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Talent , Your Time, Your
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By Quimby Melton
Recently Attorney General
Gene Cook said he had a "con
fession” and sufficient evidence
to convict in connection with
au alleged mishandling of sur
plus property by the State De
partment of Education.
Today Dr. M. D. Collins, state
superintendent of schools, has
ordered a complete audit of
the Surplus Property Division
of the department. He wants
everything brought out in the
open.
Dr. Collins, very properly,
w-ants the matter- cleared up
and if anyone is guilty of mis
appropriating surplus property
to pay for his error. “I’m not
letting them whitewash this
thing,” he says.
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Now only yesterday State Re
venue Commissioner C. D. Red
wine gave out a story that was
sensational in its nature. It is
charged that at least one who
lesale liquor dealer, operating
out of Atlanta, sold whisky to
retailers in dry counties — in
cluding Spalding.
The commissioner seized the
books of this wholesaler and
has the sales tickets on many
transactions.
Now the commissioner says
that some cases of liquor, sei
zed in a raid on a wholesale
house, had counterfeit revenue
stamps on them.
The commissioner charged
that the wholesaler, who alleg
edly sold liquor in dry counties,
did so "under state protection."
That’s a serious charge.
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Redwine bases his charges
on information from a former
Revenue Department official,
a special state investigator and
other state agents.
The testimony, as quoted by
Redwine, centered on the 1947-
46 administration of Former
Governor M. E. Thompson. The
commissioner also mentioned
former Governor E. D. Rivers,
a political friend of Thomp
son. former Revenue Commis
sioners Glenn Phillips and
Downing Musgrove, former Li
quor Enforcement Chief T. H.
Price and big liquor dealers.
Three witnesses, according to
Associated Press, told Redwine
that a "50 cent per case fee”
was paid on liquor sold In dry
counties. One special investiga
tor said this fee "was added to
the list price to go into a cam
paign fund.”
The whole matter stinks.
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Whatever one may think of
Charlie Redwine’s political life,
no one can deny he is an hon
est man. He also is a cautious
man.
The men mentioned m con
nection with the whole deal
have vehemently denied any
connection with "protecting the
bootleggers.” They all insist
they demanded that the laws
of Georgia as to the sale of
liquor be enforced.
This matter must not be
“whitewashed” regardless of
whom it may hurt.
It any of the men mentioned
had anything to do with provi
ding "protection” or even wink
ing at the matter, they should
be indictod and tried and if
found guilty dealt with like
any common law breaker
Let’s clean up this matter
regardless of where the chips
may fall.
Hawaii Dock Strike
Threatens To Spread
HONOLULU —— The threat
to spread Hawaii’s 96 day dock
Maup to the mainland balooned to
day. A union spokesman said CIO
Pacific Coast longshoremen can
walk out to support the strikers.
The reason, said Robert W. Mc
ffirath, is that the West Coast con
tract never has been ratified by the
rank and file of the International
Longshoremen's and Warehouse
men’s Union. He is the ILWU press
spokesman here.
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ALTHOUGH SHE DOESN’T roll her own, Griffin’* Vir
ginia Tucker demonstrates the correct way to close a to
bacco bag while holding a partly rolled cigarette in the
other hand. (Photo by WARBECK.)
Here Is How To
Roll Your Own
Singing Beauty
Leaves Griffin
For Pageant
A beautiful Griffin girl who can
smg too—and how—left today to
conquer new fame.
She’s Angie Claridy and her
beautiful voice has 'hrilled audi
ences throughout Geoigla.^Her cap
tivating personality would have
won them if her voice hadn’t. So
'ar she’s appeared before music
lovers, but her beauty has brought
some low wolf, whistle' even among
those sedate audiences
Now she's combining all four:
poise, charm and talent. She's en
tered in th > Miss Georgia Beauty
and Talent Pageant at Columbus.
She’ll be judged along with other
contestants on talent poise and
charm and beauty irt an evening
gown and in bathing suit.
