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Invest Your Money
Your Talent, Your Time,
Your Influence, In Qriffin
Member Of The Associated Press
E VENIN GOOD G
By Quimby Melton
Today Is a religious holiday
tor three groups of people.
Today is "Good Friday” to the
Christian.
Today starts the Passover fqr
the Jews.
Today is celebrated as Moses
birthday by the Moslems. Moses
was considered a great teacher
by his group.
In Palestine all three groups
are represented — the Christian,
the Jew, and the Moslem.
In England, ‘‘Good Friday”
week-end is a holiday. There are
no newspapers published today
and broadcasts of the BBC are
restricted to religious programs
and only the most important
news is given on news programs.
There seems to be little likeli
hood that the threatened tele
phone strike will be averted.
But there Is a ray of hope If one
considers past history—for last
year, you remember, 1 there was a
strike threat and just TWEN
TY-FIVE MINUTES before the
scheduled walkout an agree
ment was reached that called
off the work stoppage.
Maybe history will repeat it
self.
Let’s hope so for there Is no
strike that could tie up national
life any more than a phone
strike. Telephones are as es
sential to modern living as the
electricity with which we light
our home, cook our food, and
run the manchinery, in our in
dustries.
Good Evening sincerely hopes
that Labor and Management
can and will reach an agreement
Without having to call off tele
phone service.
■But even in the shadow of the
phone strike there is good news
from the Labor front. John L.
Lewis promised yesterday that
the “mourning holiday” called
this week as a result of the Illi
nois mine disaster, will not te
extended and that miners will
return to work Monday In all
mines that are “safe” for them.
Uncle Sam has closed down
518 mines that are considered
unsafe” and has ordered that
mines remain closed until un
safe conditions have been elimi
nated. Some of the mines, it
; is said, can be made safe within
a few days. But In some of
them conditions are so bad they
may be “sealed up" for all time.
No one has a right to expect
miners to work in mines that
are unsafe. At the best, mining,
is a hazardous occupation and
■every safeguard should be
thrown around the men.
The 518 mines that have been
closed produce about one
fourth of the soft coal that is
mined in America. But it is far
better to lose this coal than to
have men working in mines
that are unsafe.
Uncle Heinie" Of
Tech To Teach
Srmdav School Class
John Henika, 91-year-old fore
man of the wood shop at Georgia
Tech lor 50 years, will teach the
Men's Bible Class at the First
Methodist Church Easter Sunday.
A11 Tech men and former Teeh
men sre especially invited to at
tend the class.
Mr. Henika, affectionately
known to thousands «of Georgians
as “Uncle Heinie’ is' a Bible stu
dent and frequently teachers Sun
day School classes. He was lnviled
several months ago to teach the
local class and this week confirm
ed his engagement. Sunday school
begins at 9:45 o’clock. Dr. W. R.
Gilbert Is president of the class.
S" w rise Service At
V'ilpi-rsenn Sunday
The churches at Williamson will
join in a sunrise service at the
WllU^son Baptist Church Sun
day momtog at 8 o’clock. Repre
sentoMves*'from all the churches
will take part on the program.
Everyone is invited to attend.
IN
BIG FOUR LOSING
GROUND AT TALKS;
AID CRITICS SPLIT
House Expects No
Drastic Cuts In
Military Budget
The Fight For Peace
By THE GRIFFIN NEWS
From Leased Wire Reports
In Moscow today the Council of
Foreign Ministers tackled the
question of what form the govern
ment of Germany should take in
the future. There was mounting
evidence that the Big Four was
'osing ground in current delibera
tions and there was little doubt
that the ministers were entangled
in disagreement.
Also in Moscow Foreign Minister
Molotov of Russia made the first
official Soviet comment on Tru
man’s proposed aid to Greece. He
said he doulJted that the plan
would ‘‘restore democracy" there.
He said that the best way to re
store democracy in Greece would
be to do away with foreign inter
vention.
