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Invest Y our Money,
Your Talent, Your Time,
Your Influence In Griffin.
Member Of The Associated Press
$60 Million Is Needed
For Helping Chinese
Marshall Asserts
E By VEN Quimby GOOD I N i G
Melton
Today is Armistice Day and
unless America has learned a
lesson from the two World
Wars every Armistice celebra
tion will be a mockery.
The men who gave their lives
in the two World Wars fought
that there might be a secure
world-wide peace and that
freedom should not vanish from
the nations of the world.
They gave their lives for an
Ideal—they did not lose their
lives.
One of the chief lessons we
should have learned from
the two World War experiences
is that a disarmed, weak A
merica will continue to be the
victim of stronger, aggressor
• nations. We thought we had
Germany licked once, but im
mediately after the first World
War Germany began planning
another war — which finally
came and eclipsed the first war
in brutality; loss of life and de- I
struction of property . | I
When Germany struck the
second time America was so
weak, as far as military, might
was concerned, that Germany i
almost won the war before we i
could “get ready” to fight. i
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Well, we’ve licked Germany j
again and Japan to boot.
But there are other aggres
sor nations, such as Russia, that
must be watched.
And there is no guarantee
that the German and even the
Jap war lords may not even now
be planning another war.
As long as America is a
strong nation—strong enough
to cope with any signs of war
at their very inception—then
America will be free and will
be able to exert Influence that
will nip wars In the bud.
But once we disarm, let our
military forces degenerate In
strength, and, having a false
sense of security, hide our
heads in the sand, we can look
out for another war.
To be prepared for an emer
gency is not warmongering or
sword rattling. To be prepared
for an emergency is “smart,
• nothing more. •
One of the best ways to gua
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Joycee-Etfes Will
Present Play Tonight
“An Arabian Night,” a dance play,
v;ill be presented tonight at Griffin
High school under the, sponsorship
of the Jaycee^TSttes. Curtain time
Is P ’.V
The plajf will be presented by Ed
win Straw'bridge Lyric Theatre and
lr the - first in the ^club’s series of
‘■•entertainment for all. ■
Tickets will be available at the
door tcnlght for the series.
VFW POST WILL MEET
HERE TONIGHT AT 7:30
The regular business meeting of
the local post of the Veterans
Forelgn Wars will be held at
Veterans Memorial Clubhouse to
night at 7:3(\
* The Weather • • •
FORECAST FOR GEOR
GIA:—Clearing and colder to
rriM; lowest temperatures 32
1- "4 > , «»ree'. In extreme north
and west-central portions to
night, with frost,' fair and cold
er Wendesdajr.
IN ■
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Secretary Says
German Economy
Must Be Rebuilt
The Fight For Peace*
WASHINGTON (A>)— Secretary
■if State Marshall testified today
it is vital that Germany’s economy
be restored to the point where its
people can become self-supporting
and contribute to Europe’s econo
my.
The secretary of state told the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee he has no doubt that propa
ganda attempts will be made to
convince the people of Europe that
any such rebuilding of Germany
threatens France and Italy.
But he expressed confidence that
the United States, in adminisetr
ing a proposed long-range recovery
program will be able to overcome
this reversion of facts.”
Marshall brought up the question
of German economy after he had
told the senators that $60,000,000 in
aid will be needed for China be
fore next July 1, In addition to
$2,597,000,000 for European countries
and occupation costs. This makes
a total of $2,657,000,000 for all for
eign aid programs through the first
half of 1948. the secretary said.
Other developments in the fight
for peace:
SIAM—The Siamese military
command headed by Field Mar
shal Pibul Songgram, wartime Jap.
anese collaborator, said tonight
that armed resistance had broken
out against the new regime estab
lished in a swift coup Sunday.
PARIS — The Paris newspaper
L’lntransigeant, e xtreme rightist
publication, declared in a dispatch
from Prague today that Russian
scientists exploded a small sample
atom bomb last June In Siberia.
