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QRirriff FIRST
/Avert Your Money, Your
Ttdent, Your Time, Your
Infhteme In Griffin
Member Of The Associated Press
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VININ
Bjr Qwmbf Melton
“Pride goeth before a talL”
Good Ironing mt* almost
about his new hat—a
beautiful one th» force at The
New* gar* him for Christmas.
U wo* brown valour and in our
opinion ‘looked like a mlt
lion ”
We only wore it on Sunday
and other special occasions.
Tuesday we wore lt at our
Open House so that visiting
newspaper men could admire
it and we hoped some visiting
newspaper woman would
mire the wearer.
The next night we wore it 1.
our sons for supper. In addi
tion to the Griffin part of the
family, two members from A- ,
mericus were at supper,
This beihg a new house there
was no such- convenience as a
hatrack—the younger genera
tion say they are “tacky.” So, .
fearing someone would sit on
that beautiful hat, if we put it
atop a floor lamp,
in a chair, we placed it safei.,
While we were eating supper
someone “smelled smoke.” We
investigated. Nothing could be
found and the lady of the
house was beginning to ask the
phone number of the fire de
partment. Then we found it. '
My beautiful hat—someone
had turned on the light. It was
one of those three-way babies
and they had turned it on the
most * powerful of the three
globes.
My hat—my beautiful hat—
was not burned—but it had
shrunk up so that when I put
it on it • was like placing a
bathing cop on top of Stone
bathing cap on top of Stone
Mountain.
It had shrunk until it would
n't have fitted me If my head
had been half Its size.
So if Good Evening goes •
walking around witha hat
perched on top of his head that
does not fit—don't think he has
the big head, over ail the nice
things people have said about
The Griffin News, it's Just be
cause someone turned on that
light that was under that beau
tiful hat. .
Undertakers
Fight It Out
In Hearse
TABOR CITY, N. C. —t/P)_ One
man is crfti^lly'5 pounded and hU
partner is un!&!r anrest as a re
suit of a battle iff'', a hearse between
two undertakerai
Attendants at ilumbus County
Hospital at Whlteville reported to
day that Arnold Jessup. 32 was in
critical condition. He suffered five
pistol wounds. Police held his par
tner, Ralph Inman, 35. without
charge pending outcome of the pat
ient’s wounds. The two own the
Jessup-Inman Funeral Home here.
Police Chief L. R. Watson quoted
Inman as telling this story:
, Inman was driving the hearse
as the two drove home Thursday
after conducting a rural funeral
The> got Into an argument. Jessup
swunst at Inman with a black-jack.
Inmy.n ducked, but the weapon
shuttered glass in the hearse behind
the driver’s head. Inman drew a j
pistol aoa shot Jessup. Just then
the hearse lurched into a diten.
Both men leaped out, and Jcssun
again tried to blackjack his part
ner. Inman fired four more bul
lets Into Jessup.
Th chief didn’t know what start
ed the argument..
•Tht> wither . . .
FORECAST FOR GEOR
GIA:— Mostly cloudy tonight
and Saturday. Not much tem
perature change, except cooler
In north portion tonight.
• Local Weather • • •
Maximum Today: M
Minimum Today: 34
Maximum Thnniday: 4*
,L Minimum Thursday: 21
GRIFFIN
DA1LYWNEWS
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ANGIE CL ARID V will be pre
sented by the citizens of Grif
fin in an appreciation concert
tonight at 8:15 at the Griffin
High School auditorium. The
concert is the first such civic
recognition to be accorded a
Griffin singer. (See story on
page 7.)
Demoes Hope
\etoes Will
Halt Spree
WASHINGTON - OP) — House
Democratic leaders fearing a
spending spree in the 81st Congress,
are counting on presidential vetoes
and congresional opposition to
higher taxes to stop it.
They admitted privately today
that they see no way now to keep
the House from passing a vast vet
erans' pension bill and other mea
sures which could run federal
spending into billions of dollars not
figured in President Truman's bud
get.
“We took a calculated risk when
we curbed the power of the Rules
Committee 'to pigeonhole bills,” a
top Democrat told reporters. “That
risk was that some committees
might vote for big spending bills
and force a House vote over Rules
Committee opposition.”
To keep a possible coalition of
Republicans and Southern Demo
crats on the Rules Committee from
tying up some of President Tru
man’s major bills, the Democratic
leadership put through a new rule
to let any committee chairman
force a House vote on a bill not
cleared by the Rules Committee
within 21 days.
Under that new rule. Chairman
Rankin (D-Miss) of the House
Veterans Committee is reported
ready to force action on a veter
ans' pension bill estimated to cost
$2,000,000,000 the first year of its
operation. The administration is
opposed to the expense.
