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By Qmmby Meltea
Twenty one years ago
Germany surrendered
tionally to General Eisenhower
at his headquarters in Rheims.
Hitler had died several days
fore this and other Nazi leaders
were captured, one Himmler
committing suicide. Admiral
Doenitz, of the Nazi Navy an
nounced that Hitler had designa
ted him as his successor and it
was representatives of the Ad
miral who surrendered to
hower.
Official announcement came
on May 8, a Sunday, and was
made by President Truman and
Prime Minister Winston Church
hill. Incidentally announcement
of the surrender was made by
Truman on his 61st birthday.
The surrender 21 years ago to
day knocked the pins out from
under the enemy coalition. It
aly surrendered three days later,
and three months later on Aug
ust 14, Japan surrendered to
General MacArthur.
It’s interesting to note that the
surrender of Germany came on
the day before Mother’s Day and
was announced on Mother’s Day.
Once again the people of the
world hoped and prayed that this
victory would put an end to
wars; that men would find a bet
ter way to settle disputes.
There were none who receiv
ed the good news with more
hope for a peaceful world than
the Mothers. With prayer in
their hearts they joined the cele
brations of victory.
Many of those mothers were
“Gold Star Mothers” their
sons having given their lives for
their country. The end of the
war could not bring them home
again; but those brave Mothers
thought of other Mothers whose
boys were still in the thick of the
fighting with Japan and prayed
they might be spared the mes
sage “your son has been killed
in action.” They prayed that oth
ers might be spared the sorrows
that such news brings. Their
loss was tempered with hope
and pride.
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But hope that the world would
be a peaceful one was soon shat
tered: Just as it was following
World War One, a war said to
have been fought to “make
world safe for democracy.” It
wasn’t long before scheming
men had other men flying at
each others throats in an
fort to put over their schemes
and plans. And today, though
there is no “declared war”
there’s fighting going on in
ery part of the world. These wars
are being fought for man-made
reasons.
As we write this column, this
day before Mother’s Day, we
can’t help but wonder if the
men of the world — the Moth
ers — were the ones who set
tional policies and negotiate in
ternational agreements,
this put an end to wars?
“What do women know
government?” men will ask.
Maybe they don’t know
about government as it is prac
ticed today, but Mothers
ly know more about the grief
and sorrow wars always being.
Maybe if the Mothers a n d the
Wives and the Daughters were
given a change to see if they
could not bring about peace the
results would surprise us. Any
way they could hardly make
greater mess of the world
Man has done.
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closer to God means get
ting farther away from his
fellow man.”
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Salute To Mother
Mrs. Floyd Cole, like thousands of Griffin mothers, will have her day Sunday
when her family salutes her on Mother’s Day. Six of her eight children will be
home. A son in service and a married daughter won’t be here but they’ll send
their love. Shown making mother “queen for a day” are (I-r) Floyd Cole, her
husband; Alison, Barry, Deandrea, Mrs. Cole, Jeffrey, Kimberly and Melanie.
Their dog “Casey” got into the act, too.
GOP Booms Callaway
By DON PHILLIPS
MACON, Ga. (DPI) —Two
thousand Republicans Joined in
a boisterous “Callaway for gov
ernor” demonstration Friday
then split into two camps during
a bitter floor fight over the
state party’s second highest of
fice.
The conservatives faced the
moderates eye to eye when the
nominating committee suggested
the name of Augusta business
man Frank Troutman a self
styled Goldwater Republican,
for the potentially crucial vice
chairmanship.
New Gadget Helps Catch Criminals
By AL KUETTNER
United Press International
ATLANTA (UPI)—A 15-year
old boy picks up a telephone in
Marietta, Ga., and starts
spreading reports that schools
in the area are going to be
blown up.
A man with a husky voice
gets a woman on the phone,
tells her his department store
would like her to do some
modeling and then asks the
measurements of her most in
timate wearing apparel.
A youth in a service station
Jots down license numbers of
attractive young women drivers,
painstakingly checks out their
identification and starts tele
phoning.
Such calls Join the millions of
legitimate conversations that
pile into super - modem elec
tronic telephone exchanges
where calls are received,
switched and relayed from one
exchange to another automati
cally and without the listening-
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Sat. and Sun., May 7-8,1966
Moderate Dr. Charles Watkins
contested the nomination and
said hir own name would be
added to the nominees list from
the convention floor today.
The vice chairman of the
party could become a power
wielder this year, because
Chairman G. Paul Jones of Ma
con, expected to be re-elected to
the post, may run for con
gress and quit his party Job.
The vice chairman then would
be virtually in charge of the
party.
Watkins, a former House
member, charged Tourtman had
in of a single telephone com
pany voice.
Easier Before Dials
In the old days of the “num
ver please?” telephone girls, it
was relatively easy to trace ob
scene and threatening calls.
Some of the operators were so
expert, they could recognize
voices and identify them hours
or days after hearing them.
