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Newspaper Page TextLOCAL COTTON {INCH MIDDLING ..... 22%00 Vol. 113, No. 156. Council Accepts County’s Offer Of Park Site ‘CLEAN-UP DAY” IS AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNGIL Mayor Bob McWhorter was au thorized by City‘Counml at its meeting last night to, officially designate a “Clean-Up Day” for Athens. Mayor McWhorter had pre viously requested this’ authority put Council had taken no action on his request and the action last night came after Council had re ceived a petition from members of the Citizens Planning Commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce, who were represented at the meet-~ ing by Paul Williams and E. E. Lamkin. Galary raises in amounts varying from $5.00 per month to $37.50 were voted eleven city officials and employes by Council follow ing a report presented by Alder man W. R. Bedgood, chairman of the Finance -Committee. The re port had previously been adopted by the Finance Committee. There was no dissenting vote. , Raises Voted Following are the salary in creases: & City Engineer Jack Beacham, from S4OO .per month to $437.50 monthly, $37.50 increase; Robert Lester, from $145 per month to $l5O monthly; assistant meter reader from S9O to $125 monthly; Acting Clerk and Marshal A. G. Smith, from $330 to $350 monthly; City Attorney Dorsey Davis from $125 to $l5O monthly; Recorder Vincent Matthews, from $220 to $245 monthly; chairman of the Civil Service Commission from $22.50 per month to S3O monthly; two other members of' the Civil Service Commission from $16.50 per month to $25 monthly. Laborers were voted raises as follows: From 40 cents per hour to 42% cents per hour for common labor and truck. drivers and 45 cents per hour for skilled labor. Initial recommendation of the Planning Committee pointed out that the first objective adopted by the group was 1o clean up the city and the first paragraph of Article One of the petition pre sented by the citizens group read: “It was unanimously decided that the first project to be under~ taken was the cleaning up of the city and to this end it is earnestly recommended- that the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens authorize she Mayor tos proclaim ‘Clean-Up Day’ in Athens and to request th ecitizens through the Banner-Herald and also the vari ous civic organizations to cooper (Continued on Page Eight.) DAYIS QUESTIONS (ONSOLIDATION OF CITY OFFICES Mayor Bob MecWhorter today made public eorrespondence be tween him and City Attorney Dor s€y Davis involving the consolida tion of the office of City Marshal with that of City Clerk-Treasurer. The Mayor wrote the City At~ torney Juné 18, asking an opinion on the legality of the consolidation without an amendment to the City Charter. Mr., Davis wrote an opinion July 2, and it was sub mitted to the Council last night. Mayor MeWhorter said it is the sense of the Council that an amendment to the City Charter will be sought in the next Legis lature, authorizing consolidation of lf}e two ofices—now held by A. G. Smith—so as to avoid legal complications, Cites Need For Opinion In his letter to the City Attorney, the Mayor wrote: “My reasons for requesting a formal, written Opinion from you as City Attorney :f to clear the ,way for future oond elections which the citizens (Continued on Page Eight) Dividends Of $2.00 A Share Declared By National Bank Dividend of $2.00 per share, Payable on or before July 15, has been declared Ly directors of the National Bank of Athens. _The dividend decla-ed brings the amount paid to shareholders In the bank, established in 186#, to a total of $1,801,500, according o Max Michael, president. The bank has in cash and due from banks the sum of $1,840,- 498.60 ‘and in United States Bonds, $3,004,038.15, with §s7¢t .- 302.14 in State, Municipal - and othé- bonds. Loans ang discounts dmount to $2,019,166.61; $12,000 in Federaj Reserve Bank stock and other assetg of $68,849.22. _Deposits of the bank, less re- Ciprocal balances, amcuntto $6.- 48,357.80 and the :arplus is $300,000, of which $50,000 was added in February of this year from earnings. Undivided prof lts are $72,495.92, according to a statement of condition at the close of business on June 30, this year, The bank is a member of the Federa] Deposit Inzurance ~ Cor poration. ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Mayor Breaks Tie; Commission}Created; Otfer Fought Futilely ~ City Council last night accepted the county's offer of the Fairhaven hospital property, consisting of 542 acres, for a Memorial Park and created a commission of three members to work out all details, including legal details, to receive the property and develop it. Mayor Bob McWhorter broke a 5-5 tie vote to adopt a resolution by Ceuncilman D. E. Williams accepting the park and authoriz ing a three-member Memorial Park Commission. The Mayor then named A. G. Dudley, chair man, and C. A. Trussell and Max Michael as members of the com- | mission. B A futile fight was made against the city accepting the property, Councilman R. T. Dottery of the | Fifth Ward led two other Coun cil members, Councilman Clliff Denny of éhe First Ward and Councilman John Y. Coffee of the | Fourth Ward, in attacking the proposal. Councilman H. L. Sea graves of the First Ward also voted against the Williams reso- | lution, but made no fight against it. Councilman 'C. L. McLeroy of | the Fifth Ward, who first voted | for the Williams resolution, caus ing it to win by 6-4 without nec essity of the Mayor voting, at the latter part of the Council session | asked permission to change his | vote to “no.” Then it was that the Mayor cast the deciding vote.'| How They Voted . ‘ The line-up for accepting the | park site offer follows: Councilman H. L. Seagravesl —No. : Councilman C. S. Denny—No. COUNCIL RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FAIRHAVEN PROPERTY AS PARK: A RESOLUTION 3 WHEREAS, the Commissioners of Clarke County have offered the Fairhaven Hospital property, consisting of 54 acres'of land, to the City of Athens for a Memorial Park in honor of the service snen and women of this county, and WHEREAS, the sacrifices that have been made by the young men and women of the armed and kindred forces of the Nation entitles them to recognition from those who have remained at home and whose lives have been defended by the young women and men who have served in the war, and WHEREAS, a Memorial Park would not only be a permanent recognition of a community’s debt to these young ‘'men and women in the Service Forces of the United States but would become in time an invaluable asset to the entire community, serving young and old alike now and in the future, and WHEREAS, within the last few days citizens, both men and women, residing in every section of Athens have publicly urged acceptance of the county’s offer and statements approving the acceptance have been made publicly by the ministers of our churches, by representatives of our schools, of the University, including the Chancellor, by the heads of our banks, the legal profession, by the judges of our courts, by the heads of the largest industrial concerns, of our largest mercantile establishments and by our smaller taxpayers, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Athens City Council and the Mayor of the City of Athens hereby ¢freate a MEMORIAL PARK COMMISSION, comprised of three citizens, whose achieve ments have already stamped them as eminently qualified to de velop this property as a Memorial Park to the satisfaction of the City of Athens and the County of Clarke and the Mayor of the City of Athens is hereby authorized to appoint as member of the Memorial Park Commission the following: A. G. DUDLEY, Chairman MAX MICHAEL C. A. TRUSSELL; and WHEREAS, the business success of the said Memorial Park Commission is such that the citizens of Athens and Clarke County can trust their judgment and public patriotism in working out ways and means for the development of the proposed . Memorial Park, and . WHEREAS, the individual sense of responsibility of the proposed Memorial Park Commission and their investment in the physical assets of the community insures the achievement of the aims of the Memorial Park without its becoming a public burden; THEREFORE, be it further resolved that the Mayor and Council of the City of Athens accepts the County’s offer of Fairhaven property and delegates to the Memorial Park Commission authority to work out all details, provided that said Commissioners defermine that the purpose of the gift can be accomplished, it being under stood that the Commissioners of Clarke County reserve the right to withdraw the offer unless the property is developed as a Memorial Park. b Councilman John Y. Coffee— No. i Councilman R. T. Dottery—No. Councilman C. L. McLeroy—No. (5). Councilman A. D. Wier—Yes. 1 Councilman Joe Shepherd—Yes. Councilman T. L. Elder—Yes. ‘ Councilman W. R. Bedgood— Yes. | Mayor Bob McWhorter — Yes (6). | The full text of the Williams resolution is published in another column in today's paper. | In changing his vote, Council men McLeroy said he voted for the resolution thinking that it re quired that the Memorial Park Commission report to the Council on whether the property can be made into a park. Members of Council supporting the Williams resolution pointed out that natu rally