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UHINESE STOP JAP OFFENSIVE AFTER 6 DAY BATTLE
GISLATIVE - LINT
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dministration Leaders
May Pursue Policy to
2 Shorten Session
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S.POINT PROGRAM
f-Year Elections Next
Week May Furnish
Political Straw
VASHINGTON.— (#) —Admin
ration leaders may propose lim-
B - legislation in the special ses
bn of congress to Presdent
bosevelt's five-point prograin, in
rmed persons said today.
This would require adoption of a
solution by tiie house and fen
mhe idea behind the proposal is
at enactment of the administra
bn program might be completed
the six-weeks session beginning
wember 156 if all other suisjects
B e held over for the regular ses
pn in January.
The President’s program em
aces crop control, wage and
bur regulations, government re
ganization, regional planning,
d revision of the anti-trust laws.
The principal effect of limiting
e session to these matters would
b displacement of the controver
] anti-lynching bill from sec«
hd place on the senate calendar.
probably also would postpone
actment of new taxes to pay for
crop control program. }
The house passed the anti
nching bill last summer, but the‘
nate agreed to give it a position
rectly behind farm legislation
henever congress reconvened.
rolonged debate might tie up thel
nate for much of the special ses
on.
Sendtor George (D.-Ga.) said
» thought there would be “no
rolonged filibuster” Iy opponents,
2ding: !
Southern members of congress!
ill be very generally against the
ill, along with some from other
ctions, and there may be some
pzanized fight, but I don't be
eve we shall be long in rcuchiug‘
vote.” |
The measure, he said, represents |
unwise interference” in a problem i
B iich lcaders in the south and |
lsewhere are trying to work out. !
It would make it a felony for
Ny peace officer to neglect wil
lly all precautions to protect a
B coner. Assessment of civil dam
ges would be permitted against
ite subdivisions in which lynch
gs or attempted lynchings oc~ !
urred . i
Scattered off-year elections a
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eorge T. Hawkes
Dies at Colbert;
L 9 1
Services Tuesday
et 1
George T. Hawkes, 82, died at
bis home in Colbert Monday morn- |
e at 3:30 o’clock after an illness |
bt thiee days, i
Funeral services will be held |
tesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at
olbert Baptist church, Rov. Y.
P Baiiey, pastor of Colbert Meth
plist church, officiating, assisted
Py Rev. J. H. Norman. |
Pallbearers will be C. W. Por- |
vriield, W. W, Barnett, jr., Dr. !
oel Hardman, J. C. Biggs, R. E. !
pShworth and J. .€. Epps: An
onorary escort will be comprised’
I L..A. Barnette, H, H. Hu.rt,l
M. Gaulding, S. N. Benton, Ben
allors, M. &, Gentry, d. A
litchcock, 8, R. Hardman, Wal
°r Young, Howard Areéndale and
riff Snellings. Other arrange
ients will be announced by Mc
""“'v"%Bridges.
Surviving Mr. Hawkes are his
Viie, Mrs. Hettie Mae Hawkes,
"”‘«‘-M: five daughters, Mrs. L.
1. Seagraves, Neese; Mrs. G. B.
Cung, Mrs. James Carithers, Miss
‘orothy Hawkes, Miss Mary Ruth ;
"'“‘- kes, all of Colbert; four sons, |
. H. Hawkes, Athens; L. T. |
‘x kes, Ocilla, Ga.; G. W. and |
ulord Hawkes, both of Colbert;
ister, Mrs, W, M. Thurmond,
tmmmerce; brother, W. C. Hawkes,
rawford. Also surviving Mr.
laiwkes are twenty grandcl'nfldrenl
d twenty-two great-grandchil--!
jiren, ‘
Mr. Hawkes was a native of |
’glethorpe county, being born at |
“Inithonia, the son of the late Wil- !
‘am H. Hawkes and Mrs. Sara{
In Sims Hawkes ,who were also }
ldlives of Oglethorpe county. !
"or the past twenty-four years |
4 had been a resident of Colbert. t
{"_ Was a prominent farmer but |
Clired from active life a few |
ears ago. Mr. Hawkss was al
‘ember of = Brastus Christian
‘lurch and was one of the best
"Own citizens of his community.
