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ORIFFIN FIRST
Invest Your Money, Your Talent, Your
Time, Your Influence In Griffin
Member Of The Associated
Special Planning Report Asks
Tra ffic ROllteS
By VEN Quimby good I Melton N , G
News that the United States
and Russia will soon get to
gether and discuss differences
that have resulted in a “cold
war’’ is good news. Not that
we expect anything '’try lasting
in the way of an agreement' to
come out of such a meeting—
but because it cemonstrates
very conclusively that Russia
realizes that she can no longer
bluff Uncle Sam,
Now we wouldn’t be a bit sur
prised if Russia will agree to
almost anything Uncle Sam
suggests—but in agreeing the
Russian representatives will
have their tongue in their
cheek. They will make, sign,
seal and deliver on agreement—
and then when it suits their
convenience fail to live up to
a single bit of that agreement.
If ever there was a nation
that is bankrupt in honor, in
tegrity and, good faith—it's
Russia under the domination of
of joe stalin.
—fr
it's Interesting to note how
this proposed meeting came a
bout.
Uncle Sam’s ambassador to
Moscow told the Rusrian fore
ign minister in no uncertain
terms that America did not in
tend to halt the Marshall Plan,
expected to give Western Eu
rope all the help needed to
“stop communism” and would
oppose the communistic ideolo
gy everywhere in the world.
He suggested tnat, with the
understanding that America
would not back down one bit
from Its program to ccmbat
communism, that the two na
tions might get together for a
better understanding.
Molotov, Russian foreign
minister, seized on this state
ment of the American ambass
ador and this marn'ng, told the
Russian people, by radio, that ■
America had “invited" Russia |
to discuss differences He did |
not mention the stern tone of I
the statement of Beddl Smith, (
rather intimating that we were i
willing to “make con cessions’* to I
Russia.
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All of which is just so much
balogney—hooey—and rubbish.
Of course it sounded good to
the poor, benighted Russians.
Our advice to our State De
partment is that we maintain a
stiff, stern front all the way
give Russia nothing- hold their
feet to the fire—and let them
know that we’ll not retreat one
inch from our determination to
fight communism everywhere
in the world—except in Russia
A* itself. '
Finally we’ve got the Rus
sians at a point where Uncle
Sam can do some dictating.
We might follow the plan of
old Tedd£ RooseveP, who said
In connection with another in
ternational situation, "Talk
softly but carry a big stick.”
Try To Avert Strike
DETROIT —(A*)— With only 24
hours left to reach a settlement, in
tensive last-ditch efforts were made
today to avert a strike of 75,000
Chrysler Corp. employes.
The Weather ...
FORECAST FOR GEOR
GIA:—Partly cloudv and warm,
scattered showers in nest and
extreme south portions this aft
rrnoon or night: Wednesday,
considerable cloudiness and
warm with scattered thunder
showers.
IN
Connecting Roads
Throughout County
Are Recommended
(EDITOR'S NOTE:—This is
the fourth of a series of arti
cles telling of recommendations
made by George Simons, plan
ning engineer, for building Grif
fin and Spalding County along
.
well defined lines. The next
article will be on recommenda
tions as affecting the water
works and sewerage systems.)
By QUIMBY MELTON, Sr.
George Simons, planning engi
neer, recommended to the City
County Planning Commission that
a longe-range plan be adopted for
solving the traffic problems of
Griffin and Spalding County.
AmOng other things he recom
mended additional parking spaces
for uptown Griffin: building two
overpasses and two underpasses at
grade crossings and connecting up
streets and highway?;, to provide by
passes for heavy trucks and other
through travel, and giving the
county a better highway system.
"When General L. L. Griffin laid
out the city there was no traffic
problem and for many years this
j situation continued. Rut today
there are more than 7,000 automo
biles in Spalding Ceunty, which
means that there is about one car
to every family,” ue told the com
mission.
“And as the yea's come the num
ber of automobiles here will in
crease. Something must be done to '
| provide parking facilities and to
route traffic off the already badly
taxed streets.”
