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GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest Your Money
Your Talent, Your Time,
Your Influence, In Griffin
Member Of The Associated Press
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Griffin Prices Stay
Steady With Junking
Of Price Controls
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GOOD
VENIN
By QuimbyMelton
"The torch be yours to hold
i< high,
"If ye break faith with us
who die,
"We shall not sleep, though
“Poppies grow, in Flanders
Fields.”
On tlris Armistice Day. while
grateful that America was vic
torious in botli World "Wars,
we must riot be content to "rest
oil our laurels," but must re
member those who made the
victories [xisslble by giving
their lives in combat.
They've thrown us the torch
“to hold it high."
And we cannot "break faith"
with those brave lads who re
present the best lr. American
manhood.
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What would they have us do
as we attempt to "carry on?”
First: They would have us
niake America a better, strong
er, fairer nation pointing and
leading tire way to world peace.
Then: They'd have .US. yue
and all, join in the fight to
make America a cleaner, finer
place in which to live—where
true brotherhood ot man and
concern for the suifering of the
urfortunate would be the con
cern of ail.
As long as there are under-'
feu children, as long as there
i- poverty, poor housing, poorly
clad persons; a.s long as greed
allows one group to become
rich at the expensp of the less
fortunate; as long a- there are '
cliques that are so Intolerant
they won't allow others to wor
ship as they see fit; as long as
men arc suspicious, of their
neighbors; as long as selfish
ness is the rule of many; so
long will we be unworthy of
those men who sleep "where
poppies grow,"
Tiien, too, we pelrcve those
brave lads would have* us re
member tiie lessons we should
have learned after World War
One—that to disarm, as a ges
ture favoring peace, UNLESS
tiie rest of the world would al
so disarm, Is the height of
folly.
"Stay strong, don't scrap our
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U.S. Pacific Bases
Crumble Into Rust
HONOLULU —(/P) -The man
dated I lands of the Pacific over
whleii the United States is seeking
to retain control contain no for
miduble chain of bases now, nor Is
any such chain planned, high Navy
officials say
Alniast all of the wartime Island
bases -elzed from Japan In the bit
terest fighting of the war today are
rusting mid crumbling Into use
lessness,
America's request for control un
der n United Nations trusteeship
would cloak , any future military
development with an Inspection
proof curtain. Newsmen who have
Just completed a three-week tour,
however, learned that.
1 . From a military
there's nothing much to look wt
Be Sure And Vote In The City Election Tuesday
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DAI I7TW NT BWS
Very Few Markups
I In Prices Reported
j In Griffin Today
There were very few markups in
prices reported in a survey of Grif
I fin retail stores today in spite of
tiie fact that price controls have
been killed on every item except
sugar, rice and rent ceilings.
The survey showed that most
j stocks on hand already had been
marked according to OPA ceilings
and no merchant said that he
planned to Increase the price tags,
Some Items, such as second hand
automobiles sold privately, were
expected to soar in price within
the next day or so.
However, tnere was general op-
1 tunion among the merchants ques- i
| tioned that the removal of price
. controls will allow prices to be re
j duced eventually since the removal
' of controls Is expected to make
1
production soar. This would not
| i come until after a "period of ad
justment."
Grilfin merchants generally ex
pected prices to rise with them
passing on increases from manu
facturers and wholesalers who pro
bably will boost them sharply,
i Then, within few
I a weeks, they
expect prices to drop back is line.
1 Some wholesalers have been
storing large stockpiles of goods a
waittng the removal of OPA ceil
ings. These are expected te be re
leased to merchants and to con
sumers almost immediately.
RENT INCREASE
SEEN AS INEVITABLE
WASHINGTON —i/P>—Labor and
management free of government
curbs after five years—held the
key to America's economic future
today as President Truman heaped
the junk pH* with wage and price
controls.
Only ceiling^ on rents, sugar and
rice survived the chiet executive's
sweeping decontrol action And
federal officials termed rent In
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NEWS OF THE WORLD
IN BRIEF
(Compiled from AP IHspatchesl
LONDON—A collection of P«
peis dealing with Georgia's early
history was sold lor, $18,000 at
auction today to an uhnamed At
lanta purcliaser.
CLEVELAND Uiuied Airlines
plane crash early today kills pilot
and co-pi kit and injures 17 l-as
sengers and stewarde s.
PARIS Communists emerge as
strongest party in France as rr
t>ult of Sunday's election but seem
unllkel y bring strlrtljjPleft-wing
government into control.