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Shot three times, perhaps fatal
ly, in the headquarters of a
United Auto Workers’ Union
local in Chicago, John Wahite,
C. I. O. organizer, is shown
above attended by Dr. C. B
Myers in a hospital after the
shooting. Police sought Charles
Cain, another C. L. O. leader whao
recently replaced White as gen
eral district organizer.
HOOPITAL INSURANCE
SPREADS OVER 1. 5.
Believe Ten Million Per
sons Will Be Insured by
1942
By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Editor
CHICAGO — () — Ten million
Americang will have hospital in
surance by 1942 at the present rate
of growth of this new adjunnct to
medical care,
This report was made at the
opening today of the American
College of Surgeons annual meet
ing, by C, Rufus Rorem of Chi
cago, director of the committee on
hospitals of the American Hospital
Association.
But he said, on present trends
the 10 million will be mostly ip
eastern seaboard cities and in the
industrial population as far wesi
ag Ohio. Extension of hospital in
surance to rural communities, he
said, “must wait on some effective
way of enrolling subscribers and
collecting fees.”
At present he said there are a
million and a quarter Americans
who pay monthly from 50 to 80
cents each for hospital insurance,
which ranges from free services of
various sorts to reductions in pri
vate room rents in hospitals. -
Most of these are in 35 mnon.
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Public Library Starts |
Children’s Story Hour
The Children’s Story Hour at
the Public Library will be in
charge of an N. Y. A. University
student, who will conduct the first
hour of the season Thursday, Oc
tober 28, at 4 o'clock in the audi
torium at the Y. M. C. A, on
Lumpkin street.
All children are invited to ate
tend this delightful hour every
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
LOCAL WEATHER
GEORGIA:G enerally fair
and warmer tonight; Tuesday
increasing cloudiness, slightly
warmer in south and central
- portions, possibly light rain in
- extreme north portion.
. TEMPERATURE
. Highest..., sees cons IR |
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MeaN.scs ssas ssss sovs .e. 44.5
v Meal. s s cuen aasa By
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00
Total since October 1..... ,10.27
Excess since October 1.... 8.00
Average October rainfall... 2.91
Total since January 1......53.61
' Excess since January 1,....11.71
BOMBING - INGIDENT
N MEDITERRANEAN
CAEATES NEW CRISIS
Eden Seeks Compromise
Route to Revive Peace
Efforts
TWO SHIPS BOMBED
Effects of Spanish Civil
War May Continue
Indefirtitely
(By The Asociated Press)
LONDON,—{(#) — British foreign
secretary Antony Eden sought a
compromise formula today to save
European mnon - interveation in
Spain from ccllapse, but the out
look was gloomy. |
Amig efforts to bring the bicg
lering powers Into harmony, two
mysterious incidentg in the medi
terranean created what some quar-'
ters regarded as the gravest situa
tion since thg Nyon accord estab
lished the anti-piracy patrol.
The 2,413-tos French freighter
Oued Melah was bombed by an
undentified plane off Barcelona,
vesterday, and abandoned at sea
by her crew. :
The master of the British liner
Kaiser-I-Hind reported by Radio
from off the north African coast
that a seaplane was seen dropping
two heavy ' bombs from which
columns of water shot' up at a
great height” at a submarine
which “apparently submeyged”.
The Hritish « Admiralty, aftep
saying for several hours that it
was without information, firsy an
nounced that a British flying boat
was observed dropping bombg “to
ldiscovm‘ direction of the wind.”
Later, reiterating denials that a
‘submarine was involved, the ad
‘miraity said the seaplane wag en
igaged in bombing practice.
~ Authoriative rascist publications
“in -Rome asserted that refusal of
‘the non-intervéntion committee to
accept Ttaly’s figure of 40,000 as
the number of Italian troops in
Spain would mean the collapse of
negotiations. : y
Premier Camille Chaut&nps of
France warned shat France was
determined to defend her interests,
by force, if necessary. KEspecia;-
ly” in the grievous affair of Spain
he gaid, “violation of justice eannot
be renewed without constraining
France and Great Brittain renew
their liberty of action.”’
LONG BLOOD PURGE
NEW YORK,—(#)-—The Spanish
civil war may easily continue its
blood-purge in that unhappy coun
try far beyond the present genera
tion.