TWO GROUPS
Back in the United States, Sen
ate critics of the Greek-Turkey aid
plan split into two groups. One is
set to oppose the program to the
very end while the other wants to
end change If given it but no will other accept choice. It In the |
Also in Congress, members of
‘he House Appropriations Commit
tee at work on the army and navy
budgets for, next 1 year predicted
there will be no drastic cuts in the
$10,270,053,000 requested for the
two departments.
Nearby at the War Department
the army has plans ready for de
ploying Its troops and planes to
fight the first phase of a defensive
Wgf, officials said. Little import
ance was attached to the an
nouncement because such plans are
routine with all nations.
CHINA STRIFE
Halfway across a world which
has been diminished radically in
size by the communications revo
lution which even yet is In pro
gress, China still was fighting a
losing war for peace as civil strife
continued to rage.
The government announced cap
ture of two cities in rugged north
west China! & Nationalist forces
moving from north and south
threatened to squeeze Chinese red
troops in central Shensi province
in the Jaws of a vise.
Scalding High 4- H
To Enter Contest
The Spalding High 4-H Club has
entered a Judging team in the cattle
fudging contest to be held at the
University of Georgia during Dairy
Day, April 11,
The Spalding High team is com
posed of Scott Futral, Charles Col
well and Ray O'Dell.
Twenty-three other teams from
throughout the state have
and Richard Sendelbach,
Dairy Science Club said
teams are expected to enter
the deadline today.
Included on the Dairy Day
gram will be several cattle and
products Judging contests,
exhibits, and demonstrations.
persons attending the the event will 8 of ®^
& chance to see processes
making cheese, butter and ice cream
at the University Creamery.
State Unable To
Provide Financial
VM For 12th Grade
State financial aid for the twelfth
grade, which had been anticipated
’iy the Griffin 8 chools, will not be
received during the coming year.
Announcement was made Thursday
by the 8 tate Board of Education
that the aid will have to be post
poned because the General
bly, which approved the additional
’.chool year, failed to provide
appropriation for the program.
Financial aid for the schools will
■ontlrue. as usual, for eleven grades.
Sunrise Service At
McIntosh Baptist
A sunrise service will be held Sun-
1’v morning at McIntosh
Church. The Rev. W. C. 8
pastor, wlU conduct the services
the usual hours Sunday morning
and Sundav evening.
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PET MISSES HIS MASTER Brownie”, pet of little Jerry Nichols, 5,
looks at the boy’s miniature railroad in his home in West Orange, N. J.,
hoping his master will return. Jerry unsuccessfully tried to save a three
year-old playmate from being run over by a trolley car, and seriously
injured himself. He Is hovering between life and death in the hospital
with a severed hand, and a severe head Injury.—NEA Telephoto. i
Funeral On Saturday
For Mr. McGahee
Mr. Homer H. McGahee of At
lanta will be buried In East Griffin
cemetery here Saturday.
He died of a heart attack in At-
lanta after several months illness.
The body win He In state at the
home of H. F., McGahee, 14’Spald
ing street, until the funeral.
Funeral services win be conduct
ed at Saturday afternoon ait
East Griffin HoUness Church. The
Rev. Gerald Pruett will officiate
and Haisten Brothers will be in
charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers wil be Sam Chandler.
Clarence McGahee, U. P. Wilson,
James McCollough, Leonard Hines
and W. H. Sledge.
Survivors Include three sisters,
Mrs. Fred D. Slater and Mrs. J. L.
Wardlaw, both of East Point, and
Mrs. John Leslie of Atlanta and:
one son, Clarence H. McGahee of
Atlanta.
Registration Begins
For American Legion
Bnseball School Here
Registration began today at the
Recreation Department in City Hall
for Griffin and Spalding County
boys who wish to attend the Ameri
can Legion Baseball School which
will begin here on April 21.
