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Invest Your Money, Your
Talent, Your Time, Your
Influence In Griffin
Member Of The Associated Press
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By Quimby Melton
Factual reporting Association
Press often comes up with fea
ture stories that while not
“spot news" make interesting
reading.
Scanniny the early morning ,
report we saw where a foot
specialist advises people to buy
their shoes after 3.00 o'clock
in the afternoon." He says
that shoes bought in the morn
ing become too tight by after
noon, since the foot swells dur
ing the day.
Maybe that explains why Good
Evening's feet are “always
killing me" as the Dt^te of
Padukah has a way of saying.
Now dear shoe merchants of
Griffin don’t let this advice
from the chiropodist worry you
into thinking that there'll be a
lull in shoe sales early in the
day and a rush in the after
noon. For this chiropodist has
given the little woman a hint
that possibly will cause a rush
In the mornings. If one’s feet
are smaller in the morning,
then she can wiggle her toot
sies into smaller shoes if she
buys them early in the day.
All of which reminds us of
what a shoe salesman once
told Good Evening.
An old colored woman came
Into his store and wanted a
pair of shoes. “What size do
you wear, auntie?” he asked.
“Well tens is my size, but
elevens feel so good I always
take tweleves.”
Another AP story tells of a
of a pan in Spokane buying
a new automobile with money
he had saved over five years.
He made a practice of saving
every silver dollar-that came
Into his filling station.
When he went to buy his car
he took 2.600 silver dollars to
the car dealer. They were in a
box and weighed 170 ponds. He
got his cur and the auto
salesman spent the rest of the
afternoon counting and stack
ing “cart wheels.”
This Item reminded Good
Evening of a linotype operator
5 ho once worked on “Your
ometown Newspaper. He saved
every quarter he got in change
and every two years had
enough quarters to buy a new car.
He would take the quarters in
paper sacks to the dealer, pour
the amount on to table and get
his new ear.
Of course an automobile did
not eoet anywhere its price to
day or it would h^yc taken sev
eral tables on which to pom the
quarters.
Ail of which leads up to the
reminder that the. “Opportuni
ty Drive” sale of U S. Savings
bonds is now in full wing over
the nation. By buying Uncle o
Sam’s bonds one not only helps
finance our govemn-ent but one
lays up money that otherwise
might be spent against the day
when he will want K to buy an
automobile, make a down pay
ment on a home, send that
boy or girl to college or have
a tidy sum for something else
And Unc.'e Sam pays good
Interest.
For every Three Dollars In
vested in these bonds today one
will get Four Dollars in ten
years.
Kathy’s Rescue Workers
To Get $200 to $1,500
SAN MARINO, Calif. —1/P)— The
111 heroes who struggled to rescue
little Kathy Fiscus from an aban
doned well will receive from $200
to $1,500 apiece from the $43,700
rescue fund.
This was . disclosed Wednesday
night by Robert 8. McKibbin, com
mander of the Los Angeles County
Council of Veterans of Foreign
Wars and member of the Kathy
Fiscus Rescue Fund Committee.
McKibbin told some 40 of the
rescuers at the East Pasedena Am
erican Legion HaU the $1,500 will
be paid to such men as H. L. (Whl
tey) Bllckensderfer and A. O. Kelly,
who spent the, most! time under
ground.
The Weather . « »•
FORECAST FOR GEORGIA
—Generally fair and continued'
warm tonight and Friday.
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Brazil’s President
Hails United States
Russia Keeps
1 Allies In Stir
Over Berlin
The World Today
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Russia keDt the Western Allies
in confusion today with a chang
ing pattern of restrictions on trans
port t,o aid through Berlin.
Wednesday's., ban on some
freight-laden trucks from West
Germany was reported lifted and
the vehicles now wil! be allowed
through without permits.
On the other hand the Russians
were demanding that any other
trucks crossing the frontier bear
permits.