the, commission = will keep Council informed, that the Wil liams resolution simply delegates to the three Park Commissioners authority to go into the entire matter for the city und act for the city accordjng to the best Full Associated Press Service. Athens, Ga., Thursday, July 12, 1945. julgment of the Commissioners, gll of whom are successful bus inessmen. Tries Amendment Councilman Seagraves made a motion to amend the Williams resolution authorizing a commit tee to investigate the Fairhaven site and all other possible park ' sitesy but it was defeated. Another resolution, submitted by the Chamber of Commerce Planning Board, which was es sentially the same as the Wil liams resolution, was adopted. Councilmen Denny and Seagraves voted for this resolution, which follows: “That the city accept the offer made by the Beard of County Commissioners to convey the Fairhaven Hospital property.to the city for the use of a Memor jal Park, provided the city upon investigation determines that thel property is suitable for park pur poses.” The adoption of the above res olution was superseded by the original resolution, although the sense and intent is the same in both. ; The fight against accepting the park site from the County Com-~ ‘missioners began after Chairman J. F. Hammett of the Commis-~ 'sioners made the offer. Council |man Williams introduced his ac- ceptance resolution after Com missioner Hammett had com pleted the county's offer. The Williams resolution was second ed by Councilgnan Bedgood. Then Councilman offee read a paper attacking the proposal. He said in part: “Athens needs a park. Athens wants a park. This; I think, all will agree. But the pro posed Fairhaven Park Project is much closer and more .acgcessible to the people jof Princeton and vicinity, than to the average Ath ens citizen. I am perfectly will ing for a committee to be " ap pointed to look over the site for the county—but not for the city— to accept—l cannot vote to spend city money outside the city.” Against Public Expresslons‘ ' Councilman Dottery began his attempt to block accepting the park site offer by asserting that so many expressions of public opin jon in The Banner-Herald made it difficult for Council to “vote your convictions.” He skemed sorely vexed at the paper for printing the favorable expressions (Continued On Fage Three) Japs Predict Imminenisslnvasions 5 R po - {2 : ‘. 3 1 b 4 ?\ ; . 23 . : ® g : k“)’ \'-,, 4 ¢ ' Pt A Tofe, sl ey f ¢oW o & | : '3'_s':‘?’l : 3 ‘S_'ﬁi’ : - w@wg u § "‘v .1 g 3"P _~ i A R o T RS R L e oSy RS Ty é&.é"?gfz P S , S e Euaill TR Ay Y 4 ﬁ*"’” e B e GRS L s gy voo R, 4 e . T e RS T PR A . fS B £ g™ N Roo P : : e B, R W e _A ’;nt" .A: é’%“q {é 4 Foßee = : ‘QP ) “ he b ?‘é A ’&"i P s e NAO TR (}: \ 4 3 o 2 ' & S R ' e s 4 T O U | Vi aw : set W Y o e S BRI T Fifteen thousand veterans of the European war, crowd the decks of the giant Queen Mary, and give thunderous cheers to Red Cross workers waving from a welcoming boat, as the ship entered New York harbor. . FEPC Compromise Reached; Funds To Be Approprialed ~ WASHINGTON, July 12.—(AP) — The marathon congressional fight over the Fair Employment Practices Committee apparently was all ‘over but the shouting to- GRY Y 0 R st od There were indications, though; Ithere would be plenty of that be fore final action on a compromise ’ worked out yesterday to jar loose the deadlocked $752,000,000 war iagencies supply bill. It’ carries |5250,000 for continuance of the agency .on short financial ra tions. ' 3 " The legislative skids were lgreased to shove the big bill Ythrough by nightfall and send it ‘to the 'White House tomorrow. Not until it is signed into law will 16 home-front war agencies have money with which to operate. Agencies Without Funds All have been operating “on the cuff,” so to speak, since the fiscal year started on July 1, and none can meet a payroll untli the 'measure becomes law. ' Today’s action to break the ‘deadlock that gripped the bill more than a month ago will start in the House, with a vote on an appropriations committee recom mendation to give FEPC the $250,000 voted by the Senate. It was the Senate action, after the House originally had denied funds for the agency, that precip itated one of the longest appro priation stalemates in recent " (Continued on Page Two) Rains Have Aided Crops Of State | | Other Than Cotton ‘ ATIANTA, July 12 —(AP)—, Last week’s rains were a little heavy for cotton in the south and west central counties of Georgia, the weather Bureau “e—l ported, but all other crops were greatly benefitted. ' The Bureay said harvests a:e| well advanced for the season a!::l a whole. Harvesting of truck and vegetable crops in the south was about completed. 