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Invest Your Money,
Your Talent, Your Time,
Your Influence In Griffin
.^Pj )er The Associated Press
27 Miners Killed
In Coal Mine
E VENIN GOOD G
By Quimby Melton
There’s nothing more in
teresting than a success story.
People like to read of a man or
woman overcoming difficulties
and attaining success.
This was probably best de
monstrated by the old Horatio
Alger stories that were so po
pular at the turn of the cen
tury. Alger wrote of the boot
black, who by courtesy and at
tention to small details, became
a busines leader of his commu
nity. He wrote scores of such
books, all telling of the strug
gle of a boy to make good—and
the hero of his book always did
jqst that.
“From Rags to Riches” might
be the name of the entire Alger
stories.
Since then there have been
other books for boys that have
captured public approval—but
none have meant more to the
present younger generation
than did the Alger stories to the
boys of Good Evening’s youth.
These and the Henty books, all
of which had a historical set
ting, were the favorites.
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Yesterday we carried a news
. stary that has all the interest
of an Alger story—it told how
the Calvary Baptist Church
was planning on building a mo
dem church boilding to house
the congregation.
What made this story inter
esting is the fact that this
church three years ago started
out with 17 members and held
its first meetings in the open
air, in a pecan grove. Then
when the weather became bad
the congregation moved into an
old barn on the place of J. C.
Ellis. Later as the member
ship grew they bought a six
room residence and have been
meeting there since.
There’s similiartty to the pio
neer church in the story of
Calvary Baptist Church, For
the early church met in groves,
in bams, in homes, in lofts
over stores and the like. And
there was a power in the early
church. Take out the early
church record from American
history and it is problematical
if America would ever have
prospered as she has.
*
When an individual or a
group of individuals set their
minds on doing something
worthwhile “all hell shall not
prevail” against that individual
or that group.
Calvary Baptist Church, with
some $2,500 pledged: $1,673.87
of Which has been paid In, Is de
termined to build a churrh that
will cost $12,000. They have a
lot of faith In their membership
and In the good people of th
community. They are confident
the money will be raised.
Good Evening knows of no
movement here that deserves
public support more than this
plan of the aggressive congre
gation of Calvary Baptist
Church and suggests to read
ers that they will find it *
pleasure to make a contribution.
(No. Good Evening is not a
* Baptist, but he believes the
spirit of the congregation of
Calvary Baptist Church should
be encouraged In a very posi
, tive way—and the most positive
way he knows is to make a con
tribution to the building fund.)
r he Weather
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Carbon Monoxide
Hampers Rescues
WEST FRANKFORT 111. —(/P)—
-Twenty-seven miners lost’ their
lives in an explosion Thursday in
one of the state’s largest mines in
the heart of the southern Illinois
coal fields.
- Twenty-six of the approximately
200 miners at work in the diggings
500 feet underground were found
dead about a mile and a half south
of the bottom of the shaft at the
main entrance to the Old Ben Coal
Company's No. 8 mine.
One of the five seriously burned
and injured in the blast died to
day in a hospital.
RESCUES
Rescue work was hampered by
carbon monoxide gas ard the last
three bodies found were buried be
neath coal and debris.
Harold L. Walker, Illinois di
rector of Mines and Minerals, said
many of the bodies were badly
burned, indicating, he said, a fire
,had broken out following the ex
plosion. The cause of th; blast had
not been determined.
During the rescue
there had been conflicting reports
of the total number cf men trap
ped. The rescue teams worked
frantically to reach the men in the
belief they had been trapped by
rock slides and might be alive. How
ever, early today Walker said all 26
men were dead. Earlier Coroner D.
J. Clayton nf Frankin said 28 had
lost their lives. 1
LEWIS’ BROTHER
One of the miners at first believed
among those trapped bur who later
was reported safe was Howard
■ Lewis, underground superintendent
j and a brother of John L. Lewis,
j ! president of the AFL United Mine
Workers.
j Of the estimated 200 day shift
I workers in the digging, those who
escaped fled through an auxiliary
air shaft equipped with stairways
for emergencies.