Russell Looney, chairman of the
Legion’s Athletic Committee, said
that over 100 zoys are expected to
attend the school. It will be con
ducted under hts direction by Coach
| Art ScaUi of Spa i d i ng Highi a for .
I mer professional baseball player.
| All expenses of the school will be
pa j d by . tbe p^ g j on and
there will be no charge for those
| who attend The school will last
for two wee ic S and after It ends four
| baseball teams will be organized
a league. After league play has
been completed the most outstand
players from the four teams
will be pooled to makeup the A
merlcan Legion Baseball Team
which will play other Legion teams.
The school will be held at the new
Plmlentos baseball diamond Just off
Meriwether street. Registration will
continue until the school begins.
• Barbs . . .
BY HAL COCHRAN
When a boy’s girl friend sets the
mantle clock ahead It doesn’t al
ways mean that It's the clock that's
slow.
America is a country where
people are elected to pass down
the laws so other people can
pass them up.
Even a pedigreed dog can enjoy
life If too much attention Isn't paid
to it when it's a pup.
. LOCAL WEATHER
Maximum Friday: 59
Minimum Friday: 53
1 Maximum ^hursdav: 78
Minimum Thursday: 48
GRIFFIN, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1947
• Brief8 ... . *
BY T^E GRIFFIN NEWS
FROM WIRE REPORtS
WASHINGTON — Closing of 518
mines as safety measure will make
100,000 miners idle, cut normal poal
production 618,000 tons a day.
NEW ORLEANS — Lousiana’s ten
day milk strike came to a climatic
end Thursday night after being call
ed off by union members.
WASHINGTON Lewis wins
promise of congressional hcl p In
drive to win greater mine sa#ty SVid^
to convert contempt fines into
ows-and-Orphans Fund.
Mr. P. B. Sartain
Dies Here Today
Mr. Paul Bell Sartain, 39, died
this aftemon at 1 o’clock at his
home, 117 Peachtree Street, Ex
periment. Mr. Sartain became sud
denly 111 Thursday afternoon and
death was attributed to a heart at
tack.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Rilla
Kent Sartain; one daughter. Mrs J
Evelyn Storey of Griffin; two sons,
Jtmmy Sartain and Donny Sartain. I
both of Experiment; one sister, Mrs.
Nell Graham of Pascagoula, Miss ;
two brothers, Lee Sartain of Coker,
Ala. and Pat Sartain of Tuscaloosa, j
Alabama. |
Funeral services will be an
nounced later by Haisten Brothers.
The Weather
FORECAST FOR GEOR
GIA:—Rain and scattered
thunderstorms and Uttle change
pn temperatures tonight and
Vets « To Wait For Home
Griffin veterans are willing to
wait until they can get what they
want In a clubhouse for the Ameri
can Legion and Veterans of For
eign Wars.
This became known today when
the results of a questionnaire con
cerning the proposed clubhouse
were announced by the Joint Le-'
gion-VFW Building and Home
Committee.
The questionnaire was answered
by 190 veterans. The results show
ed that 122 to 68 do not "want to
do something now if It la not what
Is most suitable for the veterans
home.”
Likewise, 108 to 66 preter to wait
until “some good opportunity pre
sents Itself to acquire a good
home," and 100 to 88 prefer to
“wait a year or two and build a
new home."
Of those who replied to tjpe
questionnaire 146 to 28 do not
build at present high prices.
Nor do the veterans appear to
be in faftor of purchasing a home
Immediately at high prices. Answ
ers showed that 110 to 68 do not
deslre to buy the present Elks
. Club home and 122 to 53 do not
Truman May Sieze Phone
Thin Crashes Info
Station; Kills One,
Injures Thirty-Three
CHICAGO (/P) — One passenger
was killed and about 33 persons
injured when the Burlington Rail
road’s speeding Twin City Zephyr
was derailed by a tractor and
crashed into the railroad station
at suburban Downers Grove Thurs
day night.