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now; and
2 No plans are In evidence now
fer any elaborate chain of fortift
cations In the future, although
Guam and nearby Saipan might
become rather highly developed
bases.
Tiie group visited Kwajalein.
Majuro. Outm, Saipan. Okinawa,
Pelelieu. Truk, and Tslngtao iChi
nai, headquarters of the U. S. Se
venth Fleet, Oklnawa Is under
Army control; the other Islands
are In Navy hands
Tl.e one mandated Island which
seems highly Important to Navy
defense planning Is Saipan—which,
t with U. S.-owned Gusts, makes up
the only real American base In the
Western Pacific.
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127 ARRESTED IN COMMI'NIST RIOT Police answering a riot call at the meeting hall of the
Communist Party in New Orleans. La. arrested 127 persons engaged in the fighting. The riot broke out
after non Communists in the hall bombarded the speaker, who had just asserted that Russia was a better
country than America,' with eggs, tomatoes, stink bombs and chairs. Here in the midst of the light,
members and non-members slug it out, while a few in tiie background seek the nearest exit NEA
TELEPHOTO i.
Mrs. Lola Rivers
Dies This Morning
Mrs. Tola Martin Rivers, 75.
died early this morning at her
home in Line Creek District
Mrs Rivers was born and lived
t > lroug hout her lifetime in the
community where she died. She
had been ill for several mouths.
Survivors are her husband. R A
Rivers; two daughters. Mr-. C. B
Hammond of Russell. Kansas and
Mrs W. T. Hammond of Zebulon;
one son. A. C. Rivers of Overton,
Texas; 13 grandchildren; five
greatgrandchildren
Funeral services will be held at
2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon a:
Fa 1 mew Baptist Chu-cli with the
Rev Brady Blalock officiating, n
teiment will lx- in the churchyard,
Haisten Brothers, funeral director •.
are iji charge of arrangements
The following will serve as pall
bearers Ahon Foster, Fred John
son.' Phil Sansom, Chester Biles,
Grade Biles, and Boss Dingier
Police Arrest
30 Drunks Here
During Weekend
Booze caused the arrest of 30
petsoiis in Griffin during the
week-end. Police Ofilccr W F. Wil
Warns reported today
Ht said that the number was un
usually high and that must of tiie
arrest- were for public drunken
lies-, drunken driv .tig and tight'
between drunks
Otherwise the week-end was
quiet here. The State psiroi re
ported that there wire no traffic
accidents in Spalding County and
Deputy Sheriff Luther Brooks re
ported "a quiet week-end "
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO MEET TUESDAY NIGHT
Tiie first of a series of meetings
of al’ members of the Chamber of
Commerce will be held at the
Chamber ol Commerce As emblv
Room Tuesday night at 8 o'clock,
Bob Burns, secretary-manager, ati
n umced oday.
Flash Of Life ...
BREWSTER. Neb.—iju— Like
many other farmers, Henry
Taslor has been hiving diffi
culty getting work clothes. One
day. dressed in a tattered pair
of overalls. Taylor was passing
his field when his attention
was attracted to his scarecrow.
Hr looked, and looked again.
Then he changed overalls with
the scarecrow.
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IILV. LOOK WHAT I >W.\LI.O\VLO R -v- ■ Prancis B
Jacobs grins as he holds the metal "Jack" which he sw; Iowcriy-after
the U y was recovered in an operation at Old cantonment Hospital
at Mitchel Field. N V The' vountsster■ wa« flown from Bermuda,
and is tiie son of Capt Francis Jacob' an Army Doing now on
terminal leave AP WIR! 1 HOTO
Funeral Today At
Galveston For
Mrs. Susie Boyd
Funeral services were held tiii
e.itcriKK'n at Galvestr-n, Texas for
Mr- Susie Tvns Bovd, imitlur of
Mrs A O. Swint of Orrhard Hill,
who died Sunday morning
Mrs Boyd *,as born ami roared
lu Spalding County and lived here
until approximately 30 years ago
when she moved to Atlanta In re
cent years she had been making
her home with her daughter Mrs
j B Rogers, at Galveston Mts.
Boyd was 86 years old
Survivors are three da htr! v
Mis Swint; Mrs Rogers, and Mrs
John Snead of Auburn. Alabama,
THE WEVnih h
FORECAST EOK G1 oR
t < IA—Mostly cloud \ and rooter
with shtiwers and scattered
thunder-bowers today and In
southeast portion tonight:
clearing and eolder northwest
portion late tonight: Tuesday
fair and eooler.