The blast occurred v-'thin one day
of four months from the explosion
last March 25 at the Centralia (111.)
Coal Company’s min-' wHch cost
the lives of 111 miners
News of ‘he explosion in mid
afternoon spread quickly through
j this coal mining city of 13.000 and
J hundreds of persons rushed to the
| diggings.
) POMONA MAN PUBLISHES
ARTICLE ON TAXATION
“Profit After Taxes, If Any,” an
article by Flory Monacell, formerly
of Pomona, will be published In the
August issue of the
Metal Finishing. He is a tax coun
I sel and auditor in San Pedro. Calif.
I Prior to moving to California Mr.
j and Mrs. Monacell lived with Mis.
E. E. Dearing of Pomona.
MRS. HOLLAND PREACHES
AT RINGGOLD SUNDAY
Mrs. Hugh T. Holland w.ll preach
at Ringgold Christian Church Sun
i day morning at 11 o’clo i- Her sub
lect will be “Loyalty to Christ.”
Tennis Tourney
Is Planned Here
A City Tennis Tournament, spon
sored by the Recreation
ment, will start at the Municipal
Park courts August 5, Larry Good
rich, acting director, announced to- 1
day.
The tournament, whl-h Isf di
vlded Into a renlor and Junior di
vision, will have boys singles and
doubles and girls slngl-s and dou
bles and also mixed doubles
The senior tournament will be
open to players 18 or over and th*
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With childhood’s amazing courage, 7-year-old Donald Dunlap smiles, cheerfully, although* lying severely
burned in Deaconess Hospital, St. Loui6, Mo. He’s happy in the thought or going fishing with his dad soon.
But Donald doesn’t know that his dad is dead—of burns suffered when he rescued the boy from their
burning home in Salem, Mo. He doesn't know either that his three younger sisters were burned to death.
The tragedy happened, police say, when Donald’s mother threw gasoline on the sleeping family and set
fire to the house.
j I Dutch Claim To Have
Ended First Phase
Of Indonesian Fight
“ ** The Fight For P«a«e
BY THE GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
From Leased Wire Reports
A fully qualified Dutch source
said today the first phase of Dutch
operations against the Indonesian
Republic—aimed at isolating cen
tral Java from the war in the in
terior as the Dutch consolidated
their hold on vital Java areas.
Meantime the problem ot Pales
tine continued to share the spot
light in the tight for peace.
A refugee ship named “Return to
Zion,” carrying 400 illegal immi
grants, was reported by the Jewish
underground to be nearing Pales
tine waters today with British de-
1
stroyers “already on her track.”
The underground announced the
approach of the ship simultaneously
with an assertion that it had learn
i ed through its lptellingence crops
that the British planned to Impose
l martial law on all Jews lu the Holy
! Land in an effort to curb a wave of
violence in which at least 10 per
sons have been killed and 75 wound
ed in the last nine days.
: At present 150.000 Jews of
some
I Jerusalem, Haifa and Natanya are
under house arrest.
t Other developments in the fight
1
for peace today:
I GREECE A War Ministry
spokesman said today Greek gov
ernment forces, using rocket-firing
planes and artillery, repelled a
strong guerrilla attack today on
Grevena, about 40 miles east of
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junior tournament is open to 18
year-olds and under. A 13-year-old
may enter cither the Junior or
senior division. Miss Ocr-lrlch sta
ted.
Entries for the toumment may
be made at either the pork to Billy
Turner or at the Recreation De
partment office, Miss Goodrich
said. The entry fee is 50 cents and
must be paid before the first
match. All entries must be in by
August 2, Miss Ooodrlch stated.
GRIFFIN, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1947
• Brief8 . . .
BY THE GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
From Leased Wire Reports
WASHINGTON — The 3 reasury
hopes to foil the sharks who Jjfeve
clipped veterans by buying up GI
terminal leave bonds at a discount.
A top official said today every ef
wtH be made toetop-awm from
cashing the bonds.
WASHINGTON The House
Armed Services Committee today
approved a universal military train
ing bill by a vote of 20 to 0.
