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& Section IN.
° Appropriation Contrel.
" Paragraph 1. Preparation and
submission of Gencral Appropri
ation Bill. The Governor shall sub
mit to the General Assembly with
in fifteen days after its organiza
tion, a budget message accom
panied by a draft of a General
Appropriation Bill, which shall pro
¥ide for the appropriation of the
funds necessary to operate all the
various departments and agencies,
and to meet the current expenses
of the State for the ensuing fiscal
r.
._yeg’aragraph 11. Continuation of
‘Géneral Appropriatioy Act. Each
Geheral Appropriatim Act, with
sucn amendments as are adopted
from time to time, shall continue
in" force and effect for each fiscal
year thereafter until repealed or
another General Appropriation Act
ijs adopted; provided, however, that
‘each section of the General Appro
priation Act in force and effect on
the ‘date of the adoption of this
Constitution, of general applica
tion and pertaining to the admin
fstration, limitation and restriction
on the payment of appropriations
and each section providing for ap
propriation of Federal Grants and
other continuing appropriations
and adjustments on appropriations
shall remain in force and effect
until specifically and separately
yegelled by the General Assembly,
- Paragraph 111. Other or supple
mentary appropriations. In addi
tion to the appropriations made by
the General Appropriation Act and
‘amendments thereto, the General
‘Agsembly may make additional ap
_g:rpriations by Acts, which, shall
‘be known as supplementary appro
priation Acts, provided no such sup
‘plementary appropriation shall be
available unless there is an un
appropriated surplus in the State
Treasury or the revenue necessary
t¢ pay such appropriation shall
have been provided by a tax laid
for such purpose and collected into
the Geueral Fund of the State
‘Tressury. Neither House shall pass
a * Supplementary Appropriation
‘Bill until the General Appropria
tion “Act shall have been finally
‘adopted by both Houses and ap
proved by the Governor,
Paragraph IV. Appropriations to
be for specific sums. The appropri
‘ation for each department, officer,
bureau, board, commission, agency
or jnstitution for which an appro
priation is made, shall be for a
specific sum of money, and no ap
propriation shall allocate to any
object, the proceeds of any particu
lar tax or fund or a part or per
centage thereof.
‘.?aragraph V. Appropriations
void, when. Any appropriation
made 1w conflict with either of the
foregoi 1g provisions shall be void.
Section X.
. Paragraph 1. Existing amend
ments continued in force. Amend
ments to the Constitution of the
State of Georgia of 1877 in effect
at the date of the ratification by
the voters of the State, of this
Constitution, shall continue of full
force and effect after the ratifica
tion of this Constitution, where
such amendments are of merely
loeal, and not, general application,
including the amendments pertain
gz’f to the Coastal Highway Dis
ct of this State. There is also
continued under this provision in
force and effect, amendments to
the Constitution of 1877 applicable
to counties and cities having a pop
ulation in excess of a number stat
ed in such amendments, and amend
ments applicable to counties having
a ¢ity wholly or partly therein
with a population in excess of, or
not less than a number stated in
such amendment, and amendments
applicable to cities lying in two
counties, where such amendments
are in force and effect at the time
of the ratification of this Consti
tution. Provided the amendment of
Paragraph I of Section Il of Arti
cle XI of the Constitution of 1877
proposed by Georgia Laws 1943
page 53 and ratified August 3,
1948, authorizing election by the
people of the County Board of kdu
cation of Spalding County; pre-
Icl"ibing rules of eligibility of mem
bers of the Board; providing for
election by the Board of the County
Superintendent vs Schools shall not
be continued of force. i
) ARTICLE VIIL .
5 Education.
; Section 1.
Paragraph I, System of common
schools; free tuition, separation of
races. The provision of an ade
quate education for the -citizens
1l be a primary obligation of the
tate of Ecorgia, the expense of
which shall be provided for by tax
ition. Separate schools shall be
praovidd for the white and colored
i Section 11.
‘Paragraph 1. State Board of Edu
eation; method of appointment.
