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By Quimby Melton
Today, April 6th, is the 50th
anniversary of America’s
entrance into World War One.
This war, which started in 1914,
set the pattern for wholesale
killing, ruthless destruction
and total disregard of many of
the rules of common decency.
Thank God America didn’t st
art this war — but was drawn
into it when it became apparent
that unless she did civilization
itself would be destroyed and
brute force, controlled by a
handful of dictators, would
make slaves of all.
Slogans round which America
rallied called our part in the
fighting one that would “make
the world safe for democracy,”
and a "war to end all wars.”
Would that these slogans had
been realized!
There was a similarity in Wor
ld War Two; in the Korean War
and now in the Vietnam fight
ing. Despite criticism from some,
America today is not an aggres
sor and has never been an ag
gressor, but America will not
stand by and see people oppress
ed, especially when those people
may be the advanced lines of
our defense. The Communists
must be stopped somewhere and
must not be allowed, like a ris
ing tide, to creep slowly towards
our shores and ultimately en
gulf us in a tidal wave of des
truction.
How did World War One come
about?
While history says it was star
ted on June 28, 1914, when Arch
duke Ferdinand of Austria was
assassinated at Serajevo, Aus
tria accusing Serbia of compli
city, the real reasons for this
war may be found many years
before. It was the assassination
of the man who was heir ap
parent to the Hapsburg throne,
that was the spark necessary to
ignite the powder keg.
Good Evening hasn’t the space
to outline how this war deve
loped, but sufficient to say jea
lousies between nations, greed
to expand at the expense of
other nations and such played a
big part.
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Now why did Uncle Sam get
into World War One?
At the outbreak of the war in
Europe, America became a neu
tral. The chief concern of t h e
Woodrow Wilson administration
was to protect the maritime
rights of this and other neutral
nations. Uncle Sam wanted to
maintain freedom of the seas.
But it soon developed that Ger
many and her allies considered
all agreements as to maritime
rights just another “scrap of
paper”.
The situation became so ser
ious that America’s neutrality
became an armed one, with our
ships armed to resist any Ger
man submarines. Then came the
sinking of the big passenger li
ner Lusatania in 1915 by Ger
man submarines.
Not all threats to America and
the free world were restricted
to the seas —for a plot was dis
covered that would have drawn
Mexico into the war on the side
of Germany; thus providing a
base for invasion of the United
States if and when Germany or
dered it.
This and other reckless disre
gard of Germany of our neut
lity led President Wilson to go
before a joint session of Con
gress on April 2 and deliver a
war message. In this he char
ged Germany was following a
course that led to “war on hu
manity” he asked Congress
to recognize “war has been th
rust on the United States by acts
of the German government.”
The Senate approved after a
night long session April 4-5, and
the House approved early in the
morning of April 6, and Amer
ica was in the war.
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The ranks of those who fought
in World War One are thinning.
Fifty years ago they were
young men.
They looked funny in their kha
ki uniforms with the coat button
ed up and choking them; in their
wrapped leggins that would
come loose and trip them at an
embarrassing moment; and
in their “tin hats” that could not
stop a rock let along a sniper’s
bullet. They bellyached over
meals of bully beef, they grip
ed at the mud and ice in the
winter and the dust In the sum
mer as they marched up to fr
ont.
They sang, they wept; they
prayed and they cursed; they
complained, yet they thanked.
They were good soldiers.
The ranks are thinning.
God bless their memory.
Bus Driver Loses Control
School bus driver Luke Good
in lost control of his left leg and
hand this morning and was rush
ed to the Griffin-Spalding Coun
ty Hospital.
