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griffin FIRST
Invert Your Money
Your Talent, Your Time,
Your Influence, In Qriffin
Mem ber Of The Associated Press
I S Local Officials Crack
4 ‘Black Spider’ Gang
That Terrorized City
E VENIN GOOD G
By Quimby Melton
President Truman has called
a meeting of his cabinet to take
up the matter of increasing
prices. The President, very
properly, wants to put a stop
to spiraling prices that could
easily lead to runaway inflation.
ft Inflation has ruined the
eco
nomic structure of many a na
tion—and once the economic
structure is destroyed then or
derly government collapses.
We certainly do not want In
$ flation
in America—that is run
away inflation. We already have
some Inflation but not enough
yet to prove serious.
If President Truman can find
a way to halt rising prices he
will go down in history as one
of our great chief executives.
The President has already In
timated that one way he hopes
to combat Inflation is by con
vincing Industry that they will
be stabilising the national eco
nomy and at the same time pro
tecting their own business by
cutting prices at once. A cut in
the price of automobiles, house
hold appliances, clothing, gro
ceries and the like would set the
pattern and stabilize prices.
Even though prices now are
high, to sto pthem right where
they are, would be a great ser
vice to the people and would eli
minate the threat of inflation.
Industrial leaders who are far
sighted enough to look ahead a
few years, will agree with the
President and out of this meet
ing today may come an end to
the inflationary threat.
Speaking of Truman and his
fight on inflation;
The Gallup pole recently ask
ed a cross section of voters whe
ther they would rather have the
Democrats or Republicans in
control of the government in
“hard times: The answer was
almost 2. to 1 In favor of the
Democrats.
All of which would Indicate
that President Truman’s
chances of being reelected are
growing.
And should he stop Inflation
and bring prices down to a fair
er level—all the Taft-Dewey
Bicker-Stassen combinations in
the world cannot defeat him.
Good Evening had the pleas
ure of speaking to the Griffin
District Methodist conference
in Fayetteville.
The district superintendent,
Dr. Paul Turner, said in inviting
Good Evening “we always have
had a minister to talk—now*
we'll try a layman and after
this meeting will decide whe
ther to have a layman or a min
ister as the conference speaker."
Grapevine report, after Good
Evening had spoken, was that
the district conference would
in th*e future return to the
practice of having a minister as
speaker.
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
DIRECTORS WILL MEET
Boald There will be a meeting of thei
of Directors and the Advisory!
Board of the Griffin Hospital
Association Thursday afternoon at
1 o'clock at the office on North Hill
Street.
IN
NEWS
Masked Members
Copied Robin Hood;
Gave Away Loot
BY CHARLES WARNOCK
A well organized gang of
in Griffin, called the
Spiders," has been broken up, Fred
H. Craven, county probation officer,
stated today.
The youths, ranging In age from
15 to 27, operated on the Robin
Hood principles—stealing and bur
gulariztng, and then giving most of
the loot away, Craven explained,
Craven said there were 10 known
members in the gang. Five or six
crimes are known to have been com
mltted by them.
Through an unrevealed source,
Craven learned the names of the
majority of the members and warn
ed them that they would be prose
cuted if they did not dissolve im
mediately. Craven stated It had
been two months since the warning
had been given, and no other crime
has occurred that could be attribu
ted to the gang.
Many crimes committed by the
gang were not reported because of
threats made to parties robbed.
Craven said they had large portions
of the community terrorized around
Christmas.
Craven claimed it is known that
they robbed the East Griffin school’s
cafeteria. One of the requirements
of potential members of the “Black
Spiders" was to btng in $35 worth
of stolen loot to the leader. He said
they wore masks when they were
out on raids and had their own
leader and meeting place.
Three of the former members are
under probation now, and another
is in a boys’ training camp, Craven
announced. He explained that court
action was not brought because ot
the young age of most of the gang. |
He explained he knew all the former
members and was keeping check on
them for further trouble.
100 Local Pupils
Participate In
Music Festival
More than 100 children from the
elementary schools of Griffin are
attending and participating in the
state Elementary Music Festival
which is being held at G. S. C. W„
Milledgeville, today.
Selections will be presented by a
choral group of 60 children taken
from all the schools. Twenty mem
bers ot the fourth grade at Fourth
Ward School will present a folk
dance. Barbara Mauney, pupil at
Third Ward School will render a
solo. She and Theresa Morgan will
give a duet. The above named;
groups have been directed by Miss'
Thelma Brisendine.
The Third Ward Band and the
Fourth Ward Band, both directed
by Alfred Heilman, will also partici
pate in the festival.
iast Griffin Pupils
’resent Operetta
The pupils of East Griffin School
will present an operetta ‘‘Aunt Dru
silla's Garden” at the school audito
ium Friday night at 7:30.
