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Unde Sam’s selective service
machinery is now set up to
waft young men for service in
the armed fo oes. The local
diaft board he* been named
and the local clerk has been
appointed. These men are all
reputable citizens and will do
their duty as they are instruct
ed.
But there las always seem
ed to be eome f hing wrong pith
out draft lap*. However, un
less there was a drastic change
in the way armies and navies
are organized, thfere is nothing
Uncle Sam can do but draft
'be young men.
How muih better it would be
if all nations would agree to
let the older men fight their
battles. Of ^course that day will
never oome—tut it seems to
Good Evening ‘tttle less than a
shame that young men, the
(■ Power of our manhood, should
be called on to fight battles
that are mad; necessary by the
'■ction of their elders.
If people re iponslble for the
Doubles that bring on ware had
it fight these wan we’d see;
many changes in “statesman
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Suppose in the last war
Adolf Hitler and other Oerm&n
% leaders, Ihcludit v members of
the Reichstag, had been in the
front lines of the fighting.
Suppose on the other side •
had been president Roosevelt,
members of (he Congress and
Senator Winston Churchill and
members of the Parliament.
There probably would have been
r.o war. / -
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Suppose Emperor Hirohito
had known he would have had
to lead the sneak attack on
Pearl Harbor and exposed him
self to the dangers of war—
there would have been no war.
War is cruel—war is destr
uctive!
But if wars only killed the
elder men, men the age of
Good Evening for instance,
war would not be nearly as hor
rible as It is.
>The youngsters have little or
no say in the policies of any na
tion. And it’s these policies that
lead to war.
The youngsters have little or
no say in the economic wars
that go on even when nations
are at peace. And these econom
lce wars are vr-y often followed
by shooting wars.
Can you imagine an army of
old folks, a navy manned by old
folks, an air corps with old tim
ers piloting the planes?
Sounds ridiculous— yes —but
such a war would be much fair
ei than one in which young
men, and young women, are
called on to fight for their
country.
The youngsters have enthusi
asm and dash that makes them
excellent soldiers, sailors and
air corps men. , •
But this enthusiasm and dash
should be saved to develop a
nation and not snuffed out on
battlefields, in the s^r and on
the seas.
Crazy notion? Yes until the
whole world realizes that wars
se’dom settle anything perma
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Women Speak Out
At World Council
0# Churches Meet
e-MSTtolDAM, The Netherlands
- Women attending the as*
tembly of the World Council ert
Churches here want a greater voice
in the adminis ; ative affairs of the
church.
.They feel they’ve been relegated
Uo long to mi.ior roles in church
rctivitles.
One layman, speaking for his
wife, said sh» is everlastingly at
sewing circles, helping with a church
d'r.n« or something. Before her
marriage she had four years of bu
siness administration in college and
sevwai years expertence in a busi
ness flrm.
Ker sister, an expert in child psy
chr logy, also helps peel potatoes
far church dinner. Both say they
enjoy such homely chores but feel
t'*ov could contribute something
mere to the management and pro
gram building of the church, if the
places weren’t taken by men, many
of whom they claim have no proper
training for the job.
‘Should our chu-ch orphanage, run,
by women, be marked by
all-male boar i of directors?”
Mrs. Twila Lytton Cavert of
Bronxvilie, N. Y, a Presbyterian
leader, and other women leaders
expressed concern lest the whole*
problem of women's work in the
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spetiallzed question of ordination
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In only a few countries and on’.v
a.few churches and women,
said, is ordination a burning
Almost everywhere, how
the question of women finding
ami responsible work t;
church is a matter of concernT
Tliey especial!/ want a voice in
church government and in the
management of church organize
tons.
Women have no quarrel with the
World Counril, which is giving them
their first chance to have an ade
qcate discussion . of . the matter. _
They have X»n4 further e
(ouragement in the fact that Dr
Barth of the 1 Swiss Protes
innt Church Federation,' a world
famous theologian, has come out on
the r side. He says God crtatefl
Iran kind, both male and female,
end It takes bo’h to reflect God’s
and build His church. 1
BULLETIN
NEW YORK — {/P) — A pro
posed press interview with
Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina was
postponed today because, a po
lice officer said, “She’s too tired
to be interviewed.”
U Komlnick A. Fauna, as
signed to duty outside the Rus
sian teacher’s Roosevelt Hospi
tal room, said she had become
exhausted by preparations for
newsreel and television cover
age of her proposed Interview.
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Football Is Just Around The Corner Now
And We Nice
Football is Just around a very
short comer now and before we
know it Spalding High’s Wolfpack
end Griffin High’s Gold Wave will
no in action.
The two teams already have be
gun practice and the Griffin Daily
Hews’ sports staff is swinging into
action with them.