RUSSIA—Brazil’s former am
bassador to Russia, Mario de Pi
mentel Brando, who arrived in
Stockholm fro m Moscow Monday,
said the state of Prime Minister
Stalin’s health is causing his doc
tors concern.
ENGLAND—Prime Minister At
tlee told a London audience Mon
day night that “the best hope for
peace” lay in the establishment of
“a community of free nations” re
gardless of their political and eco
nomic- systems.
VIENNA T _ Fenp Nagy, provincl- , ,
al secretary of Zoltan Pfeiffer's
-r gar an n epen ^ ence jDar . y, . as
fled into Austria to avoid what he
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CHINA — Donald S. Gilpatrick,
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Low Gowns Get Wolf Calls y
Steal Show As Met Opens
New York </P — Bosoms at
I traded more attention than "bra
vos” Monday night as the Metro
polltan Opera opened its 63rd season
with enough 10-watt diamonds In
, the glittering audience to pale the
house lights
The "new look” was reflected In a
number of daringly low-cut eve
ning dresses that brought wolf calls
'com bystanders assembled in the
lobby and on the streets to watch
fashion’s darlings parade Into the
GRI FFIN, GA., TUESDAY, NOV. 11, 1947/
• Briefs . .
WASHINGTON Howard Hu
shes denied "positively” today that,
he ever offered Bennett E. Meyers,
retired genciaj, $100,000 to try and
remove a New York City ban on
'.hewing of the Hughes’ movie, “The
Outlaw.”
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Army
B-29 bom’ce- plunged into a num
ber of P-47 fighter planes stored
et Tinker Held Mondav night, kill
ing two fliers and injuring five.
ATLANTA — C. B. McManus,
vice presidenr, and director of op
erations of the Georgia Power Com
pany, was named president today
succeding the late Preston S. Ark
wright. Jr.
Mill Employes Give
$5,020 To Swell
Community Chest
Mac Cheatham, general chair
man of the Community Chest
campaign, today reported total
*t $97,190. This put the
total to within $1,620 of the goal
of $ 28 , 800 .
In announcing todav'j to*al,
Chairman Cheatham praised the
employes of Griffin's textile mills
who contributed $5,020. E. F. Rob
bins of the Thomaston Mills was
chairman of this division of tl'“
campaign. The $5,020 is in addition
to contributions made by the vari
ous companies and by officials of
the - companies.
“This $5,020 is about twice as
much as textile employes gave last
year and their liberality proves
that they are as vitally Interested
in the various agencies financed by
the Community Chest as any group
of citizens. My hat’s off to Chair
man Robbins and the many em
ployes who answered the call for j
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Mr. Fred P. Duffey
Dies Suddenly Today
Mr. Fred P. Duffey, 25. an em
ploye of Lowell Bleachery for the
past five years, died at his home at
50 Bleachery street, suddenly this
morning.
Funeral services will be conduct- !
ed at Wesleyan Methodist Church
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock j
.Rev. with the Idus Rev. Barnett J. C. officiating. Du-ce and 3u- the !
I rja , wll , jn Qftk H1 y ^ neferty |
with Halsten Brothers, ir*charge j i
survivors include his wife, Mrs. ,’
MarRaret Sander .s Duffey, Ex„eri-
1 ment; two daughters, Mis* Sandra 1
'Duffey and Miss Glenda Duffey, ! ■
<>f Experiment: a son. Fred!
DuWey Experlment tWo sis t 1
. ers
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j Mlsg H Du f fey and Mlss Mae
duffey. both of Experiment; three
; brothers, Ray Duffey and Norman!
Duffey, both of Experiment, Rnd
1 Charles Diiffpy, Griffin. i
Diamond Horshoe tier.
There were acres of white er
mine-enough to snowbltnd a care-
1 & man—subdued only by the
tawny simplicity of broad expanses
Jf expensive mink.