The present meter parking sys- j
1 tern takes care of some 1800 cars a
^ | day, he estimated. Simons recom- j
packing\TthTltv°arouir ' ' e ing pro
Iperty I , in ■ various sections . adjacent j
to the uptown area, and making !
them parking lots Hi* plan for a
civic center ... where . the present
Griffin High school i? 'rcated would
provide for parking 300 automobiles
at a time.
Eliminate Grade Crossing
In order to speed .raffic and pro-
vide safety for motorists and ped- i
estrians. Simons recommends that
an overpass be built across the Cen
tral of Georgia tracks on Hill
street and at the East Solomon
crossing. He also eeofnmends un
passes at the 13th street crossing
and at the Second street crossing.
In order to relieve congestion
through the city, Simons suggests
that a route from East Griffin to
Experiment be linked up. This route
vould travel over Little street to
Jrady street and then over a new
oop to Tinsley. At 12th street the
-oute would connect with Qiiilly
md continue north ol the Central
'racks to Dundee Mibs in Experi
ment.
Another route that would be pro
dded would connect the north end
•t N. 13th with Realv street. The
section of N. Hill now unpaved
vould be paved on op' into thc
-ounty to Sunny Side.
Another connectin j route suggest
’d by Simons would link the Zebu
'on Road with the Macon Road
by a route running over Crescent
Road to College and then Hamilton
Drive to the Macon road.
Truck traffic from Atlanta to
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Kiwanis Club Will
Move To Elk's Club
The Griffin Kiwanis Club will
move from thc Gri r fln Hotel to the
Elk’s Club on Williamson road for
its regular meeting at noon Wednes
day, The program will be present
ed by Dr. C. Roy A"grll evangelslt
who Is conducting revival services
at the First BapUst Church, <gnd
Carlas Purgallis, who is lending the
singing at the revival.
Reds Agree Parley
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REPRESENTATIVES OF RAILROAD OPERATORS (top) and the chiefs of three railroad unions (bot
tom) meet separately with Presidential Advisor John R. Steelman at the White House in Washington.
They are discussing renewed efforts to avert the railway strike. Shortly afterwards, the White House
announced President Truman would take over the railroads. Top, left to right: Charles D. Maekay,
Herbert A, Enochs, Daniel P. Loomis, W. T. Faricy, president of the Association of American Railroads,
and Steelman. Bottom, left to right: Alfred J. Glover, president if the Switchmen’s Union; I)avM 8 .
Robertson, president of .the Firemen’s and Engine men’s Union; Steelman, and Alvanley Johnston, chief
of locomotive engineers. (AP Wirephoto.) •
Rail Service Normal Here
Briefs ...
JERUSALEM -Jew:; claimed vie
twy toda y 111 thc :w!fle to open
theirvitalJerusalem-TeiAviv
pl.v line. A spokesman said Jewish
commit® smashed through Arab
resistance Monday night. -
WASHINGTON The House
Un-American Activities
today accused the communist par
ty in the U. S. of advocating ’the
overthrew of our government by
force and violence,”
■
Mrs. L H. Rawls | j
Is Buried Today ! I
Funeral services wore hel this
i
afternoon for Mrs Myrtle Ford
Rawls. 78. formerly of Haralson j
and Zebulon. at the Zebulon Me
thodist ’Church.
Mrs. Rawls is the widow of the
late A. H. Rawls of Haralson and
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Fla.. W. Saturday. A. Hutchinson Mrs. of Rawls Orlando, had j
i
teen 111 for several norths.
Services were conducted by the
Rh\. Sam Daley and burial was in
he Hooten family cemetery. Hais
en Brothers was in charge of ar
angements.
Mrs. Rawls was survived by three
daughters. Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs.
J. C. Moore, Wa hinr.tn” . D. C. and
Miss Myrl Rawls, Wa bington, D.
C.: two sons, Leon Rawls, Zebulon
and J. B. Rawls, Birmingham, Ala:
Jeanette Adams Wins
WOW History Award
Jeanette Adams of Highland.
Grammar school won the Wood
men of the World Medal given for
the student of the ‘eventh and
eighth grades in Snalding County
making the best gr ide in an Ameri
can history test, it wit: announced
today.