Angie is soonsored in the pageant
bv the Griffin Javcee-Ettes and
she was accompanied by Mrs. Geor
ge Imes, Jr., as her escort.
The pageant itself will be Fridav
night at 8 o’clock and a large
crowd of Griffinites is expected to
be on hand to cheer for her. Among
them will be her aunt. Mrs. Frank
C. Ellis. She has i aught Angi”
music since Angie wis.a little girl.
The outcome of the pageant will
mean a lot *o Angie—and to Grif
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Sfie Looked Like
MILLIONS
She Didn't Have
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Cory Parnell, daughter of an
old prospector, inherited a
~old mine worth millions.
But someone, somehow was
cheating her—or was the
mine playing out? Read the
exciting, action-packed story
CUPPED ANGEL !
By Cl IVG GnerSOn . ComisH , |
Starling Today In
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
By BILL KNIGHT
Gone are the good olti days of th
factory rolled cigarettes for many
Griffin smokers.
Since a two cent state tax has
teen add’d to each pack sold, many
smokers are turning to the “roll
your own” variety.
Men strolling up and down the
streets here with the yellow stnng
of a bag of tobacco hanging from
their shirt pockets give the city *
Western atomsphere.
Many farmers in tiitr area
the demand for green corn to in
crea se rapid y because of the de
mand for corn silk. Rabbit tobacco
also is reported to be in high de
mand.
:
Since most everyone has been
; Using factory roiled smokes, there
are very few skilled "roll your
owner's left. They advise the be
ginner not to be discouraged at the
appearance of the first few. "You
can learn to get the humps and
i Lumps weeks.” they
out in a few
say.
Just to help the pi unary group
along the way, the "old rollers"
give these instructions on the cor
j ect way the job should be done:
Hold your cigarett* leaf in one
hand with ihe middle finger and
thumb under the bottom and the
index finger on the top to make a
temporary crease in the leaf.
Sprinkle a little tobacco on the
curved leaf and spread on evenly
with a finger of the other hand.
Then roll it up tightly—but not
to tightly.
Lick the gummed edge of the leaf
and seal. One end may be twisted
together if the tobacco looks like
it might fall out
Then light up and enjoy a cheap
smoke.
The old rimers point out that
the tobacco h used ‘hrifttly. smok
ers can expect to get from 35 to 40
cigarettes from a 10 cent package
of tobacco.
If all this doesn't work, you can
try a pipe.
Liberty Hill
Plans Reunion
Alumni of the old school at Lib
erty Hill in Lamar County will hold
their annual reunion at Liberty
Hill Memorial Community House
Sunday.
The program will begin al 11 o’
clock. Frank Willingham of For
syth. judge of the Flint Circuit
Superior Court, will be the prin
cipal speaker.
A memorial service will be held
at noon for Eugene McKneely, Sal
.ter Barron and Mrs. Alice Blood
worth Watkins who have died sin
ce the last meeting. A barbecue
lunch will be served at 1 P. M.
The Community House where the
meeting will be held was built in
honor of those who attended the
from 1830 to 1920.
Griffin, Go., Thursday, Aug. 4, 1949.
Redwine To Furnish List
Of To
Solicitor General J. J. Flynt. Jr., of the Griffin Circuit has
made arrangements with Revenue Commissioner Charlie Red
wine to get a list of persons who allegedly bought liquor in
Atlanta for possible resale here.
Redwine has charged that a wholesale liquor ring, with state
protection, has sold liquor *to dealers in dry countiei ■includ
ing Spalding.
__~T" Want Ad * Lover
Steps Up His j
Fast Romance
ST. JOSEPH Mo. - VPj— An ex
soldier stepped up his romance to
day yith 18-year-old girl friend he
found through a newspaper want
ad.
Charles Donaldson, who needed
a bride in a hurry, hasn't much
time left until the wedding.
He met Irene Krebs Tuesday night
after she answered bis want ad
Their marriage date is set for Sat
urdav.
More than 300 applicants a ns
wered Donaldson’s ad in the St.
Joseph News-Press and he cho*e
Irene.