Those taking solo parts in the op
erata will be Mary Long, Sara Floyd,
Jane Terrell, Virlan Huggins, and
Gwyn Collins. Children from all the
grades will participate In several
choruses.
Admission to the operetta will be
20 cents and 40 cents. The public
is Invited to attend.
Local Weather
Maximum Wednesday: 74
Minimum Wednesday: 57
Maimum Tuesday: 86
Minimum Tuesday: 56
GRIFFIN, GA., WEDNESDAY, APR IL 1947
US Evolves Plan To
Keep Ruhr In Reich,
Silesia In Poland
The Fight For Peace
By GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
From Leased Wire Reports
Authoritative sources in Moscow
reported today that the United
States has developed a German
boundary program which would re
tain the Ruhr in Germany and
upper Silesia in Poland,
Main points of the program,
which form the basis of United
States proposal to the Council of
Foreign* Ministers on frontier dis
cussions scheduled to start today,
are reported to include:
Acceptance of the principles that
resources of the Ruhr and Silesia
must fit lnt0 the whole European
economy so that neither Germany
nor Poland should have exclusive
control; the U. S. is willing to
2 8 re e to French demands for the
hut within present limits;
German areas ™ administered by
Poland should be given to Poland;
Bhur a 111 * ^he Rhineland should
be retained in Germayn; other Ger
man boundary rectifications re
quested by smaller nations should
be studied fully.
In the perenially troubled Ba’
kans the Greek government, y, an
nounced today the launching of a
long-awaited “general offensive” to
crush guerilla forces in western
Macedonia and Thessaly.
Many regarded the late King
George too weak to conduct a
strong offensive and now are look
ing to King Paul to play a stronger
role In putting down communistic
forces.
Meanwhile in Berlin the mills of
the gods continued to grind out
slow and grim justice. 'The British
Army announced today that a man
8nd woman under sentence of
death for torturing and killing fe
male inmates of Ravensbruck con
centration camp had committed
—
Carmen Maria Moray, 40-year
0 ld spy and adventuress who had
once escaped a death sentence for
espionage, slashed her wrists early
this morning and bled to death. Dr.
Percy Treite poisoned himself
Tuesday,
VFW Members Favor
Buying Elks Home
For Clubhouse
Members of the Noah W. Barfield
Post of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars went on record Tuesday night
as favoring the purchase of the Elks
Home to be used as a clubhouse. A
vote was taken after a discussion
was held the meting at the Rain
bow Club.
A committee, composed of John;
Goddard, Russell Looney, and Her
bert Bolton, Jr., was authorized to
negotiate with the American
Legion and the Elks Club. The com
mittee was given the power to de
I
termine the price to be paid.
Members of the American Legion
post will attend a called meeting
Thursday night at the Chamber ot
Commerce to vota on the purchase!
of the Elks Home. The meeting will
begin at 7:30, Commander W. H.
Beck, Jr. announced.
DICK RUSSELL SLATED
TO UNDERGO OPERATION
WASHINGTON — (AP) — Senator
Dick Russell of Georgia is scheduled
to undergo an appendectomy at U.
S. Naval hospital in nearby Bethes
da, Md., Thursday.
GRIFFIN TROOPER
FIRED BY PATROL
CHARGES POLITICS
Two Patrolmen
Stationed Here
Are Discharged
H. W. Beckham, former trooper
the Griffin headquarters of the
Patrol, said today that he and
other trooper stationed here
been fired for political reasons.
Beckham said that he and J. D.
had been dismissed and were
going to Atlanta today to turn
TZ ,were «,
state canitol in Atlanta when
man Talmadge seized control of
state government. He s-.td that
and the other trooper of the
fin station acted tn good faith
obeyed orders when they went
Atlanta.
Beckham was one of the
members of the State Patrol,
the thirty-second man
f rom the Patrol’s training school.
had been a member of the organiza
tion for 10 years.
Posey has served in the Patrol
for six years.
In Atlanta Major J. O. Davis, dl
rector of the Patrol, announced that
eight members of the Patrol and
Georgia Bureau of Investigation and
18 civilian employes had been dis
charged as the first step in reducing
personnel of the Department ot
Public Safety to 260.
The dismissals were ordered to
effect Gov. M. E. Thompson’s eco
nomy program, he said, adding that
politics did not figure in the step.
But here in Griffin, Becifhai
said. “It’s nothing but politics,
couldn't be anything else. I’ve been
in the Patrol for 10 years.”
Beckham said that two other
troopers in addition to Posey and
hiinself have been fired but Patrol
headquarters in Atlanta said that
Beckham and Posey were the only
two dismissed here so far, adding
hat another Griffin trooper may
be discharged laterf
Rev. Arthur Gilmore
To Address Rotary
Meeting Thursday
The Rev. Arthur L. Gilmore ot
Thoma'ton will address the regular
weekly dinner meeting of the Grif
fin Rotary CTub at the Rainbow
Club Thursday.