Only concerned action by the
major powers of Kurope to inter
vene firmly utb unselfishly, with-
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DEATH TAKES Mha.
CARRIE THORNTON
Services to Be Held Tues
day Morning for Well
Known Athens Woman
Mrs. Carrie Thornton, 40, well
known Athens woman, died at a
local hospital Sunday night at
10:30 o’clock after an illness of
several days.
Tuneral services will be held at
Pirst Methodisy church Tuesday
morning at 11 o’clock, Rev. George
Acree, pastor, conducting. Inter
ment will be in Oconee Hill ceme
tery, Bernstein Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will be Archie Lang
ley, Henry Jackson, Jugene Lump
kin, L. L. Lester, A. P. Winston,
Albon Wood, Robert Ray and E, L.
Secrest. *
Mrs. Thornton .is survived by
her husband, Coile Thornton; ¢
son, Robert Macon Thornton TII
six wisters, Mrs. Leila Malcome
Atlanta; Mrs. E. P °Hillsman,
Wayeross; Mrs.: J. A. Downs and
Misses Messie, Hallie and Blanche
Aycock, all of Athens, and a
bother, Pearl Aycock, of Arnolds
ville.
A native of Oglethorpe county
Mrs. Thornton had beem a resi
dent of Athens since 1919. She
was a member of the First Meth
odit church and the Order of
Eastern Star, Mrs. Thornton ar
ways took a great deal of inter
est in the activities of her church
and was anp active worker and
supporter of the Young Women's
Christian Association. = She was 2
past president of the Business
Girls Club of the Y.W.C.A, and
one of the city’s best known and
most highly respected young wom
en. A devoted wife and mother,
her passing will prove a source of
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Athens, Ga., Monday, October 25, 1937.
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W. G. THORNTON
ABLES T 0 BE GUEST
IN THOMSON FRIDAY
Several Hundred People
Will Gather in Audito
rium at 8:30 P. M.,
MTHOMSON, Ga., (SPECIAL)—.
C. E. Lokey, new chairman of u%d
Thomson Board of Trade, McDuffie
county's leading civic organization
said Sunday all plans have been
completed for an address here Fri
day night by Ralph Ables, of Fyffe,
Ala., executive bodrd chairman of
,the National Rural Letter car
riers,
Mr, Ables will be honor guest at
a banquet, which begins at 7
o’clock, he will give a 45-minute
address in the Thomson High
school auditorium in regard to the
purchase of “Hickory Hilll,” his
toric home of the late Senator
Thomas E. Watson, founder of
Rura]l Free Delivery.
- 8--Bisk -of -kexington, secre
tary of the Georgia Letter Car
riers Asociation, ang W'\ G. Thorn
ton of Hull, presgident of Tenth
District Letter Carriers, are also
among that group of men who
have worked untiringly for sev
eral months toward a goal which
they feel assured will be reached.
The home is located in the city
limit of Thomson and it is the
plan of the letter carrierg organi
zation to purchase the huge home
and itg surroundings. Relatives of
the late senator as well as the
citizens of Thomsop many times
have publicly expressed them
selves in saying that the home
should be owned by letter cariers
of the nation.
For several monthg officers of
the Georgia Letter Carriers or
ganization have taken steps to
ward purchase of the property. At
the national letter carriers con
vention in New Orleans several
weeks ago a resolution to that
effect was adopted. The banquet
and gathering in Thomson Friday
night will be the first official step
weitizeng of this community have
taken.
, J. Quinn West, well known
Thomson attorney, is in charge of
Triday night's program. He and
Familton McWhorter of Lexing
ton, are attorneys for the Thomas
E. Watson R. ¥F. D. Foundation,
Inc.
Fund Nears $2,000
As Salvation Army
Continues Campaign
The amount subscribed to the
Salvation Army Home Service
Campaign, which has been going
on for the past few days, has
mounted to $1946.25.
This amount is far below the
quota and it is hoped that by the
end of the day, when the workers
respond to the second appeal to
finish up on their cards, that this
amount will have increased con=
siderably.
Chairman Feagle is planning 3
meeting for the workers at which
all the cards which have been
turned back and those which have
not been worked will be distributed
and this clean up team will cover
the rest of the city.