There shall be a State Board of
Education, composed of one mem
‘ber from each Congressional Dis
trict in the State, who shall be
appointed by the Governor, by and
‘with the advice and consent of the
Senate. The Governor shall not be
8 member of the State Board of
Education. The first State Board
of "Education under this Constitu
‘tion shall consist of those in office
8t the time this Constitution is
adopted, with the terms provided
by law. Thereafter, all succeeding
appointments shall be for seven
year terms from the expiration of
the previous term. Vacancies upon
said Board caused by expiration of
term of office shall be similarly
filled by appointuent and confirma
tion. In case ot \\ vacancy on said
Board by death, resignation, or
from any other cause other than
the expiration of such member’s
term of office, the Board shall by
secret ballot elect his successor,
who shall hold office until the end
of the next session of the General
Assembly, or if the General Assem
bly be then in session to the end
of that session, During such ses
sion of the General Assembly the
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Governcr shall appoint the succes
sor member of the Board for the
unexpired term and shall submit
his name to the Senate for con
firmation. All memberz of the
Board shall hold office until their
successors are appointed and guali
fied. The members of the State
Board of Education-shall be citi
zens of this State who shall have
resided in Georgia continuously for
at least five years preceding their
appointment. No person employed
in a professional capacity by a pri
vate or public education institution,
or by the State Department of Edu
cation, shall be eligible for appoint
ment or to serve on said Board. No
person who is or has been connect
ed with or employed by a school
book publishing concern shall be
eligible to membership on the
Board, and if any person shall be
so connected or employed after be
coming a member of the Board, his
place shall immediately become va
cant. The said State Board of Edu
cation shall have such powers and
duties as provided by law and exist
ing at the time of the adoption of
this Constitution, together with
such further powers and duties as
may be Lereafter provided by law.
Section IIL
Paragraph 1. State School Super
intendent; election, term, etc. There
shall be a State School Superin
tendent, who shall be the executive
officer of the State Board of Edu
cation, elected at the same time and
ilz the same manner and for the
same term as that of the Governor.
The State School Superintendent
shall have such qualifications and
shall be paid such compensation as
may be fixed by law. No member
of said Board shall be eligible for
election as State School Superin
tendent during the time for which
he shall have been appointed.
Section n}f
Paragraph I. University System
of Georgia; Board of Regents.
There shall be a Board of Regents
of the University System of Geor
'gia, and the government, control,
and management of the University
System of Georgia and all of its
institutions in said system shall be
vested in said Board of Regents of
the University System of Georgia.
Said Board of Regents of the Uni
versity System of Georgia shall
consist of one member from each
Congressional District in the State,
and five additional members from
the State-at-large, appointed by
the Governor and confirmed by the
Senate. The Governor shall not be
a member of the said Board. The
first Board of Regents under this
Constitution shall consist of those
in office at the time this Constitu
tion is adopted, with the terms pro
vided by law. Thereafter all suc
ceeding appointments shall be for
seven year terms from the expira
tion of the previous term. Vacan
cies upon said Board caused by
expiration of term of office shall
be similarly filled by appointment
and confirmation. In case of a va
cancy on said Board by death,
resignation of a member, or from
any other cause other than the ex
piration of such member’s term of
office, the Board shall by secret
‘ballot elect his successor, who shall
held office until the end of the next
session of the General Assembly,
or if the Gerferal Assembly be then
in session to the end of that ses
sion. During such gession of the
General Assembly the Governor
shall appoint the successor member
of the Board for the unexpired term
and shall submit his name to the
Senate for confirmation. All mem
bers of the Board of Regents shall
hold office until their successors
are appointed. The said Board of
Regents of the University System
of Georgia shall have the powers
and duties as provided by law ex
isting at the time of the adoption
of this Constitution, together with
such further powers and duties as
' may be hereafter provided by law.
Section V. :
Paragraph I. County System;
Board of Education; election, term,
ete. Authority is granted to Coun
ties to establish and maintain pub
lic schools within their limits. Each
County, exclusive of any independ
ent school system now in existence
in a Ccunty, shall compose one
school district and shall be confined
to the control and management of
& County Board of Education. The
Grand Jury of each County shall
select from the citizens of their
respective Counties five freehold
ers, who shall constitute the Coun
ty Board of Education. Said mem
bers shall be elected for the term
of five years except that the first
election of Board members under
this Constitution shall be for such
terms that will provide for the ex
piration of the term of one member
of the County Board of Education
each year, In case of a vacancy on
said Board by death, resignation of
& member, or from any other cause
other than the expiration of such
member’s term of office, the Board
shall by secret ballot elect his suc
the next Grand Jury convenes at
cessor, who shall hold office until
which time said Grand Jury shall ‘
appoint the successor member of |
the Board for the unexpired term. ‘
The members of the County Board |
of Education of such County shall
be selected from that portion of the
County not embraced within the
territory of an independent school
district.
