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GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest Your Money, Your
Talent , Your Time, Your
Influence In Griffin
Associated Press
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By Quimby Melton
There's talk around the state
capitol that Governor Talmadge
may delay calling the special
session of the Legislature until
sometime in August "after the
tobacco markets have dosed:”
Evidently a lot of the mem
bers of the General Assembly
have told the governor, either
directly or indirectly, that they
are not so much in favor of in
creasing taxes $20-Millions, as
he had thought.
Maybe some of the governor’s
wisest councilors have convinc
ed him that he sholuld wait
until the Tax Commission makes
a report for overhauling the en
tire state tax structure. No
doubt they have advised again
st patching up the present tax
es.
Maybe this or maybe that—
The tobacco markets in South
Georgia furnish the Governor
a pretty good excuse for de
laying calling the General As
•embly.
One member of the General
Assembly, the "gentlemen from
Chatham” has suggested that
Instead of voting increased tax
es at this time to “meet the em
ergency" that the state borrow
the “needed” *20 - Millions to
"tide it over" until the Tax
Commission makes its report.
Well Georgia is out of debt
right now and has been for
•ome time and while we hate
eo see the state start borrowing
■gain—still wise borrowing is a
practice of the most successful
business concerns. And since the
State of Georgia is big business
—with the emphasis on the big
—it might be a good idea to
borrow the money that ii "need
ed" instead of increasing the
“tax take.”
But the money, if borrowed,
should be paid back as soon aa
possible.
If tbe state borrows what
ever is necessary to carry on the
needed work in the schools,
hospitals, welfare department
and highway department, then
the General Assembly can wait
until it has the complete report
of the Tax Commission and
adopt a sensible, fair and ad
equate tax program
. But, should we borrow the
money, let’s not get in the bor
rowing habit.
Navy Reserve
Forms Tonight
A volunteer composite unit of the
Naval Reserve will be commission
ed tonight at the Veteran’s club at
I o'clock.
An officer from the Sixth Naval
District will be present to preside
at the meeting.
Lt. Comdr. John M. Gabard, local
representatlva of tha reserve, urges
anyone wishing to join to be pres
ent at the meeting.
All veterans and non-veterans
over 17 are eligible to join.
Christians End
Fine Year
Reports at the annual meeting of
the First Christian Church Tues
day indicated that tne church had
completed the ohurch year with
the largest budget it ever had.
The Rev. Nelson Schuster, pastor,
said that all the work planned by
the church had been completed.
This includes the remodeling of
the church auditorium.
Besides the reports the pastor
spoke and Dr. Alex Jones present
ed a film taken on the day of the
auditorium dedication
*The Weather . . .
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IN THESE PICTURES are some of the 12 American correspondents who perished with
32 other persons Tuesday in the crash of a Royal Dutch Airlines plane near Bombay, In
dia. The newsmen were enroute home af ter a tour of Indonesia sponsored by the
Dutch government. At top, four of them a te seen interviewing the Sultan of Jogjakarta
in Indonesia. Left to right: Charles Gratko of the Christian Science Monitor, the Sultan,
John Werkley of Time Magazine, George Moorad of Portland, Oregon; and Nat Bar
rows of the Chicago Daily News. Lower left: H. R. Knickerbocker, newsman of Radio
station WOR, New York. Lower right: Elsie Dick of the Mutual Broadcasting System.
The map locates the spot where the plane crashed in a monsoon rainstorm about 15 miles
north of Bombay. (AP Wirephotos.)
Officials Probe
Plane Wrecks
That Killed 80
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Officials on opposite sides of the
globe today investigated two an
wrecks that claimed a total of 80
lives.
Early today only 16 of 35 bodies
had been identified in California
where a C-46 operated by Stand
ard Airlines snagged a wingtip in
a fog Tuesday 30 mi’es north of
Los Angeles. In addition to the 35
killed, 14 were injured.
Official sources differed as to
whether a fight on the plane
caused the crash. ’ J">.mes N. Pey
ton, regional Civil Aeronuautics
Bureau chief, said th.;t it did not,
that the crash occurred an hour
and a half after the fight.
However, Capt. L. R. Powell
chief pilot for Standard, said h’s
investigation convinced him the
fight did cause the tragedy.
On the other side of the world
in India, a coroner’s inquest was
held today in the crash of a Roy
al Dutch Airliner In which 45 per
sons, Including 13 American news
correspondents, were killed Tues
day.
The rain soaked hills of Ghat
kopar Hill today yielded the bodies
of 40 of the 45 who met flaming
death on Bombay Island.
Hundreds of police slogging
through monsoon rains continued
the search for the five missing
bodies. Luggage aooard the ill
fated plane has been recovered.
