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DROWNING TRAGEDY STRIKES FAMILY ON PICMC ^Mrs. Agnes Thomas weeps and walks
from the limp body of her six-year-old daughter, Patricia away
deft), a moment after the drowned child was
brought from the water of Hansen Dam reservoir near Roscoe, Calif. A few steps further, the mother
collapsed in grief and fell to the ground. A little latef, searchers recovered the body of her other child,
Raymond, 9. Chief Lifeguard P. M. Cox recovered Patricia’s body. Now, he appears to gesture helplessly
in a futile attempt to comfort the distraught mother. The children wandered away from a picnic site
and got into the water —(AP Wirephoto>.
Club Is Planned Here
E VENIN GOOD G
By Quimby Melton
Governor M. E. Thompson,
after appointing Harvey Ken
f nedy Flint of Bamesville Circuit, judge of
the let it be
known that he would always
J appoint a friend to any office his
that might be open during
administration and would never
“reach Into the camp of the
enemy” to find a person to ap
point to office.
We like this straightforward
statement of the Governor.
There are two ideas that poli
ticians have as to appoint
ments—one is to appoint your
friends, thus rewarding them
for their support in the past.
The other is to appoint a man
that has opposed you in the
past in hopes that he will sup
port you In the future.
We’ve always thought if a
man couldn’t appoint his
friends to office, do business
with his friends, advise with his
friends and try to display his
friendship in a very practical
way, there was something wrong
with that mart.
We like Governor Thompson's
statement that he would always
appoint a friend.
There’s another practice that
pollticians often follow, which
was not used by Governor
Thompson in the case of the
Flint Circuit Judgeship. Very
often when « judgeship is va
cant the solicitor-general is
appointed judge, creating an
opening for appointment of a
solicitor-general. The Judge of
city court Is named solicitor
general. creating another va
cancy The solicitor of the city
court Is named judge of that
court, creating another vacancy,
and someone is appointed solici
tor. gets five
Thus the Governor
appointments out of the one
vacancy-five chances to re
or to “reach Into
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FORECAST FOR OEOR
QIA;_Fair north and central
portions, partly cloudy with a
tew widely scattered thunder
tonight and Thursday, slightly portion
showers extreme south
w rm»-r today; continued hot
Thursday. weather
— local —
Maximum Wednesday: 85
Minimum Wednesday. *»
Max'mnm Tuesday:
Minimum Tuesday. 68
IN
NEWS
| Tentative plans to organize and
operate a boys club in Griffin are
being formulated today, ^ it was an
nounced.
The club, which the Kiwanis^lub
ts expected to sponsor, is being
I signed after similar clubs in larger
| eitias such as the Atlanta Boys
j j Club, The organizers of the club
are
j now trying to find an expert in the
youth field to come to Griffin and
organize the club. They hope to get
a centrally located club house for
the boys to meet in.
The organizers stated that the
club will have its own organization
of officers with members holding
the jobs. Once organized, the club
j w ° -J W furnlsh a varltt >’ of activi
j ties for the members to participate
I in. This would include aii sports,
both Indoor and outdoor, and har
dicrafts.
Eventually, it is hoped, the club
can be expanded to two units with
competition between the tow. Also
a work shop is hoped to be provid
ed. *
i The organizers of the club have
! several large obstacles to overcome
[ before the club can become a reali
ty, among them being a clubhouse
and enough money to equip it. Fred
, H. Craven, county probation officer,
; Ls organlze lhe club in an
j ■ lldvisory ' capaclt _!_ y
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I Interested Vets
ArO . _. Urged . _ — I okc .
To
; Farm Training Class
Veterans living on farms and
farming as a vocation were urged
today to enroll in the Veterans
Farm Training! class 'Wow ^ being
formed, if they are Interested in re
ceiving this training.
One class Is now ileing conduct
ed in the county and plans are be
ing made to begin the new
the coming week. G. W Garrison
is instructor for the new
There are openings for at leaat 10
more veterans.
Veterans interested In the pro
gram may get full information
from tahe Veterans Administra
tion'a office, Meriwether street.
Police Arrest 4
For Attempted
Burglary Here
Police arrested four Negroes
tM. MtavM fc«t
lary of Cook's Market, Taylor
strert. they reported.
A total of 12 arrests were made
in the last 24 hours with only two
of therm being drunks. Speeding
and other traffic violations ac
counted for most of them.
The sheriff and State Patrol
stated that no serious accidents dr
-rimes occurred in the county.