The General Assembly shall have
authority to make provision for lo
cal trustees of each school in a
county system and confer author
ity upon them to make recommen
dations as to budgets and employ
ment of teachers and other author
ized employees.
Section VI :
Paragraph I. County Schoel Su
perintendent; election, term, etc.
There shall be a County School Su
perintendent, who shall be the exec
utive officer of the County Board
of Lduecation. He shall be elected
by tie people and his term of office
shall be for four years and run.
eoncurrently with other county of-.
ficers. The qualifications and the
salary of the County School Super
intendent zhall be fixed by law.
Section VII.
Paragraph I. - Independent sys
tems continued: new systems pro
hibited. Authority is hereby grant
ed to municipal corporations to
maintain existing independent
school systems, and support the
same as authorized by special or
general law, and such existing sys
tems may add thereto colleges. No
independent school system shall
hereafter be established.
Section VIIL
Paragraph 1. Meetings of Boards
of Education. All official meetings
of County Boards of Education
shall be open to the public.
Section IX.
Paragraph I. Contracts for care
of pupils. County Board of Edu
cation and independent school sys
tems may eontract with each other
for the education, transportation,
and care of pupils,
Section X.
Paragraph I. Certain systems
protected. Public school systems
established prior to the adoption of
the Constitution of 1877 shall not
be affected by this Constitution.
Section XI.
Paragraph 1. Grants, bequests
and donations permitted, The State
Board of Education and the Reg
ents of the University System of
Georgia may accept bequests, dona
tions and frants of land, or other
property, for the use of their re
spective systems of education.
Paragraph 11. Grants, bequests
and donations to county Boards of
Education and independent school
systems, County Boards of Educa
tion and independent school sys
tems may accept bequests, dona
tions and grants of land, or other
property, for the use of their re
spective systems of education.
Section XII.
Paragraph I. Taxation by coun
ties for education, The fiscal au
thority of the several Counties
shall levy a tax for the support
and maintenance of education not
less than five mills nor greater than
fifteen mills (as recommended by
the County Board of Education)
upon the dollar of all taxable prop
erty in the County located outside
independent school systems. The
independent school system of Chat
ham County and the City of Savan
nah, being co-extensive with said
County, the levy of said tax shall
be on all property in said County
as recommended by the governing
body of said system.
, ARTICLE IX,
Homesteads and Exemptions.
Section I.
Paragraph I. Amount of home
stead and exemptions. There is
hereby exempt from levy and sale,
by virtue of any process whatever
under the laws of this State, the
property of every head of a family,
or guardian, or trustee of a family
of minor children, or every aged or
infirm person, or person having the
care and support of dependent fe
males of any age, 'who is not the
head of a family, realty or per
sonalty, or both, to the value in
the aggregate of sixteen hundred
dollars; and the General Assembly
shall have authority to provide the
manner of exempting said prop
erty, the sale, alienation and en
cumbrance thereof, and to provide
for the waiver of said exemption by
the debtor.
Paragraph 11. Homestead and
exemption laws continucd. The laws
now of force with respect to home
stead and exemptions shall remain
in fuli force until changed by law.
ARTICLE X,
Militia,
Section I.
Paragraph I. Organization of Mi
litia. A well regulated mijitia being
essential to the peace and security
of the State, the General Assembly
shall kave authority to provide by
law how the militia of this State |
shall be organized, officered, train
ed, armed and equipped; and of
whom it shall consist.
Paragraph 11. Volunteers. The
General Assembly shall have power
to authorize the formation of vol
unteer companies, and to provide
for their organization into battal
ions, regiments, brigades, divisions,
and corps, with such restrictions as
may be prescribed by law, and shall
have authority to arm and equip
the same.