Griffin-Spalding County School
Superintendent George Patrick
said Goodin, who was picking
up children for Crescent School,
stopped his bus with his right
foot at the corner of Hamilton
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Youth Assembly
Twelve Griffin High School students are attending the YMCA Youth Assembly
being held today, Friday and Saturday at the state capitol in Atlanta. Seniors at
tending the assembly are (1-r) Marjie Bowen, Jim Sullivan, Alice Bradley, Bill
Bray, Margaret Olson, Gene Hayes and Emily Brisendine. Other students attend
ing are Frank Thomas, Beth Jones, Barbara Waldrop and Vera Ann Zager. Sulli
van has been appointed chaplain of the Senate. Beth Jones will serve as press re
presentative for the Griffin delegation.
Pressure Builds
On Maddox To
Sign Radar Bill
By DON PHILLIPS
United Press International
ATLANTA (UPI)—Gov. Lest
er Maddox came under increas
ing pressure today from mem
bers of the General Assembly
to sign the bill allowing cities
and counties to use radar in
traffic enforcement.
Rep. Thom Murphy of Brem
en, administration floor leader,
said he hoped to talk to the
governor today and ask him to
sign the bill. Murphy was in
strumental in the bill’s passage.
But Maddox remained adam
ant in his contention he would
probably veto the bill, although
Bolton Probes
Slush Funds,
Favoritism
ATLANTA (UPl)—Atty. Gen.
Arthur Bolton said Wednesday
he was investigating reports of
political favoritism and slush
fund building during the admin
istration of former Gov. Carl
Sanders.
Bolton said he was investigat
ing at the request of the Senate
Committee on Economy, Reor
ganization and Efficiency in
Government headed by Sen.
Stanley Smith of Perry.
The attorney general said he
also was investigating other de
partments in state government,
but declined to name them.
The committee asked Bolton
to look into a report that an
Albany insurance man got a
state insurance commission of
about $3,000 and was asked to
return about half of it to the
administration.
The charge was leveled by
former Lt. Gov. Peter Zack
Geer during his unsuccessful
campaign for re - election.
A document showed what pur
ported to be a check from the
Albany man for $1,230 to Rob
ert Richardson, who was Sand
er’s chief of staff.
DAILY NEWS
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boulevard and East College st
reet. The bus was on Hamilton
boulevard.
Mr. Patrick, who accompanied
Goodin to the hospital said a
doctor who chegked Goodin said
there was no apparent perman
nent damage from the attack.
He did not lose consciousness.
However, Goodwin was admit
ted to the hospital for observa
tion.
he said he would not make a
final decision until this week
end. He said he had promised
to talk with several people
first.
Maddox aroused heated reac
tion from several groups, in
cluding the Atlanta Traffic and
Safety Council by his disclosure
he planned to veto the bill be
cause he feared it would give
Georgia a speedtrap image.
Good Evening
Says Thanks!
Wednesday Good Evening
asked his readers to help him
remember the date when a
French World War One hero
was buried here in Stonewall
Confederate cemetery by the
American Legion, thus being
rescued from a “paupers”
grave in Atlanta.
The paper had hardly hit
the streets when folks began
to call. The first was Mrs-
O. L. Colquitt who had a clip
ping of the event. This was in
November rtf 1932.
Thanks to the many who
called.
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peace with a neighbor is to
trust him—whether he’s wor
thy or jpt.”
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, April 6,1967
Kidnap Victim Returned
After Dad Pays Ransom
Council Will
Honor Melton
For School Work
ATLANTA — State Rep. Quim
by Melton, Jr., of Griffin, a vet
eran Georgia Legislator and
Editor of the Griffin Daily News
will be honored for his contribu
tions to education at a meeting
of the Georgia Educational Im
provement Council, 10 a.m.
Thursday, April 13.
Rep. Melton, now heading the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee, will be commended par
ticularly for his work as vice
chairman of the Governor’s Com
mission to Improve Education
in 1963 and as a founding mem
ber of the Georgia Educational
Improvement Council, a state
agency for research and plan
ning on all levels of education.