Maximum Monday: 71
Minimum Monday: 66
Maximum Sunday Ht>
Minimum Sunday: 53
Truman Asks Wisdom,
Restraint In Divided
Government
Armistice Day
Exercises To Be
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Held Here Tonight
Major Harold Moore,
Seventh Army, Is
Principal Speaker
Armistice Day exercises will be
held tonight at -7:30 at Lightfoot j
Park. Tiie exercises are sponsor
cd by members of the Harnett
Ht'trrif Post of the American Legion
arid the Noah W Barfield Pif-t of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
In ease of ruin the program will
be presented in the auditorium of
the Griffin High School.
Major Harold H. Moore, Seventh
Army, will be the principal speak
er at the exercises Moore enlisted
as a private in the Arizona Nation
al Guard in 1933 and was com
missioned a second lieutenant in
the infantry in 1935. During World
War II he fought in three of the
bloodiest campaigns in the Euro
pean Theater Major Moore per
sunnily participated il the capture
of the Nazi leader, Franz von Pa
l'd!.
■ Seated on tiie speaker's stand
wall Major Moore will lie John H
Goddard, commander of the local
VFW post; Lowell Cumming. com
inahcier of the local American Fe
tich Post; and W O. Patterse>n, 1
chairman' of (lie financial drive
conducted by the tv.o organiza
tion.'.
Tiie tiiree fti la Is who will sr
lent tiie person to reec e tiie Buick
will, also be seated oil the speaker's
stand They are Judge Chester A
I!' : David J Art.- >1 oral Rev
John J Wat in The Buiyk
i \cn away at. the contiusioii o!
the program Annoumement will
also be made regarding the ittdi
V 1 1 a.s well as organization prize
winners in tiie contest for raising
funds tor erecting tiie clubhouse
A report secured this mornint ,
from Miss Eleanor M.Uieati, secre
tary, showed that Cnough .Satur
day a total of $13 468 lias been eriti
tribi.ted to the building! fund dur
!.e recent drive
'f I e public is urged t attend the
Armistice Day program
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PEEK \ Boo With only ' lie eve
showing. J.iine Collin sus.a'ct In
connection vsi 1 1 1 the $1,<F>0.000 cm
bez./.lcu.i ut troiu the Merget.thaler
Idiot yjM'i Company cover up on
lUs way to tic District Attorney's
offic e after being arraigned In the
Brooklyn. N V Felony Court
NEA TELEPHOTO'
Griffin lx- i ?ws Want
Ads Get Results?
President Calls
For Parties To
Examine Positions
WASHINGTON A 1 President
Truman t ailed upon both Demo
crats and Republicans today to
crti.se “wisdom and restraint'’ in
operation- of the government under
divided party control.
Hi told the nation that Ihe par
ties must examine their respective
positions "with stern and critical
analysis' to exclude any attempt
to tamper with the public interest
in order to achieve personal or
partisan advantages."
Mr. Tuman said in a statement
lead to his news conference that
the Democratic defeat in last Tue.s
day's election "does not alter our
domestic or foreign interests or
ptoblems. He teminded that "in
foreign affairs we have a well
charted cpur.se to follow."
The President declared lie knew
cf no resignations planned by
members of ills cabinet and said
that Charles Ci Ross will continue
as his press secretary
Community Cites!
Drive S3i!i Short
As the Community Chest drive ,
entered its fourth week today it
still was $7.714 84 behind Its goal
A total of $20.347 81 lud been
r ed today by pledges and eon
. irIbutlon Tlils year's goal is
062. The drive will have IjCI' -
underway for a full month at the
end of tills week.
Contributions rail be made at
..the drive headquarters a! tiie
Chamber ot Commenr offl'-e on
East .Solomon strei-r
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' OSpital
Gets 44 PackOQCS
Blood Plasma
A total of 44 package r tj'ood
plasma. siijuilied by the American
Red Cro t.a.s been ftveived a
the Strickland Memorial H >sp)t
Mis Elizabeth MrChhan, super
intendent. stated today
Tins nutniiet < f kaers hated
on tiie reque* f the
V'flll!' IT i 7500 pack
'* 1 " til tran-fenc i
I the Red Cr< the Georgia
Heap Deparnnent t >: di trlbufiou
t i hospitals thr Cn " rsn.i
Dr T F Abercorobie, slate di
ro h,r pointed < o' that bl'xid
plasma itself is fret to .patients, but
that hospital: arid physicians ni.c
charge for administering it
^acert Is Hnmed
c San* itotion Group
Soccial Consultant
F (i Eggert. regional engineer.