With the advent of electronics,
a veil of anonymity fell over
the exchanges and the obscene
calling rate skyrocketed.
The Bell Telephone System
called in the FBI but both had
t 0 acknowledge there was no
way to catch such callers e
cept by accident or wire - tap
ping. The first method was
strictly a long shot and the
latter was illegal.
Meanwhile, telephone techni
cians were patiently working on
the solution. Two company em
ployes in Tennessee finally hit
the jackpot and with subsequent
help from the massive Bell
Klansman Surrenders
To Sheriff At Jackson
been set ~up in the nomination
by “a few big wheels.”
Sen. Fletcher Thompson of
East Point, also mentioned for
the No. 2 spot, was nominated
by the committee as second
vice chairman.
Earlier, Rep. Howard (Bo)
Callaway, R-Ga., faced a rousing
demonstration, complete with
brass band and shouts of “We
Want Bo,” as delegates tried to
push him to announce for the
governor’s race. But the con
gressman, still shy of proclaim
ing his intentions, told the group
the time was not right.
Telephone Laboratories the
breakthrough came.
The device created for the
job was incredibly simple com
pared to the size of the prob
lem. It was a simple little tube
the size of the end of a lead
pencil. Jacked into a person’s
telephone circuit, the device re
versed the process of holding
calls so that the receiver rather
than the caller controlled when
a circuit was disconnected.
Succ e ss >n Use
In the short time the equip
ment has been in use, accord
ing to Southern Bell officials, 48
cases have been investigated in
Georgia alone. From them have
come 15 arrests and four con
victions.
Other states report similar ex
perience and, with continuing
refinement of the equipment,
telephone officials say they ex
pect to reduce objectionalbe
calls to a fraction of the cur
rent rate.
Telephone company security
Sims Friend
Makes Contact
With Police
JACKSON, Ga. (UPI) — Ku
Klux Klansman Joseph Howard
Sims Friday night surrendered
meekly to a sheriff in connec
tion with the shooting of his
estranged wife in a hospital
nursery.
The gun-totting klansman had
been regarded as “extremely
dangerous” and heavily armed.
He had been a central figure
in the 1964 nightrider slaying of
Lemuel Penn, a Washington,
D. C., Negro educator.
The FBI said Sims surrend
ered to Sheriff J. D. Pope of
rural Butts County. Pope was
reported en route back to Ath
ens, Ga., where the shooting
occurred, with the suspect.
Jackson policeman Marvin
Bennett said a dark, heavy set
man came into the station and
said he was a friend of Sims
and that the klansman wanted
to surrender.
“There was a feller who
come in and told us to get
aholt of the sheriff,” Bennett
said.
“He was some friend to Mr.
Sims. He told us that Sims was
ready to give himself up. We
called Mr. Pope and he come
and got this feller and carried
him off.
“Sims couldn’t have been
hiding too far away because
the sheriff said he would be
back in about 20 minutes and
he was,” Bennett said.
Sims shot and wounded his
wife Thursday afternoon at the
hospital where she worked as
a nurse’s aide. Authorities said
she had been supporting him
since 1964 when he was tried
and acquitted of Penn’s mur
der.
Sims had eluded a widespread
dragnet since the shooting.
Dozens of FBI agents Joined
the manhunt Friday.
Wholesale Price
Spiral May
Prompt Tax Hike
WASHINGTON (UPI) —
Wholesale price increases for
April are increasing inflationa
ry pressures on the economy
and may bring on an inflation
braking tax increase.
The Labor Department report
ed Friday that the prices were
up one-tenth of 1 per cent,
increased primarily by higher
costs for industrial commodi
ties.
The wholesale price index
often shows the way the cost of
living is heading. The Depart
ment will report on April cost
of living figures later this
month.
The administration is watch
ing the index to see if a tax
increase is called for. President
Johnson said in February a tax
hike would come if prices
continue to soar, but thers is no
consensus yet on applying the
tax brake.
executives discussed the pro
ject with UPI and gave this
step-by-step method used with
the detective system:
You have been receiving a
series of shocking telephone
calls late at night. They may
have been calls from a “breath
er,” the caller who never says
anything but Jur f breathes heav
ily into the phone. They may
have been from the threat call
er or the lingerie psycho.
What You Can Do
In the past, about all you could
do was hang up and wait'tense
ly for the next call. Now, you
should call your nearest tele
phone office. The report will go
to the security division, often in
charge of a former FBI agent.
The new gadget will be
plugged i-’o your line in the
telephone exchange. When the
next call comes, you control
when the connection is termin
ated. You leave the phone off
the hook and notify the tele
phone company, which traces
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Bill Ramsey
Bill Ramsey
Chairman Of
Fund Campaign
W. T. (Bill) Ramsey will be
chairman of the 1966 United
Fund campaign in Griffin and
Spalding County.
Henry Walker, president of
United Fund, announced the ap
pointment today.
“We are fortunate to hafce a
man of Bill Ramsey’s ability to
lead our 1966 drive, and we ask
all citizens of Griffin and Spald
ing County to participate in this
year’s campaign.”
