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% Qahnbr Melton
Good Evening led* very
humble this morning.
Hm many nioe things that
wer * •“M dx)Mt oar paper and
by thoe* who vtsttod as
T *« Ki *r during open House
W * T * “ore than appreciated.
the many beautiful flowuee
■sot by looal friends and
associates Iroiu ow tbs
state ware more than we had
right to expect,
tbs many newspaper Mauds
who called and joined our lo
fri e n d s tn inspecting the
J*ant was pleasing.
the large number oi looal
pssaons who honored us by
their pwwnoe surprised
We had prepared for hund
reds and there were more than
•.000 who oalled during the aft
ernoon and night.
We’re always loved GriStn,
but today as we start out on
our 2Sth year with the New*,
<mr heart is lull of gratitude to
the best people on earth—those
people who make possible the
Griffin Daily News by subscrib
ing to the paper and by adver
tising in the paper.
To one and all we say “Thank
You"—and we admit that we
feel most humble. We want to
give Griffin the sort of. new
paper she deserves. We v|ant to
publish a newspaper that will
be a credit to the community -
and that will help promote the
Kingdom of o oil earth.
■ The many .pitiful flowers
jTthnt were sent u.s. and which'
we re arranged throughout the
front offices, transformed the
place into a bower of beauty
Several persons who called
asked. "When does the wedding
„ take place?"
Several maidens offered to
“be the bride, if you furnish the
groom."
-moral persons thought, they
had gotten into a flower ihoppe
and wanted to place orders for
flowers.
Thank goodness, no one was
untactful enough to ask “where
is the body?” thinking the
flowers were funeral offerings.
We want everyone to inspect
our new plant.
We will not have smother
Open House—until our 50th
Anniversary—but we will wel
come visitors at any time they
ear* to call
We suggest that school and
Scout groups that might like
to some first contact us by tele
phone and we will arrange to
have someone conduct them
thorugh the mechanical de
partment and explain the
workings of the machinery.
In order that our colored
friende ru^y see the plant we
will have a special visiting pe
riod next Tuesday—-from 4 P.
M to 8 P. M.. especially for
them.
300 Ford Men
To Meet Here
Leading officials in the Ford Mo
tor Company and Graham Jack
son. nationally known musician
will be at the barbecue dinner to
be held by the Randall and Blakely
Motor Company Friday.
J, B. Howard, assistant plant
manager of the Ford Motor Com
pany Plant in Hapeville will be the
principal speaker and Jackson will
render several selections. The well
known singer is now filling an en
gagement at the Commodore Ho
tel in New York and will fly to
Griffin to attend the meting.
H C. Dorsey, plant manager of
the Hapeville plant and other offi
cials are expected to attend the
barbecue and meting, Charlie
Randall, local Ford dealer, said to
day.
The theme of the meeting will be
"Good News For Servicemen"
Garagemen and service station op
erators from 13 neighboring towns
have been invited to attend. Ran
dall said that 300 visitors are ex
pected to attend the meeting.
•The Weather . . .
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south and not much change In
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Minimum Today: 30
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1 Minimum Tuesday! 27
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HERE ARE SCENES AT CEREMONIES Tuesday night, dedicating the new plant of the Griffin Daily
News to “truth, righteousness,, and the betterment of the community." Top: Publisher Quimby Mel
ton (right) and his son. Editor Quimb.v .Melton. Jr., show Mrs. Joseph I). Boyd a telegram of congratula
tions from President Truman. Mrs. Boyd sold the N vvs to C. ( . Givens who in turn sold it to Melton
25 years ago. At left, Lyndon Patterson of Griffin s gns flic guest book. At bottom are some of the via
tors who were guests of Melton and his son at the dedication ceremony and at a dinner. Left to
right: Quimby .Melton, Jr.. Janies R. Blair, editor and publisher of the Americas Times-Recorder; D. E.
Davenport of Amerieus, Melton's father-in-law; John Paschal, editor emeritus of the Atlanta Journal:
Peyton Anderson, publisher of the Macon Telegraph and News: and IV. F. Taldwell, chief of the Asso
dated Press hureai! in Atlanta. i.AP Photos.I
Truman Wires Best Wishes
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Thousands oi friends and neigli
bors. a host of Georgia newspaper ;
men, dozens of civic and state lead
ers visited the new plant of the
Griffin Daily News Tuesday night
for its formal opening and to wish
,
Publisher Quimby Melton well as
he began his 25th year as publisher
of the Hometown Newspaper
Even President Truman. Vice i
President Alben Barkley and Na
tional Democratic Committee
Chairman J. Howard McGrath
wired congratulations to Melton
on his new plant and long tenure
of service to Griffin and Spalding
County.
