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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
The Georgia General Assem
bly met today in extra session
to raise $21 million in taxes to
meet what Governor Talmadge
calls a “fiscal crisis."
The Governor has outlined
certain taxes he wants the Law
makers to raise. Included are
Increases in the gasoline tax. the
cigar and cigarette tax, beer
tax, corporation income taxes,
and an increase in warehouse
charges on liquor.
The governor has issued the
' call for a special session de
spite the fact that Georgia’s
Income the past fiscal year was
greater by some $2 million than
the previous year—and despite
the fact that the State of Geor
gia finished out the fiscal year
with more than $6 million bank
balance.
Already there are signs that
the governor will meet with
some opposition in his increased
tax program. Even Representa
tive Alex Boone, a “dyed-in-the
wool” Talmadge supporter, who
publishes the weekly paper in
Wilkinson County, says “the
people generally are against new
taxes.”
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We'd like to make this sug
gestion to the General Assem
bly:
There are, we have been told,
numerous co-operative organi
sations ln Georgia, as well as
churches and colleges, that own
revenue producing property that
pays no taxes.
t It is said that the earnings
from rents on such tax-free pro
perty runs into the millions.
If this is true—and it can be
easily verified by any member
of the Legislature—why not
first of all wipe out the laws
that exempt such.revenue pro
ducing property from paying
taxes?
Of course church property
. that Is used lor worship, and
college property that is used
as it la intended, as location for
actual school work, should still
be exempted.
But if a college or a church
owns a piece of real estate that
is rented, then the income from
i this should be taxable
And If cooperatives, that own
property and aie'Itrdlfecr com
petition to other businesses, are
now going tax free—this injust
ice should be eliminated.
If the General Assembly will
eliminate these tax-dodging in
stances, it can, with the $6 mil
lion balance on hand in the
state treasury, get along until
a regular session of the Legis
lature.
By then the Legislature will
have the report of the Tax Com
mission, and a fair, equitable,
adequate tax program can be
adopted.
We still believe sewing a patch
on the present pants of the tax
program is false economy.
Two Accidents
Occur Here
The Griffin Police reported two
wrecks over the weekend with to
tal damage estimated at $110.
Cars driven -by Luther- R: WiN
Hams of Griffin and Jessup T.
- Spradlin of Griffin , collided at
South Hill and College streets Sat
* urday. Williams’ damag
car was
ed about $40 and Spradlin’s about
$50, police said. Spradlin was
charged by Patrolmen M. L. Bdri
neau and C. H. Huckaby with driv
ing while under the influence of
ian Intoxicant, running through a
stop sign and having an accident.
Cars driven by Joseph Ragland
of Atlanta and Edward Ensey of
Miami, Fla., collided at West Tay
lor and Ninth streets Sunday. Both
oars were damaged abuot $10. W.
L. Brooks and F. G. Driver Investi
gated.
The Weather . ..
FORECAST FOR GEORGIA
Considerable clou
diness. warm and
humid tonight
and Tuesday. Sc
attered showers ‘qr/'vll
and thunders.how- 5
ers occurring mo
stly during after- 3
noon.
Local Weather— SHOWERS
Maximum „ today , 81, minimum
to
day 89, rainfall today .44, maximum
Sunday 79, minimum Sunday 70,
rainfall Sunday 1.14.
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jv/*ic <5 PARIS, 19 MONTHS, raises her hand in victory after winning the title in a baby
contest on the Champs Elysees. But Mr. Paris finds he needs both of his—and then
so.-ic— .n older to keep his scanty panties from taking French leave in front of the judges.
(NEA Photo.)
State Gives O.K
! To Health Center
—i/P)— State
Health Department today had ap
proved a $120,000 health center for
Griffin and Spalding County.
The center would be occupied by
the Griffin and Spalding County
Health Department. The cost of
its construction would come $40,000
from the state and $40,000 from the
federal government's Hill-Burton
funds.
The other $40,000 would have to
be raised by Griffin and Spalding
County.
The center was approved by the
state department's Hospital Divi
sion.
