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By Quimby Melton I
Senator Byrd of Virginia, has
warned that unless the Mar- j
shall Flan be properly admin- I
istred it might actually work to i
the advantage of the com
munists. In other words, the
Virginian says, it is possible
that Uncle Sam may furnish i
the money and material to re- •
habilitate Western Europe and !
then Stalin and his supporters !
may step in, capture the gov- I
emments of nations helped by :
America, and take over I
There’s room for a lot of !
thought in what the Virginian K I
„ av _
Now Senator Byrd is going to
vote for the millions suggested I j
immediate . stop-gap aid .
as
for - _ Europe, , but . . he , is going , to
do . , lot . of , investigating .... of the 1 !
a
way .. the ,, Marshall Plan will op- '
erate before i. he votes . . billions :
. for
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long-range aid. I
Secretary Marshall himself j
will welcome thorough investi- j
gation of his plan—for he j,
wants it to work 100 percent
and does not want a single
flaw that might aid comma
This week’s Collier’s maga
zine has an interesting edito
rial on the Marshall Plan that
contains a new line of thought.
We don’t imagine the editor !
of Collier’s will object to Good j
Evening reproducing the edi
torial—since we do so with full
credit to that splendid maga
zine.
Here it is: 1
“If we were Secretary of State
George Catlett Marshall, we
think we’d draw up the follow
ing form letter, to be handed j
to every foreign politican who
henceforth warns that his
country may go Communist if
the United States doesn’t come
across pronto with more and
more money, food, fertilizers,
machinery, etc,, etc.:
“Dear Sir: Your threat that
your nation may go Communist
noted. In reply woud state:
"Nobody is holding you or
your people If the majority
of them feel like letting a
Communist regime clamp itself
on their necks, that is their
' affair.
"Communism, of course, can
offer them nothing of any value
in the way of money, food or
other tangible relief. All it can
provide is a police state in
which anyone who disagrees
openl^ with the* governments is ’
killed or enslaved: and do sys
tematic looting of the nation
for the benefit of Russia, foun
tainhead of Communism.
"The United States ts«» not
frightened by these threats to
go Hed, coming from you or
from anybody else.
“This Country is pursuing Its
pr^g’-arr. c» widespread aid and
relief, especially in Europe,
simply because its people by
and large are generous to a
fault: and because it hopes to
help get the world on an even
keel so that international trade
can prosper for the good of all.
fine. If not. go Communist.
Coidiaily. U. 8. Dept, of 8tate.
9 The Weather • • •
FORECAST FOR GEOR
yTIA:—Occasional rain tonight;
warm in extreme northern sec
trnightd Saturday, rain
and cool.
— LOCAL WEATHER —
Maximum Today; 48
Minimum Today: 48
Maximum Thursday: 62
Minimum Thursday. 41
J5 Inches rainfall
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Group
Makes Proposal
To Combat Prices
WASHINGTON m — Volun
tary food rationing—with a control
’aw ready for use if such a system
foils—was proposed by a congress
ional body today as one means of
combatting the high cost of living.
The Senate-ffOuse group, headed
by Senator Flanders (R-Vt), also
called for a reduction in taxes on
low ' inccme individuals and volun
tary restraint ' on P r ° nts and wa 8 e
increases - as wel1 as a return to in
stallment buying curbs.
In a re P° rt to the Joint Econo
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^ <R ~° hi0> ’ the Flanders sub '
group also said that further investi
gation is needed of the 40-hour
, vork week adding:
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We often ,, refer , to the miracles ,
of production in the war, . but they
. not . accomplished , , 40
were on a
hour . week. We may be facing the
necessity of a temporary increase In
rhe . work . week , if we are to furnish . . ,
.. the products . . required , , for , „ Euro
p ea n relief and reconstruction,
without lowering our domestic con
sumption.’”
_ Besides ., _ Flanders, . Senators _ Bald- _ ,.
win (R . Conn) and M „ (D . Pa)
and Repg Rlch (R . pa) Kilbum
(R-NY) and Hart (D-NJ) signed
the report.