Promotion and commotion have
swamped thy young couple since
they met.
They're going to .nave a public
wedding.
“I've signed a contract with a
manager to ‘tage the wedding Sat
| urday night,” Donaldson said. ‘I
don't know w'here it will be. We
can’t get the ball park or the Mun
, jcipai Auditorium."
Irene said she though at first
the want ad for a bnde was just
“I telephoned about 5 o’clock
find out what it was all about,”
a j Jc sa id -j don’t temember the
I conversation. It was all kind at
stuttery.
"We made a date to meet in a
drug store and I still though it was
a joke. I didn’t think he’d be there
"I got there late and met him
After I’d talked to hip. for a wh’ 1 '
I didn’t know quite vi at was hap
pening. I wasn’t surprised when he
proposed.”
The 22-year-old former soldier
came home from the service to
find his old friends had married
or moved away. Orvi’le Montimore
his partner in a gene: •! contracting
service, planned to be married Sat
urday so they decided to make it
a double wedding.
Donaldson decided the best wav
to get a bride in hur-u was to u 5 ”
a want ad and inc'ude his tele
phone numuer.
The response was so great,
caused an overload on the tele
l phone company’s dial system
“The telephone cal'- started ar
| living about, every live minuter ”
Donaldson 'aid. “Some of the girls
j thought it was a yag and iu ;
wanted to get in on is
j "But a couple of them cried when
7 turned them dow n "
He said he made dates to meet
about a half dozen of them at i
dnlp: s ' 0If '
! " Did 1 mikt APeomtmcnt.s fo
them all at the same time?" He
was asked. "No-o-o. You want me
to get hung at sunshine?"
Irene was the first of the gir.s
he met.
He proposed the same night
Wednesday Flynt went to Atlanta
to secure 'he list from Solicitor
General Paul Webb oi the Atlanta
Circuit. Webb was ou: of town but
an assistant said ne had "only
seen the list in the office of Com
aussioner Redwine.”
Flynt said he expects to get the
list quickly. He said. "If there >s
evidence of any violation of law
which will give jurisdiction to this
county, the evidence will be pre
sented to the grand jury.
Meantime former Gov. M. E
Thompson and other Georgia pol
itical lcade-s were accused Wed
r.esday night of protecting boot
leggers who flooded 'be state’s dry
counties with illegal 1 quor.
A counterfeiting angle was added
to the already senatiohal develop
ments today.
Redwine exploded the political
bombshell. He said ne based the
charges on the testimony of a for
mer Revenue Department offleia:.
a special static investigator and
other state agents.
RIVERS MENTIONED
The testimony, as quoted by Red
wine, centered on the 1947-48
Thompson adminis! ration. T h ’
j commissioner also motioned Fortn
j er Gov. E. D Rivers. Thompson’s
political friend, former Revenue
Commissioners Glenn Phillips and
Downing Muserove, former
enforcement chief T M. Price, and
big liquor dealers.
A two-foot stack ,f records were
turned over, to Fulton Solicitc
Paul Webb The exhibits show ’hen
mere jhan $1,000,000 jn 1.300 il esal
■=a’e.'- to dry counties in a rix-mon
-h period, frem Jur- 14 1948
Jan. 5. 1949. Redwine said.
He added 'hev were seized in a
-aid on an Atlanta linuor wholesale
firm. Seven ca'es of whiskey a'so
were confiscated. Repwine sajd th ■
fate tax stamps on 'bis liquor were
counterfeits,
The far-flung liaqor ring,
entlv f'otiri'hed under st a r P n-n*«-c’- '
’Oh- the commissioner charged.
vm-ee witnesses, he added, sootc*
■f a ?c-"°nl ecr'ces "fee" on th n
hoot’eg lienor. Special inve-tiearor
CherV'. R’aum was emoted as sa”
(he fee "was a^ded to the 11
nrice to "o Info a r’lnoaien fund
rWNTr , "T’T STAMPS
The countjrftit tax stamps indie
he liquor ppretlom are wide
spread. Redwine sal9. The euibor
ate machinery for counterfeiting
would not > set nn for a small
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fi (’orfedppf'lo Widows
? I ere Get Pension Hike
Tlte six Confederate widows ”
Sjia’.ding County will get. a $25 p>
month increase in their pension
when they call at Ordinary Georg
Imes’ offise in the Courthouse for
their checks.