Rfep. Melton served as chair
man of the House Standing Com
mittee on Education for four
years and as vice chairman of
the House University System
Committee for two years. He is
a former member of the State
Board of Regents and now ser
ves on the policy committee of
the Democratic Caucus in the
House, on the Rules Committee,
Appropriations Committee, Leg
islative Services Committee, and
Banks and Banking Committees
of the House.
Joseph A. Whittle of Bruns
wick, Council Chairman, will
present the award.
A discussion of the new Stan
dards for Georgia Public Schools
adopted by the State Boafd of
Education in late February will
be featured on the Thursday
program. Clyde C. Pearce, Jr.,
Standards Coordinator of the
State Department of Education,
will lead the discussion assisted
by other members of the depart
ment.
IN THE FAMILY
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPI) —
Patricia Stumps, 23, complained
to the Internal Revenue Service
recently that her S7B Income tax
refund was overdue.
The IRS replied that she was
mistaken. She had $94 coming
and it would arrive soon with
love from the district director,
Walter S. Stumps, her father.
His Head Shaved;
Drugged With. Pills
By VERNON SCOTT
United Press International
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.
(UPI) —The son of a multimil
lionaire financier, kidnapped
Monday, was released un
harmed today after a $250,000
ransom was paid. His head
shaved and drugged with
sleeping pills, the youngster was
dropped off on a residential
street.
“Dad, I’m all right, please
come and get me,” Kenneth
Young, 11, told his distraught
father from an apartment house
telephone.
The youngster was kidnaped
early Monday from the second
floor bedroom of the Herbert
Young mansion in the center of
this exclusive community. The
parents, two brothers, a sister
and a maid slept in nearby
rooms.
The French-Norman house
formerly was the home of
actress Deanna Durbin.
A typewritten ransom note
addressed “to the master”
warned the family not to call
police or “you will lose the
merchandise.” But Young noti
fied police immediately and FBI
agents joined the officers in
moving into the mansion.
Telephone Rings
The telephone rang several
times Monday and Tuesday but
each time Young answered it
the caller hung up.
Young said he received a
letter of instructions Wednes
day.
“At 6 p.m. last night I went
to Westwood Boulevard and
Ohio Streets in Westwood as the
letter said. A man met me
there and asked, ‘are you
Herbert Young?’ He was soft
spoken and well-dressed. He
seemed very intelligent and was
a Caucasian.
“He told me to go to Sunset
and Moraga and go to a phone
booth next to a telephone pole
in a Standard station. I waited
45 minutes when a car came by
and a man in it waved to me.
There was only one occupant in
the car.
“He told me to get in my car
and follow him. We drove north
to Sunset Boulevard and about a
mile beyond then the man drove
off into a flat gravel area.
“He got out of the car and
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Harness Racing Near Hampton
Harness racing will be renewed in the Griffin area
Sunday when horses go to the pole at Towaliga
Hamess Track east of Hampton Sunday afternoon
at 2 o’clock. Track owner Marion Moore (r) said
several top harness racing horses from Florida will
be in the races. Six races are planned. Other drivers
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walked toward me and said, ‘Do
you have the bag?’ I gave it to
him and returned home about
7:20.”
Waited With FBI
Young said he and his family
waited with police and FBI
agents until about 4 a.m. when
the telephone rang.
“It was Kenny. He said, ‘Dad,
I’m all right. Will you please
come and get me.’
“Then a man, who had
nothing to do with the
kidnaping, came on the phone
and gave me the address in
Santa Monica. Apparently the
men in the crime just dropped
Kenny off in front of the
apartment and he rapped on the
door and asked to use the
telephone.
“He said he was very tired.
By the time my wife Arlene and
I got to the apartment with
police there were FBI men all
over the area.
“We noticed they shaved
Kenny’s head and his eyes
seemed to have been blindfold
ed. Kenny told me they gave
him sleeping pills, maybe three.
The youngster told his father
he was treated well enough by
one man who apparently was in
charge of taking care of him,
"but hei was a lousy cook.”