The 1965 drive goal was $71,-
888. The 1966 goal has not been
set.
Plans will be made this sum
mer for the campaign in the
fall.
Mr. Ramsey, a former football
coach and math teacher at Grif
fin High, is secretary-treasurer
of the Georgia Peace Officers
Annuity and Benefit Fund. Head
quarters is in Griffin.
A native of Statesboro, he
played professional baseball for
St. Augustine, Fla., Waycross,
Ga., and Bluefield, W. Va. He
served in the Navy during World
War n and was discharged as a
lieutenant.
He is serving as president of
the Exchange Club this year. He
is immediate past exalted ru
ler of the Elks Lodge. He is on
the First Methodist Church offic
ial board and is vice president
of the Men’s Bible Class.
Mr. Ramsey is married to the
former Patricia Amall and they
have two boys and a girl. They
reside at 805 Hillcrest avenue.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Cloudy and mild th
rough Sunday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 81, minimum today
58, maximum Friday 73, mini
mum Friday 57. Sunrise Sun
day 5:44 a.m-, sunset Sunday
7:23 p.m.
the other end of the call.
In its speedy detective work
on this growing problem, tele
phone officials say police often
arrive at the caller's location
and talk with the receiving par
ty on the line. T.. 2 y put the
suspect on the phone for voice
identification purposes if pos
sible.
The new equipment, simple
though it is, hurdles one of the
touchy problems in communica
tions—violation of invasion of
privacy laws which are Jealous
ly guarded by most courts and
the Federal Communications
Commission.
Even now, the telephone sys
tem finds it sometimes ‘difficult
to get convictions under exist
ing laws on use of obscenity in
private conversation. An old
method that far pre-dates the
electronic detective then is
used: warn the subscriber and
pull out his phone if he per
sists.
Griffin Mills Will
Join In Wage Hike
Major textile mills in Griffin Crompton-Highland in Griffin,
will join in a general upward ad- said the Crompton organization
justment of wages throughout always has gone along with ad
the industry, a check with indus- justments. But he said that no
try spokesmen here indicated information had been received
today. yet from his company about the
Dundee President J. M- Chea- adjustment.
tham, announced Friday an up- He said he felt certain the
ward adjustment was being Crompton-Highland organization
planned in the Dundee group would go along with other tex
here. The adjustment will be ef- tile mills.
fective with the May 29 p a y
period and details are being Gene Robbins, superintendent
worked out, Mr. Cheatham said. of the Griffin Division of Tho
Rushton and Lowell Bleachery maston Mills, said he expected
are included. some information on the adjust
Jim Doughtie, an officer of ment by Monday.
Flying Horsemen
Have Turkey Shoot
By BRYCE B. MILLER
SAIGON (UPI) —The “Fly
ing Horsemen” of the 1st U.S.
Air Cavalry Division reported
today they have wiped out
more than a battallion of
Communists in one of the
greatest U.S. victories of the
Viet Nam war.
Units of the division killed at
least 362 guerrillas and cap
tured 437 known or suspected
Communists in a three-day
battle. U.S. casualties were
described as “light.”
“It’s like a Tennessee turkey
shoot,” said an officer of the
helicopter -borne American
force.
Only rarely have U.S. forces
killed so many Communists,
because they are seldom able
to corner so many of the
elusive enemy.
Moving in undercover of fog
three days ago, Air Cavalry
units killed 101 guerrilas near
the village of Bong Son, 290
miles north of Saigon.
Other American units whirled
in by helicopter to block escape
routes to the north and west.
To the east lay the South China
Sea.
The Communists split into
groups of two and three, but
U.S. airpower harried them by
day and ambush teams cut
them down by night.
In other war developments:
—South Vietnamese troops
killed 84 Communists and
captured 2 Friday in a battle
near Nam Quan, 300 miles
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Music Scholarship
Ricky Kimbrel was presented a $100 scholarship
from the Griffin Music Club Friday night by Jean
Pickett at the club’s banquet observing Music Week.
north of Saigon. The Vietna
mese reported light casualties.
—U.S. Marine units near Da
Nang, 375 miles up the coast
from Saigon, killed 4 Viet Cong
who refused orders to leave a
hideout tunnel.
—Marines in the same area
reported finding 10,000 pounds
of rice hidden under the floor of
a Roman Catholic Church. They
gave the rice to needy
Vietnamese families.
Russell Says
South Being
‘Short-Changed’
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) — Sen.
Richard Russell charged today
that the South was being short
changed in the granting of fed
eral research money.
Russell, speaking at the dedi
cation of the new multi-million
dollar Southeast Water Labora
tory at the University of Geor
gia, said the region is one of
the areas most flagrantly dis
criminated against in the shar
ing of the “federal research
pie.”
Georgia’s senior senator said
that 10 of the nation’s universi
ties located in the Northeast,
the Chicago area and in Cali
fornia receive one-third of the
federal research funds.