Morrow Heads
Credit Bureau
John H. Morrow, Griffin business
man, was elected president of the
Credit Bureau of Griffin at a meet
ing of the organization's Board of
Directors Tuesday night.
C. T. Eliott was elected vice pres
ident and R. L. Duke, manager.
The directors of the organization
are as follows:
C. T. Archer, Dr. A. L. Cain, Sr.,
C. T. Eliott, Harold Griffin, J, W.
Hammond ihonoraryi, J. H. Mor
row, M. F. Smith and J. F. Pnd
gen
State Supreme Court
Ponders Reregistration
ATLANTA —i/P)— A Georgia law
which Gov. Herman Talmadge says
was aimed at ending bloc voting oy
Negroes Is up for a legal test In the
State Supreme Court today.
A hearing Is scheduled on the
controversial reregistration 1 a w
which was enacted by the 1949
Legislature. A suit against the mea
sure contends it violates both the
federal and state constitutions.
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WITH BLUOD STREAMING down her face and grimaceing with pain, a woman survi
vor of the crash of a commercial C-46 near Los Angeles, Calif., is lifted into an ambu
lance by a police officer (left photo), while Father Richard Harnett, Catholic priest, ad
ministers the last rites to one of the dead (right photo). Note the victim’s panama hat
(left). (NEA Telephoto.)
Woman Dies
In Zebulon
Mrs. Mary Lenis Park Willing
ham, wife of Mr. J. T. Willingham,
died at her home in Zebulon Tues.
day night following a lengthy ill
ness. She had been a lifelong resi
dent of Pike county.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at Haisten s Chapel Thursday
afternoon at 3 o’clock with Elder
J E Monseese the Rev ' W E '
Joiner and the Rev. S. A. Dailey
ol'fciiating Burial will follow in
Eastview cemetery in Zebulon.
Survivors include her husband:
one sister, Miss Odessa Park of Ze
bulon; fuor brothers, J. S, Park of
Griffin, W. J. Park of Meansville,
W. C. Park of Williamson and R.
M. Park of Molena, and several
Nieces and Nephews.
Police Recover Auto
Stolen From Gus Bohler
The car stolen from Gus Bohler
Monday night was. recovered by
police In Covington Tuesday, Boh
ler said today.
He said police there reported the
car was in running condition. Boh
ler said the thief escaped while
police were checking the tag num
ber of the car. Bohler will go to
Covington today to get tha ear.
Griffin, Ga., Wednesday, July 13, 1949.
Steelworkers Accept
Truman Strike *•» M
PITTSBURGH — (AP) — The CIO United Steelworkers
executive board today accepted a presidential plan for a 60-day
steel strike delay—but failed to mention whether steel con
cerns rejecting the plan would be included in the truce.
Only one steelmaker—Jones A Laughlin—has accepted ,
President Truman's proposal. The giant U. S. Steel Corp.. the
nation s top producer, Bethlehem and Republic all have re
jected the White House
D. 8. Steel and Bethlehem, the
nation’s two largest steel producers,
said their rejection of the Presi
dent's proposal did not mean they
would halt operations if the steel
workers did not strike.
Both said operations would con
tinue in accordance with contracts
which don’t expire until next year.
The rates of pay and insurance
provisions of the pacts were re
opened this year. The contracts
permit a strike this summer *f
agreement on those clauses is no'
reached.
A strike embracing 500.000 union
workers was threatened for this
weekend, at Friday and Saturday
midnight. President Truman had
proposed a «0-day contract exten
sion while an unofficial factfinding
board investigated the issues.
A highly placed unionist said
after the executive board’s action
that:
“The picture now looks as if our
truce will be effective only with
those which go along with the Pre
sident. The picture may change but
that’s the way It locks now.”
Griffin Plan Leads Way
j For Fair Ga. Tax Plans
"With the State Tax Revision
Committee pointing out that pro
perty tax valuations are unfair and ,
unequal over the state, Griffin is
paving the way for fair tax pract
ices.
At least two other Georgia cities
I haV * adopted the ° riKin ' Ta * Re
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j valuation Plan, They are Americus
and Decatur. LaGrange has adopt
j ed a similar plan and Augusta and
| Valdosta have sent representatives
here to study the Griffin Plan.
\ Jack LAngford, Griffin’s city
j manager, recently addressed the X
mericus Kiwanis Club as that city
was getting the Griffin Plan und
| er ^ a ^'
In a lead editorial following his
speech, the Americus Times Re
corder commented upon the plan.