The President of the United
,
States' telegram read, "Hearty fe- \
llcitations on your 25th anniversay
with the Griffin Daily News. You :
have a right to be proud of your j
long record of service to your com
munity. May you and the Griffin
Daily News live long and prosper
Sincerely yours, Harry S. Truman."
Vice President Barkley wired
"hearty and best wishes for con
tinued success” and McGrath
wired, I hope that the next 25
years will be as successful for you
and your paper as the last 25
Visitors began to arrive in the j
morning, long before the Open i
House officially began at 4 P. M A
steady stream inspected the mod
ern building and equipment until
after 9 P. M. when the Open House
officially closed.
The book Was ^ signed by
guest
people as far off as California who
were visiting friends here and by a
number of tourists who said they
stopped “to see what the excite
ment was about.” v Washington 1
State, Florida and other slates'
were represented on the book
Over 3,000 visitors inspected the
plant which was decorated beauti
fully with flowers from friends here
and over the state. It was an infor- •
mal affair except for a short dedicn
tion t 6 the service of the city and
county and its.people and to God
The dedication was conducted by
the Rev. Joe Thrailkill. pastor of 1
the First Methodist Church of
which Melton 1 is . an „„ active member.
We are proud, and justly so, of I
the character of the Griffin News,"
the Rev. Thrailkill said. "It's a
home newspaper that goes into our
homes and that is why we love it,
It is a clean newspaper and takes
its stand in its news and editorials
for the right. We are proud of the
character . of , the men behind , the
1
Griffin News.” .
I 11 his dedicatory prayer, the Rev.
Thrailkill dedicated the newspaper *
,, to truth . .. and . righteousness, . , . to the
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community ami its people, to clean
liness of thought and news for
which it has always stood. '
The visitors .xpressed amaze
ment with the modern machinery
A special Open House for Ne
groes will be held next Tues
day from 4 to 6 P. M. at the
f.rrftm Daily News plant.
recently installed which best'equip* makes Urn
Griffin Daily News the ,
ped newspaper its size in the South,
They viewed the 35-ton high
speed Hoe stereotype press which
pn , lls 24,000 papers an hour and
can print up to 24 pages at a time,
the battery of four intricate' Lino
type machines, the new Ludlow
and other typesetting machines,
They shook hands.with Publisher
Melton and his staff and mingled
with many of Georgia's leading
citizens.
The traffic was so heavy that
three policemen were required to
handle the crowd.
Ollie Reeves, poet laureate of
Georgia and columnist for the At
[ auta constitution, was on hand to
greel friends with a smile. Reeves
succeeded Melton's father, the late
D , w F MeIttm who contributed
a daily column to the News during
his lifetime, as poet laureate.
Then there were George Bmgerr.
president of the AtlantaTtrerfial.
and EcUWr Wright B ryan of the
Journal. W.' S. Kirpatrick. man
aging editor of the Journal, ex
pressed amazement with the plant
and said, "You're 20 years ahead of
your city." Publisher Melton re
plied, 'There's nothing too good for
Griffin "
Peyton , Anderson, publisher of
the Macon Telegraph, and \V R
Smith, editor of the Macon. News,
were on hand with Charlie Alex,
ahder of the Newspaper Production
Company of Macon which erected
the new press here,
Melton and Anderson served to
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Brief#
WASHING! ON Democrats
through-the House Ways and
Means Commjtle( , on R t0 8
V0 ( P today a bill restoring until
June 12, 1951 Ihe full Law. powers of the
old Reciprocal Trade
NEW YORK — A French Ship.
symbolizing the gratitude of the
French people to Americans, re
ceived a riotous welcome In New
York Harbor today.
WASHINGTON - A key govern*
ment Schneil, witness George Heinrich
German actor was ex*
cused • temporiarily Horn <■ stifyinig
L" 1,11 AXi -' I'allv^ .. m ml
day when . he refused to take oath
on lhe B , blt ,
Griffin, Ga., Wednesday, Feb. 2 , 1949 .
geiher on the state Veterans Se'r
Committee and Smith was a
member of Melton's staff when the
Griffin publisher was publisher of
the old Birmingham Ledger,
There were dozens of other men
and women Who have been asso
ciated with-Melton tn the publish
ing field in the past. Charlie Hardy,
editor of the Gainesville News
who got-his start in the newspaper
_bjisiness on the Griffin News under
Melton, was on hand
Mrs. B. F. Harris, at one time
Melton's society editor here, Mrs.