Maj. Gen. George P. Hays, de
puty. U. 8. military governor, called
the new Soviet demand “a viola
tion of the four-power agreement in
New York for lifting all' blockades ’’
He said he would try to get the
Russians to drop it.
U. S. Secretary of State Dean
ALSO IN THIS STORY:
Aebeson goes before Senate,
Chinese Nationals cling to
river;
V. N. Assembly ends.
Acheson goes before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee today
to review the stem policy he ex
pects to follow at the Paris Con
ference of Foreign Ministers on
Germany.
Acheson told newsmen last week
the possibility of reaching agree
ment on Germany depends on the
willingness of Soviet Foreign Min
ister Andrei Vishlnsky to go along
wth the American-Brittsh-French
program for creation of a demo
cratic Western German govern
ment.
Chinese Nationalists clung to the
vital Whangpoo river today in the
fsee of communist gunfire. The
■ -'Mnmunists, however, were report
I id to have seized several small
creek bridegs only six miles from
the great- city of Shanghai.
They kept up their pressure on
the Pootung Industrial and dock
ares across from Shanghai’s Bund.
Nationalist planes maintained a
steady bombardment of communist
pockets in the area.
In New York, the United Nations
General Assembly’s spring session
ended after the delegates rejected a
Polish move to debate the case of
Gerhart Eis'er, communist fugi
tive.
Brazil’s president Eurico Oaspar
Dutra. was given the forum of the
U. S. Congress today for a speech
following his welcome to Washing
ton by President Truman.
Mr. Addy Dies
Here Suddenly
Mr. F. Glenn Addy, Griffin bus
inessman, died today at Strickland
Memorial Hospital following a
heart attack.
A resident of Griffin for the past
26 years, Mr. Addy was employed
at the Griffin Hardware Company.
He was a member of the First Met
hodist Church and the Baraca Sun
day School class.
Survivors include his , wife; one
daughter, Miss Jean Addy of Grif
fin; father, James G. Addy of Har
alson; three sisters, Mrs. F. Q. Mix
on of Griffin, Miss Nell Addy of
Haralson and Mrs. A. P. Todd of
Gay; one brother, W. H. Addy of
Senola.
Funeral services will be conduc
ted Friday at 4:30 P. M. at Hais
ten’s Chapel with the Rev. J. 8.
Thrailkill as pastor.
Requested to serve as pallbearers
are Herbert Bolton, Grady Daniel,
Oscar Mattox, R. E. Hinson, Rufus
Horton and W. C. Hancock.
GHS Band To
Give Concert
The Griffin High Band will pre
sent an appreciation concert on
the lawn ot the Griffin Elks Club
Sunday at 4:30 P. M.
The Elks donated $3,000 to Griffin
High and $3,000 to Spalding High
during the recent drive to raise
funds for the two bands. A dinner
will be served following the concert.
The public is invited to attend
the concert.
Dutra Addresses
U. S. Congress
On Visit To States
WASHINGTON — (JP)— Brazilian
President Eurico Oaspar Dutra told
Congress today the friendship of
Brazil and the United States is the
major link in the strong chain that
binds the Western Hemisphere to
gether.
President Dutra, who arrived here
Wednesday for a 10-day visit to
this country, addressed anoint ses
sion of Congress. President Truman
acompanied him to Capitol Hill.
Dutra said the 120-year-old ties
between his nation and the U. S.
are "founded upon their identity of
purposes and harmony of interests.”
He predicted they will become str
onger in the years to come.
He spoke high praise for Ameri
can democracy, which he credited j
Dr the “high degree of civilization !
which you have achieved.” :
Dutra said American resfSect for
the law and the rights of others is
a “main factor” of democracy and
this nation’s strength.
The talk came in the middle of a
day crowded with activity.
The Senate studied a $1,465,OOQ.
000 appropiation bill for the Agri
culture Department, already pass
ed by the House.