The Griffin and Spalding Health
Department, now is housed in cram
ped quarters in the basement of the
Spalding County Courthouse.
If Griffin and Spalding County
raise tbe $40,000 required, the new
health center would be one of the
most modern ln the state. It would
not be a regional center, but would
be for the sole use of Griffin and
Spalding County.
For the past few years .Spalding
County grand juries have recom
mended more adequate quarters
for the Health Department.
In addition to the Griffin-Spald
ing health center, the State Health
Department also has approved plans
for a small maternity and emergen
cy hospital at Barnesville. Ga.
Troublebeater
Fights Slumps
~~ WASHINGTON”’Presi
dent Truman’s top domestic troub
leshooter recruited forces today to
help plug up economic soft spots
which carry the threat of spread
ing unemployment.
John R. Steelman, assistant to
the President,, will concentrate gov
ernment spending where jobless
rolls are greatest. The theory is
that of flood control engineers who
sandbag the levees where seepage
threatens at high water time.
Armed with authority from the
President, to take what action he
deems necessary, Steelman insisted
today; “I’m not an economic czar,
as some have viewed this job, but
a coordinator."
The No. 1 man of the fight to
hold off a depression is a $15,000-a
year, 200-pound, six-footer who
serves more as an “assistant pre
sident” than as an assistant to the
President.
Liquor To Go On Sale
Legally In Kansas
TOt’EKA, Kas. — UP )— Liquor will
go on sale legally in Kansas this
week.
It will mark the end ol an era of
colorful crusading and a multi-mil
lion dollar bootlegging business in
this long-time stronghold of pro
hibitlon.
Griffin Waitress Tells
A boutTippingPractice
Do you ever worry about the cor
rect amount to tip? Or do you
know that the waitress understand?
Griffin men who take their wives
to dine with them tip the waitress
| less than when dining alone.
This is the opinion of several
waitresses in downtown restaurants.
One waitress figures it this way:
The gentlemans w'ife will think he
is flirting wi’h the waitress if he
leaves a big tip.
On the other hand if he leaves a
small tip, hs is afraid the waitress
will think he is a cheap skate. So,
realizing his delimma he chooses
the lesser of two evils and leaves
the low tip.
The waitress said gentlemen din
Robinson Bats
For America
Washington </P )—Jackie Rob
inson said today that if singer
Paul Robeson “wants to sound
silly” in public, “that’s his busi
ness.”
The Brooklyn Dodgers’ slender
second baseman, first Negro to
break ir.tr, the rnajor lcattucs, told
the House Un-American Activities
Committee that Negro Americans
would fight for this country ”A
gatnst Russia or any other enemy.’’
He was the last witness called
by the committee to refute a rec
ent statement by Robeson, once a
famous athlete himself, that Ne
groes in the United States would
not fight in a war against Russia.
Latest
In News
aldent Truman’s hush-hush at
omic conference was etched in
deeper mystery than ever to
day.
The developments:
1. Without explanation, the
Senate-House Atomic “Watch
dag” Committee called off a
meeting at which members were
due to get a report on the Pre
sident’s secrecy-surrounded con
ference with his top congress
ional, defense and atomic ad
visers last Thursday.
? In London, the British
Foreign Office reluctantly ad
mitted todav that Britain Is la
touch with the United State*
over “General atomic iubjecta.”
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Griffin, Ga., Monday, July 18, 1949.
ing alone definitely tip higher than I
those dining with the “boss.” I
deepest The poor sympathy man has she the watress' he j
says s
caught between the. devil and the
deep blue sea.
Bank Debits
Are Still Above
’47 In Griffin
Bank debits in Griffin for the i
first six months of 1349 show a ,
decrease! of $2,224,434 over the first j
six months of 1948.
However, the 49 debits are $2,-
518,702 above the 1947 debits for
the first six months.
Total debits for the first six mon
ths of this year were $62,167,923.
, - i for the first six months of
1948 were $65,392,357 and for the
—... y.i ,uu in 1947 were $59,649,221.