Flanders told reporters in re
leasing the findings it is his per
sonal opinion that there will have
to be a resumption of meat ration
ing to force meat prices down,
The subcommittee recomenda
tlons, made efter an investigation
of the cost of living to be consclida
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Upson Grand Jury
Commends Byars
THOMASTON The Upson
County Grand jury in its present
ments recently publicly com
mended Judge Chester A. Byars of
the Griffin Circuit.
In its report the grand jury
said:
“We wish to thank Judge Chester j
A, Byars for his council and aid
and to commend him heartily lor
his willing, generous and able co
operation with our juries, our coun
ty and othe- local officials and
peace officers in their efforts to
prevent unlawfulness and to ap
nrehend and punish those guilty of
| i illegal acts, not only during the
current term of court but through
j out the years he has served as
I judge of the Upson County Super
J ;or court, We wish to further
manifest our confidence in his
judgement, ability and integrity and I
to express our firgi opinion that he
is entirely honest, straightforward
and conscientious in the discharge
■1 his duties.”
Henry Walker Receives
i Honor For Scholarship
I James Henry Walker III of Grif
! i fin, textile engineering senior at
i Olemson College, is among top
| scholastic students nominated for
) membership in Phi Kappa Phi, na
| tional fraternity. Phi Kappa Phi
| is the highest scholastic
tion in which a Clemson upper
! classman may belong.
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Briefs . .
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with resolutions varying from de
mends for enforcement of an 1899
law on alcohol to disapproval over
be Tinhed states having an envoy
at the Vaticen. '
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COLUMBUS. Ga. — L Jordan High
- ,v >onl students called off their
three-day walkout today after a
nrcmt’C that the student fight over
the dlschargt of h. F. Register, as
j'tsnt. afh.etin director, would be
taken to -ity council.
WASHINGTON The com
munlst-ln-Hollywood contempt case
landed hi<n on the docket of next
week's special session of Congress
today.
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PARADE TODAY The Spald
ing High Band, above, is parading
today as part of the homecoming
exercises being held at Spalding j
High school. The band which is ,
directed by Leon Denton is a co- j
lorful part of all the Wolfpack’s
football games.
Members of the band are Marion
s a 19 mining
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As Disabled Vets i
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BROOKLYN, N. Y. (INS)— ;
-fc((Bervlce War dogs wounded or disabled j
are eligible for the
newly formed National War Dog (
Chapter of the Disabled A
merican Veterans. Leonard J. |
Meise’man, Commander of the
Brooklyn Chap’er No. 28, re
cently announced. I
j Meise’man urged owners of
disabled” dogs that sened with
with the armed forces during
World War II to enrol! their
dogs in the National Chapter.
, To Be Burled Here
Griffin High’s undefeated Gold
wave and spaidmg Highs wolf-1
PBCkenter respective schedules the final stret tonight ch of their with | i
the Gold Wave rolling up to Col
lege Park and the Wolfpack tak
on the ewHrtmg Ahimnl ted Si^
in a homecoming affair.
Griffin has one game with
ThomastON left after Its NGFA
tussle with the Rams tonight while
the Wolfpack must meet Gaines
ville and Bay County Florida.
Activities for the Wolf pack*—ex
Woifpaek game tonight at Flvnt
Field got under way this afternoon
with a parade led by the Football
Queen-elect for 1947 and the Spald
ing High Band. Virginia Conkle
with her four attendants will be
crowned at the game. Kickoff time
is 8 o’clock.
Mr. /John F. McCarthy, former
Oriffinite, will be buried in Oak
Hill cemetery here Saturday.
He died in Macon Thursday.
Requiem Mass will be held
Saturday at 9:30 at St. Joseph’s
Catholic Church in Macon with
the Rev. R. J. Mullen. S. J., offici
ating. He was a member of that
church, a veteran of World War
One, a member of the Disabled A
merican Veterans and of Eagles.
His wife was the late Mrs. Florence
Bishop McCarthy of Griffin.
Members of the American Le
gion and 40 and 8 will have charge
of the funeral and will send an
honor guard to Griffin.
There arc no immediate surviv
ors.
Pittman Funeral Home has
charge of arrangements.
110 Griffinites
Join Army Here
p Qst g Months
At least 110 men in Griffin and
Spalding County have joined the
army since May 1, S-Sgt. John
j Ghalker. commander of the local
recruiting post, stated today,
Sgt. Chalker said this number did
include all men who have pass
ed through the station, but only
those who live here.