Economy advocates who want to
balance the budget by cutting gov
ernment spending rather than by
raising taxes sought .to trim this
total, despite two- previous setbacks
when they tried to reduce other
money bills. 0
On the other side of Capitol Hill,
economy advocates got out their
knives for a whack at the multi
million dollar bill to raise military
pay. The measure went on the Ho
use floor for four hours of debate.
j Two Senate committees gave a
j lot of attention to spies and com
munists:
The appropiations Subcommittee
was set to hear Chairman David E
LUtenthal of the Atomic Energy
Commission testify on the need of
his agency for $1,090,000,000 to car
ry on Its work for the year beginn
ing July 1.
Wednesday the committee talked.
to the young communist in ques
tion—23-year-old Hans Freistadt,
now attending the University of
North Carolina. He said if Russia
attacked the United States, he wou
ld defend this country, but if the
U. S. attacked Russia, he 1 would
not support such a war.” .
The Senate Judiciary Subjoin
mlttee called witnesses to testify on
1 proposed bills that would require
registration of communists and
their organizations, and which wo
uid deny passports and federal job?
to communists.
1 Rftnl tUCRIIidriiflllife iy»Q»f AIJIlc
| To Shut Down
ROC KMART — The Goodyear
Mills here virtually will be shut
down By the end of this week, with
production cut 90 percent and a
bout 1,100 of the mills' 1,250 em
ployes dismissed, Goodyear Vice
Pres. 8. A. Speere of Akron said.
8peere said all cotton product
ion of tire cords—the mills’ chief
output—would b e discontinued.
"The little i nylon and rayon pro
duction we are already doing will
continue for the present,” Speere
said.
Homecoming
Nears End
Homecoming services will be
continued tonight at the First Me
thodist Church with the Rev. Zach
C. Hayes as the visiting speaker.
The series will be climaxed Sun
day night with a visit by Bishop
Arthur C. Moore of Atlanta. Bish
op Moor* will dedicate the new or
gan In connection with his visit and
sermon.
Friday nlgnt the Rev. Frank B.
Pim will be the speaker. The ser
vices begin each night at 8 P, M.
Bobby Jean Bretl will sing "The
Love of God” at tonight's service
and the , solo Friday night will be
by Jack Dlngley.
• Barbs . • •
(“Things are looking brighter for
husbands. Oriental fruit fly larvae
caused a ban on the shipment of
orchids from Hawaii to America.
A boy in Florid* caught a fish
with two pennies in It. He didn't
do so bsdiy, considering the fins the
fish also had.
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wearing a new-type wrap- ■■
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a map of Florida on it. Vis
itors should have no trouble
finding their way around.
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN
Wednesday appointed John
J. McCloy (.above) to be
United States High Com
missioner for Germany. Me
Cloy will resign as president
of the World Bnak to take
the assignment. (AP Wire
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FAITH CLAYTON
(above), former school
teacher from Central, S. C.,
is the center of a week-long
filibuster in the South Car
olina legislature. And the
filibuster may well be a pre
liminary skirmish to a U. S.
senate race between the in
cumbent, Senator Olin D.
Johnston, and Gov. J.
Strom Thurmond. Thur
mond appointed Miss Clay
ton a member of the poli
tically influential State In
dustrial Commixsidn. Her
cofirmation in the.’ Senate
has been staved off by the
filibuster engineered by Sen
ator Johnston’s followers.
School Leader Raps
Counties ‘Not
ATLANTA ~~-(JP )— Many Georgia
counties are not even making "a
reasonable effort” to pay for their
school systems, the State Board Of
Education was told today.
Dr. O. C. Aderhold, education
dean at the University of Georgia
and president of the Georgia Edu
cation Association, said one coun
ty pays only 10 percent of its abi
lity to pay. ‘
Aderhold discussed the school
Atlanta Bus Strike
Ends This Afternoon
ATLANTA, — (AP) — Atlanta's transit worker*'today
agreed to go back to work for 60 days. The 1,400 employes
of the Georgia Power Company have been out on strike since
May I.
There was no immediate announcement on the terms of set-
.