The tractor had fallen off a
westbound freight train that had
just passed on an adjoining track
and into the path, of the Stainless
steel streamliner, eastbound from
Minneapolis to Chicago.
The crash in a flash of flame
and shower of falling bricks rip
ped up three sets of tracks nine
niiles west of Naperville, 111., where
45 persons died last April 26 In a
collision of two Burlington passen
ger trains.
8 everal eyewitnesses said they
saw “a tremendous ball of fire” as
the Zephyr left the rails.
The train, which the Burlington
said was traveling at its usual 75
miles an hour clip through the
suburb 21 miles west of Chicago,
smashed into the side of. the un
occupied trick depot, partially
wrecking it.
The diesel engine was thrown on
Its side but the seven derailed
coaches remained upright and
were not badly damaged.
The one known dead was identi
fied by police as L. W. Wright,
about 50, of Oak Park, 111.
Thibault To Sing
Here On Tuesday
Conrad ‘fflihautt,
present a concert at Oriffin High
schools’ auditorium Tuesday night
as the fourth of a series of pro
grams sponsored here by the Grif
fin Music Club.
He is one of the most popular
young singers on the radio and
concert stage today. The celebrated
Emilio de Gogorza taught Thibault
at the Curtis Institute in Philadel
phia. He has had no other voice
teacher.
No One Injured In
Automobile Accident
No one was lnlured and no arrest
was made in an automobile accident
at Riegel’s Curve at 4:30 Thursday
afternoon.
Tha accident involved cars driven
by Roy Monroe Ross of Route 1,
Zebulon and Jimmy Oates of Route
A, Griffin. Troopers W. H. Harden
and H. W. Beckham of the local
headquarters of the 8 tate Patrol in
vestlgated the accident and reported
that the two cars sideswiped. Dam
age was estimated at $25 to each
car.
want to buy the Rainbow Club.
(Since the questionnaire was
mailed out the Elks Club has pur
chased the Rainbow Club and the
veterans committee’s report states,
“It appears that the membership
is not in favor of purchasing the
Elks Club. Howevei, the commit
tee is of the opinion that if the
Elks Club and its equipment can
b* Purchased for $15,000 that the
VFW and the American Legion
should purchase at this figure.’’)
Other results of the survey:
Ninety-six to 87 want a home
primarily for social purposes: 100
to 78 do not want only a meeting
hall and office; 123 to 57 do not
approve of trying to bul’d a mem
orial home In the nature of an au
ditorium or sports stadium: 160 to
22 want the home to be self-sup
porting: 102 to 66 do not expect to
pay hither dues than at present.
One hundred and twenty-one to
i ^ want thetr home exclusively for
; the use of veterans; 181 to 20 want
the home to serve meals and re
freshmenta; 108 to 81 would
willing to rent the home to
public for special events: 105 to ) 61
want the home open and
every day; 90 to 80 want more re-
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LONE TRAVELER — Paul Vick,
18 months old, sole survivor of a
plane crash in which his parents
and 23 others were killed at Han
kow, China, two months ago, ar
rives at the 8 an Francisco airport
after traveling alone by plane from
China. He Is en route to the home
of his grandparents In Rochester,
N. Y. (AP Wirephoto).
Griffin Plays Macon
Here This Saturday
Grlffilnltes will get their first
chgnce to see the Plmlentos In act
ion at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon
the Meeon Peaches
of the South Atlantic League in an
exhibition game at the local park.
Manager Abe White said this
morning that the squad was shaping
up well. The boys have only had
seven days of actual woric in spring
training due to the bad weather.
White stated he held a long drill
Thursday, emphasizing sliding, base |
runnlng and sprints. He seems well
pleased with the showing of the
-squad so far.
White ... thinks , , he will have a first ,
division club. , . „ He announced the re- |
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lease ° r two more players. Wendell j
Strickland and Albert Groover, both
flrst basemen, were cut off. |
The probable starting lineup and
batting order for Saturday's game
Is. GRIFFIN Watkins, cf; Reeves,
3b; Yarbrough, ss; Jones, 2b: '! I
Landerfelt, If; Ouettler, rf; Jftck ‘
son, lb; McRay, c; and McWhorter,
p.
