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GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest Your Money
Your Talent, Your lime,
Your Influence, In Qriffin
Th« Associated Press
E YEN GOOD IN G
By Quimby Melton
Despite the threat of a tele
phone strike and the present
work stoppage in coal mines,
called to mourn the death of
111 miners in an Illinois mine,
there is good news in the in
dustrial picture in America.
It is Intimated that U. 8.
Steel, the largest steel manu
facturing concern in America,
is giving careful consideration
to reducing the price of steel.
U. S. Steel sets the pattern for
all other steel manufacturing
concerns.
““ Should the price steel be
01
reduced it will result in lower
ing of prices in many indus
tries since steel is a prime
necessity in the manufacture
of many things, such as auto
mobiles, household appliances
etc.
And too, a drop in the price
of steel, even though it may be
small will result in a drop In
the price of home construction.
And too, if steel sets the pat
tern, there will be other indus
tries that will follow suit and
the inflationary spiral will be
stopped and gradually all
prices will move towards a nor
mal figure.
There’s other good news for
the many who have been wait
ing, more or less patiently for
a new automobile.
It is estimated that barring
any serious work stoppage dur
ing the next nine months au
tomobile output will hit the
highest mark since the days
before the war.
And as more pd more auto
mobiles are tun fed out there
will develop a|c impetitlve field
and prices wiHi Klbwered.
But all of | saris ippage" on
no serious woi ln
the automobile itry or ln
steel operations. \ \
We’re not the advisbr of La
bor Unions, but it*' seems to
Good Evening that organized
labor is being foolish ln threat
ening any strikes at this time.
Congress was Just about to
shelve any restrictive
legislation. Congress went
into session “mad" with labor
and prepared to wipe out many
laws that have been beneficial
to labor. Then came the end
of the coal mine threat, with
the Supreme Court decision.
It looked as though the situa
tion had eased as far as labor
was concerned and Congress
took a more "favorable" stand
on labor law*.
Then came the threat of a
telephone strike which will
cripple the nation and bring
inconvenience to everyone who
uses a telephone—which is a
majority of the people.
So Congress is now in anoth
er belligerent mood—as far as
labor is concerned. One Con
gressman,, Hartley (R.-N.J.),
NEW KING RENAMES
MAXIMOS PREMIER
OF TORN GREECE
Keeps Coalition
Cabinet Intact
On Becoming King
ATHENS —(A 5 )— Rtng Paul, the
new monarch of Greece, designated
Premier Demetrois Maxlmos and a
seven-party coalition cabinet to
carry on as the government of this
strife-torn land today after as
cending a throne vacated by the
death of his brother.
Maxlmos, appointed to head the
cabinet by the late King George II
last Jan. 24, submitted his resigna
tion immediately after Paul took the
oath of office Tuesday night, but
the new king refused to accept it.
Maxlmos, a 74-year-old financier,
is a member of the Populist party.
His cabinet, which Includes five for
mer premiers, contains members of
the Social Democrat, National Li
beral, Reformist, Venizelist Liberal,
National Unionist and Nationalist
parties. '
FUNERAL 8UNDAY
' Meanwhile, it was announced that
funeral services for King George,
who died unexpectedly of a heart
ailment Tuesday at 56, would be
held Sunday.
Burial is to be at the royal family
tcmb at Tatoi (Dekeleia), the
country residence where George was
born. Tatoi is about 15 miles north
of Athens.
The body is to be removed to the
Athens cathedral Thursday to lie
in state until the funeral.
In addition to the oath which he
took Tuesday night, the new king
also must be sworn in before the Na
tional Assembly when it reconvenes
on Aprij ^S-year-old 21.
•The Paul, who suc
ceeded his childless brother auto
matically under Greek law, took
the oath six hours after George
died.
ISSUES STATEMENT
Paul, who ascended the throne at
a time when Greece Is the battle
ground in a diplomatic struggle be
tween Soviet Russia and the West
ern powers. Immediately issued the
following message to the people of I
Greece:
1
“Greeks: With a broken heart I|
announce to you the premature'
death of my beloved brother, our
King George. He is leaving this
world with a calm conscience that
there has been no human sacrifice
which he has not offered to the
service of the fatherland.
