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Invest Your Money,
Your Talent, Your Time,
Your Influence In Griffin.
Member Of The Associated Press
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By Quimby Melton “ I
It’s Commissioner-elect Er
nest Carlisle today. The in
surance man and World War
II veteran won In the runoff
election yesterday by 55 votes.
Eoth Carlise and Low were
present at the City Hall when
the votes were counted and im
mediately after the total had
been announced Low, the de
feated candidate, congratulated
Carlisle, the winner, and pied
ged him his support in making
Griffin a better city.,
Carlisle, in turn, thanked Low
and said ‘‘you ran a clean race.”
There was no bitterness on
the part of the defeated candi
date and no “cockiness" on the
part of the winner.
Both the men are good, hon
est, intelligent citizens who love
Griffin. Either one would make
a fine commissioner.
We congratulate Carlisle on
winning and Low on the fine
race he ran Fifty-five votes is
riot such a large margin of dif
ference.
Peter Edson, NEA’s Washing
ton correspondent, recently con
ducted a nation-wide poll on 20
leading foreign and domestic
issues among members of Con
gress, government officials,
business men and newspaper
editors. Some 1500 in all an
swered the questions.
The concensus of the poll was
that both political parties are
’“playing partisan politics" and
that “what we need Is bi-parti
san action in the interest of the
whole country, rather than po
litical jockeying. tt i
This Is a rather sad indlct- i
Vnent of the two major parties.
If there ever was a time when
there should be no party lines,
but rather united Congress ■
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working for the good of the na- |
tion and the world. It is now, j
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But 1948 Is an eletcion year
and the two big parties—or the
leaders at least—have their
on the voting in November
and are blind, in part, to the
needs of the nation and the
world.
The publicans been
out of the Whtie House so long
they would almost “sell their
souls" to get back In.
The Democrats, now having
been tn the big house oh Penn
sylvania Avenue since.1933 when
Roosevelt ’ first rrioved’ In, like
the Presidential mansion and
are equally determined they
don't want their man to move
out.
But there are millions of vo
ters who will support the party
that refuses to “play politics"
and actually puts the nation a
bove party expediency.
• The Weather
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FOREGAST FOR GEOR
GIA:—Fair and colder tonlrht
with frost in the interior; low
est temperatures 30 to 35 de
f’-res in north and central por
tions tonlghl and 35 to 38 In
extreme south; Thursday, fair
sn- 1 little change in tempera
tures.
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Tod»v; 37
Tuesday: Sfl
Minimum Tuesday: 50
2.37 Inches Rainfall
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Marshall Says
i US Should Help
| Europeans Now
The Fight For Peace
By THE GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
From Leased Wire Reports
There were two important de
velopments in the fight for peace
today.
1. Britain was expected to refuse
to assume major responsibility for
enforcing the proposed partition of
Palestine intc Jewish and Arab
countries.
Such a step would force immedi
ate revision of the widely heralded
agreement between the U. S. and
Russia on implementing the parti
rlon plan, which still is under con
sideration in a U. N.‘ subcommittee.
2. In Washington Secretary of
State Marshall said the government
is working on a program to help
China with the expectancy that any
funds will be used with “about 70
efficiency."
Marshall also told, the House For
eign Affairs Committee it “Is our
feeling” that any assistance to Eu
rope ought to be supplied immedi
ately to keep the supply pipelines
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31,543 Lunches
Served Last Month
In County Schools
Some 31,542 lunches were served
in Spalding County schools during
Octber, County School Super
intendent J. P. King announced to
day.
King pointed out that this was an
average of 1,577 meals a day In the
11 white schools and two Negro
schools which have lunchrooms.
Only one white school does not
have a lunchroom and new lunch
rooms were opened this fall in the
Mt. Zion and Rushton schools.
The noon lunches, which are com
plete meals with milk, cost children
15 cents at grammar schools and 20
cents in high school. The lunch
rooms are operated on funds taken
in from meals plus a nine cent grant
from the federal government. Wo
men’s blubs assist In operating some
of the rooms.
Over $5,000 worth of equipment
was recently Installed in the school
lunchrooms with 50 percent of
lunds furnished locally and 50 per
cent-furnished-by the'federal gov
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i This Week Is An Exciling One At Spalding;
School Will Observe Homecoming On
BY MARY JIM WILLIAMS
Spalding High Correspondent
This week at Spalding High will
bt one of the busiest weeks of the
vear. Friday Is Alumni Day at
Spalding. Great plans are being
made for the occasion. A football
■ queen Is to be crowned at the game
Friday night between the
pack and the Alumni.
This has caused great excitement,
One then another has more votes,
but the question now Is who will
be crowned? Regardless of who Is
crowned everyone is living in ex
i itement hoping and pulling for
thelr favorites.