Miss Adams passed the screening
test given all seventh and eighth
grade students and then woh the
final test given at Su.aldlng High
schofrl. The winner Is the dnughter
1 of Mr. and Mrs. O. D Adams,
I
11, 1948.
Railroads serving Griffin were
running normally today and freight 1
was being accepted for shipment
after th° £«ny lifted an emergency
enibargrf 0 „ perishable ^ goods
Local freight offices reported
things were norma: in every re
spect with ail trams running on
schedule. The passenger office said
j passenger travel was light but no
lighter than usual for this time
i of year. It repeated passenger traf-
Business apparently - still on the 'Is Your House In
because of the impending increase in Griffin if the postal
strike. re
The action restoring freight ser- ceipts and building permits for Order?' Is Topic
vice to normal came after the gov- April are any indicator, and they At Revival Tonight
ernrnent forced the engineers, iire- usually are.
men a: pwitchmen to call off-the Huildiof^permlts for the month "Is Your House In ,Order?" will
na’icm strike set for this morning. of April ikere over eigii* times high- be the subject of Dr. C. Roy An
The rail unions called off the er than those of Mr,mb. Permits gell, Miami, Fla , at the evening
strike in compliance with court for April were $129,875 while those service tonight of the revival now
a Ijei.ig held
order from Justice T Alan Gold in March were only $15,215. Per- at the First Baptist
•
sborough —the federal Judge who mits for residences led thp list with Church.
twice fined John L. Lewis for con- nine being issued during April. Four Services are held at the church
tempt in mine strikes. permits for commercial buildings I at 8 A. M. and 8 P. M each day.
With the Army ip charge of ra‘l I were issued and numerous permits j The revival will run through Sun
p rations, the White House witii-.j for repairs and remodelling were day. Carlos Purgallis, Bartow, Fin.,
Irew from direct attempts to get' ] granted. | is conducting the music for the scr
he unions nnd management to t Postmaster J. Woods Hammond vices.
ettle their wage dispute. I reported that postal receipts con- | ^ Pirst Met hodist Church will
tinued to Increase nerc with a, t in - no t, h oJd prayer services Wednes
Goldsborough rnmho s "temporary ... rest- crease of about 17 percent In April J V ,Ut ’ J 1 * niP,nb,
•ainlng order” expires Mav eight of 1947, Receipts for thc past month “ ’ MJ a ‘ ,s ma .V
19. nUend sprvlcps at thp
-- were- $10,850.28 compared to $9,205.05 Church,
IPI.EASE TI RN TO PAGE SIX) for Anrii „f 1047 it was announced today.
Will Get Iron
Griffin Lodge of Elks today made
,
irrangements with Spalding Coun
ty to give the county a portable
iron lung that wl". be located at
1 lie Griffin Fire Department and be
available for use In time of emer
gency anywhere In the county. City
firemen and policemen will be
trained to operate the lung.
Thc Elks have a c tir.t’algn on to
raise money for buying the Iron
lung. This plan wd.l be explained
In dctajl at a barbecue to be given
members of the lodge at’d their fa
mlHes Wednesday afternoon at the
Elks Club at 8:30.
C. A. Kendrick Is chairman of
the Iron lung committee. ,
A model of the lung will be
• Barbs . .
Ideas ar<f little things you think
up P {or SO mebodv * -4se ^ to turn down
Where there's fire in the political
pot there's smokes!
Business In Griffin
Continues Increase
brought to Griffin Wednesday af
ternoon. Representatives from the
company making the Iron lung will
be on hand to demonstrate its use
Following this demon tratlon the
Iron lung will be on d Inlay uptown
for a week.
The campaign-to rul'-e funds for
the iron lung will Iasi through June
2
The portable lung weighs but 851
pounds in its entfrey. Its porta
tlllty has proved of special benefit
to rescue squads ot fire depart- |
ments throughout The country, as
"on the spot" emergency treatment
can be given all eases requiring or
tiflcial respiration. Nat only Is the
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Defy Communists,
Vote In Election
4,000 Year Old Nation
Has 1st Free Election
Under U. S. Sponsorship
SEOUL—(A*)— The first free elect
ion in this 4,000 year old nation cost
nearly 500 lives.