’ The newspaper that gives the
test coverage In Georgia of sports
at Its local* high schools has lined
ip ljs usual superior, coverage for
ihe high school season.
luke Teasley, rport* reporter, will
glvt you the low-'.own on how prsc
tlees an progreislng, Quimby Mel
l"n, Jr, editor, will cover the local
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MRS. LOGAN WALLACE, librarian at Hawkes Library, Is ptetOfed above with members of her Vaca
tion Reading Club at the library. Left to right are Kay Gresham, Spencer Etheridge, Mamie Jo Har
rison, Mrs. Wallace, Jimmy Elder, Johnny Mills III and Sally OlUff (Photd by Warbeck )
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One trouble in being a big success
R tnat there is not enough time for
leafing.
A pedestrian is a car owner with
a wife and grown children.
"All girls love to ”hBflg' -R*~tfteif
jouth, say* a writer. Yeah—if he
doesn’t mind
Take a tip ftnm the» Olympic
track star—-he puts on a sprint just
when he sees hij finish.
In case brides are interested, a
Frenchman invented the tin can in
1809
Mrs. C. P. Howard
Is Buried Today
Mrs. Sadie Mac „ Howard, 70, wife
Qf Mr c p Howa
hcmfc at 0rchar , Hill at 1:30 Mon
Cf y afternoon. She had been 111
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^ he was born in Fayette County
and moved to Spalding County 52
yean ago. She was a devoted mem
ber of Orchard HIM Baptist Church
Funeral services were conducted
thib afternoon at Milner Baptist
Church by the "lev. J. W. Hogan
alia the Rev. Glenn Higgins. Burial
was in the churchyard with Pitt
Jnan Funeral Home in charge.
Survivors, in .addition to her hus
band, include a daughter, Mrs
Glenn Power of Orchard Hill;
rioters, Mrs. J. B Bryant and Mrs
Tom Huckaby, both of Griffin;
brothers, Dewey Helms of
and General Helms of Vienna;
grandchildren ani one great
child.
tames of both schools, special cor
respondent will -over th^’out-of
’own games and special writers will
tell you what sort of competition to
look for from opponents.
As usual, our old friend and emi
nent sports authority. Major Amos
IS Hoople, will i-c on hand to pre
dk. the scores (we hope he gets
stnie right this year) and give the
fcotball highlights in his reguta
Monday column.
Of course there will be pictures Qf
Ihe teams, the players, the pretky
msjorettes and the bands. |
i For Teasley’* rirst stories on how
the teams look turn to today’s
Sp. rts Page, pags 3.
beloved
b-arian at Hawkes Library, was
pleasfed as punc.i today* Her Vaca
tion Reading Club had completed
one of the mo.it successful sum
mers.
*- number of years ago, long be
fore the world h id heard of juvenile
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idea of providing wholesome recre
Hiion through books for boys and
this in Griffin.
This year nearly a hundred, 95
to be exact, completed the sum
mer reading course To complete
the course a member of the club
must read at least 10 books during
ine summer. Of the 95 who at
tained the goal this ; summer, 41
went tm to read ?5 books.
Those reading ’0 will receive cer
tificates during Book Week Nov. 14-
2° at their respc :live schools. Those
who read 25 wnl receive gold star
sertificates.
Members of ihe club who suc
cessfully completed the course are
students in 13 different schools here.
The schools are Spalding High,
' ineyard, Orrs, East Griffin, Rush
tr - n * Kincaid, Mt. Zion, Fourth
Ward, North Side, West Grifdn,
Third Ward, Sam Bailey and Grif
fin High.
Students who -eod 25 books are’
Wayne Fears, Jane Oden, Larry
Fountain, Judy Parker, David Bow
den.
Florence Evans, Harriet Higgins,
Jimmy Flynt, Larry Hardwick,
nick'e Reeves.
Bruce Chambers, Celia Sibley,
Fitricia Foster, Patricia Turner,
Gale Feltma.i.
Dorothy Rojv, Glenda Smith
Wf’.ter Cliff Futr*!, I.ucile Moore
John Mills ni. I
Nancy Gresham, Rose Mary
van, Betty Joyce Stonlca,
Nta’y, Mary Ann Polls rd.
Muriel Pulliam, Ann Harris, Bob
Tommy Cooper.
Gmger Lewis. Barbara Simth
perothy Hardin, Avis Simpkins
Plana Simpkins, Sidney Flynt. •
Eleanor HarJin, David Wheeles
Shirley McDowell, Joel Copeland
Ji ’ n Cheatham, Charles Thornton
Those reading ID books:
Jane Ballard. June Redd l nr
Sammy Dawson, Jane Nance, Bll) -
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Kiwanis Program
Dr. C. C. Murray, director o’
Oeorgin KToeri -'-nt W.ilon «•
address the weekly meeting of the
Kiwanis Club at noon Wednesday
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Howard Graduates
James F. Howird, who attended
the OMC summer session In M41
let'qevlUe, was one of 15 students
who graduated at the end of the
summer quarter.