4 l The summary, by -crops: { Cotton: Too much moisture in areas where heavy rains occurred but good to excellent growth isi being produced. Condition of the crop is good though weather con ditions in some areas favored weevil activity. | Corn: Gdod rains produced ex cellent growth over most of the state but some areas in the north and east centra] section are in need of morg-goisture. The crop is good to very good and much of it has been laid byy. | Sweet potatnes: Good to veryy good growth and conditions pre vail since widespread generous! rains fell. Very favorable im-| provement is taking place in! sections where dry weather had previously controlleq the crop. ( Tobacco: Havvesting and cur ing wel] advanced but delayed somewhat by rainy weather. Fair to good onditions prevail. - Truck and vegetables: Fairly good conditions prevail withh a great deal of improvement tak-{ ing place since the pasty week’s rains. Some sections in north and east central areas stil] need some tain. o ESTABLISHED 1883. REDEPLOYED UNITS ARRIVE IN U.S. TODAY BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS All remaining units of the Sec ond Infantry Division sail for home (Thursday) from Le Havre, in addition to advance units of the 928th Infantry Division. Advance units of the Second left there on The following Army units arrive in the United States today from Europe: At New York—94th Chemical ‘Mortar Battalion, 824th Tank De stroyer Battalion, 12th Infantry regiment of the Fourth (Ivy) Di vision, and the 86th and 87th Bombardment Squadrons of the Eighth Air Force. At Hampton Roads, Va.—3l63rd Signal Service Company; mem bers of the 87th Infantry Division, 335th Field Artillery Battalion, 12th and 312th Engineer Battalion, 312th Medical Battalion, 87th Re connaissance Troop Mechanized Company and 196th Army Ground Forces Band. . " Boosting Commitfee . For Construction Indusiry Is Planned WASHINGTON, July 12— (AP) Fred M. Vinson shortly will cveate a new commiltee to give the nearly do mant constructicn indl{stry a boost towqrd recon version. The inter-governmental agen cy group, under a chairman to ‘be installed in Vinson's office cf War Mobilization and Reconver sion, will guide a, concerted ef fore .to help thé industry in matters of materials, prices and relaxation of federal controls. Building At Low Ebb Vinson holds that building ac tivity, now stripped down to a wartime low of about $4,000,000,~ 000 a year, should reach a $15,- 000,000,000 level ins*order to fill a postwar role in stabilizating the economy and providing jobs. This would be about 15 per cent higher than any previous vol ume &f construction. 8 Construction has l'agged far behind -other industries in re laxation of controls largely be cause on the lumber shortage which now appears destined to continue for months. Associates of Vinson said he was equally concerned, however, with the fast the vast industry is loosely organized. Hence it has no representation like that of (Continued On Fage Two WEATHER ATHENS AND VICINITY Partly cloudy with moderate temperatures tonight and Fri day. GEORGIA — Partly cloudy and moderately warm tonight and Friday. Scattered showers over south portion with some light rains over north portion late tonight and early Friday. TEMPERATURE et ... .. WD Tt io AD i W My e RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours ........ .00 Tothl giice Sy 1 ......... B 0 Deficit’ since July 1 ....... 1.50 Average July rainfall ...... 5.13 Total since January 1 ......27.35 Deficit since January 1 ..... .26 Bretion Woods Plan Labeled As Wasle By Senator Talt } WASHINGTON, July 12—(#P)— Senator Taft (R-Ohio) today de nounced as “profligate lending” the International Bank proposed un der the Bretton Woods agreements and asked that Senate considera tion of the measure be postponed. ‘Majority Leader Barkley (Ky) has insisted that the House-ap proved monetary pact be taken up Monday and pushed through ahead of the United Nations Char ter. Barkley said he thought the Bretton Woods debate would re quire .about three days and. that the Charter, still before the For eign ‘Relations Committee, should wait even if it is ready for Senate discussion before then. Taft Denounces Bank In a speech prepared for floor delivery, Taft concentrated his fire on the International Bank half of the Bretton Woods proposals. They call for an $8,800,000,000 international fund to stabiliz world currencies and the $9,100,000,000 bank to support loans for recon struction and industrial develop ment. Taft, among the most voluble opponents of the monetary plan, described the bank as a “device for draining our savings out of the United States for the