Paragraph 111. Pay of militia and
volunteers. The officers and men of
the militia and volunteer forces
shall not be entitled to receive any
pay, rations, or emoluments, when
not in active service by authority
of the State.
ARTICLE XI.
Counties and Municipal
Corporations.
Section I. ;
Paragraph I. Counties a corpor
ate body; boundaries. Each eounty
shall be a body corporate with such
powers and limitations as may be
prescribed by law, All suits by or
against a county shall be in the
name thereof; and the metes and
bounds of the several counties shall
remain as now prescribed by law,
unless changed as hereinafter pro
vided. :
Paragraph 11. Number limited.
There shall not be more than ong¢
hundred and fifty-nine counties in
this State,
Paragraph IIT. New counties per
mitted when. No new county shall
be created except by the consolida
tion or merger of existing counties.
Paragraph IV. Consolidation of
counties; method. The General As
sembly shall have power, with the i
concurrence of two-thirds of the
qualified voters of each of the coun
ties to be affected who participate
in elections held for that purpose,
to provide for the consolidation of
two or more ~ounties into one, or
the merger of one or more counties
into another, or the division of a
county, and the merger of portions
thereof into other counties.
Paragraph V. Dissolution of
counties; method. Any county may,
be dissolved and merged with a,
contiguous county or counties by
two-thirds of the qualified voters of ;
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
cach of the counties affected who.
participate in elections held for
that purpose. :
Paragraph VI. County govern
ments uniform; exceptions. What
ever tribunal, or officers, may be
created by the General Assembly
for the transaction of county mat
ters, shall be uniform throughout
the State, and of the same name,
jurisdiction, and remedies, except
that the General Assembly may
provide for Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues in any county,
may abolish the office of County
Treasurer in any county, may fix
the compensation of County Treas
urers, and may consolidate the
offices of Tax Receiver and Tax
Collector in the office of Tax Com
missioner, and may fix his compen
sation, without respect to uniform
ity.
Paragraph VII. Consolidation of
governments; submission to voters.
The General Assembly may pro
vide by general law optional sys
tems of consolidated county and
municipal government, providing
for the organization and the pow
ers and duties of its officers. Such
optional systems shall become ef
fective when submitted to the qual
ified voters of such county and
approved by a majority of those
voting.
Paragraph VIII. County lines.
County lines shall-not be changed,
unless under the operation of a
general law for that purpose.
Paragraph IX. County sites
changed; method. No county site
shall be changed or removed, ex
cept by a two-thirds vote of the
qualified voters of the county, vot
ing at an election held for that
purpose and by a majority vote of
the General Assembly.
Section 11.
Paragraph I. County officers;
election; term; removal; eligibility.
The county officers shall be elected
by the qualified voters of their re
spective counties or districts, and
shall hold their office for four
years. They shall be removed upon
conviction for malpractice in of
five; and no person shall be eligi
ble for any of the offices referred
to in this paragraph unless he
shall have been a resident of the
county for two years and is a qual
ified voter. s L
Paragraph 11. Compensation of
county officers. County officers
may be on a fee basis, salary basis,
or fee basis supplemented by sal
ary, in such manner as may be
directed by law.
ARTICLE XIL
The Laws of General Operation in
Force in This State.
Section I.
Paragraph I. Supreme law. The
laws of general operation in this
State are, first; As the Supreme
law: The Constitution of the United
States, the laws of the United
States in pursuance thereof and all
treaties made under the authority
of the United States.
Paragraph 11. Second in author
ity. Second. As next in authority
thereto: This Constitution.
Paragraph 111. Third in author
ity. Third. In subordination to the
foregoing: All laws now of force in
this State, not inconsistent with
this Constitution shall remain of
force until the same are modified
or repealed by the General Assem
bly.
Paragraph IV. Local and private
acts. Local and private acts passed
for the benefit of counties, cities,
towns, corporations and private
persons, not inconsistent with the
Supreme law, nor with this Consti
tution and which have not expired
nor been repealed, shall have the
force of Statute law, subject to
judicial decision as to their validity
when passed, and to any limitations
imposed by their own terms.