And Republicans predict that the
House Potsoffice Committee soon
may approve pay raises for postal
workers, adding another huge Item
to the cost of the government.
Chairman of the Potsoffice Com
mittee is Rep. Murray (D-Tenn)
who, like Rankin, Is not too res
ponsive to the wishes of the House
leadership.
House leaders believe that on a
roll-call vote, both the pension and
pay raise bills would pass easily.
“We can hope that the Senate
will stop these bills or that the
President will veto them,” a House
leader said. “But there doesn’t
seem to be much” chance to stop
them in the House.”
Man Asks Klan
Why It Burned
Cross At Store
E. T. Hatchett, Lamar County
merchant who had a cross burned
in his yard Jan. 24 said today that
he did not know why the cross was
burned and wants some one to tell
him.
In a letter to the Griffin Daily
News. Hatchett said that he had
been told the cross was burned by
members of the KKK but that he
did not know the reason. He has
been a resident of, Lamar County
for 11 years and has operated his
grocery store there for the past
three years, he said.
Hatchett, said he was not at home
when the cross was burned and he
requested the persons who burned
the cross to let him know why the
cdoss Was burned at his place,
• Kfirh
Money doesn’t go as far as it did, ;
but it still docs a swell job <f going, j
The place where handsome fig- 1
ures count most is in the bank
An nj*no 4 s man male his own
coffui and Hjpsps .in if. Tiutcn a
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fellow who likes ins him.
W ashing ton-Moscow
Cold War Debates
More To Moscow
The World Today
Bf THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Hungarian government mar
shalled today what it claims Is do
cumentary evidence against Josef
Cardinal Mlndszenty. It accused
him Thursday of trying to Induce
an American diplomat to help him
escape his treason trial by fleeing
the country.
The cardinal Thursday admitted
parital guilt to treason, espionage
and black market charges but de
clared he had not plotted to destroy
the country’s “democratic sys
tem”—the most serious count a
| gainst him.
One of the Hungarian primate’s
six co-defendants—Duke Paul Et
terhazy—pleded guilty today to
charges against him. The duke,
one of pre-war Hungary* richest
men, was the fourth defendant to
pleau.
onaras Zaaai, die cardinals sec
retary, pleded “partily guilty” and
Prof, justm Baianyay pleaded in
nocent Thursday. -f
the iasv vesuge oi puiiucai JpT
position appeared to have died in
Hungary. The government, an
! nouncing the escape ox Isiovan
j Barankovise, nead of the now de
lunci opposition Catholic rany,
said his flight means the inglo
rious end” 01 a parly t”which uidits
best to hinder the progress of our
peoples democracy.”' In the 1937
j elections the Catholic Party ran
second to the communists.
Western diplomats agreed me
move in Moscow-Washmgton de
bates on the cold war had passed
to Moscow. #
And the reply was prompt.
The Moscow press headlined:
Truman "Rejects Peace Talk. ”
Tass, the Soviet news mm.
said ________
it was thought the “negative
attitude of Truman is explained by
the fact that the peace pact runs
counter tq aggressive plans for or
ganizing the Atlantic Alliance."
At Rhodes, the next move in Is
rael-Egypt armistice talks appear
ed to be up to Egypt.
Ralph J. Bunehe, United Nations
mediator, hoped to get going soon
on enlarged negotiations which
would Include all the Arab nations.
The British War Office in Lon
don said a four-engine Skymaster
carrying some 40 British Army men
crashed early today at Tripoli on
the north African coast. The
spokesman said there were no de
tails.
Sheriff Makes
Liquor Raid
A ?3 gallon liquor haul ' was
made by Sheriff J, D. Posey and
Deputy Sheriff W P. Hanners
Thursday at the home of Lucius
Phillips, local Negro tax' cab com
pany owner.
The liquor wa* found in the back
yard of the house, Sheriff Posey
said. Several of the gallon cans
were hidden under a piece of tin
and 19 of them were buried, the
Spalding sheriff said.
Phillips is now on $500 bond,
Sheriff Posey said.
• Briefs . . .
WASHINGTON — Administra
tion spokesmen asked Congress to
day to boost salaries of key govern
ment administrators to; bring them
more nearly on a par with privato
business.
WESTOVER AIR FORCE BASE,
officers Mas^. — Two Russian Air Force
who escaped from the So
viet Union by plane landed here
today—delighted to reach America.
IliillW iii!
BERLIN —14*1— Britain and
the United State* clamped an
embargo today on all freight
traffic passing through their
zone* of Germany from Euro
pean countries to the Soviet
zone, effective Sunday
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Griffin, Ga., Friday, Feb. 4, 1949.