Young, tired and red-eyed
himself from lack of sleep, said
the family doctor examined
Kenneth and found him in good
physical and mental condition,
“there had been no molesta
tion.”
Extensively Questioned
The youngster was questioned
extensively by FBI agents
although his lather said he was
“very, very tired.”
The FBI said the kidnaper
“would have to know of the
family and its means to pay
this type of money and the
location of the boy.” it said a
full and complete nationwide
search would be conducted to
“bring the culprits to justice.”
Young is president of Gibral
tar Savings and Loan Assn., a
subsidiary of Gibraltar Finan
cial Corp, which has assets of
$423.5 million. Mrs. Young’s
father, Sydney R. Barlow, is the
founder and major shareholder
of the financial empire.
Teamsters On
Walkout Verge
By FRANK SWOBODA
United
WASHINGTON (UPI) *—A
nationwide Teamsters strike
was imminent today though
negotiators worked to break the
deadlock between the powerful
union and major U.S. truckers*
The Teamsters leadership
was apparently ready to call
members off their jobs some
time today barring an unfore
seen break in the contract
dispute.
The government made It clear
it would move immediately to
halt any strike under the Taft-
Hartley Act.
Negotiations broke up late
Wednesday night after an
apparently fruitless session.
William E. Simkin, director of
the Federal Mediation Service,
asked both sides to return to
the bargaining table today.
Trouble With Membership
But there was increasing
concern that having secured
overwhelming rank and file
authorization to strike, the
Teamsters leadership may have
trouble keeping their 500,000
members on the job while
negotiations continue.
Simkin sent telegrams to both
union and management leaders
late Wednesday warning against
any trucking industry shutdown
while talks are continuing.
“Any interruption of trans
portation would seriously affect
th® national economy, the de
fense effort, and the welfare of
the communities involved,” Sim
kin said.
Uniop negotiators said that if
they decided to strike, they
would hit only certain carriers
to avoid government interven
tion under the Taft-Hartley Act.
Weather:
WEATHER
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy and con
tinued warm tonight and Fri
day.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 85, minimum today
58, maximum Wednesday 85,
minimum Wednesday 58. Sun
rise Friday 6:22 a.m., sunset
Friday 7:03 p.m.
in the picture are Mrs. Moore (c) and trainer Bill
Ogburn (1). The Florida horses will be on their way
north. They have completed the season at Tropical
Park. The track is between Hampton and McDonough
and not the Hampton Downs track near the Express
way.
Griffin Firms
Complain About
Shipping Ratss
A father and son who operate
a commercial shipping service
in Griffin expect to air a num
ber of complaints against truck
ing firm policies in a hearing
before the Public Service Com
mission. It will be held in Atlan
ta April 24.
O. H. Weaver, Jr. who with
his father operates the commer
cial traffic business here, told
of the hearing Wednesday in a
talk to the Griffin Kiwanis Club.
Weaver discussed a number of
practices of public carriers in
cluding railroads which he be
lieves are unfair.
Weaver said the complaint has
drawn national attention. He said
that actual results of the hear
ing may not be as important as
rhe fact that a good number of
issues will be brought into the
open.
Weaver, an attorney, and his
father, filed the complaint with
PSC for Pomona Products Co.,
of Griffin, Southern States Eq
uipment Co., of Hampton, and
United Cotton Goods of Griffin.
It was filed against Perkins
Freight Lines, Youngblood Tru
cking, and The Bell trucking
firm.
Weaver, a former football co
ach, said shipping rates are
high today because management
had refused to stand up to the
Teamsters Union.
Their attitude, Weaver said,
seems to be to give the union
what it wants and pass the cost
increase on to the public.
Every person is affected by
the cost of transportation, eith
er directly or indirectly, Wea
ver said. Therefore, he said, ev
ery person should be concern
ed about the shipping rate cost
increases.
Weaver said he expects to spell
out a number of practices he be
lieves unfair in the PSC hearing.
He also said he is working for
legislation in congress to update
laws governing transportation.
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)