As Is usual In the pomp of open
ing night at the old "Met," the cast
Verdi’s gaudy "The Masked Ball’
, played second-fiddle to the specta
tors, gathered in splendor for
kickoff of New York’s social sea-
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Salvatore Rossi*to serve a summons, he barred them, armed with
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Why doesn't some smart clothing
manufacturer make kids’ clothing
the same color as the corner lot?
The average man wears a
seven and one-quarter-size hat
—before making a good golf
score.
Our prediction for the coldest
winter ever Is based on the fact
that all winters seem that cold.
Large Delegations
From Griffin Attend
Eaptist Convention
Large delegations rirom the Bap
list churches of Griffin and Spald
in R County attended the opening o
"‘e Georgia Baptist Convention at
,be Flrst Baptist Chych In Atlatna
1oday - . .
Al, pastors of churches Contacted
here said they planned to tftend the
convention, which is the 126th
nual meeting,
Columbus Roberts, Columbus, w-s
elected president of the convention
for a second term this morning.
con.
It Was less an evening for music
lovers than one for style fans and
those who enjoy the pageantry of
wealth.
Manhattan's aging society dowag
er, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, was
absent in Hot Springs, Ark, for the
seecnd successive year, but In the
beieweled throng were hundreds of
ethers of not*—from Broadway to
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Wet Weather Cuts Vote
In Commissioner Race
etween Carlisle, Low
Clock Watcher
(Jets Paid For It
JERSEY VTlLiS, iy, (INS)—
After leading an adventurous
life, John Murphy of Jersey
vide now takes tare of various
batches and clocks in city
buildings
A't the age of 10, Murphy
tan away from home to travel
with eircusses and the Buffalo
Bill W"d West Show, doing
trick riding and bronco busting.
Murphy reveals that he had
“ten ribs and both hands
broken but not an ache or a
pain today.”
Reufher Certain 01
Rejection As Head
Of Squabbling Union
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.— UP —
The battle-weary United Auto
Workers, CIO, prepared to re-elect
Walter Reuther as their president
today for a second term.
At 40. Reuther was riding’high in
the labor movement. The UAW
convention had endorsed his post
tion in favor of filing non-commun-
1st affidavits under the Taft-Hart
ley act. He had won the blessing
n[ CIO President Philip Murray.
The opposing political faction, the
so-called "left wing” led by Sec
retary-Treasurer George Addes, for
mally conceded Reuther’s election
victory when it decided Monday
night not to run anybody against
him.
An unknown from Cleveland,
John De Vito insisted he would op
pose Reuther as an independent
candidate, thus forcing a political
votp. But such a roll-call could on
ly delay, not change, the result.
This out of the way, 1, the UAW
convention was to proceed to its
hottest rol’-call a contest in which
34-year-old Emil Mazey of Detroit,
a Ruether man, sought to knock
Addes out of the secretary-treausur
or past which Addes has held for
11 years.
Reuther’s triumph after being
president for 19 months “in name
onlv,” as he puts it, is a heavy blow
to the union’s communist minority,
This minority has been socialist at war with
Reuther—a former for
many years Incidentally it has
been ’*losing'*ground steadily in the
union throughout 1947.
But that isn’t the full meaning of
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Funeral Today For |
J. j
Mrs. W, Eubanks j |
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at Alford Academy
Church in Meriwether County for
Mrs. J. W. Eubanks, 70, who died
Monday, morning after an illness of
a year. The Rev. Worth Huckaby
officiated. Interment was in the
churchyard with Pittman Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements. !
Pallbearers were grandsons of
,
Mrs. Eubanks: Walter, Rog<r and
Colie Eubanks, Emmett Earl and
Edward Williams.
Mrs. Eubanks is surv^'d by her
husband: three J daughters, Mrs.
Wi)Qd williams. Williamson, Mrs.
OUs Brnwn Meansville, and Mrs.'