Imes pointed out today that the
pensions have been increased by the
state from $50 a month to $7.5 a
month He has July and Align.-'
checks for the widows at his office
now.
US Chiefs In Agreement
With 3 Other Nations
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
American commanders announc
ed today in London they have re
ached a complete understanding
with Britain. Norway and Denmark
'on a mutual defense pan.
Adm. Louis E Denfeld. spokes
man for the U. S. Joint Chiefs of
Staff said: "We are going home,
lam sure, with a very muf-h better
understanding of the situation than
we can came over.”
The U. S. commanders are on a
’fl-day tour of Western Europe to
dtscuss defense plans of North,
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The World Today
Atlsjbtic Treaty countries. The
conferences are held in strict -ec
recy.
Norway and Denmark both were
ALSO IN THIS STORY:
Congressmen determined to
trim arms program;
Caechs jail Catholic priest.
overrun by the Germans in World
War II. Norway borders on Russ
ia in the north, Atlantic Pact
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Hc.RE (LEFT) IS THE BEGINNING of an accident at Paramount studio in Hollywood
that put Bob Hope in the hospital. In a comedy scene, Bob sits astride a bucking
dummy horse. Lucille Ball (not shown) is rocking the horse. Suddenly the A —n y
turns over. Lucille lets go, and Hope hit* tne floor like a veteran stunt man (right),
He was taken to the hospital with a severely wrenched back. (AP Wirephotos.)
Gala Parade On Friday
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FT. JACKSON. S. C. — Griffins
National Guard Company is in its
last few days at camp today.
The men are already talking ab
out returning home — and it won’t
be long. They'll be back at their
civilian jobs Monday morning and
their, two weeks of summer soldier
ing will be behind them.
The company. Headquarters Co
mpany of the 43-h Infamry Dm
I sion ha5 macie nn impressive re
cord at camp. It’s been inspected
•>}’• .top Army and National
1)rass and found t0 be in 8 ooci tthape
Th men will break camp this
tteckcnd aud arrive back in Grif
fin Sunday
Mrs. Lawton
To Be Buried
Funeral services will be conduct
ed in Griffin Friday for Mrs. Rich
ard Lawton, former well known
Gfininite who died at her home .r
Miami.
Her body will arrive here Fr.
dav *,j] tnorniic and graveside service
be conducted at Oak Hill ceme
tery at 1-1:30 by the Rev Marshall
Ellis. Her body will be at Pittman
Funeral Home until alter the ser
; vice,
Sturumon Bauern Mtemi 'uej
;ons. Morion Lawton and Geor"i
Lawton, both of Miami, and si
Miss Jesise Lawton of
Jacksonville.
j flow To Buy
I Wnnt to buy a car?
! Want to sell a truck?
j Try a News Want Ad
! For the best of luck.
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Sramers sav the pact is entirely
| defensive, Russia contends it Is an
sot in preparation fur war against
the Soviet Union
The Norwegian commanders
tkey are making military equip
men from both the United States
and Britain and are exchanging
ideas on military training
Meantime m Washington figures
qn Soviet military strength failed
today to snake the determination
of House Foreign A'fairs Cmtnit
■ tee members to trim President Tru
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GRIFFIN FIRST
Invest Your Money, Your
Talent, Your Time, Your
Influence In Griffin
A gala parade moving through th*
outsltirt * ot and then yol
ling through the heart of the city
, will bring Safety Week here to
a close Friday afternoon.
Thpre will be two phases of the
big parade.