Police Ponder
Girl’s Story
In Garris Case
ATLANTA - (A*) - Police today
had been unable to verify a young
woman's story that she watched
while Metropolitan Opera Tenor
John Garris was shot to death.
The 19-year-old blonde,' booked
as Alma Johnson, alias Mary Smith,
of Richmond, is being held on a
charge of suspicion of narcotics.
She was picked up on an anony
mous tip that he knew something
bout the slaying.
Police Chief Herbert Jenkins de
clined comment on fhe new de
velopment.
Atlanta officers parried questions
with the flat statement:
"We’re under orders from Chief
Jenkins not to discuss the case.”
But officers in Jacksonville,
and Anderson S. C.. said leads in
those cities which Miss Johnson
gave apparently had petered out.
The body of the tall balding ten
r was 'found April 21 In a
soaked alley a short distance from
the Terminal railroad station. The
opera specials left the terminal a
few hours before the body was
found. .
McEIroy
Dies Today
Funeral services for. Mr. .Edwin
Olin McEIroy who died a’ the
home of his daughter, Mrs E L
Smith, in Atlanta early this, morn
mg *iil be be d at 3 o’cicok Fri
day afternoon *t th» New Saiern
Baptist Church with the Rev w J
T.amb and *h* R*' J J M Mir*
officiating. Rurial will foilon m
the church; atd
He was a lethed farmer and was
horn and r e ai-»d in ’ fep"aiding
County. 9 going if> live . with. ftis
daughter in Atlanta thre* veers
ago.
Pa’ibearers 'will be S. L.. Odeil
Jim Goodson. Martin Puckett, Bari
Mitchum, Guy Kilgore and foe
lewis.
Survivors oth*r tM" his dough
ter are two tons Aivln B. McEIroy
and Joe B McEIroy both of At
lanta; two sister, Mrs. D. D
Norton of Eart Point and Mrs A.
O. Norton of Vaughn.
Bandit Bobs $1,800
From Loan Company
ATLANTA—A bo d. neatly dress
ed man robbed the Citizens Loan
and Security Office here of *1 400
Wednesday and melted Into the
throngs of noontime Atlantans n
the heart of the downtown business
district. In addition to its Atlanta
office, the compay operates an of
flee in Griffin.
Mrs. Daniel’s Brother
Is Buried In Atlanta
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Mr. James W. Smi'h, brother
Mrs. J. R. boniel of Griffin, was
buried In Atlanta Tuesday.
died In an Atlanta hospital Mon
day.
financial crisis while the board de
layed an expected scrap between
board members and Dr. M. D. Col
lins, state school superintendent.
Collins and the board have been
feuding over school department per
sonnel and proposed
The board was fortified today with
another opinion from attorney Qen
eral Eugene Conk declaring the boa
rd is the actual boss of the entire
School Department.
C. B. McManus, president of the
Georgia Power Company, made the
following statement:
“We are phased that the transit
strike which caused so , much hard
shipe to the public has been ended
and the men have voted to return
to their Jobs. '
"Throughout the strike, we stated
that the puollc interest was para
mount to that of either party. We
also pointed out that the riders
Voijd finally bear the cost of
any surrender to the union's de
mands.
“I think it important, therefore
to say that the strike has been
ended without any Increase m
wages or fringe payments above
those which we offered the union
before the strike was called, and
without a n v further material
change in the company's offer.
“We have agreed to an imme
diate increase of four cents an hour
! | in the pay l ate. which is the same
amount offered prior to the shut
down of our transit system. Cer
tain improvements in working con
! dit'ons, which were also agreed up
I on before she strike will be put
, into effect. We have agreed to an ,
actuarial study and further nego
nation of the pension and dtsablli
tv proposals of the union as origin
ally offered By the company We
have also agreed to continue nego
I nations on a dozen items of work-.
ir>g conditions for a period of 41
days, but without either party being
bound to arbitrate respecting these
issues In all other respects the
old contract has beer renewed for
*ncb*r 12 months, ms' *s the com
pany proposed in advance of the
work stoppage ’’
There was no immediate com
ment from fie union
Mrs* Mooney
Dies At Home
Mrs Bessie Bn** M-joney wife of
Mr W B Moon*' died at her
home at 323 Ray sire* 1 early this
morning Sh £ had b*eo a resident
of Griffin for 'he past it rears
mo'lng her from Zebuion. She
was a member of th« Ferjvth
Baptist •Church.