Paragraph V. Proceedings of
courts confirmed. All judgments,
decrees, orders, and other proceed
ings, of the several courts of this
State, heretofore made within the
limits of their several jurisdictions,
are hereby ratified and affirmed,
‘subject only to reversal by motion
for a new trial, appeal, bill of re
view or other proceedings, in con
formity with the law of force when
they were made.
Paragraph VI. Existing officers.
The officers of the Government
now existing shall continue in the
exercise of their several functions
until their successors are duly
elected or appointed and qualified.
But nothing herein is to apply to
any officer, whose office may be
abolished by this Constitution.
ARTICLE XIIL
Amendments to the Constitution.
Section L
Paragraph I. Proposed by Gen
eral Assembly; submission to peo
plee. Any amendment or amend
‘ments to this Constitution may be
.proposed in the Senate or House
of Representatives and if the same
shall be agreed to by two-thirds of
the members elected to each of the
lwo houses, such proposed amend
ment or amendments shall be en
tered on their journals, with the
veas and nays taken thereon. The
General Assembly shall cause such
amendment or amendments to be
published in one or more newspa
pers in each Congressional District,
for two months previous to the
time of holding the next general
slection at which election members
of the General Assembly are chos
en; and if such proposed amend
ment directly affects only one or
more political subdivisions of the
State, then it shall also be adver
tised in the area to be directly
affected thereby; and shall also
provide for a submission of such
proposed amendment or amend
ments to the people at said next
general election, and if the people
shall ratify such amendment or
amendments, by a majority of the
electors qualified to vote for mem
bers of the General Assembly vot
ing thereon, such amendment og
amendments shall become a part of
this Constitution; provided that if
‘ the proposed amendment is not one
that directly affects the whole
’ State, but only one or more subdi
visions thereof, said amendmend
shall not become a part of this Con
stitution unless it receive both &
majority of the electors qualified
to vote voting thereon in the State
as a whole, and also a majority of
the electors qualified to vote voting
thereon in the particular subdivi
sion or subdivisions affected. When
more than one amendment is sub
mitted at the same time they shall
be so submitted as to enable the
electors to vote on each amendment
separately ® @
Paragraph 11. Convention, how
called. No convention of the people
shall be called by the General As
sembly to revise, amend or change
this Constitution, unless by the
concurrence of two-thirds of all
members of each house of the Gen
eral Assembly. The representation
in said convention shall be based on
population as near as practicable.
This constitution shall not be re
vised, amended, or changed by the
Convention until the proposed re
vision, amendment, or change has
been submitted and ratified by the
people in the manner provided for
submission and ratification of
amendments proposed by the Gen
eral Assembly.
Paragraph 111. Veto not permit
ted. The Governor shall not have
the right to veto any proposal by
the General Assembly to amend the
Constitution. e
ARTICLE XIV,
Merit System,
Section I.
Paragraph 1. State Personnel
Board. A non-salaried State Per
sonnel Board comprised of three
citizens of this State, of known
interest in the improvement of
public administration, shall admin
ister a State Merit System under
which state personnel shall be se
lected on a basis of merit, fitness,
and efficiency according to law.
The members of the State Person
nel Board shall be appointed by the
Governor with the advice of the
Senate. The first members shall be
appointed for terms of three, five
and seven years, respectively, the
térms to be designated by the Gov
ernor. All subsequent appointments
shall be for a period of seven years,
except unexpired terms. No State
official or employee shall be a
member of the State Personnel
Board. i
Paragraph li. Retirement Sys
tem. Appropriation. The General
Assembly is authorized to establish
an actuarially sound retirement
system for employees under a merit
system. Adequate appropriations
shall be provided for the aperation
of a merit system and the State
Personnel Board.
ARTICLE XY,
Home Rule,
Section L.
Paragraph I. Uniform systems
of county and municipal govern
ment. The General Assembly shall
provide for uniform systems of
county and municipal government,
and provide for optional plans of
both, and shall provide for systems
of initiative, referendum and recall
in some of the plans for both coun
ty and municipal governments. The
General Assembly shall provide a
method by which a county or muni
cipality may select. one of the
optional uniform systems or plans
or reject any or all proposed sys
tems or plans.
SECTION TWO.