Firemen report no calls for fires
were answered duruj the period.
GRIFFIN, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1947
I
Legion's Faces
Are Red Today
I The collective faces of the
American Legion post here were
red today.
. The Region announced with
great pride its first woman
member, Katherine Walker, last
week.
A belated check i
of the rolls
showed three other women
members:
Gladys Statham, Marie Si
monton and Mrs. Raynor Hub
bell
“We’re glad to have them all,”
Legion officers blushed.
Saturday Deadline
Set For Entering
Tennis Tournament
All persons interested in enter
ing the City Tennis Tournament
sponsored by the Recreation De
partment were .urged today by Lar
ry Goodrich, director, to get their
entries in before Saturday.
The tournament is divided into
two divisions, senior and Junior,
The senior division is for 18 year
olds and up and ....... the Junior is for
18 ypar ~ olds and under ' An W
year-old may enter either division. ■
There will be girl and boy singles
and doubles and mixed doubles in
both divisions. The first matches
wiI1 be P layed Tuesday. Entry fee
is 50 cfnts I
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PASTOR OF CHRISTIAN
CHURCH ATTENDS MEET i
The Rev. Hugh T. Holland, pastor
of the First Christian Church, ac
companled , by „ Mrs. Holland, „ left to
day for Buffalo. N. Y. to attend
the combined international and
wor ' d convention of the Disciples of
(Christian Church).
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i Education Department
5 W Teachers I UUUIIvl W From I I Will Snolrlinp lIUUIUHIw
A total of 99 teachers have been J
allotted to Spalding County for the j
next school year by the State De
partment of Education, five less j
that The the state allotted allotted number 71 white last teach- year. J
27 colored and visiting j
era, one
teacher. This is in comparison with
J 74 white and 29 colored for last
year. i
This reduction In teachers by the
| state means that the county will I
INVESTIGATION OF
HOLLYWOOD REDS
TO BE 'COLLOSSAL'
House Committee
Member Promises
'Sensational' Probe
WASHINGTON — OP) The in
vestigation of communism in Holly
wood. scheduled by the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities
to begin Sept. 23 got advance billing
today as stupendous and colossal.
“It will be sensational,” Rep. Nix
on (R-Calif.) predicted.
A member of the committee, Nix
on told reporteis:
“We intend to name names and to
produce witnessess who will testify
they have seen some persons pro
minent in Hollywood at communist
meetings and who will report what
they said.”
Just how many first dimension
stars will be brought into the hear
uigs is not yet certain. Nixon said
he thinks most big name stars who
may. figure in the inquiry will be
listed as tinged with pink rather
than as bright red communists.
The key figures in the communist
movement in Hollywood are not
well known nationally, Nixon said,
but are important in the movi.e in
dustry.
The Californian indicated a per
sonal view that the committee
might accomplish more by train
ing its fire on communists in the
government, education, labor and
other fields.
But spotlighting communist in
fluences there, he said, may serve
to prevent communists, in the event
of another depression, from stirring
up the people “through this import
ant medium for influencing public
opinion.”
Nixon said little evidenee has been
uncovered that communists ever
have been able to get a complete
party line picture produced. But
(here have been instances of small
oits of red propaganda getting into
films, he said, and the committee
will try to trace how they got there.
First Of Grazing
Meetings Here Is
Termed 'Success'
Approximately 20 persons attended
the first meeting of a series to give
farmers of Spalding County the
iatest information on winter grazing
crops.
Detailed information on seeding,
fertilizing and returns from winter
grazing are discussed at the meet- |
ings They are conducted jointly by
all the agricultural agencies in the
county,
The next me- ting is tonight at 8
o'clock at the Rchoboth Clubhouse.
Thursday night the group will meet
at Ringgold and at Vaughn on Pri
day. Time for all meetings is at 8
o'clock.
GOSSETT HAS FREAK
PAINFUL ACCIDENT
Alex Oossett arlfftn buslness
■
man. was painfully hurt in a freak !
accident Tuesday afternoon. He was
on the roof of the Gossett build
ing, which is being remodelled for
the J. C. Pennev store, ’ and slipped
and fell. Ills hand landed in , i
a
bucket of boiling tar. He was takpn
to a doctor's office uptown where
his badly blistered hand was dress
cd.
have to pay the salaries of all |
learhers hired above the allotted
number.
J. I. Allman, assistant superin
tendent of the department, said
that 20,309 teachers have been al
lotted for the state for the coming
school year. This Is a reduction of
386 in the state. He said the reduc
tion in most cases would bring
greater efficiency.