benefit of the rest of the world.” | Suggests Alternative ' Suggesting that his government make direct loans of five.or six billion dollars during the next few years to help war-torn countries back on their feet, the senator pro posed that the pending legislation (Continrved on Page Three) Increase Of Polio Cases Over 1944 Reporfed Mounling ATLANTA, July 12—(AP)— The polio season — which comes with the hot summer weathe — is here. Several southeastern areas already have reported a mounting number of cases. There’s little to be said about anticipating an infantile paraly sis epidemic. - Medical men #wnd health authorities have no way of determining it. It can stiike anywhere, anytime. Though epidemics are usually concentrated durimg the summer and fall months, scattereq cases are frequent throughout the year. Tenn. Cases High At present, ‘Henderson county in west Tennessee ig being close ly observed. The isolation hospi ta] in Memphis hags received 20 cases from there. Thirteen other cases have been received frem eight other west Tennessee coun ties. During the same period last year, this area had only five cases. Last year was a prticularly bad polio year. There were sev eral epidemics, the worst in North Carolina. Nearly 500 cases were reported there in 1944. However, North Caroclina has reported only 30 cases sos the first six months of 1945. for the same period last year there were 127 cases, 119 of them in June. Kentucky also was hit hard by infantile paraysis last year. But there have been only 18 Tases thus far this year. By this time in 1944 the number had (Continued on Page Three.) A.B.C. Paper - Single Copy, 3c — 5¢ Sunday TOKYO CLAIMS ASSAULTS WILL SEIZE MALAY OR SUMATRA, JUMP-OFF BASES WAR ROUNDUP BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS .JAPAN-—Tokyo radio said 180 Okinawa-based fighter planes hit Kyushu airfields and Superforts patrolled Honshu coast; U. S. 3rd fleet still prowling with Japanese openly fearing new carrier plane attacks. BORNEO—U. S. airforce incen diary bombing bolsters Australian 7th Division’s three mile punch through Japanese lines north of Balikpapan. CHlNA—Japanese capture Tin pak on South China coast, 170 miles southeast of Canton; Chinese take former U. S. air base at Sin cheng after 32-mile advance in three days. BURMA-—Strong Japanese posi tion on lower Sittang river wiped out by British. Ten Million Budget Is Adopted By Board 0f Regents ATLANTA, July 12— (AP)-- The Board of Regents has ap proved a budget calling for ex penditure of $10,500,000 at 6 educational units, with the state providing $2,967,460 of the total for the fiscal .year starting July 3 The state approprviation 'was ‘the Jdargest in history. - Of the total, $6,360,675 wes approved for' operation of various units of the University System and $4,159,431 for auxifiary en terprises. S | ‘Spt:.ms approved for. ed%atfé“n-ﬁ‘i al and general purposes include: $643,274 for the UPiv_ersity of Georgia at Athens; $452,404 for Georgia - Tech; $200,000 for the Medical College at Augusta; $299,589 for Georgia State Wo man’s College, Valdosta; ‘and $102,963 for Georgia Teachers’ College, Statesboro. = = | ° Junior College . appropriations were $106,490 at North Georgia College, Dahlonega;' $70,582 at Carrollton; $41,970 at Cochran; $41,649 at Americus; $40,035 at Douglas and $46,529 at Tifton. Other Sums Voted The Regents appropriated $84,- 250 on a $311,973 budget at ihe State Experiment Station, Expe riment, Ga., and $123,578 on a $200,000 budget for the Tiften Station. The Regents contributed $211,000 of a budget of $1,344.,- 085 for the Agricultural Extens sion Service, The federal gov ernment pays the balance. A sum of $15,000 was set up for postgraduate education of Ne goes in colleges outside the state. Allocation to Negro colleges in cluded: $55,744 at Savannah; $75,806 at Fort Valley and $67,- 684 at Albany. The Board- also had under zon sideration purchase of an At lanta building for $296,00, so use of the University Center in Atlanta. Dr. George M. Spaiks, director of the University Sys tem Center, said he expected an en-ollment of about 5,000 stu dents from returnihg. Army and’ Navy veterans who can take courses day or night, draw sub sistence pay from the govern ment and also hold a job. Lack of Facilitieg Dr. Harmon W. Caldwell, pres ident of the University of Geor gia, has informed the state board of regents that unless the Navy's Pre-Flight program releases two dormitories at the institution, the university will have, to turn away approximately 600 students next quarter or provide addi tional dormitory faciiities. The regentsidid not act on Dr. (Continued on Page Three) Athens Serviceman To Be