Friday night will climax the ex
citement when the football queen
of '47 Is crowned. Many are mak
ing plans for the beautiful parade
which is to take place Friday after
noon. Everyone Is giving suggest
ions to make the whole affair more
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GEORGIA BAPTIST LEADERS AT ANNUAL CON VENTION —Columbus Roberts (center) president
of the Georgia Baptist Convention, talks with Dr. James W. Merritt (left), executive secretary of
convention, and Dr. James the
W. Middleton (right), host pastor, at the opening of the convention’s annual
se.v.ion in the First Baptist Church at Atlanta, Dr. Middleton preached the convention sermon.—(AP
photo).
25 Escape Dramatically As
Airplane Blazes In Flames
Wife Blames
Hubby’s Fingers
WAUKESHA, Wis. IIP)—Mrs.
Audrey F. Shefloe, 21, was
granted a divorce on grounds
of cruelty.
She (old the judge she feared
her children might inherit six
fingered hands from their fath
er.
Mrs. Shefloe said she did not
know her husba'nd. had six
fingers until after her marriage.
$60 Damage Done
In Accident Here
Approximately $60 damage was
I i caused by a minor accident here
I Tuesday afternoon, police stated to
! day.
The accident, which was at the
intersection of Hill and Taylor
streets, Involved cars driven by Dll
, ard IjCe Gabr)el Atlantft; and Roy
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ln Jured in the accident, which was
ihvestfgated by Offers C. ^
Huckabv and \V P. Hanners.
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colorful and enjoyable. I
Last week the Senior Class voted
for their superlatives. Those re
ceiving distinction were:
Billy' "Dad" Martin was chosen
friendliest and most popular. Be
cause of his kind word for cvery
one and fun f°°- the seniors Just
could n’t keep from electing Dad.
Lewis “Lucy” Griffin—wittiest,
you never see Lucy unless he is
bringing fun and laughter along
the way.
Oma Doris Vaughn—wittiest and
cutest. “Little Oma” has a lasting
smile arid wit for young and old
alike. -
Thom at: Hawkins Tommy's
wavy hair was one of the many
features which gave him best look
j llgm
Barbara Huckaby — was chosen
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GA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12, 1947.
GALLtrp, n. M. OP) — At least ;
four airl'nes grounded their huge
DC-6 planes today, pending an In
quiry into the cause of a fire
which forced an American Airlines
ship to make an emergency land
ing.
The Douglas Aircraft Corp.,
which builds the four-engined
planes, also urged that all other
users of them do likewise until
cause of fires “have been establish
ed and eradicated.”
Twenty-five passengers and crew
personnel emerged unscratched
Tuesday after the American Air
lines’ DC- 6 came in for a spectacu
lar emergency landing at Gallup
airport with flames spouting from
beneath its fuselage.
In quick succession American,
United, Braniff and National air
lines susnended flights of their
DC-6s.
One source termed the fire “be- j j
3 ’ond doubt a near parallel" to the
blazing crash of a United Airlines j
DC-6 which killed 52 persons in ' '
Utah last month.
I | Aufimin A t S First Cold _
: Chills Many Sections
! BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Autumn's first cold snap chilled
I a wide section of the country to
uay.
in
North Dakota to around the free-
4ing mark in most parts of the
South and were generally below the
32 mark from the Rockies to con
Pennsylvania.
The mercury dropped to 32 in
Nashville, Tenn., this morning and
In the 30’s were re
ported In Georgia, Mississippi.
Louisiana and Texas.
Birmingham, Ala., had a low of
40, one degree under the minimum
In Mobile, Ala.
* Barbs . .
I °ne of the best ways to make
f r, --nds Is to forget your trou
bles in front of others.
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■ Three Inmate* of an Eastern
j prl on came down with mea.Iea,
That’s one way to break out.
With the coal price where It Is,
maybe we had better shake well
before using.
General Says Thai
Hughes Offered Him
House, Postwar Job
Meyers Savs That
He Should Have
Reported Offer
WASHINGTON — (Ab— Bennett
E. Meyers, retired major general,
told investigating senators today he
probably should have reported to
superiors the offers of a house and
a job he says Howard Hughes made
to him during the war.
That was his reply when Chair
man Ferguson tR-Mich) of the Se
uate War Investigating subcom
mittee demanded:
“Now general. I’ll ask -you why
you did not report It (offer of a
house near Los Angeles) to higher
authority?”
Meyers testified Tuesday that the
offers were made in late 1943 and
early 1944 when Hughes was ne
gotiating for multi-million dollar
airplane contracts.
Meyers at that time was deputy
chief of Air Force procurement and
had to pass on the $40,000,000 in
contracts given Hughes, wealthy
plane designer and movie producer.
The Senate committee Is inquir
ing into circumstances of the a
ward of the contracts.