> , vjn WaUs Thomaston;
two
SonSj George E. Eubanks, Griffin,
| and John Eubanks, Hampton; 32
grandchildren and 20 great grand
|-,1pid r en.
j AutO Accident Here
! Hor* Si 75 DamOOC
Approximately $175 damage was
done to two automobiles Involved
’n an accident here Monday night,
police repor'ed today.
The accident, which'occurred at
, the Intersection of Hill and Solo
mon streets, Involved vehicles drl
j yen by Lawrence. Bonie Conkle, Griffin, Griffin. and
i Rufus Negro, No
Akin || ■ tap WlflS ImDrOVemCnf ■ 1^11 lOllfeS!;
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The Akin community took first
blare In the Community Improve
ment contest s)>on.sored locally by
(he Griffin-Spalding Chamber of
Commerce, It was anounced today.
The Mt. Zion community placed
second In the contest and .Sunny
gi de was third The Cherokee com
inunity won fourth, place. .^Judging
, n th P contest here was. completed
Monday,
The Akin community, which now .
wM compete In the state contest,
- will be awarded $250 for first place.
| Awards amounting to $700 will be
i given to the four communities by
! the local Chamber of Commerce.
Second place Is *200. third $150 and
*t(M) The state contest is
sponsored bv the Farm Club of the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Akin had a total of 731 points
out of 1,000 In the judging. Mt. Zion
was only 35 points bdftlnd with 696.
* Sunny Side and Cherokee which
< no was injured and no arrests were
made Officer C, T. Perdue lnvestl
gated the acident.
AUTOMOBILE CATCHES ,
ON FIRE HERE TODAY
A shortage In the wiring of an
Automobile called fireman out
( this morning. Fire Chief Ellis SI
monton renorted today. No damage
was caused to the auto, which be
longs to Mrs J. W. Massey. The a
I | iairn came at 12:01 A. M. and was
1 to East Spalding street.
Only 708 Vote
At Polls Today
i Up Until 1 O'clock
Despite efforts of friends of bot
j candidates in the city commission
Pr race l<> Ret out a rccord votr
rain pv *dcn»ly cut down the num
| ber of voters and 11 wa3 doubtful
if few - lf ***■ more votes wil1 b ”
cast '-°day then were a week ago.
At one ° S!° 708^ ( *L l,,day tbc total
vo,c c 681 wa r
Voting today was divided be
tween three polls. White
whose names ran from A through
ti were voting in the lobby of
City Hall These from M to Z
voting in the Fire Department and
Negroes were Vot ing in the city
manager's office.
At 9 o’clock this morning when
the first check of votes was made,
75 white persons had voted and 10
Negroes.
Ernest Carlisle, Jr., who led the
ticket In the first election with 577
and J. W Low, second man will?
j 395, were the two candidates in the
runoff. A total of 1.520 votes wr '•
| : cast last Tuesday with 34 votes be
[ ing thrown' out because of lmprop
rrly marked ballots.
; The polls will close at 6 P. M.
| Whichever of the two candidate;
j | receives the largest vote today wll!
I take office In December. He will
succeed W. E. H. Searcy III, pres
ent chairman of the commission,
j earey did not seek re-election.
When the nt ^commissioner take
I es office the I foard will be reorgan
i ized with Hok \ Mashburn, Grilfin
j I. uslnessman, as chairman. H. T.
McWilliams, former Spalding Coun
ty sheriff and World War II vet
eran, will move up to vice-chair
man. Either Carlisle or Low will be
come junior member of the com
mission and will serve a three year
term.
SCOUT TROOP ATTENDS
CIRCUS IN ATLANTA
Twenty-six Boy Scouts of Troop
Five. Highland Mills, are attending
die Fifth Annual Shrine Indoor
Circus in Atlanta today, Scoutmas
ter Ed Crawford announced. The
troop is attending the show as
guests of the Shriners.