“On v. being , called a, . on today . . „ to , con
tinue his task, I shall devote all the
strength of my soul to the good of
the nation
"Our eternal fatherland is calling
us today to a struggle of existence
for her independence and her liber
ties. United we shall bring
struzele struggle to to an an end ena. Long rong live “ ve
Greece."
The last paragraph was in ob
vious reference to the guerrilla
investigating commission from the
United Nations to examine
causes for the internecine strife.
has Introduced a measure that
would make it mandatory for
the President to get an injunc
tion against such a strike or
any other strike ln public util
ities.
And the lact that John L.
Lewis ordering a "mourning
holiday” that was w last only
this week, may develop into a
longdrawn oyt work stoppace,
has angered Congress still
further
It looks as though a “smart”
policy for labor to follow at
this time would be to be like
I ’ Brer Rabbit and “lay low”
without any work stoppages so
that Congress would not be
angered into radical anti-labor
laws.
Rev. Hoorn Leads
Methodist Service
The Rev. Howell kearn, pastor of
the Methodist Church at Senola,
will he guest sneaker at the mid
week service tonight at 7:30 at the
First Methodist Church. The choirs,
under the direction of George Wat
kins, will lead the musical portion
of the program.
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AMPUTEE IS A BADMINTON STAR — Donald Kerr of New Orleans,
whose left leg was amputated near the hip in childhood, works out at
Los Angeles in preparation for the seventh annual U. S. Badminton
tournament, starting there April 3. Kerr is co-holder or the Louisiana
men’s doubles title. <AP Wirephoto).
Mr. J. W. Childers
Dies Tuesday Night
Mr. John .. Wesley Childers, 75, _ c
died Tuesday night at 6:30 at his
home, 196 Cheatham Street, Ex-'
periment.
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Mr. Childers had .made his home
here for 41 years and was a retired
ZTlmb^r was a memoer Un o?^rwe^t ol tne west 0 Grifnn! orimn
Holiness Church. Mr. Childers had 1
been in 1U health for several years
and in serious condition in recent
weeks.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Car
rie Matheus Childers; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Hobson Deane, Mrs. H. L.
Gibson, Mrs. W. H. Gibson, all of
Griffin, and Mrs. P. T. Folds of I
Cordele; two sons, G. „ „ F. Childers' _ „ .
and H. C. „ Childers, ’ both of Griffin;.
one sister, ’ Mrs. Lily Molton of Ma-i
con; one brother, Lucius T . Childers ... of .
Cordele. i
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at
the West Griffin Congregational
Holiness Church. The Rev. Hoyt
^ ^ ^ ^ 0ak Hm cemetery .
Haiste n Brothers, funeral directors
are , 111 charge of arran 8ements.
The following grandsons of the
deceased will serve as pallbearers;
William Gibson, ' H. L. Gibson, Jr.,
Alfred ^ Folds, Ed Shirah,
Ellis, Virgil Folds.
Griffin __ # _ Girl __ • ff May ■ M Love W Suits, Dresses
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Plans For Extension
Classes Are Made
At Meeting Monday
Twenty-five persons attended the
organization meeting of extension
classes in accounting and business
law held Monday night at the Ad
ministration Building.
Plans were made for the first
meeting of class ln accounting to
be held Thursday night, April 3, at
7:30 at the Court House. The first
meeting of the class ln business law
will be held Monday night, April 7.
at 7:30 at the Same place.
Anyone interested may enroll in
either or both the classes and is
urged to attend the first meetings
announced above.
Barbs . .
Inflation never will help
body—not even the person who is
a flat tire.
When motorist* start detour
ing marble games. Jumping
ropes and hop-scotch, hurrah ’
SPRING!
Drivers of some of the autos
movie smashups are dummies —tool
GRIFFIN, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 1947
• Brief8
. . .
BY THE GRIFFIN NEWS
FROM WIRE REPORTS
WASHINGTON — Government,'
fearful that the miners’ mourning
perlod may not end on schedule,
keeps solid fuels setup intact despite j I
agency’s death.
LAKE SUCCESS Arms Hmlth- 1
—
lion talks useless unless big
can agree among themselves, Stnall
WASHINGTON ^ ^^ — Houfee Labor
committee today approved 16 to 3,
a bill designed to to head give off the govern-j stop a
iren t power or
‘elpphone strike set for next Mon
Mrs. Eva W. Sams
Dies Tuesday Noon
Mrs. _ Eva Watkins Sams. 71, wid- ..
ow of the late Seaborn Sams, _ died .. .
at _ Tuesday-at . . her . home
noon _ near
Orchard Hill. She u had been ill
since . she , suffered „ stroke . . in „ De
a
cembei*. , .