Frances Jane Thornton
Dieg Th j g Morning
Frances Jane Thornton, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Allen 0.
Thornton of Griffin, died this mor- j
nin.g. r
Pirn era! "services* were conducted
this afternoon at Pleasant Hill I
Methodist cemetery with Pittman j
Funeral Home in charge. i
In addition to her parents, she |
ls survived by her grandmother. i
Mrs. Laura D. Thornton of Griffin, '
and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Effee Smith of Locust Grove.
Smith Infant Buried
Here This Afternoon
Graveside services for t“he infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis A.
Smith were conducted at Oak Hill
cembtery Sunday with the Rev. E
P. Pruett officiating and Haisten
Brothers,in charge.
In addition to her parents, she
is survived by a brother, Donny Al
fred Smith; a sister, Sandra Faye
Smith; her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ellis Smith and Mrs. Ida Dye.
All survivors live in Griffin.
Mrs. Pearl Miller
Dies At Home Sunday
Mrs. Pearl Miller, wife of the late
W. N. Miller, died Sunday at her
home in Decatur. She was the
sister ol A. B Reeves of Griffin.
Other survivors are a brother,
Ralph Reeves, of Atlanta, and two
daughters, Miss Frances Mill*- of
Decatur and Mrs. Ruhy Bolling of
Bm ' Tna -
Griffin Police Probe
‘Slugging - Robbery’
.£ i) investigating the report 'e a local I
« -C e was slugged and his st< : robbed !
night.
Chief of Police Joe Burson said that he has several clues in
the case, that he is expecting more information and that he
to "take action within the next few days."
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Congress Eyes
U.S. Military
On 2 Counts
Congress Roundup
WASHINGTON (&)—'The mili
tary establishment commanded
congressional attention today on
two counts.
A Senate committee continued
an inquiry into Army contract
handling which has led to the
suspension of two major genera's.
And the House turned to a bill
to give. Secretary of Defense John
son additional authority over the
armed forces—particularly With re
gard to! budgetary and accounting
practices.
It was the work of a Senate Ex
penditures Subcommittee, headed
by Senator Hoey (D.-N.C.), that
prompted Secretary of Army Gor
don Gray to relieve from duty
Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman and
Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt.
Gray said the committee evi
dence indicated the officers, one
the Quartermaster General and
the other chief of the Chemical
Corps, exhibited “a lack of judge
ment and sense of propriety. 1 '
NEWSPAPER STORY
, The committee inquiry was
prompted by a recent newspaper
story about agents who allegedly
use their influence to obtain gov
ernment contracts for five percent
fees,
The names Feldman, Waitt and
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan,
President Truman’s military aide,
were used in the story.
Shortly after Gray issued the
suspension order Rep. Shafer <R
Mich.) made public a statement in
which he iemaned that the Presi
dent suspend Vaughan.
NO COMMENT
None of the officers commented
on the developments.
Rep. Vinson (D.-Ga.) chairman
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Midway Will Hold
Community „ Meeting __
A community meeting, sponsored
by the Midway Home Dc-monS’ra
tion Club, will be held at the Mid
way school Wednesday at 7 P M.
Mrs. J. E. Horton, vice president
the club requpsts a11 falbllies ,0
bring a picnic lunch. Metalcraft
and other displays will be featured.
The Bookmobile will be present to
lend and receive books.- •
r ’ zec U Catholic Priests
-Hefy Red Government
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia UP) „
Czechoslovakia’s Roman Catholic
priests have spurned ‘ orders from
the communist government to de
sert Archbishop Josey Beran and
the Vatican in the church-state
war.
At morning masses
t.he (wintry Sunday, they read a
defiant resolution declaring
countinuing loyalty to church au
thorities and willingness to “beat
them whatever consequences
they may face."
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Georgia Senate Orders
Probe Of Graft
ATLANTA, — UPi — The State
Senate today ordered an lnvestlga.
tlon of recent broad charges by
Attorney General Eugene Cook' of
“fraud, graft and waste” ln state
government.
The Finance Committee, chair
maned by H. R. Onrrett of Quit
man, was directed to carry out the
ini•■•estlga tlon.