He will be introduced b| the Rev.
Zach C. Haves. Jr„ pastor of the '
First Methodist Church, Griffin.
Subject of his talk has not been an
nounced.
The Weather
FORECAST FOR GEOR
GIA:— Partly cloudy weather
and slightly lower temperatures
tonight; Thursday, increasing
cloudiness and not so warm;
occasional rain Thursday after
noon.
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MULE DAY QUEEN CROWNS ‘QUEENIE’—Mrs. Martha Napier Bryant,
queen of the celebrated Mule Day Festival at Columbia, Tenn., places
the diadem on the brow of "Queenle," chosen as the best mule in the
show. Partly hidden by Mrs. Bryant’s arms Is Tennessee's Gov. Jim
McCord, former mule auctioneer. The festival was revived this year in
the famed mule-raising center for the first time since the war. t AP
Wlrephoto).
Commissioners Pass Zoning 1
Parking Meter Ordinances;
Purchase Land For
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As the telephone strike entered
I that women are doing strike duty
and confidence filled the strike
headquarters of local 215, Southern
Federation of Telephone Workers
In Griffin.
Mrs. Emily Bearden, chairman of
the local, said the Union is in the
fight to the end, and is still out
100 percent here. She explained
that wmon are doing strike duty
now because “they want to do
j their share." She stated a special
meeting had been called for 8
o’clock tonight,
A. T. Ross, manager of the local
exchange, said dial service still is
continuing normal. v
In a statement released by South
em Bell, the company said that
j oca j serv i ce was substantially nor
mal to more than 1,425,000 of the
2,335,000 telephones In the nine
states served by Southern Bell. It
explained that emergency long dis
tance calls are ' going through
promptly at all exchanges.
In Washington today a crack In
the telephone strike deadlock was
reported possible within hours to
day as negotiators went on with
day and night sessions.
Persons in close touch with the
negotiations on the long distance
lines phase of the national dispute
said the only obstacle to an agree
ment for that segment of the in
dustry was who would pay arbitra
tion cost which might run to $20,000.
An agreement as to long distance
lines would leave strikes of various
local Bell system operators unset
tled but might pyave the way for
settlement of the entire strike.
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With prices where they are, the
smart home garden will be all vege
tables and a yard wide.
A 14-year-old Illinois girl
posed as being 21. They usbally
wait until they're about 30.
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REPUBLICAN WINS FLA. HOUSE SEAT -/ilex Aksrman, Jr. (right)
of Orlando, Republican Representative from Orange County, and his
Democratic challenger, former Rep. James G. Harrell Heft), also of
Orlando, stand by the seat tn the Florida House of Representatives at
Tallahassee,which Akerman won by a 67 to 26 vote of the traditionally
Democratic chamber. Akerman is Florida's first Republican House
representative in 16 years. His votes topped Harrell’s in last Novem
ber’^ election, but Harrell challenged the election. (AP Wtrephoto).
Local Students Enter
4th District Meet
Students fro-m Griffin High
School will participate in the tnafo
rity of events at the district
literary meet, to be held in Thomas
ton this week.
The opening event for local stu
dents wil be the one-act play c
test Thursday '
night. The Griffin
High play entitled “The New Bride”
will be presented at 7 o'clock.
dents who will take parts are^^ Dutch^
Slade. Joe Thomas, Jeanette
Carolyn Wise, Finley McLaurin,
Jack Langford. Wiley Vlrden and
Dot Reeves. Spalding High will not
enter this contest.
Friday morning at 9 o'clock
essay contests for boys and glrLs will
be held. Local entrants in the boys'
essay contest will be Howard Wal
lace, Griffin High, and Scott Futrai,
Spalding High. Annette Hammond
of Griffin and Jeanette Stapleton
will enter the girls' essay contest
Joyce Jones, Griffin High and Bar
bara Bates, Spalding High, will
ticipate in the typing contest at 1 l
o'clock.
The reading contest will be held
at 1 o’clock Friday afternoon. Nell
Holmes will represent Griffin High
and Mary Jim Williams will
sent Spalding High. Bobby Ponder
of Griffin High will enter the
rlamation contest at 2 o’clock. En
trants in the Home Economies eon
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Griffin Policemen
Arrest Peeping Tom
Police arrested a “peeping
Tuesday night at the home of Dr.
C. E Lindsey, 426 W Poplar street.
Walter Brooks Mayes. Negro, was
arrested for looking in the bedroom
window of the Lindsey home, police
report. A blacksmith by
Maves is an ex-convict and has a
lengthy record, according to police
records, The arrest was made
cffleers Cody and Holcombe at II
o'clock.
