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Man Is Killed Here
Examining .38 Pistol
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By Quimby Meltdn
Always get a big kick out of
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a homerun, especially when it
is by a player on our side.”
Last night Robert Rmker,
Tiger catcher, pasted one over
the scoreboard in center field.
' It was a well hit powerful drive
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and travelled high over the
Coca-Cola sign that is on top
of the scoreboard.
We whooed and hollered like
all the rest of the fans.
But after the game was over
we had reason to wish that
^ Robert Rinker hadn’t hit that
ball quite as hard as he did.
For the homerun wound up
against Good Evening’s wind
shield of his car, parked along
side the road, and this morning
it had to be replaced.
But we won the ball game
and 3ood Evening has insur
an. t o cover the cost of re
placing the glass so everyone is
happy- rood Evening with
* a broken windshield /—~~
Well the General Assembly
will meet Monday morning to
consider raising $20-millions in
extra taxes to finance an "em
ergency” in the state’s finances.
The governor has outlined what
additional tax levies he wants
passed.
The governor wants:
A two-cent Increase in the ■>
•igarette tax;
A one-cent increase in the
gasoline tax.
A two-cent hike in the beer
tax;
An Increase of $1.00 a gallon
on the warehouse charge for
storing liquor;
An increase in incorporation
income tax rate from 5H per
cent to 8 percent.
And we suppose, since the
governor is in the saddle, that
the General Assembly wall grant
him his wishes.
Any emergency tax measures
that are passed will be just sew
‘ ing patch on the already bad
a
ly patched pants of Georgia
What the state needs is a
new pair of pants—a completly
revamped tax program that will
spread taxes out so that more
people will pay taxes than be
fore. All too long, when extra
tax money (speeded, we’ve just
“soaked” the same group that
has always paid taxes.
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v Two accidents Thursday and one
today were investigated by Griffin
Police and the State Patrol.
About $100 damage was caused
. Thursday when a truck filled with
corn overturned on the Atlanta
highway near Highland Mill. Har
vy C. Huges of Atlanta, the driver,
was charged with reckless driving.
Trooper Guy McGinnhi, Jr., invest
igated.
A car driven by Horace Lawrence
-Coleman of Route A, Griffin, and
a car driven by Orbie bee Sam pies
of Smyrna collided at East Solomon
and Fifth streets Thursday. Cole
man's car was damaged about $25
and he was charged wit hT driving
,With faulty brakes. Samplki car
was not injured. W. C. Holcombe
Investigated.
Cars driven by Charles Edward
Godard, of .Route C, Griffin, and
Emmett B. Farr of Griffin collided
at East Tinsley and Pelley street
today. Oodard’s car was damage $10
and Farr’s rad was damagecj^S. F.
T. G. Driver and W. L. Brooks in
vestigated.
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FORECAST FOR GEORGIA —
Considerable cloudiness, continued
warm and humid
with scattered
showers gnd
* thunderstorms to- *: !«<S
night and Satur
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LOCAL WEA- V •
THER—Maximum
today 76,- mini
mum today 73,
maximum Thurs
day 83, minimum
Thursday 76, SHOWERS j
rainfall today .43.
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Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. UP and NEA Ser
vice. All the local nevs that happens. Telephotos and Wirepbctos.
George Foster, Griffin Negro
man. was snot and killed Thursday
night while sitting in a cab in the
100 block of West Slaton avenue.
Solicitor-General Jack Flynt said
the investigation indicated the man
Was killed by a gunshot through the
bead as he and three other tan
drivers were examining a 38 cali
ber revolve. -
The gun fired as it was being
placed back in the glove compart
ment of the taxi after the four men
had examined it, the solicitor-gen
eral said.
The three taxi drivers in the car
with Foster. Willie Eeasiey, Julius
Mathews and Freeman Miller, told
the investgating officers that there
was no argument, scuffle or ill will
existing between any of the three
witnessing the shooting.
Patrolmen Mac Barineau and
Carlton Huckaby and Solicitor Gen
eral Flynt participated in the In
vestigation.
Beasley took Foster to the hos
pital and Matthews Informed police
of the incident
Harris Snipes
At TasTPlan
AUj STA, Ga —. IP *— Former
Speaker Roy Harris^ said
today the $20,000,000 Go^. Herman
Talmadge is asking of the Georgia
legislature is “too little and too
late.” • ,
“This program will be inadequate
to finance the state government,”
Harris said in the current issue of
his weekly newspaper
‘ In the first place ” Harris said.
"the measures proposed by the gov
ernor will not produce $20,000,000."
when taxes pile up on one item the
law of diminishing return begin to
work and the propbrtion of taxes
collected for such items begins to
decrease.”