MACON—Keass, ss; Marion, 2b;
j Hartness, lb; Smith, lf; Murphy,
rf; Dindlnger, cf; Damato, 3b;
Dunlay, c; and Murry, p.
freshment facilities than for spe
cial events and dinners only.
One hundred and thirty to 53
want the home to sell beer: 104 to
79 want private game rooms avail
able; 163 to 18 want to hire a man
ager to run the home under super
vision of the veterans; 126 to 45
do not approve of leasing conses
slons In the home: 124 to 43 were
willing to spend $28,000 to buy a
home.
Eighty-two to 65 preferred to
spend less than* $28,000; 111 to 54
did not want to spend more than
$28,000; 132 to 45 do not want
try to buy Everoe Inn; 103 to 57
do not want to try to "fix up” an
old house for a home; 126 to 48 do
not approve of combining the
building fund with municipal or
•ounty funds to build a memorial
auditorium or other public work;
144 to 16 do not want any kind of
monument or park.
The veterans' Joint Building and
Home Committee is composed of
Davis Williams, Bill Patterson and
Randall ’•eprcsentln?
li-glbn and John Ooddard, Herbert
Bolton and Russell Looney repre -
sentlng the V. F. W.
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Collins Says Scrap
With Gov. Thompson
Is 'Closed Incident'
ATLANTA — f/P) — Gov. M. E.
Thompson's demand for dismissal
of two school executives for alleged
political activity is “a closed inci
dent,” says School Supt. M. D. Col
lins.
Commenting on the governor’s re
quest for resignations of Paul Bar
rett, director of vocational rehabili
tation, and C. S. Hubbard, director
of the textbook, division, Dr. Collins
raid the matter would not be
brought up again.
Collins said he stood on his reply
to Thompson when the governor ad
diessed the State Board of Educa
tion Thursday.
At that time, he said he would
stand by the two accused officials
exactly as he had stood by Thomp
son when he was ousted in 1935 by
the late Gov. Eugene Talmadge.
“The matter is entirely a closed
Incident,” said Collins.
The Board of Education ignored
Thompson’s demands Thursday and
adjourned without discussing the
charge that Barrett and Hubbard
intervened during the dispute over
Georgia’s governorship and urged
Thompson to withdraw.
Members of the board said pri
vately they dopbted that the matter
would be brought up and said the
board certainly would not overrule
Collins in his refusal to ask for re
signations.
Dahlia Trial Garden
Reopens This Year
The Dahlia Variety Trial Garden
has been re-opened at the Georgia
Experiment Station after being
closed since 1941, according to an
announcement by the Dahlia So
clety of Georgia and the Georgia
Agricultural Experiment Station. 1
The ° arden was op * rated dur,n e
the years 1935 - 1M1 as an Indepen
dent Dahlia Trial Garden under the
sponsorKhlp of the Dahlia Society
of ° eor K la In cooperation with the
Georgia Agricultural Experiment
Station. _ The Garden , has been , of- ,
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ated wlth the Amerlcan Dahlia So
clety and wm ^ conducted ln ac _
cordance with the specifications of
eiiis organization, as one of the five
official Dahlia Trial Gardens of
United States.
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Contributors are asked to express
their Intent to make an entry in the
trials at an early date. There
be a fee of three dollars for each
entry. Further details may be se
cured by writing to the Georgia Ex
periment Station.
Peach Trees To Be
In Full Bloom Here
On Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday will see the peach
trees in Spalding county in full
bloom, according to F. F. Cowart,
horticulturist at the Georgia Ex
periment Station.
Cowart explained that most
trees are blooming now and will be
in tulj bloom Sunday if the weath
er stays warm He stated that
trees are considered In full bloom
when 75 percent of the blossoms
are open.