But, despite bombings, sabotage
and threats of violence, some 7,000,
000 South Koreans voted Monday,
U. S. occupation ofllclals reported
proudly today. The 20o national as
semblymen they elected will set up
Korea's first democratic government.
Counting o t ballots for nearly 1,
000 candidates proceeded tediously.
It may be several days before all
results are known.
A post-election calm settled over
South Korea almost Immediately
after the polls closed. Surprisingly,
the Koreans who had voted so heav
ily in defiance of communist threats,
showed little Interest----or perhaps
it was great patience---In the tab
ulation.
Belated reports from isolated dist
ricts hiked by approximately 100 the
weekend death toll. U. S. occup
ation authorities said the violence
was communist Inspired from
Soviet dominated North Korea,
which flatly refused a United Nat
ions invitation to participate in the
ballot.
Pre-elect f>n violence. intended
to frighten Koreans away from
registration booths, had cost, 384
lives in 10 weeks.
. The violence failed of Its pur
pose. Nearly 90 percent of the elig
ibles registered, and 90 percent of
the registrants voted.
American officials said they ex
pect the United Nations commission
which observed the election would
give it approval in view of thc
great outpouring of voters.
North Koreans, prevented by
Soviet occupation forces from talc
ng part in the election, neverthe
ess have been invited to parttc
pate in the government to be set
ip here.
portable lung especially effective in
cases of drowning, but most satis
factory results have been forth
coming when used in connection
with polio, suffocation,
monoxide poisoning, dr
The iron tuny will be nva
not only to citizens of Griffin but
to all citizens of Spalding County.
The t-Uy Fire Depattmt-nt will take
" H,1< 1 operate It wherever h t-t
needed.
The Mlllikin Com-onnv. manu
facturers of thc Iron lung, has a
that in case of any unusual
emergency it wilt lend Spalding
County five extra iron lungs at no
extra cost whatever.
GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest Yout Money, Yout Talent, Your
lb Your Influence In Griffin
Time,
n
Settled At Talks
WASHINGTON — (AP) Moscow's response to a plain*
spoken American bid for “decent and reasonable" relations
with Ruseia gave a sudden boost today to hopes that the
world's two top powers may be able to settle their quarrels.
The Soviet Union, Radio Moscow said, is rea&V to pursue
a “policy of peace and cooperation with the United States.
Furthermore, Foreign Minister Molotov has agreed, the
broadcast said, to a proposal it ascribed to the United State*
for “discussion and settlement" of differences which have split
the postwar world. ,
'f VlvUII VAfljl RlirPAH HWvGU full) Aifjf
fluAiMMf Prompt n«uA>#' Payers C jay) •sue
,
m' Secretary-Manager * «j
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Reelecting the old board of direc
tors, who In turn will elect the pres
ident, members of the Credit Bu
reau of Griffin held thetr 2tst an
nual meeting Monday night at the
Chamber of Commerce.
R. L. Duke, who organized the
Bureau and who has served as sec
retary-manager fpr 21 years, tn bis
annual report told Bureau mem
bers, "The Credit Bureau furnishes
valuable protection for both custo
mer and merchant.
“John Q. Public may think his
bill paying technique is his own
business, but the Credit Bureau
does not think so. He may suppose
he is the only one interested tn
the fact that he pays his bills
promptly or 'takes his time’ in
meeting his obligations,” Duke told
the meeting.
“The Credit Bureau,” said Duke,
I keeps complete files on everyone
who fias ever asked for credit In
Griffin. Carefully filed and cross
filed records make It possible to
immediately establish the credit
history of more than 100.000 per
sons. Thus the man or woman who
pays promptly can always get crc
dit and the man or woman who is
slow in payment or who falls to
pay is kept from abusing credit,
with merchants.
“Many citizens,” said Duke, “have
found the Credit Bureau a valuable
heip In c urtailing the spending of
a spendthrift member of the fan-
lly."
Old directors who were reelected
to serve for another year are C. P.
Arclier, D. J. Arnold, C. T. Elliott.