Harris said higher taxes on such
items as cigarettes, beer, gasoline
and liquor “creates an incentive for
bootlegging.”
The Talmadge program, he said.
provides a “great temptation to sell
such items under the counter. He
charged that there is already ten
organized racket in gasoline and
! that motor fuel is being trans
jported into Georgia In order to
escape the tax now levied
Harris-predicted this racket will
increase and be expanded to other
items should the Legislature approve
the Talmadge program.
4-H Makes
Camj3 Plans
Twenty.four local 4-H boys and
14 girls have signed up to attend
Cr.mp Wahsega the first week in
August. Martha Reid, home demon
stIatlon agent, said today.
for 11 more girls and one more boy
to attend the camp located 11
miles northwest of Dih onega #
Spalding ar.d Tift Counties
chare the camp activities which in
elude picnics, vespers each evening
.parties, folk dancing relays - swim -
mlng, woodcraft, metalcraft and
hikes. _________*
Leaders who will,assist with
camp include the Spalding and
Tift County Home (Demonstration
Agents and representatives of the
Georgia Extension Service.
Mrs. Mack Craig and Mr arid
Mrs. Art Eckerson are th? 4-H
advisors from Spalding and Tift
Mr. Carson
Dies At Home
Mr. George Gilmore Carson 56
lifelong resident of Fayette Countv
died at his heme m Brooks at noon
Thursday. He had been ill since
April. He was a member of the
County Line Christian Church.
Funeral services were conducted
this afternoon at Ha is tens Chapel
with the Rev. Nelson Schuster of
ficiating. Burial followed in
County Line cemetery at Digby.
Nephews served as pallbearers.
Survivors include a daughter.
Miss Leslie Mae Carson of Brook
lyn. N. Y.; two sisters Mrs. Mat
tie Brandes and Mis, Naomi Nor
ton. both of Atlanta! three broth
ers. J. N. Carson of Griffin, J. W
Carson of Fayetteville and O. B
Carson of Brooks.
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WHEN COUNTY OmClALS started to build a highway
bridge near her land, in El Verano, Calif., Mrs. Ruth Den
ny (left) stopped them by standing in front of the con
struction equipment claiming that the bridge would ruin a
nearby picnic ground. A few days later the construction
men returned to find the area where the Bridge was to be
built under water backed up from a dam that Mrs. Denny
had put across the Sonoma River and “Tex” B. Johnson, a
veteran of the White Fleet of Teddy Roosevelt and a
former Texas Ranger, standing guard, (right). Construc
tion men and County officials are waiting for legal action
before attempting to continue wotk. (NEA Telephoto.)
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ATLANTA ijP. — Georgia's
lawmakers will assemble in an ex
tra session « 10 A. M Monday *c
answer to * call for action in “a
venous financial emergency.”
Gov. Herman Talmadge summon-,
od them Thursday in a proclama
tion saying;
“The all important functions of
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| * duc * * highways 0on ’ heaith- are in P ubiic jeopardy we ‘ due are
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to * aclc
The governor and his adst-ors
want $21,509 000 levied in in
' creased taxaiion to tide “vital de
; partnients” ever the “emergency ”
Talmadge. lit. Gov Marvin Grif
fin and House Speak*r Fred Hind
issued a joint statement proposing
that the may be —■ -d by
A 2-cent JufnP in :;r!e «uarette
tax i
A hike from 5 to 8 percent in
corporation income\taxc? incase
A $l-a-ga!lon in the
i warehouse charge on liquor
A 2-cent-a-bottle upping of the
A 1-cent-a-gaLon raise in
gasoline tax
They said $3,600,000 of the mon»v
will go for teacher ralarv raise 1
$5,000,000 for school equalization
* aid. $400,000 to the teacher retire
ment fund, $1,000,000 to Batter
Hospital in Rome. <55.000.000 for
: highways, $1,000.000 ’Q the Pniver
sity 8ystem, $500,000 to the Mil
led Seville State Hospital
The three emphasized that the
increased level will be only for h»
period endin' June 7. 1951.
The governor said he hoped oy
that time the Tax Revision Cmix
mittee will have ready a program
for 1 revising the state's whole tax
structure.
The special legslative session was
limited in the governor's call to
consideration of finances
This suggested that it might be
* brief one. If no violent ob
lection arises to the money.raising
nronosa s it could wind up it : bu
s'iness tn a week.
Clark, Crawford Win ,
Rotary Essay Contest
Hobert Clark. Spalding High
graduate, won first p'ace hi *
Gr'ff'n Ro’arv Club essav contes*
and Thursday was awarded a $50
bond for his offorts. .
Charlie Crew ford. Griffin High
graduate, won secord place and
received a cash award. Awards
were made at the Rotary Club
at noon The contest was open to
student Rotarians. The subject
v ? "Why t would like to be a I
RotarUu.' 1
Griffin, Ga., Friday, July 15, 1949.