He also announced that Sgt. Rob
"* »*"» I— ’»‘»
has been transferred here
from Athens, Gn. Steele formerly
was stationed here.
CPL. RALPH STEELE IS
SERVING IN KYOTO
Technician Fifth Grade Ralph
Steele, _. , son,of Mrs. Oneita Steele of
Fvper’men^ is serving with the
Headquarters Company. First Corps,
Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto, known as
The City of Shrines,” is the only
large city in Japan left unscratch
ed by Allied bombing attacks in the
recent war.
GRIFFIN, GA., FRIDAY, NOV. 14, 1947.
Bass, Bryon Brown, Roy Buchanan,
Neil Butterworth, Gene Cook, Jack
Ellis, Barbara Gardner Wvnona
Gardner, Fred, Giles, Billie Gunnels,
Gerald Hand. s Jack Hunter,
Joiner, Dwaine James,
Cecilia Maddox, Jane Mooje, Lo
lice Mooney. Kenneth Newbern, Ri
ta Pounds, Betty Robinson, Becky
Miss Conkle and her attendants I
elected for the honor in a
eontest held at Spalding High this
w'eek. She will attend an alumni i
Cl ipnor before the game and then
s*art h n r reign as queen.
Coach Art Scalli’s Wolfpack has
been hard hit by injuries and sick
ness this week and will not be in
top shape for the game. Practice
this week has been light; because of
bad weather and injuries.
Bill Porter and Tommy Ogietree, j
probably will miss the game and
Jack Crawford. Tommy Hawkins
and Bob Nordan will be below par
because n’ injuries and stckne«s. i
The Alumni team has 30-odd
squad members and two separate
teams that will alternate against
the Wolfpack: One team will use
the T for^iatlort and the other the
double-wing attack.
Griffin High is in fair shape for
’hfir tilt with the Rams tonight
with only Harvey Mathis, second
string center, definitely out of the
ante, Bobby Dunn is favoring a
kriee injured against Decatur and
probably will not see action. Zaeh
Hayes, guard, will not start the
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Completes Final Plans
For Memorial Service Here
Final plrrns have been completed
by the lorn post of the Veterans of ,
Foreign Wars to honor the war
dead of Griffin and Spalding
County Saturday afternoon with a
special memorial service.
The service, which is the first of
Its kind to be held here, Is being
held in connection with the
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Bullets Fly In France
And Holy Land; Italy
Warned Of Civil War
Thinning Hair:
Wigs For Sale
LONDON (INS) London
wigmakers report that one out
of every five men has gone al
most “completely bald since the
beginning of the war in 1939.
The statistics are based on
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the boom in wigmaking.
One ''London wig-making firm
said:
“The demand for wigs was
up by at least 20 percent since
the war started.
“Since we only handle priv
ate orders, we can only attrib
ute the genera) increase in
baldness to the delayed action
effect of bombing and war
strain.
Jury Frees Phelps
Of Murder Charge
After Lurid Trial
DECATUR, Ga. (A 3 )—The lurid,
four-day trial of Fred W. Phelps,
wealthy real estate operator, for
the murder of a roomer in his
home. Miss Victoria Price, ended
with exoneration of the defendant
by a Dekalb Superior Court Jury.
The Jury deliberated only two
hours and 50 minutes Thursday be
fore returning to the courtroom
with a verdict of Innocent.
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Immediately after the jury’8 j
statement was r*d to the packed ;
courtroom, Phelps grinned broadly,
kissed his wife and shook hands
all around, observing, “I’m grateful
to the jury for seeing that justice
was done.
The trial which kept the court
room packed with spectators, most
of them women, from start to fin
ish. produced defense assertions
that Miss Price might well have
committed suicide: that she was an
alcoholic and a homosexual and
hence “had every reason for taking
j her life.”
j Just before the trial concluded
Phelps took the stand in his own
defense and offered an unsworn
statement in which he said he was
asleep across his own bed when he
heard n shot in Miss Price’s room
and rushed in to find her dead
A prosecution witnoss, Miss Hilda
Butler, 40-year-old nurse and
roommate of Miss Price, testified
previously that both Miss Price
and ^Rhelps hq#l befn ‘king
when she left the house that fatal
night on a date.
pQriTICr ' GriffinitC
DlGS III FlOriuQ
■ Mr. T. M. WlMs. a former resi
dent of Griffin, efied early this
week in Sanford, Fla. Mr. Wilds
who was well-known here, is the
uncle of Mrs.' W. T. Wilson of Gnf
fin.