Ball iformerly Eleanor Walk
" ho was associate editor of the
Griffin News during the war and
George Coggins who Joined the
News six months after Meltoa pur
chased it and remained on it* staff
until poor health forced his retire
ment were on hand along with oth
ers. They all expressed surprise
that the paper has developed and
grown no much since they were of
ficially connected with it.
Mrs. Joe Boyd, former owner, and
Duke^ former editor, dropped
hy to inspect the plant. In addi
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Griffin Cage Stars
Whiskers
By JOE THOMAS
Gritfin High Correspondent
Lucky (or the,, football players,
the weather did a grand, favor and
turned to a frigid low. thus giving
the gridsters a chance to Year their
brand new "sugar-bait” jackets
Thev are certainly something >o
'
^ proud of and yoll cftn bn you ,
life those who got the leather and
wool beauties are mighty ' proud.
Scenes like wearing she heavy
garments in a baking classroom
have not been infrequent. The bun
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IOI l llOM t-
Athletics is our life at Griffin
High. Everything seems to be e'en
tered around rome typr* of r.’?)'"*’ ".
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tn i and in a b.y t cl r 19 c- be
most recent results oi Lie
Legislature Gets Bill
PermittingT almadge
To Seek Reelection
Truman Bill l
May Override j
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States’ Laws ;
WASHINGTON — of- The
chairman of the National Labor -
Relations Board said today that
the Truman administration's labor
bill would override -tale ban* nft
ainst the closed shop
NLRB Chairman P nil H Herzog
testified before the Senate Labir
Committee, which is considering!
the bill under a new ‘hurry up’.
order calling for nirht shifts. Sc -
ret-ary of Labor Tobin was to W
low Herzog to the st.-nd,
Herzog said in his prepared state
i ment. that the new measure would
! specifically restore federal pro
! donee ot’er stale law- in the field
j of union security arrangements
| including the closed shop in whi-h
j on'y union members arc hired
Tills would apply only in inter
"ti.t? commerce: states could stfli
f o rbid dos e d shops in work if-,
feeling only commerce wi-hm a
state..
| A number of states "have banned
! such arrangements, and the Suo
! reme Court recently upheld those
bans. The Taft-Hartley l'aw.
j irh (he Ti-pman bill would re
i Place, gives precedence to the states
T if , T d for
the continuation of a five
NLRB in place of the three-man
agency which existed during the 12
year* oi the Wagner Act. The
ministration s proposed law would
continue the larger body and
zog argued that it was more
flcient, and able to dispose of 23
percent more cases than the three
man board.
, Heraog also told the committee
that under the new legislation the
board could step into a iurisdict
ional dispute before the actual
walk-out bv the opposing unions
At present the board may inter
cede m a jurisdictional dispute
ter a strike has begun.
Tobin was called back for cross
examination on his testimony ear
Her this week urging passage of a
bill v/hich would i’ t repeal the
Taft-Hartley law and (2) restore
the old Wagner Act with the “im
provements" President Truman
wants.
The committee voted 10 days ago
to wind up the hearings on that
measure Feb. 10. But, the sessions
which started Monday moved
along so slowly that the Democrt
tic majority got alarmed.
quet was » grand
success and the
last function of
the team of 43
ended with , a
bang That team
will long be r.?.
metnbereri for a
number of res
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ATLANTA. (AP) Bills which would pave the way for
Herman Talmadge to run for reelection in 1950 were l»- 1
hy administration forejes in the House today,
One-measure specifies that the executive committee of a po
party shall "determine all questions relating to the quali
fications of candidates for nomination.”
Another hill declare* the Gene al Assembly shall determine
any contested election "and any questions as to the eligibility
oi qua mean*. ,i y :e>fc. n q.ecied governor.
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The World Today
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
’ Western diplomats predicted to
day the nations negotiating the
North Atlantic Pact would lose no I -
rime in making Norway one of their !
group, despite Soviet pressure.
The Norwegian reply to a Soviet
note asking about her position on
the Atlantic Alliance said Norway |
fell, it necessStey to seek "increased i i
security" through, defensive co- thel
operation, such as ties with
Western jowers
Norway added, however, that she j !
wei’iri. not. grant bases on her soti ! |
to foreign powers, unless she is at- !
tacked-or threatened with aggres
si 011 - .