Top Secrecy Shrouds
Mystery Conference :
WASHINGTON — (AP) — A White House shield of se
crecy today threw a tight qover over a super-mysterious confer
ence which brought President Truman together with top mili
tary. atomic, diplomatic and congressional leaders.
For two hours and 33 minutes these men—the list was
impressive—were together behind closed doors Thursday night
in historic Blair House, the President’s temporary home.
There was no announcement whatever of what went on.
However, the identity of the participants pointed strongly to
ward some development in the atomic weapons field on an
international level.
The New York Times said the
meetmg deal; with the question o!
giving to Great Britain
information on the production
atomic bombs
It was learned later, however,
the newspaper added, that no de
cisions were made during the ses
sion unless the President came to
some determination that he did not
disc ose.
The 16 men who were closeted
with Mr. Truman were singulartly
closemouthed as they left. Wha f
bt tie they dd reply to reporters'
questions could be summed up;
“If anything is going to be said
the President will say it.”
Mr Truman watnT talking
There was no sign that he would
later
The conference, staged agamsi
the dual backdrops of <a> the
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MOTHER AS WELL AS BABY gets a vacation when
Junior visits the “Stork Resort,” a nursery for infants from
one mon {|, f wo years old at Atlanta, Ga. It i is oper
ated by Mrs. Sel?h Jessup (left) and Mrs. Ferrell Horn
(right), registered nurses on the staff of the Georgia Bao
tist Hospital. They are holding two of their charges. Mrs.
Horn thought up the name for the private nursery and
her husband made the sign. (AP Photo.)
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4 Bullets Shot
Into Home Of]
Klan Fighter I
ATLANTA—.4'—A flaming cro .s
was sef oil in the yard and four
bullets were fired Thursday night
into a residence occupied by two
young attorneys who had filed an ,
injunction suit against the Ku Klux i
Klan.
One of the attorneys. Kai A. Ir
vln, telephoned newsmen to report
the cross burijmB and gunlire. Ir
vm explained rfc. he was spending
’-he night with'The other attorney,
Samuel D. Johnson, because during
af-erncon he had rcccivea s
telephone threat that - “you'll be |
sorry you filed that suit."
Irvin related that he and John
son were in a back room when the
cross flamed up in the front yard
About the same time, he added, four
shots crashed into the building
Neither of the two was hit by the
shots.
Capt. Tom Eilis of the suburban
Decatur * police later reported that
two of the slugs shattered s front
window and embedded themselves
in an inside wall The other two
hit an outside wall by the window
"We are making a thorough in
vesUgation.” Captain Ellis said early i
today from th" residence; But we
have nothing to offer yet,”
Issued Daily Except Sunday and entered as second class matter
at the postolfice at Griffin, Ga., under act of March 3, 1879.
, sharp Senate debate on the Atlan
tic Pact and arms-for-Europe and
tbi a congressional hearing into
charges of mismanagement of the
atomic energy program threw open
the doors to wide areas of sperula
tion.
j This was true because of the sec
recy that surrounded everything,
j even though t cou!d be that noth
ing sensational was involve^
Here's the list of those at the
conference w .ih the President:
Vice President Barkley, Secretary
of State Acheson, Secretary of De
;ensp Johnson. Gene: a! Dwight D.
j Eisenhower, who ha.-, oeen presid
: ing a.s chairman of 'he joint mili
j tary chiefs of staff;. House Speaker
: Rayburn of Texas, chairman Con
naily lD-Tex3 of the Senate Fore
ign Relations Committee; Chair
man Tvdiosrs 'D-Md) of the Se
nate Armed Services Committee:
chairman MtMahon .D-Conrii of
the oijnt Senate-House Atomic
GHS Plans To
Offer Framing
To Drivers
Tile Grilfm Board of Education
voted Thursday to offer driver
training at Griffin High School
provided necessary arrangements
can be made.
Supt. Ed Crudup said this will be
the third effort to establish the
course. Previously Crudup
that no insructor would be avail
ab’e lor the training
The Griffin Kiwanis Club re
cently adopp.d a petition askinc
the school to adont the driver
program. It is designed to edu
cate the ..uidents to become better
drivers. •
The Griffin Pubiic School sys
Uni ended ’he year well.within
budget even though o’her -chools
in the state are camrir.g for in
creased mono'
Crudup reported ip live board
that the sy; tern Operated within its
budget and lhat even after
u I; coal ce purchased
school expenditures still will be
vO in the budget.'
| The school improvement buiidine
pi. “ram was discus ea and plan'
were made to submi! a second vet
of plans to contractor for the cor,
auction oi the North Side Schoo'
i building.