Survivors are one son, Jesse Gay;
two grandsons, Russell Gay and
Franklin Gay; two brothers, Oscar
Watkins of Princeton, Fla., and
Pierce Watkins of Lakeland, Fla.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sams !
*"> be held Thursday aftem^n at
o’clock at Haisten’s Chspel with
the ^ E,. nest Folds officiating,
Burial will be in Oak Hill cemc
ten
1 ■ Pallbearers will be J. R^ Hud„ins.
A. E. /Hudgins. Eugene McKneely,
, |cqok,,Hennett Ridgeway and
n»oree''Hamllton.
BY ROBERTA BECK
In spring a young man’s fancy
turns to you-know-what, but mi
lady’s first thought is her hat.
Whether it be a repeat perform
ance of last year’s straw staging
a comeback with a length of rib
bon or a bunch of violets from the
Five and Ten or a $70 original
with a Dache label, ln spring her
toque is har tonic. *
A check with the local women's
shops testifies to a rush Blaster
business and to the untruth of the
universal male comment, "All wo
men are alike.” While two stores
report her preference for the san
er and perhaps more flattering
styles such as derbies and bonnets,
another shop Insists she would be
well pleased with a chapeau
straight out of the Brenda Starr
comic strip. Her man will assume
his unfailing where-did-you-get
■
I that-hat attitude but probably will
» go for crazy concoction. Besides,
when she selects such a gasp-get
ter she also selects a topic of con
]' ersatlon—she gets her money's
Worth.
The local merchants are equally
outselling dresses. Classic lines
50,000 Krauts Strike,
Demonstrate In Reich
Thompson’s Budget
Gives Top Priority
To Paying Teachers
ATLANTA (f P) Governor M.
E. Thompsons $35,500,000 budget
the common schools of
gives first priority to payment of
teachers' salaries, including the 50
percent increase in pay.
The budget, for the next fiscal
vear, represents an Increase of $12,
040,000 over the previous year but
is $4,000,000 less than the amount
provlded in the appropriation bill
which passed the House of
sentatives . „ and , died in the Senate. „ .
_ In making , , the , , budget J
Tuesday, „ ’ the ,, governor said the , , ln
crease was to cover the ,, raise , in
teachers’ . , salaries , , and , other essen
tlal items. .
After teachers’ pay," the budget
gives second priority to textbooks;
third priority to administrative
costs of local systems, including
transportation, school supplies,
heating and maintenance; and
eet priority to all other
the Department of Education and
of local county systems.
Transmitting the budget to Dr.
M D Co m ng state superintendent
of schools, Governor Thompson sug
gested that the State Board of
cation accept responsibility for op
eratlng the schools w ithln the an
& “ forth
The maximum cost of state . gov-,
ernment next year including the
educatlon budget, has been placed'
at $89,342,538, but State Auditor B. 1
E. Thrasher, Jr., said Tuesday that
figure must be sharply pruned to I
close the gap with the existing gen
era! budget of $77,302,538 I
GoVemor Thompson, who has dl-’
reeted that other state services be
curtailed, said Georgia would spend
nearly half its general budget this
year to continue the pay raise for
teachers and to raise the level of
standards in its public school ays
tem.
Griffin Post Office
Reeeipfs Increase
Postal recepits in Griffin for
March.this year were $603.83 high
er than they were for the
month ln 1946, Postmaster
Woods Hammond announced to
day.
Total receipts during March this
year were $7,923.32. During March
of 1946 they were $7,319.49.
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Umbrella opens if it rains.
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still preferred over the newer long whose hips can stand the empha
look expect with the Junior miss sis. And Griffin gals, who like all
Miners Strike
Again Against
Food Shortages
ESSEN (/P)—A one-day strike in
volving nearly 300,000 men in 171
Ruhr coal mines was ordered by
trade union leaders today as a pro
test against food shortages,
The walkout will mean a loss of
aboul xig000 tons oI S0Tely needed
coal
The decision was taken by an
overwhelming vote of 50 mine
union leaders after a three-hour
se86 i on a t tj le nearby coal minim;
town of Bochum, where 4,000 min
ers struck earlier ln the day
The output . of coal in the Ruhr
mines has . been . declining , „ , steadily .
since ...... March 21 because of . sporadic
„ and general unrest over
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failure of British and German ad
mlnlstrators .... to . fulfill . ,,,,, promised
, food . ration quotas.