J. P. Mason, J. H. Morrow. C. D. I
Randal), M. I Smith and J. Woods
Hammond, who is a life member
of the board of directors.
■ University | • Fires . , 1
4 Savannah Students t -
Following Probe i j
SAVANNAH. (7a. (A 1 A two
wir s probe at thc t niversity of
Georgia's Savannah Division end
rd with the suspension of four xtu- ■
dents and probation:!-’ periods for
four . others, , Randall.' i
William M
i I
s O' ent ’Ktivitt' , f.i" "i s.ud
| Randal! said the a-lion was ta
ken a., a result o( findings of r. pr- I
vate investigator who conducted |
1
a probe on the Savannah carnpu- ; |
I Monday night RandaV term"!
the probe n .... closed matter" . . mile- ,
l lie students -appeal tr the Board
of Regents. He advised them not
to do so.
University official; declined to
Identify (be student or to specify
on what grounds thc actions were
taken, except t H say, "for action
prejudicial to thA ini crest of the
niversity community.”
_
j Commission To Act
On Paving Ordinance
The ordinance proposing thc pav
i ing of 18 blocks, In Griffin will come
1 before the City ComrnB'lon tonight
j for second and final reeding. The
[ 1 commission will ho!d it regitlnt
( meeting ut 7:30 at the City Hall.
The commission also Is expected
"to announce the lax rate for 1948
.
and to act on a tax ordinance
t
Established 1871
From nor
State Department, however, Clime
any htat u when or how rc _
presentatives of the two countries
might get together And American
diplomatic authorities—veterans of
tw « y pars 01 conference uwc «p«
ring with the Soviet foreign min*'
ister - were inclined to extremely
cautious optimism. * ■ J
Moscaw characteristically disclosed
the latest turn of events and gave
its own version. Thereupon the
State Department early today pub
lished a 1,400-word dispatch from
Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith
detailing a face-to-face approach
DeVVitt Mackenzie. Griffin
Daily News-Associated Press
news analyst, disci the
Russian acceptance of a con
ference with the United Sts tea
in his penetrating: rotumn on
page two today.
he made to Molotov a week ago on
I direct instructions from Secretary
I Marshall,
I What he told Molotov, Smith re
ported, was that the United States
holds to Its hope for a "decent and
I reasonable relationship" with Rus
sia—and :
, far the United States is
i "As as
concerned, the door Is always open
for full discussion and the com
, posing of our dilferenccs.”
I Molotov, in his formal reply five
i days later, was quoted by the Rus
■ sian new * «Kency Tass as saying:
■ "The Soviet views
government
favorably the desire of the govem
ment of the United States to lm
prove relations as expressed in
'Smith's! statement, and agrees to
proposal to proceed with this
in view to discussion and
of differences existing be
tween us.”
Smith’s reminder that the door
an American-Soviet conference
remains 4 open, followed a bluntly
worded declaration that the Amerl
can people are solidly behind United
S(at „ s PHlicy t()ward Rus#la .
Bluntly, thc ambassador put the
full ( lame for the currenf state of
world tension on what he called
jj uss j a ' s aggressive actions in East
,, rn Europe an d communist efforts
Rrab ( . oll j r „, of rountrlPS else
At .. (tie .. same time Smith „ ,, reassured
Molotov , ,, that ... “the United States .
has no hostile or aggressive designs
whateVf , r wl *, respert t0 thp Soviet
..
He added that if communist, min
critics were to halt their attempts
to seize 7>ower in non-communist
lands "some of the manilestatlcns
of United Stales foreign policy
which apparently are unwelcome In
Moscow" would halt with them.
An,f,rillin ofriplaIs - while, cautious,
nnted ,hl, » *» th « reply,
h " fh mnJor ' ,,w ‘’ vnr 0"^°"^
opPn W “/T lwltln * to n wttlement *°
of outstanding differences. '
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Sunny Side Supper
A fish supper will b’ held at 8un
nv Side Methodist Church Saturday
from 4 until 9 P. M reals King of
Atlanta will be chef and proceeds
will be used to help finance the new
Sunday School rooms at the Metho
dl»t Church. The AVFCS of the
rhurch will sponsor the supper.