President Li Tsung-Jenjof
Chma may fl v communist tern
to, 'V 10 lr >’ for b eace ' Na,lkln K ln "
:“^iS f#uottt -
Chiang Kai-Shek's plan to fight
Jn S()U , h Chlna , f peace efTnrM
^ RppcarwJ to gettin(f BnarJ .
fd in , tallg , e oI lntrigue ^ par .
tfe . appeared bent on trying . to,
split , he others int0 faclion8 :
.
The forhlal inclusion of the mo- :
part of Jerusalem within the i
! sovereign” boundaries of Israel mav
be announced soon. i
Authoritative Jewish sources said
they believed the government's de
cision to end the emergency mill
tort' governorship in the New City
°* Jerusalem and introduce a regu
! lar Jewlsh cWfl administration was
1 P relimlna In Berlin ry to llie such German a stop. Com
j nist Peoples " Council called upon
(the German People to stage a mass
i j demonstration against the West
ern powers
j In Buenos Aires the majority
I dpcidcd in f rof
( party av0
retaining a constitutional provision
j which would prevent President
Juan D. Peron from succeding
himself.
Reversing their previous stand
the party agreed to continue in
force a provision of the 1853 con
stitution providing the
may not serve consecutive six-year
terms
In Batavia. Java, the leaders of
Indonesia’s non-republican states
met in closed session to consider
the position of the Dutch-occupied
Indonesia Republic in a future na
tional government.
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Members and alternates for the
, Georgia Peach Industry Gommttr
tee which administers the peach
marketing agreement—will be no
mlnated at a series of meetings
throughout the state today,
l The Central Georgia District
meeting was scheduled to meet
, | be County
a . 3 p yp
The secretary of agriculture has
approved a reappointment in repre
sentatlon on the committee.
1 nine March 1. four members will
I represent the South Georgia Dir
trlct, three thq Central
Dlatiicl. and ong member the North
Georaia Di.-trict.
•Barbs . . .
A novelist says ah extravagant
girl makes a poor mother—not to
i mention a poor husband.
h. ue .■■■■•• a tennis player is go*
lug to be enib rr. ?d by b. ■,»4
: f jrapneti holtuitg only one rac
[feet.
ball bug" is the sudden growth of
beards iNo, I'm not orazyi.
A movement headed by "whis
kery" Eddie Handley, who. by the
wav hates to shave, has made all
» he basketba11 agree not to
»h*ve until a game is lost
This goes without concern to
, some of the G H. S cagers siich
1 »s Hcadric Murray, Moose Millt
can and Gene Gheshani, Among
those that it.will make a differ
cnee--and In a ven few days—arc
Ned Roberts. Charter Skrine and
perrino.- Jack Langford.
Don't be ton alarmed If you 'ee
"bear like" creatures roaming the
'trees of Griffin -io-t know that
is the only basketball team of good
old ('., H S. off on another fad.
Tills vow wa« made after the De
Catur game last Friday night when
the team was victorious once more,
CAMPUS BRIEFS: Scene around
tli" car,mi>- Mopd; y student - bm
fly" bouncing through the morning
i«? Wrc«f'Uir 1 * ■ omlh' to
Cu-lffin High, pvofe" itmally on Fti-
1
ci. ; o." Sm*''‘dii” an ! f'riff'n High
with Ihe local Klwanis club.
GRIFFIN FIR$H
Invest Your Money , Your
Talent, Your Time, Your
futUumee In Griff in
The Georgia Constitution forbids
governor from seeking the of
again within four years after
he concluMon of hl * l * rm • Tai
-
already has .said lawyers
have advised him this restriction
not apply in his case because
of unusual circumstances growing
out of the double governor dispute
in 1947.
The two bill* introduced today
would:
First—Let the State Democratic
Executive Committee, which Tal
madge controls, determine whether
he is eligible to run for governor
aga in in the 1950 primary,
Second—Let the Leglslautre be I
the sole awionty to decide whe
ther Talmadge or any other candi
date is elected and qualified to
serve.
The executive committee bill de
clares the measure shall not de
prive courts of jurisdiction in a
challenge of an official's right to
hold bis office.
Administration leaders who de
dined me of their names said if
Talmadge seeks to run again under
new biUs ' 11 WouId ^
«Mirieult if not impossible to chal
his right in court unless and
««“ he is seated as chief executive.
,hc J** constitutional »iUs would prohibition not change
a
gainsl a governors seeking re
e cra,lc ec ^°” xec but u<ive would Committee glve *** and Demo- the
Legislature the sole right to decide
If a candidate is eligible.