Issued Dally Except Sunday and entered as second class matter
at the postolftce at Grillin, Ga., under act of March 1, 1879.
Ray Morgan, manager of Rose's
store, who was released from Strick
land Memorial Hospital today with
bruises on ms head, shoulder and j
arms, told police he was slugged
and robbed Saturday night after
closing hours, Chief Burson said
Chief Burson said that Morgan
told him that as he was coming up
some stairs lrom the store's base
ment Satudav sometime between 7
P. M. and 9 P. M w'hen someone
slugged him.
The manager told the police that
it was dark at the ton of the stairs
and that he could not give any
description of the person hitting
him on the head.
AMOUNT UDERTERMINED
The amount of money missing
has not been determined the Grtf
fin chief said. All the money had
oeen removed from a drawer in the
safe and several bags, containing
! the mone y takcn ?rcm dl,ferent
cash registers in the store, were
missing. The money in the bags
included that taken in after 5 P |
M • chief Burfon said the man ' !
a?er toId P o!ice -
Mone y not taken deluded $250
in a box in the bac ' : of the safe
tbaf was Friday s receipts and $40
ln change, the manager told police
Th** robbery was reported by
Charles Spahos of Willis Resturant
who said that Morgan came in the
restaurant in a daze an told him
to call-the police.
FELL DOWN STEPS
Patrolman G C. He.ms was the (
first po'icemsn to reach the store,
Helms said Morgan held him when
| he was hit he fell down the steps
leading from the basement. Police
men found several cigarettes scat
tere down the steps and a pocket
! c'-nb st the bottom.
i The attending physician said that
j Morgan had a bruises on the right
'front ihe h*nd. on hi' left shoulder,
and on both arms aDove the elbow
on the case with the Grif
i fin Police Df-partmer* and Detecf
ive Jimme Hayes is Investigator 4
O. Bray of :he Georgia Bureau of
j Investigation.
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| Mrs. Green Is
Today j
Buried
Funpral services were conducted
this af'prnoon at Williamson Meth
odi.-.t Church, of which she was a
member, for Mrs Hassle Green, 70,
The Rev W. B Hughes officiated,
and Haisten Brothers was in charge.
. jj rs Green was the wife of the late
Mi. Babe Green. She died Sunday,
Survivors include two sons. Ricn
ard Green of Williamson and Har
vey Green of Thoraaston.
GOP Readies Big Guns
j To Fire On HST Policy
WASHINGTON i/p) — Republi
cans intend to bear down on Pres
i irfent Trumans approval of operat
ing the government in the red. .
Senator Brewster tR;-Me.) said to
day.
1 Brewster, who heads the Repub
lican Senatorial Campaign Com
mittee,, viewed It as possibly a mi
| jor issue in W50 elections.
The resolution, introduced by ,
Senator Garrett, observed that
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GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest Your Money, Your
Talent, Your Time, Your
Influence In Griffin
Hike
Taxes
ATLANTA, — (AP) — Gov. Herman Talmadge asked
today for $21,500,000 in additional annual taxes for an "emer
gency" that "must be solved now."
The governor offered his taxing and spending program item
by item before an extra legislative session he summoned to tba
aid of the state's ailing schools, roads, health and welfare ser
vices.
In his prepared speech, he called on the assemblymen for
"clear and decisive" action in "a grave financial crisis.” He
blamed the state s monetary plight on "uncontrollable and
events.”
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Thief Steals All
Of Woman’s Panties
HAPEVILLE, Ga. -I/P’)— An
excited woman called on Hape
' * A police for some advlc# to
day.
thief had raided her cloth
esline and stole 12 pair of her
panties. They were all she had.
As an emergency measure, po
lice advised that she borrow
some until she could buy more.
Meanwhile, they are search
ing for the loot. ’
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4 Playgrounds
Are Operating
This Summer
Attendance in the City Recrea
tion Department's summer play
grounds has been comparatively j
good this yeat with noys and girls 1
coming and going all day, A1 . Bi
shop, recreation director, said to
day.