:troke abmi' a week ago was
*mployed bv t..h^ Griffin
of t.h* Thonv.Mop Cotton Mil s
Funera seruce* u.ll tie held
DeVotie Baptist Church Saturday
morning at 11 o'clock with the
Rev. George. Dunr*r- officiating
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• Burial will follow in Oak Hill ce
metery with Halefcfi Brothers m
charge.
Survivors other than ner hus
band are four sisters Mrs. Mar
garet Grant of Waycross, Mrv
Paul jackson of Forsyth, Mrs Lu
' and Mrs
c uie Smith if Thomaston
I Camille Pace of Ft Payne, Ala.,
four brothers. Benson Britt of
j ^ Griffin, Warren Britt of Waycross
Otik Britt of Forsyth and Wallace
| Britt of Savannah.
9 Local Weather. • •
Maximum Today 80
Minimum Today 82
Maximum Wednesday 84
Minimum Wednesday 60
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Man Pays For Car
With Silver Dollars
SPOKANE Wash —HP)— Al
ter saving for five years. Char
les; Hink of Spokane bought a
new car with one "heavy” pay
ment—2.600 silver dollars, all
minted in 1921.
"There's your money,” Hink
said, pointing to a wooden chest
when the dealer drove up with
the new car Wednesday.
The dealer wrestled the 170
pound box to his car and spent
the reet of the afternoon stack
ing up the "cartwheels.”
Hink. a service station opera
tor. started saving silver dol
lars five years ago.
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U.S. Census Will Feel
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Griff in Business Pulse
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Want Some New Shoes?
Buy Then After 3 P.M.
SEATTLE -<**>- Tell the lit
tle woman she should never
buy shoes before 3 P. M
That's the advice of Dr. H H
Routh, Spokane, Wash., chiro
podist who's acting as chairman
of Washington State National
Foot Week. He warned:
“A woman who buys a pair
of shoes at 11 A. M . is bound
to find them uncomfortable at
4 F. M.
“The human foot swells dur
ing the course of s day and buy
ing shoes late in the day when
your feet are slightly Larger
at least gives you a fighting
chance to get the fitting you
should have."
The doctor didn't comment
on whether milady prefers to
buy her shoes earlier In the day
so she can slip into a smaller
size.
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DES MOINES —{*>— Crttf
eiem ef the user International
Boxing Clob headed b j Joe
Louis was voiced by Jack
Dempsey, former world heavy
weight champion, here today.
In an interview Dempsey ex
pressed disapproval ot the MW
club's action in billing the E»
zsrd Charles-Jeney Joe Wml
>ott right in Chicago J one IS
as * tin. fight
Dcmp-ev a«v=Hed no one
could s*v thet Charles, and
U'sfrofl owe the two top
heavyweights in the world to
d?v.
WAcHMCTOV —<yP>— The
Sent** tndav approved placing
r,tn Lucius D. Clav of Marlet
**, Ga., on the Army’s retire
ment list with the rank ot full
general. Clay resign-d this week
as military governor of Ger
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Question Has 2 Sides 9
So Women Take Both
By ROBERTA BECK
Margaret Chase Smith, the lady
senator f/om Maine, suggests we
men hold a A’orld peace conference
^ soJve 'ntemational probems
Men, she'say,\ have had their op
portunity.