Allman admitted that In the
U.S. Increases Peace Efforts ■ is
After Russians Veto In U. N
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LIONS BEARI) CALIFORNIAN8—These rough “cave-men” from Grants Pass. Oregon prepare to stand
off all would-be _ .
rescuers of San Francisco’s Barbara Dove, snatched from a Market Street sidewalk by
Lions Club member Sherman Dehl, during a parade by the Lions International Club, which is holding
convention in the a
California city—(NEA Telephoto).
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Martin Says KaiserPledged
From Places'
• Briefs . . .
BY THE GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
From Leased Wire -teports
ATLANTA Attorneys for Pul
County police officers, charged
violation of civil rights by Paul
in his $50,000 demage suit,
to ask for a jury trial to
if motions for dismissal are de
WASHINGTON V six railroads
in Georgia today filed
to the plan of the South
Railroad Co., Inc., of At
to build a new 229-inch line
Atlanta and Savannah.
EGLIN FIELD. Fla. — Nine crew
were killed and two in
in the crash of a P-29 super
just North of Eg lin Field
J. G. Woodroof
Address Rotary
’ Thursday
d Woodroof, food tech
nologist, will discuss functions and
of the Georgia
in an address to members
of . the .. Griffin _ _ Rotary club
at noon
Thursday at the Griffin Hotel.
The day will be Dr Woodroofs
25t.h ahhivprvarv as a member of
staff of Experiment Station.
past some of the schools have been
overstaffed, but he said this
now eliminated. At the same
time he announced that teachers'
salaries will approximate $25,385,
000 from the state
gome 252 more teachers lh ;»m
normally WBBB are allotted by the state
are employed federally ...... in these
areas, Allman said. He stated that
schools generally will be adequate
ly staffed this year.
WASHINGTON —MV Glenn L.
Martin said teday that Henry J.
Kaiser proposed in July, 1942, the
formation of a six-company com
bine to manufacture 500 flying boats
“at a good profit” on a government
order which Kaiser said he alone
could get.
Martin, Baltimore aircraft manu
lacturer, told the Senate War In
\cstigatlon Committee that Kaiser,
wartime shipbuilder, approached
him with this proposition.
Kaiser acknowledged, Martin said,
that the proposal was 'at variance”
with the approved Army-Navy pro
(•ram, but said he could get it
okayed by appealing to “high
I laces.”
lt was some time later. Martin
.•■ald that Kaiser obtained a govern
nient contract tointly with Howard
Hughes to build three 400-ton cargo
planes.
The committee is now holding
hearings here lr. an effort to deter
| mine what were the circumstances
of the award of $40,000,000 in plane
j contracts the to hearings Kaiser and Hughes. resumed,
(As were
; with Martin- in the witness chair,
1 Hughes, Hollywood film producer
and airplane designer, issued a
statement In California asset ting
H at the InvesUgaU.m is un attempt
"‘-'oerce" him Into agreeing to
| a merger of Trans World Airlines
I w'th Juan Trlppe's Pun American
Airways. Hughes has an extensive
interest in TWA.
Hughes declared that Senator
Brewster (R-Malne), chuirman of
Ladies Night Held
By Exchange Tuesday
Some 250 Exchangeites and their
guests attended the annual Ex
change Club Ladies night held at
Rehoboth Tuesday night.
Dinner was served and following
the dinner Emery Parmenter, Ma
rletta magician, presented a
magic act which amused the gath
erlng , __ The magic act presented . .
was
,-ln the open and headlights on au
tomoblles were used to
the performer.
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Woman, Convicted
Of Slavery, Must
Pay Slave $6,000
SAN DIEGO, Calif. MVA fed
eral judge's mercy spared Mrs. Al
fred Wesley Ingalls going to prisor
today but the 62-year old clubwo
man must pay $6,000 to her former
Negro maid, Dorn Jones, fer ncar
]y 50 yens enslavement.
Sobbing. Mrs, Ingalls listened
with bowed heat' Tuesday as Judge
Jacob Weinberger suspended a
three-year prison sentence.
"The defendant is no hardened
criminal,” he said. "She lias been
subjected to national disgrace be
cause of the publicity and atten
tion given ilie tral She is ill. ahe
is past middle age. Further incar
ceration might lead to sei-.ous re
sults nnd might hasten her death.”