Subscriptions are still coming in
by mall and it is hoped that those
people who have not been con-
Yacted will dontinue to use the
mail to save the time of the
workers who have so generously
given of their time and effort dur
ing the campalgn. The need is
grdat and every Athenian should
share in this work,
LARCENY CHARGED
Ciarence Creighton, a negro man,
was arrested yesterday by City
Detectives Martin Nelms and Rob
ert Eidam and Motoreycle Police
man Clarence Roberts, on a charge
of larceny from a house.
It is alleged in the warrant,
sworn out by Mollie BEchols, that
Creighton stole $1.15 from her
- = RETRRL A |TR AT
MORNING AGSEMBLY
O LABOR PARTIES
CONFINED TD RULES
Conference of CIO and
AFL Was to Be Re
sumed in Afternoon
AIM FOR PEACE
Morning Session Is Spent
Discussing Preceedings
To Be Followed
[ WASHINGTON ~—(®)—The first
Session of the Americap Federa
tion ‘of Labor-C. I, O. peace con
ference recessed today with pre
liminaries still - being discussed.
The meeting was to be resumed
this afternoon,
George M, Harrison, chairman
of the A. . of L committee, said
the comumittees had spent “the
morning talking about the proce
dure to pe followed in the confer
mc&n N
- Philip Murray, chairman of the
C. I. 0. committee, stood at Har
rison's side while he talked to re
porters and nodded assent.
The conference was slated tc
resume at 2 p. m_ after each side
had held a caucus.
“The morning conference was
confined to the rules,” Murray ad
ded to Harrison's statement.
Harrison said that “maybe we
will have some news this after
noon.”
The size of the conference was
understood to be the first obstacle
in the way of peace between the
warring labor factions,
t - The leaders went into the open
ing session with “open minds.”
.~ Both Harrison and Murray said
‘they were prepared to study any |
Lp!actical suggestion for peace be- |
‘tween the warring groups, |
i’, The federation group of 10 was
appointed nearly two years ago
the federation’s executive
’gz‘:‘cfl.flm ordered the C. L O
unions to abandon their separate
organization. John L. Lewis, O.
I. O. chairman, named hig cum-l
mittee of three at the C, I. O.'s
recent Atlantic City meeting.
Some labor leaders and observ
ers gloomily forecast, however.
that nothing tangible would comt|
from the peace meeting arounc
two big tables in a Willard hotel
room two blocks from the White
House.
One view expressed by some ob
servers was that‘, both groups
merely were courting public opin
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Council for Labor
And Granite Heads
Conferring Again
Counsel for the Georgia Granite
Corporation and American Feder:
ation of Labor were scheduled tc
go into conference at two o'clock
this afternoon to attempt to set:
tle a thirteen-weeks old strike in
quarries at Elberton and Atlanta
A hearing on ‘charges brough’
against the corporation and its
president B. ¥. Coggins, by strik
ing stone cutters, was ended this
morning by Judge Mapes David
son, of the Labor Relations Board
who has been conducting it since
last Thursday, but adjournment
will not come until the result ot
the conference ig learned.
A similar conference, which last
ed eight hours, was held Friday
Llt the parties failed to agree op
one point—a closed shop. It lis
hoped that an agreement can be
reached on that issue in today’s
session.
Judge Davidson granted coun
cil’'s request to be given to twc
o'clock to discuss agreement meas
ures, ag 12:30 today,
Attempt to Steal
' Automobile Fails
Robbers attempting to steal a
car on the Danielsville road last
night encountered double trouble
and received a negative result for
their efforts,
- Hoyt Butler awoke this morn
ing to find hig auto missing. A
quick search, however, showed the
car to be some 300 yards down
the road, It appears the robbers
first pushed the car away from
the house, and then tried to start
“O
Even after attempting to re
wire the switch, the would-be rob
berg were unable to get the auto
going. More trouble appeared when
they discovered the gas tank was
empty. Attempts were made tc
get gas from the cars of several
neighbors, but for some reason the
thieves were unable to accomplish
the desired end.
So they finally fled, leaving the
car at the site at which it was
discovered this morning.
