the only way the
two could be together—so Madole assumed the role of a household
drudge. Even the family dog seems to be in favor of the arrange
ment as lie begs for Mime of that delicious looking pie.
—NEA Telephoto.
NEWS OF THE WORLD
In Brief
Compited From AP Dispatches
NEW YORK Security coun-’t
retains Spanish issue on agenda
after stormy session.
PARIS — Western Allies reject
Russian "compromise" plan or
Trieste:. Byrnes urges issue be left
to 21 nations peace conference
SAN FRANC 'ICO OPA sues 40
western lumber firms in attempt
to crack, alleged building bottte
neck
ABOARD USS APPALACHIAN -If
weather delays first atomic bomb
lest until about the third week of
‘August, then no tests will be held
this year. .„
WASHINGTON Kev prooor.eid
of labor-regulathv legislation a
bandoned hope of passing -any new
measures this year.
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23 Cars Peaches
Shipped From County
So Far This Season
Twenty-three cars of peaches
have been shipped from Spalding
i County so far this season, accord- j
1 ing to reports secured from the 1
freight offices Wednesday Fifteen
cars have been shipped from the i
Central of Georgia freight office
on East Broad stieet and eight e.n
i from the Southern Railway office
| at Williamson
Peach growers w.o are .shipping
I early peaches ar" A j Weldon,
l Mrs. Amelia W McKnight, Nine
Westbrook Lew ts Bi. 'Mill- and
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Southern Fruit Distributors
I KIWANIANS HEAR
| PREDICTIONS MEETING WEDNESDAY AT
I An unusual program was pres
| enti-d at the regular luncheon meet
ing i, t the Khvanis Club Werinexd .y
! when Madame -Fatima portrav'-d
I bq Mrs Alex Pat tori, predicted
future of Griffin and members i i
the Ktwanls Club by ri ,l c
Mai ball.
Ike Sr»tt- wax program chairman
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for the meeting, lie gnae a birtn
day cake to the club in honor ot
several members who, have had
birthdays recently. 1
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O’DANIEL
WOULD TALK
OPA TO DEATH
However, Gets Little
Encouragement From
Other Senators
WASHINGTON. — o4V-Prea
idenl Truman told hts news
conference today he is trying
fo persuade Chester Bowles to
remain at his post as economic
stabilizer.
Bowles' retirement as a re
sult of restrictions on OPA
power contemplated in pend- *
In* extension legislation has
Ion* been ruhiored.
WASHINGTON. — on*) — Senator
O'Daniel (D-Texasi sought re
cognition In the Senate today for
n chance to talk OPA to death.
If he could talk steadily Until
Sunday midnight, or call up voeal
reinforcements, he could succeed—
in theory at least. The present
OPA law expires June 30.
, However, there is no present In
dication that any colleague will
team up with O’Daniel in his pro
jected talkathon. And the leader
ship is determined to keep the Se
nate in long-hour sessions if ne
cessary to bring the compromise
price control extension bill to a
final vote.
As a matter of practical legisla
tion, even a now-till-Sunday non*
stop speech would cause no more
than a brief lapse in price control
regulations. A majority of the
Senate obviously is in a mood to
approve tile measure, worked crat
by a J. 4nt conference committee.
Anri the extension bill would oc
effective ii passed a lew hours or
even a few days past the deadline.
O'Daniel a former flour sales
man who campaigned for office
"will-, a hill-billy band and a "pass
the biscuits pappy" themesong,
maintained an upjicarance of bright
^optimism. “I'm going to talk long as
as
*1 have anything to say." he.told
reporters after the Senate recessed
last night. ^
The Senate leadership did - not
take O'Daniei'x filibuster threat
very seriously, although the Texan
had his desk piled a foot or more
. high with documents, notes and
I other “speaking material.
Majority Leader Barkley <Ky.>
called on the senators to come to
work early- and be prepared to
v«,1 1 He said he thought, the roll
call could be called •within two
or three hours.”
Before the overnight recess, Sena
fo r Mor-e iR-Ore i told the Senate
that "a a Liberal" lie coukt- not
vote, for tiie conference committee's
extension bill He called it "more
inflatifinaiv than OPA at all. ”
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and "an exceedingly unsound, un
wise piece J legislation."
Although the measure extends
i ciintrol full year, it cuts
, pi n a
deeply itrt the agency’s powers,
I and transfers final authority over
the |>u * of foodstuffs to the Se
ere t' of Agriculture A decotl*
I tjyol 'board i d la override either the
agricull tire se. ret ary oi ( the price
administrator for failing to lane
ceilings if specific items.
Meanwhile CIO President Philip
Murray urged President Truman to
veto the measure when It reache*
his desk Murray declared the bill
wopld icsuit in “sharp and terrify
ing increases in the urice of food.
clothing and housing."
Superior Court
j j Adjourns Wednesday
Spalding County Superior Court
adjourned Wednesday afternoon
after a jury had returned a verdict J
of not guilty In the case of Otl*
Higgins who was charged wittt
cursing In the presence of women
at the strike-bound Highland Mill*.
The criminals session of the court
had been In session for three dajtfk
62 Spalding Soldiers
Gave Lives In War
Official casualty lists of
the Army shows 62 Spalding
Counts men were killed in ac
tion or died as result of wounds
received in action. The casualty
list docs not include men serv
ing in the Navy who gave 'heir
lives An unofficial list e.f Navy
casualties will make the total
much higher.
ATLANTA.—OP) The first con
solidated post-war casualty list by
the W;*r Department"discloses that
5.701 Georgians lost their lives in
World War II
The state was 1 7 th on the list
of states in the number of easual
Of the total. 3.045 were killed in
action, 424 died of wounds rereiv -
ed in comba't, and 12 t ied of in
juries during combat.
A total of 1.884 persons from
Georgia were listed .as- victim.? It :
accidents or disease and 320 w-i
declared dead by the War Depau
lri( ' The lari figure Ineli'ded mi o
losi t sea or in the crash ,.f a
burning plane Only 18 men were
iS till listed as missing
With 2.33 per cent of the popu
latidn of the United States. Guoi
gia contributed 2 06 per cent , »
the total number who entered the
amiy. Of these, 2.77 per cent fail
ed to return.
The War Department figure
showed jhat Fulton County i At -
lantai, v.irii 883. lost the most men.
Following in order were Chatham,
223; Muscogee. 207. Bibb, 160; and
Richmond, 138.
Casualty figures for other coun
ties In tlic state included Dough
city 55: Sumter. 35; Clark' 5-i
Glynn, 60; Bart w. 47: Spalding. 62‘
Ci-lqui h 58: Flovil : ' T :
49; I/iwtides, 50 nri £1 JR ire 58
t BULLETIN
| NEW ORLEANS.— V —Heavy
, Imving in rollon futures here
today boomed prices upward to
the limit (In any one trading,
' session) of $5 a bale.
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