Georgia Department ot Public
He Jilt h. in been ip lilted Noe lal
i orisuilant with the National Sani
tati ii Fitundation, which has
heat,quarters at the University of
Michigan The .••otnniittee will stodv
ileyi'lopment.s for research III
.'tutation product- and nieihod
to. better guide off in determ
in i m- comparative efficiency ol
esdi for lise by the public
Eggert left today f■ -r Cleveland
< >hi< where he will participate :n
Ii sci.es of conferenet with t He
cotuttilttce and will also attend an
nun! sessions of the Plate Sanitarv
Engineers nd American Public
Health A xiation, of which he is
n lift- member and fellow.
J ALE IN A LIFETIME
j FITC’HBURfl, Ma ip Ho -
! ritHlized for the fir«c time In het
life Mrs Mar:- Morin had one con
m latPin She still could smoke
the briar pipe she has used con tin
unlh for 75 years
‘Palestine Policies
Barbaric/ Pepper
PHILADELPHIA V V S So
nator CTiade A Pepocr 'D-Fla i.
who terms British practice,, in Pa
lestir.e ' 'bar bar! wa? mi record
f idsv asking 'hat the United
Sates government "dtni.tnd of the
United Ntit.intc intervention' tn
toe Bale title it fair "
■Let's remove Britain a- a man
datory power over Palestine at d
put that unfor'ur.a'e couivrv un
the protection if the Ur .ted
Nu> ions he told the executive
committee ot the American Jewlsl
Congress Sunday to in
Pepper also nrgect that the ■ A
merlcan government act n "ptlt
United Nations forces in Palestine
to do whatever policing Is neces-
GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest Your Money
Your Talent, Your Time,
Your Influence, In Griffin
ESTABLISHED 1871
Voters To Choose
City Commissioner
A! Potts Tuesday
Henry McWilliams,
C. T. Elliott Are
In Runover Race
' Tuesday Griffin will
voters go to
tiie polls for the second time In ,
tight days to choose a member of
the city- commission for a three |
■
year term
Either Henry McWilliams or C. '•
T. Elliott- will be selected at the
runover election to succeed W. H.
Hcrk, Sr. whose term expires.
Beck did not seek reelection.
»\liWilliams, and Elliott were the
two top men hr the original seven
man race last Tuesday. According
to election rules a candidate must
have a majority of all votes cast
if he is to be elected. Otherwise
the two top candidates are required
to enter a runover race and the top
man is elected.
In last Tue day’s election Mc
Williams [Milled 11 votes more than
F.lUnt’. McWilliams had 950 and
Elliott 939. But a total of 2.219
votes were cask, and 1.110 would
have been necessary for election.
The same voting procedure will
be followed in Tuesday's election
a.s last week Three voting de. ks
will be set up to speed voting, two
for white voters in the Fire De
partment at City llr’l and one in
ttie Cry Hall lobby for colored vo
tet Polls will open at 7 A M. and
close at 6 P M
I he:e are 5.450 voters eligible to
east balk is in the election. Of
tills t tal .943 are colored. Last week
148 Negroes cast their bal
but a heavier Negro vote Is
in tie runover Tues
a
D'jchanan Infant
fs Buried Sunday
Graveside service were held
Sunday at the Wt’lamscn ce
: e’er. tor the infant daughter of
Mi and Mrs Jame L Buchanan.
a her home Saturday
Haisten Brother*, fu
no 1 direct ors. were in charge of
ngement
Survivors in addition to her pa
rent are one -i»’er. Dianne Bach
utiai.: grail latent Mrs. Maggie
I ouiier J Ea • Or '.tin and Mr.
, ,nd Mrs J H Buchanan, Route C.
'.rifiin
erv "
T e United States." the Flort
ft; went on, "will never
i’ 'diets to protect a Bri
t t j, de. but it 'he United
>ns takes sver 'he protection
- wc will do our part."
11 ’ a w< r'.d problem, not a
Bruch problem he continued, "X
u n ur government to de*
lay n- ■r m th* performance
f 1! dutv ::<*t only to the Jewa
but * decent> and cemocracy in
Palestine.'
A king that at leist 100,000 iml
rant be ;>ermitteri to enter the
Holy Land Immediately. Pepper de
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