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Congresswoman Caroline O’'Day, noted alumna of Lucy Cobb
Institute, who will bel entertained by the Clarke County Young
Democratic club at the Y. W. €. A. tonight at a dinner, be
+ ginning at 7 o'clock. The above picturd was made by the At
lanta Constitution photographer, while Mre. O’Day was in Atlan.
ta last week,
Lucy Cobb Dons New, While Gown
To Welcome Celebrated Alumna
Democratic Dinner Begins
At TP.M. at YW.CA.
Ticket Supply Gone
Athenians today had “gobbled
up” the available supply of tick
ets to the Young Democratic club’s
dinner in honor of Congresswoman
Caroline O’'Day at the Y. W. C.
A. tonight; and the club was
forced to turn ;down at least 20
last-minute requests 'for ieserva
tions. A total of 110 reservations
were made,
Mrs. O'Day arrived from Atlan
ta at noon and was guest of honor
at a luncheon at Lucy Cobb dor
mitory. A reception was giveu
in her honor at the school during
the afternoon.
Tonight’'s dinner will begin at 1
o’clock. ;
Professor Robert L. McWhorter
will preside and brief introductory
remarks ‘will be made by Mayor
T. S. Mell, Eugene A. Epting
and Mrs. Lamar Rutherford Lips
comb of Atlanta and Lakemont,
who originated the plan to bring
Mrs. O’'Day, a close friend of Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, to Athens.
Mrs. O'Day has promised to give
some “Intimate Glimpses” of Mrs.
Roosevelt, who is one of her po
litical advisers. A demonstration
'of the “Big Apple”’ will be given
by University couples.
Mr, Epting, in announcing that
the supply had been exhausted,
expressed regret that arrange
ments could not be made to meet
the dmand for additional tickets.
The limit of 110 tickets had to be
set due to the short time in which
the club and Y. W. C. A. had to
prepare for the event. John L.
Green was chairman of the ticket
committee., Members of the Lions
and Pilot clubs are attending the
dinner in a body,
LUCY COBB DRESSES
UP FOR NOTED ALUMNA
By LEE ROGERS
Atlanta Constitution Staff Writer.
Lucy Cobb has a new, modern
white dress. i 3
And clad in it, gshe and her girls
of today, will welcome home the
institution’s most illustrious alum
na-—Mrg. Caroline oO'Day, con
gressworaan-at-large from the
state of New York.
For years, Mrs. O'Day has
wanted to come back to the old
institution where as Carrie Love
she received the background train
ing for the job she holds today.
She is bringing her daughter, Ella,
to see her mother's alma rater.
It'll be a different Lucy Cobb
for Mrs. O'Day. It's the same
building, the same grounds, the
same furniture, the same chapel—
(Continued on Page Five)
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copy, 2c—s¢ Sunday
TWOMEN KILLED I
WIGHT CLUB AFFRAY
Operator Who Survived
Assassination in July Is
Slain
LOS ANGELES.— () —Three
gunmen Invaded a beer parlor here
early today, killed Les Bruneman
night club operator, and another
man, and wounded Bruneman’s
woman companion. :
Bruneman, who survived an at
tempted assassination last July,
was struck by eight bullets. The
other man, identified by police as
Frankie Greuzard, 24, was killed
when he ran into the street to
attempt to take the license num
mer of the gunmen's sedan.
~ Alice Ingram, 34, a nurse, was
taken to an emergency hospital
with a bullet in her knee, Ordered
held as a material witness, Miss
’lngram told police she did not
recognize Bruneman's slavers.
She said her frienedship with
Bruneman began while she was
nursing him after he was ambush
ed on the boardwalk at Redondo
Beach last summer. They spent
vesterday together, she said.
“I'm living on borrowed time,”
Bruneman was reported to have
told Detective Lieutenant Warren
Hudson recently.
“I've got about six weeks more.
They'll get me ihe next time.
They won't wuse the same pair,
though, they’ll send experts after
me the next time.”
Miss Ingram’s sister, Mary In
gram, 21, was in the beer parlor
with a friend, Bob Balden, 27.
Two .45 calibre automatics were
found on Bruneman's body, one
(Continued on Page Five)
Mcrchants Committee
Plans Routine Meeting
Members of the merchants’ com
mittee of the Chamber of Com
merce will hold their regnlar
weekly meeting tonight to discuss
routine husinesg, Chairman R. H.
Gloyd said this morning.