CARROLLTON, Gi. —
Brown, Jr., 22-year-old Negro who
barley eroaned a mob which storm
ed the countv ;til here June 30, was
convicted Thursday by a Carroll
County jury cf murder end was
sentenced to the electric chair.
MONROE Oa. — One year ago
two Npcro men and their wives we-e
slaughtered by an unrraskid mob.
The mass murder has not been
solved.
santa fe, N: M. — Indictments
'eturned by a federal grand jury
ri”t the govov’iment in position to
dpv in prosecu’p two py-soldlers
SP - r ets
without revealing the information
Involved.
Robert Crossfield
Urces Farmers Here
f> Produce Berries
Robert Crosfleld of Crossfield Ice
Co. Thursday urged In an address
‘n members of the Griffin Rotary
Club that Spalding County farmers
grow strawberries and cultlvateed
blackberries.
He said that his company, which
freezes foodstuff as well as produc
ln« ice, froze the two berry crops
here but found that because they
were not produced in the county it
was necessorv to remove operations
to Tennessee. He said that his co
mpany now operates two plants In
Tennesseee to freeze strawberries
in dj blackberries.
“We do not want to do this.” he
said We are Georgians and want
to operate In Georgia. Most of our
products are sold outside of Georgia
and It would be good for the state’s
economy If we could freeze berries
produced in the state and sell them
outside the state.”
“First this would benefit our own
farmers and second it would bring
money Into the state.’
j * Barbs . . .
I BY HAL COCHRAN
* j The easiest way to stop sailing on
| the sea of madness is to toss out
your anger.
Affections are never- stolen
when kept In a safe place—at
home.
An Ohio boy was bom with four
teeth, That’s starting life's grind
I rather early.
Series Of Winter
Grazing Meetings
; Planned For County
A series of meetings in Spalding
County to give the farmers of the
county the latest information on
winter grazing and winter grazing
crops will be conducted jointly by
the Vocational Agricultural Depart
ment, the Chamber of Commerce,
the Soil Conservation Service, the
Extension . _ Service . and . the .. Georgia _
Experiment Station, it was an
nounced today.
The meetings, the first of which
will be held July 29, will discuss de
tailed information on seeding, ferti
lizing and possible returns from
grazing. Special emphasis will be
placed on providing “June grazing
in January” for the farm family
cow.
The dairymen of Spalding Coun
ty are “sold” on winter grazing,
: County Agent N . V. Davis stated
' and all the dairymen with winter
grazing reported 66 back in product
ion and money saved on feed for
every dollar spent.
The meeting will be held at the
following places and times:
Line Creek — Fairview school,
Tuesday, July 29, 8 P. M.; Reho
both—Rehoboth Club House, Wed
nesday, July 30, BP.M.; Ringgold—
I Ringgold Club House, Thursday,
I July 31. 8 P. M.; Vaughn—Vaughn
school house, August 1, 8 P. M.
Everyone interested ts invited to
|_______ attend lhe meeUngs
|T reQ ^ A u t 0 Accident
Here Thursday Night
.
Involves ThreC Cars
Tho Police Department, reported
a three-way accident at Hill and
Oak streets Thursday night that did
$30 damage—$10 to each car in
volved. No one was Injured in the
freak accident..
The accident, which happened at
8:05 P. M., Involved cars driven by
S. W. Smith, route C; Warren
Wright, Thomaston, and Charles M
Jones,.503 8outh Sixth street, police
stated. No charges or arrests were
made.
Only one arrest was reported by
police, that for speeding..
The Fire Department answered
I a call at 11:30 Thursday that was
caused by defective wiring. The fire,
which was at 669 South Eighth
street, resulted In slight damage to
the dwelling. Homer Williams was
the occupant of the house.
The sheriff and the State Patrol
stated "no arrests or accidents” in
Spalding County.
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Hospital Here Comes •**«* * e*? 1 ■ 4 r :
Even Closer; Federal
Funds Are Available i
All-Night Session
Ends At Daylight,
■links Vote Probe
*
WASHINGTON —'F A hectic
18 hour and 12 minute Senate ses
sion ended at sunrise today with
Republican leaders conceding defeat
;n their demands for an investiga
tion into Attorney General Clark’s
handling of Kansas City vote fraud
charges.