The two measures were intro
duced by House Speaker Fred
Hand. Floor Leader Frank Twitty,
Rep Frank Gross of Stephens and
other administration spokesmen.
Uneasy 'Stiff’
Is Annoying
ISTANBUL —Omer Polat n
an Istanbul restaurant owner, no
ted for keeping his sense of humor
under the most trying condition*,
Returning home after a night of
: especially heavy "rakt" drinking,
j Omer lost his way and wept Into
find, a ceremonial eoffin ta a near
by mosque.
Omer groaned and turned over,
a few hours later, when early wor
shipper* began their chanting
prayers. As the horrified worship
i pers investigated the bouncing oof
fin lid and tried to lift Omer out of
'his narrow bed, he protested
iously. ‘ PI ease don’t disturb me,”
he muttered "Can’t you sec I'm
; dead 1
i Police who arrived a few minutes
t later were skeptical and took the
restless "corpse" in tow.
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By JANE MOORE
Spalding High Correspondent
You have all heard the saving
j "beauty and brains don’t mlx»
Here are some of the eomn.cn'*
j made by Spalding High student
lbl(i weeg
Singletary—He will set-, ;
| Othell I
tie for his own beauty rather than
some one ejse’s
brains
Charles 1 New-
1 hern—Would' al
so rather hare
, beauty
j Ella Fiance!
Hand —"Beaut”
’.will mix good
w 1 *b bralr
ReLi Harper- Would settle
( some beauty.
Truman days
(JS Can Stave
Off Disaster
WASHINGTON —W>— rrulllwH
Truman, the “busted merchant" of I
1931, believes the United State*
can head off economic disaster.
And. he says, tt must not only do
that, but must follow through With
the job of “world planning." j
“I think that before any disaster
with which we may be faced come*
about," said Mr. Truman, "We WB
be in a position to meet it.”
He voiced his thoughts at a <«»
ner of the National Planning Asso
ciation Tuesday night In uifr
temperoaneons talk that was al
ternately humorous and deadly
rious.
Efforts to make government serve I
the people more efficiently, Mr.
Truman said, go hand in hand with
economic planning to avert the
disaster of depression.
He recalled he was a partner In
a haberdashery store in Kansas
City in 1921 when a depression
came- along.
The "busted merchant," he said,
got into againsV^a polfctcs and ran for county
Judge very able and dis
tinguished bamTre id won the
election "
The President spoke of the dark
days from 1929 thruuiOj 1932, of
ear i u , r depressions, and said plan
tiers, in and out of government, are
working to prevent a reeurrance of
disaster.
“But. when w-e talk about plan
ning thp ihinKS w , want to dQ ^
nomicaI1Vi we are chu , d wlm ^
tng a , mmunlsX/K and rellow trftVe .
]ers •• he ^ He remarkcd lher#
u, a distinction between a “plan
ne{j economy” and a “controlled
economy."
Mr Truman added that the
world look* to the Dnited State*
.for leadership in its quest foe
peace and the welfare of the people,
and said he had tried to point out
-its responsibilities in his Inaugural
address.
It |js “absolutely essential" that
; the American economic structure
(remain "sound and prosperous,”M».
! Truman said, so It can meet its M
sponsibllltia* the world over. *
’ Anri that, is the job that is a
’head of the United States of
r ica, to meet the responsibUltlee
which God gave n* to 1918 sad
which we did not assume."
Automobile _ Accident
j * |f nerO am
13w Griffin Police Dapartmewk
reported one minor accident wit*
damages of »60. It oreured near the
intersection of Solomon and Hill
street*.
Th* driver of th* damaged mto*
mobile was Mr* Hos t Pelf, of Grlf
; * ln an< l drive* <>t' the truck
' halting at the stop light was Dou
i gla-s Miller of Griffin Police re
I ported that the cur driven by Mrs.
j Pelf, ran into the roar of the ‘ruck
(a* it stopped fur the light
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!\\l MOORE
Established 187 .
Geraldine McKniftl.! ' t
good Is beauty :
brains 1 to u <■ : r .*»
Party Til Toll r
h:uc bruin- the S'; J
b| aut>
Ruth Smith—Ain h« - a i'- .
tie" of both. "So a. portion of ojcii
would be good '
Aubry Bunn- Would jut', ettle
for either
Betty Jean Coleman '1 would
settle for one or the other. But
quick
CHIT CHAT: All the Undent*
raving about "the mw fad”—per*
oxlded hair. . . Everyone is look—
mg forward to the district meeting
to be held here this year, . ^lany
new book have been added to the
Ubrary—thanks to Halloween,