The first part which will be the
mechanized part will leave the Grif
fin High School at 1 P. M. It will
roll down Taylor street and up
U. S. Highw'ay 41 to Rigels Curve.
; Then it will turn down Experiment
sireet moving to 13th. From 13th
; it will go to Solomon through the
center of town and down Into East
Grl,fm ’ After circulating through
Ea,t Griffin it will go back to the
j high school.
It will reassemble at Griffin Hign
for the second phase. The Third
. 5 b nd tr0 AUanta ,,, and ...
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tu,g and local dignltanes wil1
the second phase of the parade at
Griffin High.
Leaving the high school building
at 2 K M , it will go to HU1. It
will move up Hill to Broad street
and then retrace its steps back to
Taylor. It then will move dow'n Tay
lor to Eighth and on down Eighth
to Broad. It will move up Broad
bek to Hiil and then up Hill to the
monument at Solomon where it
will turn and go to Fifth and back
to the school.
Heading the parade will be units
of the State Patrol, the Griffin
Police Department and the County
Sheriff, There will be a motorcy
de c< *n» headed by Woodrow Hol
con, be of tlie Griffin Police De
partment. Following that will be
Ted Edwards and Ted Edwards, Jr.
trick motorcycle riders of Atlanta.
Then will come the color guard, the
33 piece Army band and the platoon
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! of foot soldiers from the Third Am
mj
Between 15 and 20 floats are en
tered in the parade by merchants
and other organizations and new
cars hnve been entered by the car
dealers.
JET PLANES
Jei airplanes that the Third Ar
my arranged to liave sent here will
begin flying cover on the parade
at 2 o’clock and the air show will
last approximately 40 minutes
j will Two more phases of the parade
show the styles of automobiles
over the last decade and a horror
parade made up of 10 vehicles
j Elmer George, president of the
parade day activities, said he ex
the parade to be the biggest
; and best ever to eoine to Griffin.
i The parade will be a colorful af
i fair and will carry the theme of
Safety Week throughout the city.
• Barbs ...
One hundred million dollars a
year is spent on music lessons in
the U. 8. Think of all the earmuff
that would buyl
Established 1871
City Has Many
V arious Rules
For Safety rl ■j
FATALITY JL ^ 1 JUL W
RATE ■ -
VARIES
Soma wo mm w nrt t— lme* t M
fcwsr paopie Ml«i kt
others. Why T Thotr peAwatriam
have loarncd to cstom «t m
|hm Isghta and to obey oMmv
uiations. Their Mhran has** kaswri
to >**p«ei rtyhto of «soa* sdoott
Thai* poke* ass p a wriaa
Thtor At*
worrocui mosb* hi
af a aortas ot artMa an
the most ( la |i »B tlf
tawttic ordSfMMtoc ot Mm OMy ot
Urtffto. Th* mm too wtoptod
the ordinance* prepared by Mm
G rllUn Porte* LepartaaaM
adopted by Mm GMffla Ota*
miaoton Jan. VI, 1»4H).........
MISCEI.LANBOltfi HUM
Sec. 30. Obedience to police and
rtre department of ft Halo Any par*
son who shall willfully fail or re
fine to comply with any lawful
order or direction of a police of
ficer or fire department official
shall be guilty of an offense against
the city
Sec. 52. Obedience to no-tura
j signs. Whenever authorized signs
| are erected Indicating that no right
) or left or "U" turn 's permitted, no
! driver of a /ehlcle shall disobey tha
directions of anv such sign.
Sec. 53. Limitations on turning
around. The driver of aiv vehicle
shall not turn such/ vehicle so as
to proceed , i the opposite direction
upon any nroef In i dtet
! 1,ct Blld not : ■ n any other
Free; so turn a vrh < unless v:rU
movement can b” made in safety
and without in'erfering with o'her
traffic.
Sec. 6? Following fire aoeara’iis
prohibited lie drive- of any veh
icle other than one r-n official bus
iness she!’ not follow any fitje ap
paratus traveling in rnoonae to a
fire alarm r’.n or tlv'i 599 feet )T
drive into or nark such vehicle with
in the b'oek where 'ire apparatus
has stopped in ansv.ei to a firs
alarm. e