Stewart, Eetty Stewart, Lamar
Thaxton, Rudine”" Wilson, Betty
Wcodward, Charlotte Kennedy,
Donald Stinson, Johnny Horton.
Billy McMillan, Richard Simon
Ion, Larry Donehoo, Gwendolyn
Grant and Juanita Jones. (Photo
by Warbeckt -
( hcl’s Shoes Save
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CHICAGO —(IP)— Military re
gulation for uniforms can
SNAFU even a rear admiral,
Exploring the South Pole
doesn’t phaze Richard E. Byrd.
But en route by train to Ames,
la., he had to call for help.
He didn’t have any ' black
shoes. Even a boot knows you
can t wear tan oxfords with
gold-braid blues.
The train crew volunteered
all the black shoes they could
find. Mike Bies, the chef, saved
the day. His fit the admiral
perfectly.
“Now I can follow in the ad
miral's footsteps, ’ he quipped.
jPS&Sf! • i AtTfCMCdll ■ •
Mr, George A. Conkey. 74, veter
an of the Spanish American War, ’
died at the home of his grand
daughter, Mrs. A. F. Hanson, at 423
Verth Sixth street at 1 o'clock this
morninfe.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at. 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at
Hnistcn’s Funeral Chapel with the
Fcv, Carl Peacock officiating.
Pallbearers will be members of
Masonic Lodge 413. A called com
munication of the lodge will be held
at. l:3o at the lodge hall. Burial will
ba in Stonewall cehictcry her^.
He was a member of the First
Pap’ist Church. He served in the
Spanish Ametiean War as a private
in Company H, 20th Regiment,
Kansas Infantry. He also served in
the insurrection of 1899.
Survivors include a step
er. Mrs. Mary F. Gordon. Griffin;
a sister. Mrs. Lena Beecher Kelsey,
San Diego, Calif.: grandchildren,
and Mrs a. F. Hanson, Griffin,
f the program b' return war
rem overseas to their homes.
The services will be held at the
Confederate Monument at the in
tersection of Hill and Solomon
streets starting at 2 o’clock, Frank
P. Lindsey, Jr„ in charge of ar
ranging the service, stated.
Among those taking part in the
Scandal Forces
Government Shift
In Great Britain
The Fight For Peace
By THE GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
From leased Wire Reports
Violence flared anew today i.i
the fight for peace and bullets flew
in two nations—France and Pales
tine. And warnings of “civil war’
stirred Italy.
On the quieter side, but equal!;
important, Britain’s senior minis
ters met in emergency session to
day as the labor party prepared to
meet a Conservative onslaught in
the wake of a scandal which fore ■
ed the resignation of Hugh Dalton
as chancellor of the exchequer.
The Dalton incident arose from
his premature disclosure of budget
Information to a Journalist.
Sir Stafford Crtpps, the nation's
economic czar, was appointed to
succeed Dalton. Dalton's resigns
tion followed his apology to the
House of Commons for a “grave in
discretion’’ in disclosing details cf
tax secrets to a newspaper report
er a few moments before he an
nounced the emergency budget in
Parliament Thursday.
The House of Commons always
has regarded budget "leaks” In th?
most serious light, since details of
governemt budgets always are
closely guarded sec rets to prevent
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Kinkead Reelected
Stouter Chairman
J. A. Kinkead waR reelected
chairman of the Spalding District
Scouts at its annua i
i mee )* n (? Thursday night, which
i was attended by 05 persons.
W. L. Joiner, Jr., was named
vice chalrmar and Werner Widman
district commissioner.
Those elected as memben-at-
meeting were -lehr. Walton. Quim
by Melton, Jr., Dr. W. A. Hasty.