Together with the cash relribu
tion for Dora Jonej, the court dic
tated other terms a-: the price or
freedom for the defendant who
was convicted of forcing her maid
it, slavery because of an affair
nearly 4u years ago v,'Un Mrs. In
galls' first husband, Walter H; ir
man oi Washington, D. C.
HayCS To Conduct
Prayer Meet Tonight
The Rev. Zach C. Hayes, pastor
w m colK j uct t)M , m j < (_ w ,, r | C p rayer
service nt the First Methodist
Church tonight at 8 o'clock. His
subject wii be. "Behold the Lamb.”
Mrs. Ouye Halsten will be at the
The
crlpt Ion over WWEU at 8:30, Every
JUDGE BVARS WINDS UP
| FI INT CIRCUIT CASES
Judge Chester A. Byars of the
Griffin Circuit, who has been hold
lng court in the Flint Circuit for
Judge Ogden Persons, has wound
up cases there and turned the clr
cult over to Judge Harvey Kennedy,
newly appointed .... Judge. Judge Ken
nedy was named Judge of the circuit
when Judge Persons reslgnled be
cause of poor health.
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GRIFFIN FIRST
In veil Your Money,
Your Talent, Your Tuna,
Yoor Inflwnre 1 b Grlffta.
Established 1871
American Delegate
Rushes To C< »ital
For Conferenc
The Fight For Peace
Ay THE GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
From Leased Wire Reports
The United States moved swiftly
oday to coupe with the stalemated
lalkan problem following Russia’s
'eto of an American proposal for
totted Nations action to settle the
ilspute between Oreece and her
lorthern neighbors.
Herschel V Johhson, U. S. dejUty
elegate to the Security Council,
.urried to Washington tor a series
>f conferences with Secretary of
State Marshall and other State De
mrtment officials to begin draft
ing two possible alternatives for
tgain tackling the problem of ob
atning and maintaining peace la
the Balkans.
Before leaving Lake Success ter
Washington, Johnson declared that
.lussla, with her veto, has “created
i very grave situation.”
ARITONS KILLED
Meantime lh Palestine, where
mother boil of trouble threa ens
peace, Irgun Zval Leuml tssu< a
ommuntque today asserting List
wo British sergeants whom It kld
>aped July 12 had been hanged In
i forest near NataWa in reprisal
or the execution of%Firee Irgun
nembers at Acre prison Tuesday.
Shortly after the communique
lad been Issued from Tel Aviv, a
wlice source there reported that
he bodies of the two soldiers had
een found.
In Port-de-Bouc. Prance, mean
while, port and consular officials
ooked to London today to learn
vhat the next move is to be In the
dyssey of some 4,500 Jews who
vere turned back from Palestine
md refused to land in Prance.
The refugees. Intercepted by the
Iritish off Palestine July 18 after
i voyage from Scte. Prance, were
aken to Port-de-Douc Tuesday a
>oard British transports.
)T!IER DAVELOP.MENT8
Other developments today in tMT
Ight for peace:
INDONESIA — The Dutch todai
eported a new amphibious opera*
tion aimed near the northern end
>f Sumatra. A communique said
that Dutch forces swarmed ashore
from landing craft.
UNITED NATIONS—Prime Min
ister J. B. Chlfley announced to
lay that Australia has directed her
representative in the U. N. Securi
ty Council to draw the council’s at
tention to the Indonesian situta
lien Ir. Holland a Foreign L/tllLC
spokesman said it was regrettable
that Australia was sub ;r:Mng the
dispute to the U. N. AU 'ay In
dia appealed to the U. . Inter
vene in the fighting am. ring it
io an end as a menace to worid
peace.
TOKYO —A hitherto unpublished
report of the atomic bombing of
. Hiroshima in 1945 says that tiious
| untls who apparently survived the
j awesome blast began dropping as
I thev fl p d the flaming city.
I WASHINGTON Plans of a
j powerful, special House committee
for surveying global economic re
qulrements began taking shape to
day wltb emphasis on western Eu
rope's needs high on its agenda.
LONDON—Prime Minister Attlee
won a virtual vote of confidence
~
aIter explaining to them the
srclalist source said that Attlee told
labor legislators that Britain will
slash her military commitments to
Germany, Italy and Oreece almost
immediately because of the nation'll
looming economic crisis,
j j I DETROIT — Continuing eft arts
'to settle contract differences, „
prM entatives of the Ford Motm OO.
and the CIO met again today • . the
Union’s Executive Board called a
Saturday session to consider strike
action.