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WASHINGTON — Some of the
tcughest political battling of the
csir.paign shape 1 up today for se
ven so-called bo.der states, includ
ing Mr. Truman’s Missouri. In ad
dition fo Missouri the Reubllcans
Intend to concentrate on Maryland,
NEW TORK-The Russian school
teacher who leaped from a .third
fioor window of the Soviet Consu
late has recover?. J sufficiently to be
interviewed, hospital authorities
said today.
WASHINGTON — Louis Budenz,
former communist, was called as a
surprise witness today in the House
committee's spy investigation._
Polios Capture
Two Escapees
Two Negro women who , escaped ___.
Ye Griffin Cit? Jail Aug. 20 were
recaptured Monday near Milner In
Lamar County by Sgt. J. E. Hayes
and Patrolman W. C. Holcombe,
Mac Barineau Griffin desk serge
ant said today. ,
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two escapees were
day sentences when they escaped
the city jail Aug. 20 , Barineau said.
At the time of their escape they
were working around the jail and
on their honor not to leave, the
lesk sergeant explained.
Other arrests made by the local
jolice involved Ashberry Maxwell of
South Eighth street for selling beer
without a license and two Negro
women for participating in the “bug
-acket,” Barineau said.
The Negro esoapees, whose names
vere given as Minnie Chatfield
9 , 0 sa Mae Harvey, were found at
he home of Minnie
lister, Holcombe said. When
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.hey to rwrihroug h nea
y orchard.
Grin At Each Other,
Act Like School Pals After Debate
^.TLANTfA, UP) — As one candi
date for governor of Georgia said
to the other: "We got pretty hot,
didn’t we?”
With agreement on this point,
Gov. M. E. Thompson and Herman
Talmadge ended the;)- first personal
’counter 'n a radio forum during
the heat of the gubernatorial cam
’alert.
After a half-hour of
their choice charges at each
face-to-face, they turned to hand
shaking, smiles and
and walked out comparing
high school debating days.
The accusations they leveled
arm’s length across a table at
dlo station WCON were Juat
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Delinquent Taxes
Dwindle In Griffin;
Current Taxes Lag
There was *4,213.22 less In delin
went taxes on the books of the
Clty of Griffin as of August l than
there was at the same time last
year, a report from the office of
he city manager indicated today,
although the collection of current
taxes lags- behind the 1947 tax
collections by *2.277.35.
•The tax books in City Manager
Jack Langford's office show that
the delinquent taxes on Aug. 1,
1947, amounted to’ $5,825.25 and the
Aug. l, 1948, delinquent taxes were
*812.03,
In 1947 the August 1 report show
ed that there v ere *5,984.85 in cur
rent taxes due with *8,282 In 1948.
Hie delinquent taxes due the city
as shown by the last audit Nov.
30, 1947, amounted to *3,847.08 com
pared to *812.03 due the first of
^ month ‘
'The city manager’s report said
that *2,835 had been collected this
year up to July 31 and that taxes
uncollected as of the first day of
this month are (8,262.
Methodist Children
Will Attend Camp
Children of the First Methodist
Church will attend an overnight
camp this weekend at Mt. Zion
Campground. The group will leave
the church here at 9:30 Saturday
morning and return Sunday after
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Sunday school and church ser
vices will be conducted Sunday at
th * campground. The program
lncludesr a Bible quiz period.
recreation and a movie. The camp
is under the direction of Emily
Qf rellgloug -acR .
Methodist Church,
and Rev . Ward Brown, choir
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, reglgM!r fw the at the church
i camp
Exchange Club Party
| Members of the Exchange Club
( of Griffin and their dates will be
guests of the Orchard Hill Wom
an’s Club at a chicken supper to
, night. The supper will be held at
«* Orchard H IU Community House
beginning at 7 o’clock. After the
supper the club will hold a square
dance The meeting tonight takes
the place of the usual noon meet "
on Tuesday.
U. S. Ambassador ti
Says More Talks
Ar e Still On Tap ,
The Tight For Pence
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Prime Mlnisrer Stalin talked
nearly five hours until early today
iamw WMt e m SBVOyg a
brut blockaded Berlin, Germany
■ .ltd perhaps or,her matters in Bu
re pt.
More Kremlin negotiations are on
tap. U. 8. Ambassador Walter Be
dell Smith emerged in high spirits
from this longest of the seven talks
since the end of July and said:
“We’re going to have more meet
9k*6 LONDON — m — Informed sJMZmi
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Whitehall (government) sources
raid today Prime Minister Sta
lin has Introduced certain new
ideas which offer hope far an
East-West settlement in Berlin.