Jack Flynt. Dr. F H. Wilson, the
Rev. Hugh Lindsey, C. B Dexter
Claude Christopher, Jake Berry,
Mac Cheathnm, R. N. Wheaton,
Lee Mavlty, Dr. T. J. Floyd, Dr.
T O. Vinson, J. E. Cozine N. V. D^
vis, .Jim Gwen and George Strain./
Grady Bradshaw, Scout executive
of West Point, Ga., who was guest
sneaker at the meeting held at the
First Baptist Church, spoke t* the
group on the effects of Scouting on
a boy.
^arl Warren Seeks
GOP Nomination
SACRAMENTO m Governor
Earl Warren, only chief executive
of California ever to be elected as
*he nominee of both the Republi
can and Democratic parties, was a
’andidate for tlje Republican nom
naticn for president today.
Warren entered the race with
only two reservations. He will not
make an active personal
and he will not seek delegates In
other states.
Barbs . .
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An absent-minded boss is one
who comes to the office Insead
to the golf links.
It makes you feel better when
you think people are better than
you know they are.
Another way of learning new
words: ask a taxi driver to change
a twenty.
will be Russell Looney,
VFW post commander, the Rev.
Marshall Ellis, post chaplain, Lind
sey and others. The Griffin High
school band also will take part lr»
the program. All traffic In the
business area will stop while trlb
ute is paid to the dead of World
War II.
GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest Your Money,
Your Talent, Your Time,
You. Influence In Griffin,
Established 1871
125 Year Bridge
Finally Collapses
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (INS) —
—Like the “wonderful one-hoM
shay, that ran 100 years to a
day,” the old covered bridge at
the hamlet of Independence re
cently collapsed, completely.
The old wooden, state-owned
structure outlived the carriage
in the poem, however, but Its
loss caused a lot more pedes
trian criticism than did the
collapse of the shay.
School children who crowed
the bridge to a nearby school
had to walk three miles.
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NEWARK (/FV-The heralded en
gagement between the battleship
New Mexico and Newark’s “squirt
gun navy” was postponed today af
ter the decommissioned dread
naught arrtv«d outside the harbor
three hours behind s"hcdule, too
late for the morning tide.
The Coast Guard reported that
the towing company whose tugs
are bringing the venerable vessel
into port ssld the ship now is due
'o enter the harbor on Saturday
morning's tide.
The New Mexico was to have*#!’
rived at the entrance to Newark
Bay at 8.30 A. M. high tide, where
she was to negotiate a difficult 12CL
degree turn into the channel of <he
bay.
H-hour had been scheduled for
10:15 A. M. today. , !
The tiny defending force, two
30-foot fire launches armed with •
chemical sprays and fire ’ ones,
tnnnned "battle stations*’ a‘ • awn,
determined to prevent the di com
missioned dreadnaught from keep
ing its rendezvous with a Newark
scrapyard.
Mayor Vincent J. Murphy declar
ed war on the 33.000-ton “New
Mex” Armistice Day. ordering the
fire boats to patrol the Bay chan-.
nel and block the entry of the once
gallant flagship of the Pacific Fifth
Fleet. Officials have ordered that
no more ships be junked within the
city.
CdKInty Aq#hts Elect -
N. V. Davis President
N. V. Davis, county agent of
Spalding County, was elected pres
ident of the Georgia County agent*
Association at Its annual meeting in
Macon this week, it was announced
today.
Davis served as vi-e president, of
the asroclatinn last year and pre
bid^d at the meeting because of
the illness of the president. The
association held Its meeting in rem
Hinrtion with the convention of
the Georgia ^rm Bureau.
PFNTECOSTAL CHURCH
TO HAVE YOUTH RALLY
The young people of the United
Pentecostal Church will hold a dla
frief rally Sunday afternoon at the
H'ehland” school, the Rev. C. F.
Sreu announced today. The rally
will start at 2 o’clock end the pub
lic h Invited to attei ’ _
on STOVE FXF 'ON
CALLS OUT FIRE V
Th» "x^'oRion of an oil stove call
ed firemen out Thursday. The
call, which came at 11:15. waa to
35 West College street extension.
The dwelling Is occupied tyy Charlie
Ooins and damage was limited to
the stove, firemen stated.