Featured On WSB Program Lt. James (.. Paine, 421 Deav ing St., Athens, will be featured tomorrow afternoopn in a trans seribed broadcast over WSB cf a radio show' called “Salute ‘To Servicemen” which was origin ally heard over a London station. The time of the broadcast will be carried in the radio. program sec tion of the Atlanta papers. Lt. Peine has been stationed in London for the past lwo years, and is now en route to the Uni ted States for a leave and sib sequent reassignment to duty. He is the brother of Pvt. Ru fus Paine, who has recently re turned from duty with the Avrmy artilley in Europe. Their par ents are Mr. and Mrs. J. n Paine of Athens, .. . HOML ' BY LEONARD MILLII'V;I‘SN t Associated Press War tor ' limminent Allied invasions at either end of the Japanese em pire were predicted today in Nipponese ne#s reports amid growing criticism of the Mxkaf do’s government, : Tokyo indicated both assaults would be to seize island air bas es to support large scale inva sion of Japan and either the Ma lay Peninsula or Sumatra. The enemy’s Domei news agen~ cy said 210 British = carriers planes bombed Sabing Island, in the Indian Ocean off the north ern tip of Sumatra, yesterday morning in support of a con plated "landing on Car Nicobar Island. Car Nicobar is within fighter range of Sumatra and. the Malay Peninsula, where am phibious forces might land for a drive on Singapore, greatest pre-war naval base fn the Pa cific. : “Merely” a Forerunner An American landing close to Japan to seize more island air bases to support the eventual invasion of the homeland was forecast by the Tokyo newspaper Mainichi. Tuesday’s carrier raid on some 70 Tokyo airfields was ‘merely a forerunner of such a landing, Mainichi said, and it predicted planes from Vice Adm. John S. McCain'y task forces 38 would return to Tokyo ‘“again and again.” : . The fleet h¢) been under ra dio silence since Tucsday. Land based fighters and bombers have filled in the gap. Aircraft from Okinawa fled through storiny weather yesterday to further neutralize suicide air bases on southern Japan’s Kyushu Isiaid and Tokyo reported 180 return ed today. but failed “to make any mischief.” “The elemination of the Jap anese Air Force as an effective weapon” is the first job of Amer ican air , power, Undersecretary of Navy Artemus L. Gates said in Washington. He expressed be lief this’ “will be accomplished shortly.” ; Japanese news reports ques tioned whethe: the country was )prepared to meet the increasing American ‘aerial raids and told of “deserters from the defense front” trying.to “escape to a saie place.” The cabinet was critici zed as being “irreparably inac tive” and “wasting precious time in idle deliberations” while Ja pan was “confronted by ts most serioug crri:i:.” ] B Up Convoy Two troop convoys attempling to carry troops from Shanghai to the homeland, possibly to re inforce garrisons guarding the invasion coasts of Japan, were broken up by the American Na val Air blockade. On the south China coass, however, the Chinese High Com mand admitted Nipponese troeps have recaptured Tinpak in an apparent” attempt to strengthen overland - communications ba tween Caaton and’ Hainan Is land. Tinpak is a highway town on. the northwestern .corner of Luichow (Hoihong) Peninsula 170 miles southeast of Canton. Japanese counterattacks on the Indo-China border were report ed beaten back. North of the border, Chinese forces drove from the recaptureq U. S. Liu chow air base toward Kweilin, 32 miles distant - and most im portant of the lost American air base in south China. Alustralians cagtured Seping gang Air. Field near Balikpapan. Dutch fliers will use the air drome, the third.captned in the 12-day-old invasion of southeast Bovneo. Aussies drove a three mile wedge into defense lines in one sector and broke up a coun terattack in another. High School Annual To Be Distributed The 1945 edition of the Athens High School “Maroon’” has ar rived and will be distributed tomorrow and Saturday accord ing to an asnnouncement made by Rober# (}bson, editor. Students may cal} for the an nuals in the downstairs hall of the high school from +:3O to 4 o’clock Friday, and from 10 a. m., until noon, Saturday, Gibson said. CHIFLEY ELECTED CANBERRA, Australia, July 12—(AP)—A former locomo tive engineer and son of a blacksmith became prime minister of Australia today when the Labor Party chose Joseph Benedict Chifley as its leader. Chifley, who will be 60 in September, has been treasurer of the Labor government and was <he closest friend and confidante of the man he suc ceeds—the late John Curtin.

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, July 12, 1945, Home Edition, Image 1