Clarke county’s representatives
in the general assembly will ap
pear at the meeting of the com
mittee next Monday night to dis
cuss with the merchants the pro
posed tax legislation at the com
ing special session. The represen
tatives were to arpear tonight but
that part of the program “W
postponed & week, 01A
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NPPONESE LEADER =
JDWTS BIG HTTCK
HIS BEEN CHECKED .
Bitter Fighting Continues
Admit the Ruins of
Tazang
BRITISH ORDERS
London Lodges Protest for
Slaying of Soldier by
Japanese Plane ~
By LLOYD LELRBAS s
SHANGHAI —(#)— Generalissi
mo Chaing Kai-Shek’s embattled
Chinese armies stopped the Japa
nese juggernaut offensive today
after six days and nights of heavy
fighting on the Shanghai front. ;
The Japanesg army spokesman
admitted that the general Japa
nese advance of “more than 100,-
000 men” aided by tanks, planes,
and continued bombardmentg was
“; lowed down,” o
Destruction of bridges, mining
of highways, and acres of barber
wire entanglements halted the
Japanese assauilt, Bk
Better fighting amid the ruins
of Tazang, strategic communica
tion point about five miles north
of Shanghal, still was in progress,
Japanese asesrted they had occu
pied villages west of Tazang. =~
British authorities, ag an after
math of the slaying of a British
soldier by a Japanese warplane
yesterday, issued orders to al
their defense posts to fire with
out hesitation in self defense
against any planes. :
Simultaneously, British offieials
lodged two protests on the imet
dent, Seven Americans and about
a score of other foreigners were .
endangered, yesterday when a
Japanese plane sprayed machine
gun hullets pear .the western edge ’
of the international settlement. :
Japanese succeeded in crossing
'Tasx omatang (Trotting Pony)
| ereek after costly hand te hapd. .
fighti g ang dug in on the south -
bank in the face of reinforced
Chinese resistance. T e
Foreign mili’ary experts said
they believed Juapanese will take &
breathing spell to bring up heavy
artillery with which to attempt a
new drive toward Nanriang, well
to the rear of Chinese lines, .
The expertg said they consider
ed Chinese defending Kiangwan
northwest of Shanghai, in a dang
erous position becauge of the pos
sibility of their be'ng cut off by &
Japanese advance on Nanziang.
It was asserted, however, that
Giangwan ig of little military value
and Chinese probably will with
draw from that sector as qflfé} 3
as rear defense lines are streng
thened, i
Superior Equipment
Informed observers estimated
160.000 Japarese with superior me:
chanized equipment, planes, %
worships were engaged against
300,000 Chinese. el
British disclosed they were re
ferring the attack to London $
a Japanese official sald ths iner
dent wag being referred to %
because it was “too big to be de
with locally.” : o
United States Consul Q%
Clarence E. Gauss lodged a . pro
test with the Japanese. = '
The affair was described By
British army authorities as a. “de
liberate attack”” British soldiers
returned the Japanese pilot's fire
with automatic rifles. L
Japanese maval officials said the
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VETERANS RAP STATE
ADMINISTRATION FOR
POLITICAL ACTIVITY
ATLANTA .— () .;}{
on a report from Macon that the
executive committee of Georgia
Disabled American Veterans had =
criticized operation of the state = =
veterans’ service office, Governor
Riveys said today the deparfment =
had received “widespread = con
demnation from the veterans.” = &
In Macon yesterday, C. B. Mc- =
Culjar, state adjutant of the I}‘;’
V., made public a resolution whish =
he said had been adopted by ithe
orgatization’s executive commit- ¢
tee. The resolution, as a *j; -
by McCullar, charged the state .
with “making a political football
of the veterans’ service office.” It
also criticized the ‘i% :
Stanley Jones of Macon, retired
navy lieutenant and adjutant of =
the Georgia American Legion, i
state veterans’ service officer. =
The resclution asked ‘thtt‘:,h_
ers appoint some one “not a Pro
fessional soldier or sailor.” ,«
Rivers said the office “seems to =
be operating smoothly uni,k <
ciently,” that he has “undes "M’j <
to give the velerans as efficient
and satisfactory a set-up as pos
sible,” and that a larger personnel
than ever before had been assig
Mo to veteransy .. g
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