There are approximately 175.000
peach trees m Spalding County,
with about half of them in com
merctal orchards. Cowart believes
t( ie . prospects for a bumper crop
are good He said that ^here has
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been no damrtve to the trees up to
this time. Eibertas are the prtncl
pa ) variety grown in this section,
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LcFevrc Trio Gives
^ro-ram Saturday
The LeFevre Trio, and Jim Walts,
radio entertainers, will present a
program ^ Saturday night at the
Spalding High School gymnasium,
The n-ovarn is sponsored by the
8 nsldinv High School Band Parents'
club. The admission charge will be
1 for children and 60 cents
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Attorney General
Says That Seizure
Would Be Legal
WASHINGTON -4JP) — Attorney I ]
C eneral Tom Clark said today Pre
silent seize the Truman telephone has the right to 1 j
Industry in the I
current labor dispute.
House, Clark after told reporter* at the White j
a cabinet meeting, that
.seizure authority exist* under the j I
Federal Communications Act.
He said Mr. Truman did not ask !
lis opinion, but that Secretary of
Labor Schwellenbach did ask him 1 j
to say whether the government has
seizure powers. j
Clark said he gave the ruling to
Schwellenbach. At the same
President Truman was considering
possible seizure of the telephone in
dustry to block a threatened strike.
President Truman told his news j
conference Thursday that he bad
asked the Labor Department to de
termine whether a legal basis ex
ists for taking over' the Industry In
the event of a' strike of 287,0000 tele
phone workers Monday.
Clark said he looked Into th*
Communications Act after reading
in the papers that there was a
question as to federal authority.
He said the act—"Passed In 1940.
I think"—U based on the war em
ergency but Is still in effect.
The attorney general said th* au
thority will continue until six
months after the official ‘‘termina
tion of the war.”
That leaves the date of expira
tion Indefinite. Laws expiring six
months after "termination of hoa- j
tiUttes" — a technically different
matter—will go out of existence June
30.
John J. Moran, chairman of the
National Federation of Telephone
Workers Policy Committee, said •]
Thursday the plume union* would
• Obey” a legal seizure, although he
knew of no existing authority for
one.
Union leaders declared the strike.
scheduled for 6 A. M„ local time
Monday In the various time sonet.
appears ’’Inevitable.”
Lily Sales Planned
In Aidmore Drive
The drive for funds for Aidmore,
Elks home for crippled children,
will be climaxed with the sale el
artificial Ulles In Griffin Saturdlqr.
This will be the first time that
the ll!ies have been sold In the
Aidmore Drive and will be con
ducted a fashion similar to the
sale of popples by the Legion Aux
iliary each November. Meinccrs of
the Utility Club, assisted by high
school girls, wnl sell the lilies on
the streets and !n the stores of
Oriffin Saturday. The lilies may
be bought for any amount from
one cent up. Headquarters of the
sale will be at the Chamber of
Commerce.
Two local dairies, Lindsey's and
the Griffin Dairy, are assisting in
Aidmore drive by placing caps, re
minding everyone to help crippled
children, on bottles of milk which
will be delivered during the week
end.
The response to the Easter seals
which were mailed to persons in „
the city and county has been good,
according to a report from the lo
cal Elks club. All persons who
have not mailed their contribu
tions are asked to drop them into
the mail addressed to Jack Fields,
Bible School Clinic
A Vacation Bible School Clinic
wi’l be held at the First Baptist
Churrh Monday afternoon from two
to four o’clock. All workers in the
Flint River Association are invited
to attend the meeting. State- and
Assoclatlonnl workers wiU be In
charge, of the meeting.
Farm Bureau Meeting
/V^nsetlng of the Spalding County
Farm Bureau will be held Monday
night, 8:00 p. m., at Spalding High.
An illustrated lecture on Mecha
ntzed farming will be given by a
renrrser.tatlve of International Wsr
vesting Company. Oriffin Motor
I Company will serve refreshments.