Determined to carry out their
ilans to adjourn Congress for the
rear Saturday night, GOP chief
’ains bowed before unending Demo
•ratic opposition.
The decision to quit until noon
'11 A. M. EST) came at 6:12 A. M.
5.12 A. M. EST).
The Republicans hours liefore had
von a battle hut obviously lost the
”ar in their effort to force the in
They battered down a Democratic
attempt to postpone formally until
January any decision on the resolu
tion by Senator Kem (R-Mo.) de
manding the Clark investigation.
But the bitter debate dragged on
through the night.
Then, shortly after daybreak, the
Republican leadership agreed to lay
aside the Kem matter ion-? enough
to take up one of several appro
priation bills that must be passed
before Congress can quit for the
year Saturday night, as planned.
Health Officer Urges
Use of Pasteurized
Milk By Consumers
Tlie Grtffin-Spalding County
Health Department recommends
highly the use of pasteurized milk,
Dr. T. O. Vinson, director, said to
■iav. but not the banning of raw
milk.
Dr. Vinson stated, “People pro
ducing raw milk here are excellent
dairymen, but their milk would be
safer If it was pasteurized.”
Barnegvlllp rpcenUy an or .
dlnanrP , effectlve JanUiry ,, 1948 .
requiring that all milk so’d in that
city be pasteuried. Atlanta recent
ly took a similar step, but the At
lanta law is being contested
The doctor stated tint *f is the
generally accepted oninlon that
milk to be used for human
consumption should be grade A
milk from grade A cows and pro
duced by first-rate dalrvmen. He
also pointed out that a cow can be
negative for tuberculosis oi bangs
one week and positive the next.
He said the only safeguard a
gainst the numerous rommon dis
eases found In raw milk is proper
pasteurization. Over 480 cities and
several states now have laws re
quiring the pasteurization of milk,
he pointed out.
Welfare Cases Increase Here
Some 799 persons are on the rolls
of the Spalding Countv Welfare De
partment and ade drawing assist
ance amounting to $18,032 a month,
Mrs. Evander Shapuid, Jr., direcltr’
reported today.
This is an increase of 177 cases
over that of July, 1945 and an In
j crease month. in assistance In July. 1945. given 022 of persons $9,335
a
1 were on the departments roll* with
| a total of $9,334 a rhuntn being paid
to them.
i Broken down, the Increase* art:
i
157 more cases of old age assistance.
two more blind cases and 18 more
I families drawing and far dependent
GRIFFIN FIRS'
Invest Your Mona] r »
Your Talent, Y tr Tine,
Your Influenc* ' riffh.
Government’ Allots
Nearly $3,000,000
For Georgia's Use
Griffin’s proposed new 100-bed
hospital moved still another step
toward reality today with an
nouncement ihat nearly $3,000,000
In federal funds has been made a
vailable to Georgia for hospital
construction under the Hill-Bur
ton act.
The Griffin Hospital Authority
hopes to obtain approximately one
third of the cost of the new hospital
from the federal funds. Application
for the funds has been pending
with the State Depotrment of
Health for some time since it wag
anticipated that the funds would
be made available.
“But we will have to fight for
the federal money,” Walter Graefe
of the Griffin Hospital Authority
said today.
John E. Ransom, director of the
State Health Department’s division
of hospital survey and planning,
said the allotment, $2 978.300, would
have to be matched by twice that
amount before Georgia cculd bene
fit.
Noting the state had .'ailed to ap
propriate funds for hospital con
struction, Ransom said the two
thirds matching portion probably
would be furnished by local authori
ties of private citizens.
The money will be appropriated
to areas In the state on the basis
of need, to be determined by sur
vey nearing completion, he said,
adding that preliminary investiga
tion had disclosed Georgia needs
8,000 hospital beds In add'tion to its
present 7,500.