Prophets
Eye Sharp
Price Fall
Drops Appear To Be
Gaining Momentum
NEW YORK —m— Incr«a«ing
ljr iharp decline* In commodity
prices In recent days ate causing
economic phophets to take anoth
er look at their forecasts.
Today la the anniversary oi last
year’s big break In commodity
prices, and although declines this
year have been more gradual, they
appear to be gaining momentum
and are being watched closely by
all business leaders for clues to
the future.
Most economists and business
leaders at the turn of the year pre
dicted 1949 would be a year of gen
eral buelness activity" only slightly
below 1948.
However, the commodity price
drops of recent days are causing
some of (hem to wonder whether
a sharper adjustment may not be
at hand. The evidence is far from
conclusive as yet, but It Is one
straw among several getting close
attention from most business ba- ;
rters.
The Associated Press Commo- .1
dity Index of 35 weighed wholesale
prices dropped Thursday to 169.40
lowest since Feb. 11, 1947. reprson
tinp a decline of 3.13 one we»k
and over seven points 1n a month
It compares with 199.93, the star
ting ’ point of last year’s sharp
break in commodity Driees. and the
all-time high of 208.14 on Ian. 9,
1948. The decline from the all-time
high is just short of 14 percent. :
The Dun and Bradstreet Whole
sale Food Price Index, represent
ing the total cost of a pound of
each of 31 foods in general use,
dropped this week to * 88—lowest
since the end of OPA to October.
1946. The Index was off one-half
of one percent from the previous
week, 17.6 percent under a year avo
and 20.1 • percent under last Julv’f
all-time high.
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Wacs Are Wearing
The Army’s Pants
MOUNT WASHINGTON, If
H.—(Aw— The Wacs are wear
ing the Army’s pants.
On the frigid slopes of this
highest mountain 1n New Eng
land 10 rugged young women
led by Lt. Ann Cummings of
Newton, Mass., are testing new
arctic clothing designed for so
ldiers.
Uncle Sam is trying to prove
what every father of a whlte
shlrted teen-aged daughter al
ready knows, that girls oan
wear men’s clothes.
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Can You Pass This Test?
Maybe You Can’t Vote
ATLANTA — UP)— Can you read
or write the Constitution of the
United States or Georgia "inteili
glbly or legibly?"
If the registrar says you can. you
would be permitted to vote under
the reregistration law slated for
action In the State Senate today.
This Is the bill, backed by the
administration of Gov. Herman
Talmadge, which will wipe out the
present registration list of some
1,200,000 qualified voters, including
150,000 Negroes.
As the bill now stands, along
with proposed amendments, the
Boards of Registrars / will be the
Judges of what is “intelligible" and
what is “legible."
So what if you cannot read nor
write?
The State of Republic Committee
headed by Sen. Howard T. Overby
of Gainesville has in hand a pro
posed amendment to set up a i
to see whether a man of , ,.i
character and 11 'r - -;fl j] j?
qualified to vote
This amendment w.uAl in. r
porate into the b’l a r :s if 63
questions. From ■ h nu
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Legislature Assures
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FOLLOWING II- FACTO RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL by the Brit
ish Government, thou ' nds of London's Jews sec the Israeli flag
unfurled above the entrance to the I raeli Consular and Diplomatic
Headquarters in London. INea Telephoto.)
Bad Conditions
AtMilledgeville
MILUSDGEVHJLjE, Ga. —(/P)—
A woman huddled under a piece of
bed ticking, partially clothed pat
ients, Inadequate heating, lack of
*upplies—This was part of the pic
ture described for and seen by le
gislators Inspecting the State Hos
pltal at Mllledgevtlle.
The investigation by the commi
ttee came after a series of articles
by Hal Allen, manaeing editor of
the Macon Telegraph, in
conditions at the hospital were dis
cussed.
Thursday the committee was
Here are the questions to be
I submitted to the illiterate voter
who cannot read or write “intelli
gibly or legibly:"
1. Who is President of the Uni
ted States?
2. What is his term of office?
3. May he be legally elected for
a second term?
4. If he dies in office who sue
ceeds him?
5. If he becomes unable to per
form his duties who succeeds him?
6. If the Vice president succeeds
to the presidency and dies, who
succeeds him?
7. How many groups compose
Congress?
8. How nsmy senators are
the Congress of the United Sta
tes?
9. How tunny Un-.cd Him se
na i fr^m C , .?
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told that the hospital now has only
eight “able-bodied" doctors to care
for its 9,500 patients, and that *
further shortage of doctors was
possible because of a shortage of
funds.
The legislators were told that 30
white women patients have been
without soap or toilet paper for
three weeks because requisitions
had not been filled. A shortage of
soap and clean clothing was re
ported to have limited women pat
lents to one bath a week.
tricts in Georgia?
17, In what congressional dis
trict do you reside?