• Brief8 . . .
BY THE GRIFFIN NEWS
FROM WIRE REPORTS
WASHINGTON — Truman sum
SHo"'ST
on prices, now highest since boom
bast of 192 °
DETROIT — Humble and proud
meet at bier of Henry Ford whose
genius cap,ured world’s imagination,
WASHINGTON — Owners of
seized coal mines accuse John L.
Lewl3 of engineering ‘‘deliberate
and premeditated" new strike by
UMW.
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CINCINNATTI Leo Durocher,
manat;, ' r of Brooklyn Dodgers, sua
pended for 1947 season by Baseball
Commissioner A. B. Chandler. Act- I
ion was result of investigation of
( ' harKes lUeV^ynlZXfdet^ brought by Larry McPhail j
mation
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I Operators Of Motor
ScOOterS And BikeS
Must Have Licenses
A11 motor scooters must have tags
and the operators must have a va
!, d Georgia drivers' license. Police
Chief Joe Bursoil asserted today,
If e warned that any person opera
tj ng a motor bike or scooter
a vehicles tag and a drivers’ license
would have a ca-,e nude against
,
them.^
Be urged parents with children
who have motor bikes or scooters
to che< k to see that they mee the
(equipments of the law. He said no
child should be allowed to operate
a motor bike or scooter if he Is un
der asrf\
Gets Foxy Quick
CHARLESTON, W. Va. — (JPt —
| How to be foxy with foxes comes
easy to Conrad H. Wells of Min
eral Wells, Wood County.
Wells, without experience in
the art of seeking old sly Rfey
nard. went to State Trapper
Dov Rollyson for Instructions.
He listened for four hours.
Then, explains Rollyson, his
punii went out and bagged 57
fines in 47 days.
GRIFFIN first
Invert Your Money
Your Talent, Your Tun%
Your Influence, In Griffin
'
ESTABLISHED 1871
Establish Prices
For Swimming Pool
Here This Summer
At their regular bi-monthly meet
ing Tuesday night, the city commis
sioners passed and approved the fol
lowing:
( 1 ) An ordinance providing tor
'parking meters and the regulating
>f traffic parking;
«2) An ordinance establishing a
zoning plan for the city, and creat
ing seven districts;
(3) An appropriation of $ 11,000 to
pay for the city’s share of the total
acquisSion price of additional land
for ariport expanion.
In addition to the above measure*
the commissioners, on suggestion ot
City Manager Jack Langford, estab
lished ticket prices for admission to
the city, pool for this year. w*
The ordinance concerning parking
meters and traffic control gives the
city manager authority to Install
and regulate parking meters In
zones established by the city mana
ger. It also provides for enforce
ment and penalties for Violation of
the ordinance. The ordinance re
ceived its second and final
Tuesday night.
Langford said thi amoming be
hoped to have the meters installed
at an early date. He explained that
it “wasn’t costing the city a cent to
secure and install the meters.”
The city contracted with a part
ing meter company to install me
ters with the provision that the
company receive 75 percent of the
revenue derived from the meters un
til they are paid for, Langford sta
ted. After the meters are paid for,
they belong to the city.
Langford said the city was tn
“ ““ •»**
and not for revenue. The city will
have t he fight to remove them at
the end of six months tf they prove
unsatisfactory.
The city manager said his plana
are to abolish parking next to
P arltwft y 8 downtown and to have
angular parking at the sidewalks,
thus providing room for two lanes
of traffic on each side of the park
way - He explained the two lanes
on each side will go in the same dl
rection.
The city and county are securing
Jointly 200 acres of land adjoining
““ a ‘ rP ° rt f ° r ex P analon ‘ The land
was secured from Paul and Robert
Walker. The deed has been in
spected and approved by both city
and county attorneys.
Prices for this season at the mu
ntctpal pool are 20 cents per person
f ur each swim, Including towel,
locker, and shower; individual sea
non ticket, *7.50; and family season
tickets, $15.00. This Includes parents
and all children under 18.
The zoning ordinance provide*for
the creation of seven districts; re
gulates, and restricts location and
of buildings and structures,
their height and size, size of open
space for light and ventallzatton.
1 The commissioners authorized the
city manager to issue a retail beer
license to Turner’s Place, W. Slaton
Alley. Police Chief Joe Burson al
ready has approved the license.
Hour Of Methodist
Service Is Changed
The prayer service* at the First
Methodist Church will be held at 8
o’clock tonight iastead of 7:30 it
was announced today. The Rev.
Zach C. Hayes. Jr., pastor, wtll con
duct the service and will deliver a
message on the topic ‘‘One Body in
Christ.”
The sendee will be broadcast over
Radio Station WICEU at 8 o’clook.