The sources did not
the nature of Ore new Ideas,
submitted at the Kremlin con
iereno* with Western envoys.
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expect the best and prepare for the
Wirst.”
he worked untl? the sun came up
in Moscow, d -ubtless informing
Secretary of State Marshall of just
what hope thers is for lasting peace
Lt-tween the West and Russia, for
the lifting of the Berlin blockade
trd for an agreement on all Ger
many and othe.- world problems.
Tiere was no reliable news about
whet her any sold grounds had
been found for ending the cold wa“
Border Incidents continued in
Bcrlin. Marshall Vassily Sokolo
v,.kv forbade Ge-man» in the Rus
sian zone to bed municipal elect.
:r„-s this fall. This indicated that
ihe communis;.-, in ^ IV
r any fear a severe defeat “t
rc.ls. despite U4 presence of
sia i guns.
There are increasing signs of a
food crisis in the Russian area of
Germany, comparing badly with re
cently increased rations in the
West. The communists are having
trouble with their two-year econo
mic plan. Tho communlat-domt
r.-ird Socialist Unity party Is un
dergoing^ ourg;. Communist news
papers in Berlin clamored again for
a Russian share in running the
Ruhr. An American Military Gov
ernment official commented:
; ‘ The Russians would like to get
their hands into Western Germany
and benefit by it now that it is be
ginning to show signs of an eeo-
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shade milder than the tirades in
their campaign speeches,
Editor Ralph McGill of the At
rianta Constitution kept the show
j going with point-blank questions,
The Constitution and station
WCON sponsored the forum as a
public service.
1 That was one of at least four
political bombardments over the
air waves. Talmedge had just On
ished his weekly address over W8B.
Thompson's forces hSd Just aired
their, weekly Atlanta rally, with as
S' plates taking the leading roles
while the governor rested for the
debate.
Candidates Hoke O’Kelly and Joe
Rabun also kept the pace with ra
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City Gr
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Monday. sohctfA.* Ciaut |B
rhti said today that the
be heavy although Jf
disposed of Sat i
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r«. sion were ann -M | i
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Harvey Walker. C. ----
R. H. CrosafleU, Ernest ’
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A Jester, R. P. Daniel, Cta
W. O. Cunard, Edward
A-land Lawson, R. 8.
OcH Maddox.
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C. Marion Sxtt, J 0. A1
W. Cheatham, John
George B. Strarn,
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Robert English, J. m
U n B. WilUaim, W. W. Deni
Tarks Henderson, R. A. Chan m
F. Johnson, C*:l E. Pruett, j *3:
McKlbbon, J. A Swanson, 1 Mffit
B'. vli, John Mills, H F. Ooktob
R. L. llusser an l D. A. Robim
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Army Worms Found
In Spalding County
Several farmers in Spalding coutt
reported swing army worm*
their Ireland in cUfferen*
«««» ot ^ co un ‘ y ’ N ’ V ’
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Davis said that the worm*
rcported in Afferent section, -
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wldesprcttd . ^
The county agent pointed out "ft
th# dt{{erent agricultural agencle*
were recommending applications* of
toxaphine for the control of the
worm and advised farmers not *o I?
B low any cattle to graze on a land
treated with the toxaphine
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Mr. Gilbert Dias m
In Atlanta Hospital 4 M
Mr. R O. Gilbert of Atlanta,
brother in law of Mrs. A. F. OiUel- j
land of Griffin, died this morning in
-n Atlanta hopital.
No VFW Meeting
The Veterans of Foreign War* |
will not meet tonight, Frank Lind- »
dlo talks,
In the radio roundtable, the c&n
qidates were a »ked jointly for the
Hrst time how they propo-w* to
finance theri promised educational
expansion program and other ser
| V . ( CS without’ additional revenue,
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EdRor McGill reminded them the
j Educational FoundmtJm fsnonnhtxi Program In addi
would call for
tloaal revenue, b-it both candidates
have opposed new taxes.
Thompson came back quickly
wlth the 5U gge.irion that the best
wgy to f>nanpe the program would
^ kMp M E . M governor.” He
pe,Inted out that revenues jumped
jiq opo.OOO the first year he was
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sejr, Jr., commander, announced. H
He said that a joint meeting with
the American Legion last
took the place of tonight’s meeting.
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Things Get Tough;
More Are Spending
Nights In Jail
Thlnes are getting tougher, | «
Jack Langford, city manager, ' 1 ;
said today.
He said that more prison*** M
, are spending the night tn the
eltv Jail now “because none of |y
their friends has *10 U) ball .,
them out.”
He also pointed to the fact
that collection of current
is lagging behind 1947. VT
• Tax collections are an
Indication that things are
ting tough,” he said.
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