DAVIS WILL PRESIDE AT
COUNTY AGENTS MEET
R. V. -Spalding County a
gent, will prelslde at the
County Agents Association meeting
Wednesday in Macon. Davis
vice-president of the association.
both are, urban rommnnities, lost
points because of tell lac kof ayri
cultural activities. . *
Achievements lbtcd bv the Akin
community in the past year are
mainly better community coot: a
lion and agricultural' improvement.
Akin Is ‘a one-variety community
and only one variety of cot ton. small
grains, soy. benns and other crops
!,n ‘ _g rov ' n The soil building pro*
’gram in the community also has
been enlarged in the past year.
•Of the 125 families in the com
munity ' 00 percent " f ,hfim partl "
< ' pi ’' od 1,1 " u uniu | "< m< t.t pr
gram. Seventy percent of them
rutd family gardens of their own and
canned 25 000 cans of food. Exten
sive Improvement and beautifica
tion was carried out.
Mt, Zlcn with 56 families added a
lunchm-m "nd in r ,tailed a voter
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GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest Your Money,
Your Talent, Your Time*
Your Influence In,Griffin.
Established 1871
Prisoners B tost
Good Government *
STILLWATER, Minn. (U.f5—
Minnesota state prison inmates,
who are not eligib’c to vote,
have predicted the re-election
of Gov. Luther W. Youngdahl.
The prison paper predicted
that “in spite of gamblers,
bookies and dealers In booze,”.
Youngdahl would win by a
comfort .able margin.
“When it comes to politic*”,
the paoer concluded, "Iron bars
| do not a prison make.”
j Griffin Celebrates
j Armistice Day Today
j
i Quietly, Gratefully
By QUIMBY MELTON, JR.
Griffin quietly but tha x fully
celebrated Armistice Day to i„y.
Most of those who served in the ■
1 world’s two greatest and most hor
rible wars had returned home to
Griffin and Spalding County.
The bodies of others were resting
In green covered ground In Amerl
[ can cemeteries In all parts of the
I world, and grateful citizens of the
nations where American soldiers
and sailors and Marines Are buried
placed flowers on‘their graves.
The bodies of still others were en
route home, home at last, for final
burial. —
Put. most of those wham Griffin
and Spa!c!i\g County sent tc the
hell of war on foreign soil Were
home and quietly observed Armis
tice Day today.
There were no flays flying on the
streets and no bands were blaring
away.
Somehow that seemed approprl- *
ate. For Armistice Day commemo
rated those who fell as well as
those who returned. It marks the
“r.d of periods when the world went
crazy—rearing erazv.
So Griffin gratefully but quietly
observed Armistice Day.
There were, however, three pro
trams in Griffin. O
Quimby Melton, publisher of the
Griffin Dailv News, doughboy ma-.,
jor in World War I and past Na
tion! Vice Commander of the A
merican Legion who for years be
j fore Wor'd War Ii m -“d military
> preiSatcdnsg t t 'in- High
students that Univr Military
i Training would inrurt •redness
and hence peace. The -am was
presented by the American Legion.
The Rev. Marshall |J. Fills, rec
tor of St. George's Episcopal
; Church. Navy chaplain in World ■
I War II and outstanding young
leader, cave a short address at II
I o’clock this m truin'.', over Radio
Station WKEU, The program was
! nresented bv the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
The Rev. Z ick C, Haves, Jr.
♦ nr f th First Methodist Church,
addressed the regular meeting of
the Griffin Exchange Club.
* I do not'wish to encourage thru
pacifists. Wr must be prepared . .
-war is unholy and someday Ood
will return ('lie world to peace,” he
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JN NAVY EXERCISES
rns „ n F .,* rM w Oettin«. hu
sf-rv J^ne Gettings of
nvenue rr r iffln
**ed - in • v recent Navy and Ma- *
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rine amiihlbious training exercises
held on the Southern Cn" irnla
Coast. About 9,000 Navy a A . Ma
rine Corps personnel, 43 ships and
300 planes participated in the va
iious phases of the exercises.
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