It’s about time somebody gave
us girls a chance. So far the fel
lows haven’t done anything except
make a lot of
gentle men s
agreements, feut
we’ll ’show the
old; bloc heads
Any man who
thinks the dis
taff side isn’t
qualified for dip
lomatic circles
never got a sewing machine for a
birthday present. We know how to
let someone eise have our way all
right. And while there are two
sides to every question we have had
a whole lot of experience in taking
both.
Besides, we haven’t apent six
afternoon* out of seven playing
bridge for »iothing. We guess we
know how to lay our cards on the
table and still have a trick up our
sleeves. And we can keep a ae
ret. At least, we always tell every
body not to tell anybody.
We know all about fra# speech
too. Aren't wa free enough with
ours? We’re prepared to talk our
selves red, white and. blue In the
fao*.
' GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest Your Money, Your
Talent, Your Time, Your
Influence In Griffin
Griffin and Spalding County wlH
have their business pulse taken.
Jack C. Daniel has been employ
ed by the Census Bureau as enum
erator for this area. He has just
returned from the Atlanta Distr
ict office, where he attended a ser
ies, of training conferences and fie
ld tripe. He will begin contacting
all local retail, wholeeale and “
vice establishments Friday.
This is the first census ot busi
ness since 1930 and most commun
ities are anxious to have their
ture , and growth accurately mea
sured. The. operation ie mandatory
under an act of Congress passed in
1948 and R will be repeated every
five yean henceforth, instead of
every 10 yearn
Daniel pointed out that tfaa set
requires all data on Individual bus
inesses to be kept strictly confiden
tial and that it will not be avail
able for tax purposes, FBI or court
procedures. Only composite figures
will be published.
The government has used sugges
tions from thousands of hnrlnn—■
men as to what information will be
the most useful and at the same
time require the least effort lor tbs
businessman to supply.
Chambers at Oommsres, brads
associations, rtrts dubs, as well as
the individual businessman are ex
parting to reap vast bwefite from
this store of accurate, up-to-date
information regarding their conj
munhy and others.
Griffin Cops
Plan Shindig
Griffin Cops
The Griffin Folic* Department
will throw w shindig next month
and all Griffin to invited. Next
time you get a parking ticket ym
might ao weQ be prepared. YouU
also be given an opportunty to pur
chase a tohet.
The Local pistol Inters are not
satisfied to push their sidewalks' number
twelves around on the
while bn a beat. Uhey have plan
ned a street dance a* the high
light of the Policeman’s Ball.
There will be both square and
r mnd dancing beyound the railroad
on North HH1 street on the night of
June 15. Tfce melody will be fur
nished by Rubber Thurston and
his Rhythmaries and the Middle
Jamboree
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Our world organization will be
one big happy dub meeting. We
admit well p-obab y waste a lot of
hours, but lqrk at all the minute*
we ll keep
Go on and laugh, gentlemen.
Well laugh last-—that la, as soon,
as we get 'he point.
PATTA DATA—Scott Fntral. Jr„
a fresman at the University ef
Georgia, among students to be hon
ored when the University observes
Honor Day next Wednesday, , ,
Dorothy Biles, daughter of Mr. »nd
Mrs. W. L. Biles, and Barbara
Phlnaxee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Phinaxee, among Bessie Tift
College students i who will receive
their degrees at graduation exer
cises May 30. Following gradua
tion Dorothy will assume her duties
Baptist Church. Barbara will bt
and church secretary at, LaGrange
eBaptiat Church. Barbara will be
come the bride of Thomas Freeman
of Jackson on June 17. . . Mildred
ManleT, daughter of Mr. Mid Mrs.
J. B. Manley, selected to dance in
the recital to be given by the
Dance Group at the Georgia' State
Woman’s College at Valdosta Mon
day. Mildred, a junior at GSCW.ts
a member of the senior division of
the Danoe Group. .. Alvah Gllleland
of Griffin, now residing in South
Oranp*. K. J, where he is district
manager of a pharmaceutical com
pany, selected to represent his oom
pany at the meeting of the Amsri
aan Medical Association June I-W
ai ANarkSe Osip,