There are only foui playgrounds
in operation this year, two for the
white children and two for Ne
gvoes white playgrounds j
The two are
at West Griffin and North Side,
Mrs. Tom Martin supervises the
activities at West Gr) f fin and Opel
Brazwell is the playground super
-visor a* North Side.
At Spring Hill for Negroes the
supervisor is Buena Crews and at
the Negro pool area Mary Frances
Starks i S the supervisor.
The activities at the four play
grounds are well rounded out, with
recreation of interest to the bo vs
and girls going on at a 1 times Bi
f hop said,
The playgrounds have been' in
hpefalion bfil.v a f£W WeekA fthd
they are well patronized by the
boys and girls who Uvt in the areas
in which thev are located.
Tliere Is a general program for
mornings ar.d afternoons except
Saturdays and Sundays when the
playgrounds , „ are closed , J
There are only Tout
in operation because of limited
help, but, with the various baseball
leagues and other recreational act
i'T*'es that t"ke place off the play
grounds, everyone get* into the
act, Bishop raid.
whereas tha attorney general has
made public speeches to which , ha
state* that the fraud, graft and
waste, If corrected will adequately
finance exapnded services” the
investigation was necessary.
Senate also ordered the ■*
torney generafto appear before the
Finance Committee whenever so
directed.
Established 1871
Talmadge admitted criticism that
his program "will not solve our
financial problems for all tlme6”
But, ha argued, “tha emergency
exists now. The Emergency must
be solved now."
Ha asked for enactments to ex
tend until June 30, 1951. Well ahead
of that time—before an adjourned
legislative session next Janurary—
he said he expected the Tax Re
vision Committee to be ready with
something more permanent.
His message was in the main a
well-ordered plea for proof that
Georgia Is not “cheap or miserly”
in meeting essential public needs.
FIGHTING PITCH
At points, though, ha rose to
fighting pitch.
He said he had respect for honest
and sincere opposition but only ‘a
feeling of impatience and contempt”
for those who buck him for “polit
ical . . . monetary, . . . miserly”
reasons.
“I hare taken my stand,’ he said
"Yes, I have taken my stand
without regard of fear for what
may happen in the future.”
He said his stand is on the side
of the aged and needy, the depen
dent and underpnvdledged. the
blind and physically handicapped,
the tubercular and mpntally-11!, and
thme state’s youth demanding edu
cation.
Whereupon he asked the Legisla
ture to appropriate:
APPROPRIATIONS ASKED
For teacher salary raises, $3,600,
000; school equalization. $5,000,000:
teacher retirement. $40,000. Battey
Tubercular Hospital, $1,000,000, pub-.
Me welfare, $5,000,000. roads, $S.
000,000, University System. $1000.
000, Mllledgeville Hospital, $500
000.
To provide the new' money, he
proposed tax raises of two rent* a
bottle on beer one rent a ga !on on
gasoline, two cents a package on
cigarettes and two and a half p*r
' enl or) tion -! ■;’T w ■tr
Ition, he promped that « $1 a
j Ion increase in ,*a’; liquor ■ v ore.
house charges “ran and will" b«
! levied with legislative action
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j Sunny ^ Side Canning
Plant To Opt’n Till' day
The community earning plan! j*
Sunny Side will open Tuesday r,vr:i
ing at'8 o'clock as the canr'r; -a
aon gets underway there
Herman Nelson, p an* uper -r.
Invites anyone in the •"■ur’v des • -
to use the plant. fa> .;••/- to ra-rte
Tuesday prepared to ear.
Nelson said that the plan’ tv'
be open to Negroes this yea: He
said Shat Negroes planning re u*e
the plant should cor.’ic’ Sam W
ton, the veterans teacher of ,‘h.e
area.’
The plant will be open each Tur-
day until the demand grows h»a
Further along in the season. Nel
son said, the plan* will be ,np»n
several days a week
She's Happy Now!
Now she is « happy girl.
Her mama's jov artJ pud-t.
Want Ads found a husband,
For this July br'de.
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