Public hospitals and privately
owned non-profit InsMtuf'ons, in
cluding mental and tubercular hos
pitals are eligible to benefit. How
ever, proprietary hospital-- operated
for possible profit are excluded.
Ransom said $75,000,000 for hos
pital construction was alloted under
the Hill-Burton act for a five-year
period. Only three states, he re
ported. received a larger grant than
Georgia. They are Pennsylvania.
North Carolina and Texas.
Andrew J. May Is
Sentenced To Serve
l Up To Two Years
WASHINGTON —</P)— Ex-Con
gressman Andrew J. May was sen
tenced today to a term of from
eiRht months to two years in pri
son nn charges of accepting $53,-
634.07 in bribes while he was war
time chairman of the House Mili
tary Affairs Committee.
| I.OCAL WEATHER —
Maximum FrHay: KI
Minimum Frid-v: 65
Maximum Thursday; R5
Minimum Thursday: 63
children. At present 749 are for old
age, 25 for blind and ?0 for depend
ent children.
The department has 75 old age
cases pending of whicn 66 have
been Investigated and met, are *ur
rently being Investigated. Two de
pendent cases are pending applica
tion. One blind case alsi is on the
waiting list. In addition, aeven
cases are awaiting transfer from
other counties.
Mrs. Shapard reported that a to
tal of $2,227.50 will be ne.iled to take
care of these pending sases.
From April 1, 1946 to March, 1947
the department did not have a sin-
Establish*. 1871
Moscow's ’No!' To
Americans' Visit
Rankles Congress
WASHINGTON —(fl— Moscow’s
"No” to a Russian visit by three
American lawmakers rubbed raw to
day a new point of Irritation be
tween Congress and the SovJ$t
Union. **
The turn down produced: •*»n
1. A proposal thst hundred*,
maybe thousands, of Russians be
be expelled from the United StaUia.
S. A curt letter to Soviet AmfeM*
sador Nikolai V. Novikov about “di
plomatic deterrents.”
3. Complete junking of plana for
the trip. ,
4. A rise In congressional tem
peratures, especially that of Rep.
Kersten <R-Wls.L
Kersten Is chairman of a three
man House labor subcommittee
which was supposed to go to Russia
In September to study education
and labor to determine the amount
of freedom allowed students, teach
ers and workers.
The State Department Issued
passports to Rep. Kersten and to
Reps Owens (R-IU.) and Kennedy
(D-Mass),
But Moscow refused visas.
The reason, Kersten was told in
a letter from Yuri M. Bruslov, chfbf'
of the Consular Division of the So
viet Embassy:
“Lack of hotel accommodation**
and some other short: both 4a
Moscow and In the bis .-ational
and Industrial centers • s«*d by
the war.”
A* a result, the letter said, “trips
.of foreign tourists' are Not yet pos
sible for the time being.”
Kersten got off a letter Thursday
to Secretary of State Marshall
and another to Ambassador Novikov.
He told Marshall:
“When a congressional subcom
mittee is refused visas by the Rus
sian Embassy because of ‘lack of
hotel accommodations,* I submit it
la entirely In order for you to re
quest the Immediate removal of all
excess Russian national*, registered
and unregistered, residing In our
country, because of the acute hous
ing shortage In the United 8tates.”
Another Phase Of
War Is Ended By
Truman Signature
WASHINGTON — UP) President
Truman today declared the war
over, Insofar as veterans’ benefit*
and a batch of other war and < ner
geiM.y are concerned.
The chief executive signed 8e
nate Joint resolution (8JF 123),
j making Inoperative some 175 l*wa
' whose effect was based on the state*
of war and emergency.
gle caae pending 6d each person
was placed on the roll* as soon a*
the case was inxestlgated.
The waiting list in the *tat* ha*
increased to 5,359 in June and $500,
000 more Is needed to care for tiM
g,jpUcaants, State Welfare Director
L. C. Oroves reported. The waiting
list in the state has Increased from
1,711. the June, 1*46 figure.
The state director said every cent
Is distributed Immediately. Th*
fund* for the department ar* do
rived from 50 percent from the fe
deral government, 45 percent from
the state and five percent from
county.