Hughes’ own story is that Meyers
asked him for a Job and for a $200,
000 loan, but that he refused.
Calling that a lie, Meyers told
the senators that Hughes, through
an attc'jey, offered to lend him
$250,000 nd he (T.feyers) was very,
very Indignant.”
Fereuson, recalling what Meyers
had testified, demanded of the re
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Giiffin Joins Other
Towns In Protesting
Stoppage Of Trains
The Cltv of GriJtin will join other
towns along the Central of Georgia
in protesting removal of trains 11
and 12 between Macon and Atlanta.
The Public Service Commission
will hear the petition of the rail
way to discontinue these trains
Thursday morning.
Train No. 11 leaves Griffin for
Atlanta in the morning at 9:30 and
train No. 12 returns to Griffin in'
the afternoon at 5:17. Tills train
long has been used by many
Griffin who want to spend part of
a day in Atlanta on business. A re
cent, check at the depot here show
ed 26 persons taking the train to
Atlanta.
Letters have been written the
„ Fublic u „ Servian Commission protest
ing removal of these trains and a
delegation from here, headed by
Bob Burns, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, plans to attend
'he hearing Thursday morning
She's Outnumbered
But Doesn't Mind
SALT LAKE CITY (U.PJ—
The male-to-female ratio In
the College of Engineering at
the University of Utah is 1,058
to one
But that doesn’t bother the
one female engineer-to-be, 24
year-o’d Glenna Webb of Salt
Lake City.
The technical-minded ex
Wave enrolled In the college
of engineering because she
wants to be a radio electrical
engineer.
“At first, the all-men classes
bothered me,” Miss Webb smil
ed, “but I'm getting used to It.’’
In the university’s long his
tory, only five women have
been graduated from the en
gineering school.
Using Traffic LqIIGS
Improperly Causes
Wrecks, Chief Says
Most automobile accidents in the
downtown area of Griffin are
caused by imprdper use of street
lanes, according to a statement to
day by Pollcp ChIcf Joe Burson
In explaining the use of the lanes
on Solomon and Hill streets, Chief
Burton pointed out that the right
lane next to the outside curb was
{0 r slow moving traffic and the left
j ane next t0 thc parlc Js for fastei .
rhrough traffic.
j He said autos traveling In the left
j ) ane may t urn ] eR a ^ intersections
or go straight ahead. Traffic in
right: lanes may turn right or pro
j peed straight ahead.
He pointed out that vehicles turn
ing right at an Intersection may do
so on a red light If no traffic Is
coming on thc cross street Burson
said any vehicle that enters an
bitersectlon on a green light may
turn left without waiting if no traf
fic is coming in the other lane.
BILL HUDSON WILL ACT
IN UNIVERSITY PLAY
ATHENS, Ga. — Bill Hudson,
Griffin, will play the part of Far
well in Maxwell Anderson's 'Joan
of lorraine" which opens the 1947-
48 season of the University of Geor
git Theater with a three-day run.
November 18 - 20 .
Griffin High G Club Elects Rowe Pras'denJ,
Kunl, Miss Are Officers
By MARIE ENGLISH
Griffin High Correspondent
One of the oldest and most hon
ored organizations at OHS Is tlir
block “G" Club. An athletic organ
ization, the "G" Club limits Us
membership to those who earn Ut
ters in football, basketball, tennis
golf, track, cheerleading or team
management.
Customs are strict concerning the
wearing of the “G”. Only those
who really have earned a letter ar?
allowed to wear one. This rule is
n nforced by r )ub members.
Recluse only a L-w meetings are
held each year, the club Is Inactive
as n body hut Its members form the
nucleus for all tnterscholasttc
sports.
Meetings are held essentially to
eiect officers and to p’an the an
nual spring plcrnc at Indian
Springs. At this picnic new mem
bers are subjected to such atrocl
ties ps deemed necessary for Inula
tion Into the club.
Earl _ , _ Rowe was elected this year a
Wins Close Race
By Martin Of 55
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ERNEST CARLISLE, JR.
Community Chest
Lacks Just $1,000
To Reach lis Goal
Community Chest today had $27,
000 In cash and pledges, pushing it
to within $1,000 of the goal of
800 Workers at headquarters ex
pi eased the hope that the final
$1,000 would be raised before the
end of the week and urged all so
licitors to make their reports.
“There are enough solicitors who
have not made complete reports to
bring in the ’last thousand’ if they
will just come by and report," Her
man Hambrir.k, in charge of the
headquarters, said. „
Hambrick also announced that
the special campaign being conduct
ed by the Negroes of the city has
resulted in $300 being turned in.
Leaders of this division of the cam
paign said when workers make their
reports they believe the amount will
be doubled.