An official announcement in
Berlin said more than 50,000 Ger
mans were Involved in today’s food
shortage demonstrations at scat
tered cities in the British zone.
No disorders were reported.
The largest demonstrations were
reported to be at Hamburg, where
18.°°0 persons participated, at
Dortmund, where 15,000 were in
! volved an d at Duisburg, where 12,
000 demonstrated.
GOOrgiO ^ . DOpflStS __ ,
Plan Sunday 1 School
ConYOntlOn < HcfC
A Georgia Baptist Sunday School
Regional Convention will be held at
the First Baptist Church ln Griffin
on April 24-25.
Rev - Car ^ T - Vinzant of Fitzger
ald ' P^ent of the convention, will
preside at the meeting. The theme
of the convention is Advancing
Dr. Daniel A. Poling of the Baptist
AVlth Christ.” Among the outstand
ing speakers on the program will bt
Temple, ‘ Philadelphia, Pa.
Details of the program planned
for the two-day meeting will be an
nounced later.
THREE GRIFFIN MEN
RECEIVE GMC AWARDS
MILLEDGEVILLE—Three Grlf
flnites received Red and Black
football Jackets and letters tn
chapel exercises held recently at
Oeorgia Military College. They are
Floyd Hoard, Johnny Ammons and
Bill Cody, who served as cq-c.ap
tain of the 1946 team.
carry a wealth of every
up on the subject of flow
and ribbons. About half notice
preference for the flower decked
while the others believe rib
particularly plaids, dominate
hat choices. They agree, how
that the drew, is bought first
the hat second, but that ce
caslonally an entire costume Is
built around a certain hat the lit -
lady couldn’t resist.
Though the average Griffin wo
man will select a modestly priced
dress at $14 95 (greatest ssles are
in the. $17 to $30 range) she goes
all out for her hat.
Suits, for which the local ladv
spends between $20 and 160, are
thing in their oocketbooks, must
also be talked Into the smaller
have of this spring.
Blark still tops the Oriffin list,
but spring also will be colorful.
Red Is much ln evidence, partlcu
larly ln bags and Rhoes, and navy
is good as are neutrals and paste’s.
So the local Easier parade will
be as varied as charming. There is
i>erhaps one general rule—the lady
ma >’ lovc hcr sult or drcs '’' but the
hat still goes to her head.
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GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest Your Moaqr
Your Talent, Your Timei
Your Influence, In Griffin
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[onstrudion Here
Drops During First
Quarter This Year
Construction permits Issued in
Oriffin for the first quarter of this
year are approximately 27 percent
less than those for the same period
'ast year.
City Engineer J. H. Hamilton
granted 42 permits this quarter, to
taling $84,605. Thirteen were for
new constructions, the rest being
• epairs and remodeling.
In the corresponding period for
1946, 24 permits totaling $116,860
were issued. Only five of these were
for remodeling and repairs.
Senior Team Wins
Game At Spalding
The Spalding High School Sen
ior football team triumphed over
the prospective 1947 team by a
score of 13 to 0 In a game played
Tuesday night at Flynt Field. /
The two touchdowns made dur
ing the pame were scored during
the first half. The last half or the
game was played In a heavy down
pour of rain and little yardage was
gained by either team. The defen
sive piny of both team* was» the
outstanding feature of the game,
Ccach George Patrick reported.
The first score was made by
Shivers Who recovered the ball aft
er McAbee blocked a kick. The at
tempted kick after the score fail
ed. The score stood six to nothing
in favor of the Seniors.
Bobby Jones scored the second
touchdown for the Seniors on a
reverse from the ten-yard line.
Jones made the extra point good
by kicking the pigskin.
The two teams \rere fairly even
lv matched tl IgHbut the game.
The Sen I or s/I d the edge on the
members of the other team in both
■weight ana experience.
Democrats Retain
Control Of Chicago
In Mayor's Election
CHICAGO _ —<&)-- Republ _ can
hopes of smashing the Democrats
16-year-old "big city political dy
rasty lay shattered today under a
tide of Democratic votes that swept
Martin H Kennelly Into office as
liicago s new mayor.