The editorial follows:
“The City of Griffin has benentt
ed greatly from the revaluation and
equalization of taxes there about
two years ago, the city manager,
J. S. Langford, told the Americus
Klwanians and several guests Fri
day. The local citizens present were
greatly interested in Mrs. Lang
ford's address, since a similar re
valuation and equalization program
is now underway in Americus.
“Before the revaluation in Grif
fin, which was done by a profess
ional firm engaged solely In that
type at work, property to tha efty
NEWS
The union's 170-man wage and
policy committee must ratify the
executive board's action.
CIO President Phidp Murray an
nounced the executive board's de
cision. Murray told a news con
ference after the executive board
meet mg tha. mien the w age policy
committee acts today we will of
ficially notify the President of our
decision.”
Murray said he had no comment
on U. S. Steel's refusal to go along
with the President’s plan.
Paul Robeson
Called Red
i Conspirator
WASHINGTON —.a’— A Jewish
leader accused Negro su.ger Paulj
j Robeson today of tak.ng part in "a
deliberate communist conspiracy to
icf.ame racial and re’igious minor
ities here against the United
States.” __
The statement by Rabbi Benja
min Schultz of New York, execu
tive director of the American Jew
ish League Against Communism i
was presented to the House Com
mittee on Un American Activities.
t was made public just after the
committee received word that Jack
ie Robinson. Negro star second ;
baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. ;
nil! be a week late m making his
top-billed appearance as a witness.
The committee had scheduled Ro
bm-on as lead-off man for a team
of Negro witnesses to testify, that j
most Ameri-ans of >“eir race are
loyal citizens.
Committee aides said Robinson
definitely will appear next Mon- >
day. In New York Robinson said
he had "a very important personal
j business deal” on for today. He said
hd got in touch with Chairman j
Wood (D.Gai of the House com
miuee after Tuesday A1 -Star base
ba ! l game and got permission for
the week's delay.
For the occa ion the committee
even had relaxed its rules against
picture.. movies and television. Th*
reason, members 'said, was tha’
Robeson had received a lot of pub
: licity oil his .fatemen* that Ameri
can N groe- generally would not
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was returned for tax purposes at
figures ranging from 10 to 1000 per
tent of the fair market value of the j
property, Mr. Langfoid said. With
the same tax applying in each case,
it can readily be seen that many
people wer%~ not paving their full
share of the taxes, while others we-c
paying more than their fair share
It is cer tainly fair to assume that
such a condlUon exisl , m Americu
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The best thing to hide “lightlv
worn clothes behind is a nice,
pleasant smile
Fairy tales are ha'mful to chil
dren, say some educators Ma 5' _
be they shouldn t listen to
dad tells mom
Absence inskes the heart grow
fonder—and presents sometimes
have the 3«me effect.
Four little words too often lead
a person to tell you all his trou
bes—“How do yoh feel?”
Hunting A Romeo?
Are you old and ugly,
Looking for a beau?
Uae a News Want Ad,
To find that Romeo.
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at the postoffice at Griffin, Ga., under act of March 3. 1879.
Truman To Discuss Chat Economics Tonight
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If so, it certainly should be correct
ed.
"The revaluation and equalization
program is not for the purpose A
raising more revenue, Mr. Langfoid
pointed out. but to piacc the tax
'. vstem 011 * falr and «!«»• *»»»
* her ' > «*ch property owners yaps
hls Jair - share of thc ,a::e mor "
or no lesi Certainly, no fair-mind
ed person could find fault with uch
a plan.
"In Griffin, the city tax digest
was more than doubled in the re
valuation program, while the tax
rale was reduced nearly fifty per
cent.' There are many advantages in
having a high tax valuation and
i low tax rate, even though the am
oun t raised is about the same in
j each instance. The higher tax di
gest permits the municipality to ts
| sue bonds In sufficient amount to
j make necessary improvements, and
I the low tax rate is attractive to In
dustr >'- There are many other ad
, to the high valuation-low
j vantages
tax rate combination.
“While many Americus citizens
1 be prone to criticize the reval
may
i uation program now Underway here,
1 our suggestion IS that they withhold
their criticism until they are fully
informed about it. If It will spread
the tax load equally and fairly
our property owners. It
wtB ba wuatUutrita.”
GRirWlN FIRST
Invest Ymtr Monet/, Yomr
Talent, Your Time, Yomr
Inftnonoo In Griff tn
A HOLD-UP SUSPECT,
captured after a policeman
was shot in an attempted
candy store robbery, is frisk
ed by a detective in an al
ley at Los Angeles. He
stands with hands raised
and is covered by a police I
gun after officers chased him |
into the alley. Police iden
tified him as Victor Stone,
26. (AP Wirephoto.)