19. How long has your congress
man served in Congress?
20. Is your congressman a resi
dent of your district?
21 . Does your congressmen un
der the law have (o be a resident of
your district?
*22. Can you name three rimit
tees in.,the national Congress?
23, Is your congressman a mem
her of am one of three committees?
24 Can you name any commit
tee in national House of which your
sman is a meittb-r?
2i. Under the provisions <•! the,
United 7-ttare.s ConsflTuEibh, must
there b, •Supreme C <irt?
26. r.vi you’ name two ■her
1< cii i .1 i" ur ?
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GRIFFIN FIRST
Inveet Your Money, Your
Talent, Your Time, Your
Influence In Griffin
f he new Griftin hospital was virtually assured today of
$350,000 from the state, thanks to the efforts of the Spalding
County delegation in the State Legislat ure.
Both the House and Senate today had parsed a bill authortir
ing a maximum of that amount to any single city for building
hospitals in Georgia, Governor Herman Talmadge said in
Atlanta that he will sign the bill into law Tuesday.
Originally the House reduced the
maximum to $100,000. Advocates
j of that figure .said It was to “pre
vent the cities from gobbling up
the money.”
Bui. Spalding Representatives
Arthur Bolton and Girdean Harper
swuii.. into action and through
their Gloris tin* v»\iximuin was in
creased to $260,000 in uic House
bill.
When the hill reached the State
Senate the maximum was increased
$3§0 000 through the- .eTorts of
Senator Albert Bwint of Spalding
County.
The * Griffin Hospital Authority
had hoped f o jtcure $109,000 from
the .s,a<e to build the modern hev.
Hospital here which will serve the
and' adjoining counties. When Ml
mr.xjiptm allowed to any single
hospital was rpducrd lo $ 1 r.»i.00<■
it threw • $300,000 damper on plat
for the $1,200,000 proposed hospita'
here. Griffin had hoped te seCur
$400,000 from the s-‘ate.
Walter Graefe, chairman of the
Griffin Hospita! Atuhorlty which
has charge of building the new
hospital, was strong in his praise
of the Spalding delegation when he
learned of their actions In securing
the larger maximum.
“The $350,000 which Griffin will
get from the state is due largely to
to the efforts of Representative*
Harper and Bolton and Senator
Swint,” he said.
"This gives us nearly all that we
wanted from the state," he pointed
out, “but not quite all.”
Plans call for $466,000 from the
federal government under the Hill
Burton Act and *400,000 which the
Hospital Authority already has on
hand.
This added to the $350,000 which
will come from the state will give
the Griffin Hospital Authority *1,-
150,000—only $50,000 short of the
$1,200,000 required.
1 he other $50,000 can be raised
easily by the sale of bonds which
already have been authorized by
Spalding county voters and which
already have been validated.
Construction of the hospital
begln as quickly as possible, Gratef
said.
j the Supreme Court of Georgia?
j 35 How many other judges are
1 1 here on the Supreme Court ol
Georgia?
36 Who is chief judge of the
Court of Appeals of Georgia?
37. How many other judges are
there on the Court of Appeals of
Georgia?'
38 . Who is the judge of the Su
perior Court of your district?
39. Into whs two groups L ibe
General Assembly of Georgia di
vkled’’
40- What are the name, of ’Jje.v
two roups?
41. Haw many p-fiator nr- lie n-
1 in Georgia?
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44. How mai.y ni< i -2 i\i in
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CALIFORNIAN H E BOW EL,
1949 Maid of Cotton, wears the
crown she received at a fash
! ion show in New York City
when she Introduced the "Crisp
j j ty00 H- „( washable cotton style*,
she Is going on a tour of the
C. 8., Britain and France. (NEA
Telephoto.)
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in
Haven’t Taken
I Oath Of Office
Spalding County Ordinary George
Imes, Jr., Issued a plea today for
the four Justice* of the peace who
have not beeu sworn In to come bjr
; hi8 office, take the oath and re
celve their commission.
All the duly elected constable*
| except one have sworn, Imes said,
The elected constable of Mt. Zion
District, T. C, Morrow, declined to
take the oath or .serve, the Spald
ing ordinary, pointed out.
signed an affidavit wlt
nested by Mrs. T. O. O’Quinn ex
officio Justice of Peace for the dis
trict, stating that he refused the
office, toes said. Then according
U) the Code of Georgia Mrs. O’
Quinn appointed a man to serve a*
constable. He I* Paul Head, for
mer Spalding deputy sheriff. ,
The elected J. P.’s who have not
taken the, oath and received their
commissions are W. C. Knott, Ai
ken district; L. L, Evans, Orrs; J.
T. Weldon, Cabin: and G. H. San
son, Ml. Zion.
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