In the nation’s first major 1947
test of political trends, the Demo
crats recovered from a setback suf-| I
fered In last November’s congress
ional and county elections, to score
their biggest victory In a mayoral
-ontest In 12 yea?^.'
Complete returns showed Ken
nelly’s majority was 273,354 Republl- votes j
over Russell W. Root, his
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Bremen Answer Call I
^rom Third Ward
Firemen answered a rail at. the
Third Ward school this morning at
3:50. A shortage ln an electric wire
"au-^d some smoke
According to Captain W. L. Craw
ford. there was no actual fire, and
very little damage. It wasn’t nec
essary for the children to leave the
building. A service truck and a
pump engine answered the call.
An automobile fire on Solcmon
street was extinguished Tuesday
afternoon at 4:43 with little dam
age.
The Weather
FORfCAST FOR GEOR
GIA :—C 1 on d y tonight and
Thursday; llt’le change In tem
peratures.
Maximum ’WV-tlneartav: 68
Minimum Wednesday: 59
Tuesday: 69
Minimum Tuesday; 5t
Rainfall: .89 inch
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MARSHALL HOPES
¥0 END DISPUTES
ON GERMAN PEACE
French, British
Take More Dismal .
View Of Parley
MOSCOW — (/P) — Secretary ot -
State George C. Marshall was
rorted today to be hopeful that dif
ferences blocking progress on a Ger~
man peace settlement might yet be
c imposed, but French and W ■J'.
diplomats took a more v%
Marshall’s hopeful attitude
rcgreted after a caucus of the A
merlcan delegation to the Foreign
Ministers Conference just prior to
today's session of the Big Four, who
argued German economic prob
lems for several hours Tuesday ni ght
without progress.
.
There were strong Implications
that venth-hour Marshall might mafcp an el*- j! j
effort to break' tha
strangling deadlock over reparations j i
by requesting an interview with 1
Prime Minister Stalin in the near
future. j
Meanwhile, deputy foreign minist- 1
ers assigned to work on German Is
sues found themselves as badly
narled as their chiefs—and on re
oarations. The question involved
making a report to the Council of
Foreign Ministers on complaints of
the inter-allied reparations agency
against big power failures to meet
reparations promises made to 18
smaller nations.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Andrei Y. Vtshlnsky wanted to make
a report which would have said that
the reparations situation was high
ly unsatisfactory, but the Western
power deputies said such s state
ment went far beyond their in
structions.
They finally decided to say that
the agency had been heard from
and to let the agency's report speak
for itself.
The deputies working on the Aus
trian treaty also spent a fruitless
three hours trying to agree on Oer
man asset clauses. The specific
argument was over a Russian pro
posal to provide for recognition of
German assets In Austria which >1
r eady have been collected.
Navy Invites Public
To Visit Exhibit
On Display In Griffitr
The U. 8. Navy today invited the
public to its exhibit now on dUplA?
in the Chamber of Commerce as
sembly room, 118 West Solomon
street.
The exhibit Includes a model
section of a Wright Whirl
lnd airplane englnei showing tlr
^ ^ ^ vaWe operatlon; A
ca]lber ^
, on; #n(1 R (JiBpleta radar
^ , n operatlon #ddltton> other
o{ Navy , qu4pm , nt are on
display along with a collection of
ffj. c i a x Navy action photograph*,
and model NttV ,i ships,
The Navy has launched a mem
bership drive to staff its reserve
with a million men before July 1.
All veterans of World War II plus
certain other men are eligible for
membership. Members of the In
act _| Ve Naval Reserve can take *
14-day summer cruise with full
pay.
Complete information can be se
cured at the exhibit, which will be
here through April 5.
Griffin Artist's
Pointing Will Be
Shown In New York
Among paintings to be shown in
the National Pcpsi-Cola Exhibit in
New York will be an oil painting by
Mrs. A. Y. Crowley of Griffin, she
has been notified.
The New York exhibit will include
selected works by artists throughout
the country. Mrs. Crowley’s paint
ing was among those chosen In At
lanta from Southeastern entries to
be forwarded to New York for this
show. Three nationally known art-
1st*, Jerry Farnsworth, Charlea
Shannon and Alexander Brook,
judged entries from this region.
Mrs. Crowley’s painting, called
“Symphony ln Color, was done
from sketches and water color*
which she did of men at work in
side Dundee Mill*. » ,■