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Spalding County manufacturers
In 1947 shipped goods vaued at
524,447.000 on excess of the cost of
materials and supplies compared
with $6,682,000 in 1939. according
to information received here today
from C. Parker Persons, regional j
director of the U. S Department
of Commerce with office In Atlanta
This is an increase of 265 percent
for the eight-year period.
The figures were taken. Persons
.from the 1947 census of manu
facturers conducted by the Bureau
D f t j, e Census, the first census f
!■: > ! taken since 1939. The fig
ures also showed, the Commerce
ii,c il aid, that in
Spalding County in 1947 an aver
age of C.tiou production workers were
employed drawing wages amounting
to approximately $11,373,QUO, This
was an increase of 1,376 in the rium
her of workers employed in local
manufacturing plants since 1939
The number of manufacturing
plants in Spalding. County has in
creased from 38 to 49. the census
showed. In 1947, an average of 6.
831 workers were employed during
the year and received total wages
j of around $12,223,000.
Shipments from Spalding County
in 1947 were part of a total of
$1,015,822,000 shipped from manu
facturing plants throughout Geor
gia. This shows an increase for the
eight,-yeffr period of $/35,<90 000
j In Georgia the total number of
j workers employed in mamifactur
. mg- plants in 1947 averaged 249,-
832 They received wage, totaling
$434,150,000 The number of manu
facturing establishments in Geor
i gia increased from 3,055 in 1939 to
4,752 in 1947
Bulletin
ATLANTA —/P— The Geor
gia Supreme (Puri ruled today
that Georgia countie, with *ub
stantiai Negro populations must
use Negro* on th* grand and
traverse jurie*.
The high court pointed out
that K la compelled to follow
numerous decisions of the
United States Supreme Court
that It i* Illegal to try a Negro
without some member of hi*
own race being on the trtal
KttaUUM ml
WASHINGTON
Truman is going to att daunt to
night and tell tht America* people
about his prescription for
off a depression.
H« wants to get over *a them Mi
idea that there te nothing to ba
scared about In the moderate eco
nomic decline unless folk* get
leky ,.u
And he wants to defend the
cal policy of his administration *
gainst criticism by some members
of Oongress.
The President wffl talk to
nation over four major radio not
works and via television front a
desk in the movie projection
at the White House. '4-.'
This first major so-called
side chat” by Mr. Truman
year la scheduled for *:M T. M.
(Eastern Standard Tima.)
The talk, White House thtoe aaM,
will be an elaboration oi Ma m t d
year economic report to Otmgrato
on Monday, in IMs he scr a ppe d
eariler demand* for a *4,000,000,tM
tax Increase and p ro pose d an kl
program to mm* product
ion, employment m*
power.
The theme oi tha*
that the eoantry aacme* Have pros
perity “by yetting to tha
idea at a tn
vestment or
to
Booster* Plan
To Honor i
New Member*
The *T new member* at tha
Chamber of Commeroe will ka
?utsu of honor „ , barMetM My
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The ’cue will be given by tha old
members of the organization and
will welcome the new membart.
Wives of thy. new memberi ,alao
will be invited to attend as guaata
of the Chamber of Commerce.
The barbecue will begin at 1
P M and will be held at the Dun
dee Recreational Center out North
Hill street. A large lake and
ample picnic grounds are located
there
Old members af the Chamber at
Commerce will pay *1 25 each for
their tickets and may bring their
wives or da”s with them by pay
ing the ame amount per extra per
son But the new members and
their wives will not have to buy
tickets— thev will be guests of the
Chamber. All that will be neces
”• is for them to notify Bob
Burns, secretary, of their inten
tion of attending so their “name
can be put tn the pot ”
The proposed barbecue honoring
the new members will be handled
bv a committee headed by Quimby
I Melton He and Jim Milling will
| ar „ nt , P fnr , he r „.- Le wls Oold
stein Is location chairman, Fred
Thu:.ion. ticket chairman, and H.
M Co'lier, president of the Cham.
1 He- of Commerce, t? program ehiar
man. The program, according to
Collier, “w'ill be short and inter
esting with no long speeches or
other fol-de-rol.”
Rcuthrr Socks Absolute
I Control Of UAW Union
MILWAUKEE — (A* — Stronger
\ (han ever Parting his newly
i presidential Wal
won third term,
ter Ruther sought today to make
absolute M* control oi the CIO
United Auto Wnrkew.
i This goal was regarded by ob
server* at B»e union’s convention
as a possibility but no dm oh. Al
four top officers won hands-down
reelwtion late Tuesday over weak,
left-wing opposition that waa
a ghost of mother faction thsd
once do mi nated tbs
at