Strupper To Speak
Af Rotary Meeting
Everett Strupper, Atlanta, will
adtire *s the regular wpekly meeting
nf the Griffin Rotary Club at noon
Thursday at the Griffin Hotel
T r ' Dulin has charge of the pro
gram.
BOY scout troop 10
ATTENDS SHRINE CIRCUS
Bov Scout Troop 10, sponsored
the American lievi.vn, will attend
the Shrine Indoor Circus this aft
ernoon In Atlanta with Scoutmas
ter Wi’.bur Goins.
'resident at a meeting Monday
'.Tee president is Tom Hunt, Secre
tary Angellne Haisten and trea
tirer Hobby Ogletree.
Co-captain at the Gold Wav’,
Rowe has earned a letter in foot
ball for the past three years, add
ing'ore more this year. Also n:,
has earned letters, h). track for two
years, He served as treasurer of ih:
"Q" Clpb last, year
Tom Hunt adds number four to
his list of vice presidencies In school
organizations An outstanding,tack
le for the Gold Wave, Hunt is earn
ing his third letter In football and
has letters in basketball and golf.
Although officers In the
usually are lipilted to males. Arge
line Halsten Was elected secretary
( MPs Halstaln Is earning her second
j Jotter as cheerleader and also serv
eS as head of the cheerleadinf
‘squad,
Bobby Ogletree, outstanding end
for the Gold Wave, is earning his
second letter In football. He also
has letters in track and basketball.
GRIFFIN
Invest Your
Your Talent, Your
Your Influence In
Established 187*
Ernest F. Carlisle, Jr., insurance
man ar.d Woild War II veteran, was
elected city commissioner in the
lunover election Tuesday by a mar
gin of 55 votes.
Carlisle, who ran first in the elec
tlcn, received. 818 voti to 793 for
J. W. Low. who ran t oiid in the
first election
A total of 1,650 votes ast, an
Increase of 132 over the . in the
first election. Nine votes were not
counted because they were tmpre •
perly marked
Following announcement of the
results. Low congratulated Carlisle
on winning and pledged his con
tinued work “for the building of a
tetter and finer Griffin.” Mr. Low
at one time served on the City Com
mission.
“I’m mighty proud of the vote I
received and thank everyone who
voted for me,” said the loser.
Carlisle and Low shook hands
immediately after the returns were
made official and Carlisle thanked
Low “for running a clean race.”
Carlisle In a short statement said
he hoped to make a good, construct
ive commissioner and pledged his
best efforts “to make Griffin a finer
place In which to live and do busl
ness. • *
Carlisle will take office at the
first meeting of the City Commis
sion in December. He succeeds 1*7. E.
H. (Bill) Searcy III, who di- not
reek reclectlon. Searcy ha, -•en
chairman of the commission lor the
past year. Hoke Mash burn will be
come chairman of the commission
when It is organized for the coming
year at the December meeting,
Henry T. McWilliams will become
lce-chalrman.
Mony Spalding Farm
Leaders Attending
Macon State Meeting
Mcny leading farmers of Spald
ng Courty are In Macon attending
•he state convention ol the Farm
Bureau o f Georgia. The delegation
f rom here is headed by W. C. Jack
son, president of the Spalding.
Farm Bureau, r.ni Oec’-ge Oalssert.
former president who now Is dis
trict director of the state organiza
tion.
Others from here attending the
convention are B. O. Carter, Ezra
Taylor, N V. Davis, qounty agent,
c - E Johnson, assistant county a- *
Kent. Kell d’Anttgnac and Mrs.
Bryan Burks,
11 Hunters Fined
For Hunting Doves
Out Of Season
Eleven hunters know now that It
'--n't pay to hunt out of season.
The men paid fines amounting to
$1 .(’25 *ln l , ’<'' l er:.l Court in Newnan
day fi r shooting ’oves out of
‘■e.'iseyj, according to '' v Harrell,
district chief of the Sir 'me and
’M'-h Ornmission.
.Fines ranted from j $200.
uoergia’s scat-on Is the-s:.u.: as tne
fi.ch'ial season’ this year, which
means that Vi< lators are tried in
federal courts “ » "
• Briefs . .
WASHINGTON — They govem
mrm plan tb ask farmers to plant
t '-nriv 6.5 percent more land to
Ire -1 -r-i- fro c i grains next vear in
an effort to replenish supplies cut
short by pool corn crops.
ATHENS Ga. — Drivers for the
hu=>-s t-v the Athens City
T 'nes, oil >remhp-s of the AFD
-f.nr.-n '-i-tbii Ur.'on, struck today
()iPT lyrorfcd wage disagreements
with the owners.
ATT A NT a — The Genre !•> Fanost
f'i’nvpnM-n rei'ied tndav- heW*!* %
mn'-y t 0 navr Southern PaDtlsta lo
cate tt n pt ; ^minary In Atlanta.
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