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BANKER R. O. BOWDEN REFUSED to display the Unit
ed States flag in front of his bank at Hampton, S. C., dur
ing the annual Watermelon Festival. Instead, he flew the
Confederate flag to show his low opinion of the Truman
“Fair Deal” and current conditions in Washington.
“Everything about me is Confederate except for the mon
ey in my bank,” said Bowden. Lennie Johnson, a clerk
in the bank, poses beside the Stars and Bars of the Con
federacy. Lennie wouldn't say whether she is a Confed
erate, too. (AP Photo.)
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SKIPPERS OF pleaaur*
boats at White Lake, N. C.,
have (above) elected commodore Kitty of Fisher their j
fleet. The commodore, a
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U.S. Output
Ready Today
Congress Roundup j
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WASHINGTON — (IP) — A bill
u? igncd to boost American output j
of goods and services to *30.000
l 00” .1,00 a year ready for the
was
Senate today but chances for con
■gressional action on it this ses
j sion appeared slim
However, President Truman, who !
j set the $30,000,000,000 goal in his
I economic eport to the nation.
1 came up with a pace-pushing plan
I of lus own
He announced a piogram of in
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crea. ed federal buymv and spend
ing in areas hardest hit by the bu
siness slump.
John R Steelman, presidential
assistant, was instructed to as- !
aume- tull reipunsihiiili,_far J he pi p- j
gtam. Cabinet members arid gov-:
| ernment agency head - were a kod
| to work with him.
One of the provisions in the Sc
nate bill womd set un a $2,000,000 -
I 000 unemployment emergency re
serve fund for use by the
dent in fighting joblesiness.
Another would authorize advance
planning of $3Cft»0,hoo,0000 worth
of Vion-federal public works pro
jects to cushion the blow of a pos.
ruble depression.
Drafting ,, of , the . bill, .,,, sponsored , bv ,
some 15 D-mocratlc sena-ora was
compleled Thursday
North RAtlantir ,, _ Pari , _ Debate . . I
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Senate debate on the North At
lantie Trea’y dragged on with
Democratic leaders cold-shoulder- j
ing * proposal by Senators Taft
IR-Ohio) and FUn««s rRsvti
that Western Europe be brought
under the historic Morroe Doctrine
Opponents of the 12-nation pact
checked a move for a vote this
weekend. One of them, Senator
Watkins (R-Utahi said he might
be ready for the showdown be next
Wednesday.
Meantime, PiesiUent Trum«n
!old newsmen Thmsday he %
drafting a military reoigamzHtion
plan of hts own.
A Spa Id mg educator Intensified
his fight against ‘traitors to our
governmental heritage” at a meet
of the American Business Club
Ben Olliff. county school super
intendent. who has Just returned
from a meeting of th National
Education Association, forcefully ■
the communists have made
inroads into the nations schools—
in the South.
Communism and democracy ne
ver will be able to live side by
fide, he said. Unless a show of
force “Is Instrumental in squash
ing one, there will be an actual
war to determine the survivor,"
emphasizd.
In the South the communists are
conscentrating on “the poorer ela»s
of white people” and the Negroes,
he said. In school facilities they
are approaching th# maladjusted
neurotics, he said
the parents of the nation
wantnoraml atmospheres In the
classrooms that are run by normal
educators. They are beginning to
realize the harm of the neurotics
and maladjusted teachers," Olliff
said.
NEUROTIC TEACHERS
’’The communists are eonacea*
Seating on the teacheiw who have
become neurotically unbalanced
from having to Bve so long in ghoet
houses.
"The ghost houses are the types
of lives the publio has forced the
teachers to hve," Olliff explained.
“They create an Muslnonary life
for the teachers to live and do
do not practice tt themselves."
Olliff pointed out that eommun
tsm ia an obvious danger to “our
ttthentence" and "that he actually
has seen people get up at the
N. E A meetings and say they
were communists and proud of it.
The American public does not
like to think of the unpleasant
because ”t,hls will not lead u* to
the Utopia of our dreams,” the
Spalding superintendent said.
NEGRO PROBLEM
"We cannot solve the Negro
problem in me South by leaving ot
alone " Olliff emphasized. ”W#
cannot so ve the problems [through
the Ku Klmt Klan, nor j can we
solve the communistic Mbblem by
signing loyalty, oaths '*
“A man who would commit trea
son would not. hc:-itate to commit
purgei Olliff aid.
"The on. i solution Is for every
man. woman and child to become
interested in democrary," Olliff
concluded.
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President Truman's Insistence
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a i rFda y had agreed to Mr.
Truman’s proposal — that he
appoint • three member board
to investigate the wage-pension
dispute and nwike reeommeu
datums for a s lllenxnt nhile,
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