Method of Submission,
" That when this amendment shall
have been agreed to by two-thirds
of the members elected to each of
the two Houses of the General As
sembly, the same shall be entered
on their journals with the “ayes”
and “nays” taken thereon and shall
be published and submitted to the
people for ratification or rejection
as- one single amendment to the
Constitution at the next General
Election in August, 1945, as pro
vided by law. Those voting in fa
vor of the ratification of the amend
ment herein proposed shall have
written or printed on their ballots
the words “for'the amendment re
vising the Constitution.” Those
voting against the ratification of
the amendment herein proposed
shall have written or printed on
their ballots the words ‘“against
the amendment revising the Con
stitution.” If a majority of those
voting vote for the amendment re
vising the Constitution when the
results are certified to the Gover
nor, he shall proclaim the amend
ment revising the Constitution of
1877 as the revised Constitution of
Georgia.
ROY V., HARRIS,
Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
P. T. McCUTCHEN, JR.,
Clerk of the House
of Representatives.
FRANK C. GROSS, ‘
President of the Senate.
MRS. HENRY W. NEVIN,
Secretary of the Senate.
APPROVED: ELLIS ARNALL,
Governor.
This 9th day of March, 1945.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ELLIS
ARNALL, Governor of Georgia, do
issue this my proclamation hereby
declaring that the proposed fore
going amendment revising the Con
stitution of Georgia is submitted,
for ratification or rejeetion, to the
voters of the State qualified to vote
for members of the General Assem
bly at the General Election to be
held on Tuesday, August 7, 1945.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand in the State
Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia, on this
the Ist day of May, A. D., 1946, and
caused the Great Seal of the State
to be hereto affixed.
ELLIS ARNALL,
f,‘.;i,governor. g
By the Governor: =
JOHN B. WILSON, G
Secretary of State. _avetdn
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point, as we stood at the bar of
the 300 Club on Wood Street, he
furtively pulled a tiny package
from his trousers’ pocket. With
thick but amazingly deft fingers
the 250-pound, black-haired little
giant opened the package and re
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FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1945,
Chanel Number 5, a iemal, Iyy.
ury which we later foung Was
about as rare in Calcutta as a
snowdrift,
“With this little prize, boys -
Tony said, “you can make 3 hit
with any girl in all of India It’s
yours for 100 bucks." 3
Gingiss and I starteq at the
man. Then Gingiss turned to me
“He’s crazy,” Al said. ;
“Crazy as a loon,” T agreeq
“Crazy like a fox,” Tony Saig
laughing boisterouslyy. )
His laugh attracted the start.
led attention of he all ang dig.
nified Englishman standing ney;
to him. And then, as Tony much
less furtively starteq to put tha
perfume back in his pocket, th,
Britisher touched him on 1
arm. “I beg your pardon,” i,
fellow said, “but is that a bottl,
of Chanel Number 5 that I—apy,
—saw in your hand?” The man’s
face was flushed, but his eage,.
ness overrode his embarrassmept
“Rude of me, I know,” he said,
“but—well, after all, Sir—Chape|
Number 5!”
Tony winked at Gingiss and
me as he gave his attentioy 1
the Englishman. “It cost me ,
fortune. I don’t know why i eye,
bought it. But that’s what it js_
Chanel Number 5. Maybe vy,
know someone who’d like o take
it off my hands—for $150.”
The Englishman looked aroung
nervously as if to ward off any
further bids as he dug into nig
pocket. Then quickly he turneq
over the money, pocketed the
prfume, and after gulping dowp
his Scotch and soda dashed oyt
of the bar.
“Amazing!” Gingiss exclaimed,
staring at Tony.
* % %
Tony Mercede has been one of
my best friends from the firg
day we met. He is bhack in the
States now, a traffic expert with
a nationwide trucking concern,
but how he can reconcile himself
to such an uneventfu] life as that
after mhat he went through in
Chine and India for two years
is a mystery 1o me. He started in
the trucking business as a greas
er and mechanic when he was
16, coming up the harq way to
the point where, in 1941, he was
loaned to the United States goy
ernment by his employer. The
government, having received the
Arnstein report on the inefficient
use and handling of Lend-lease
trucking equipment on the Bur
wia Road, immediately sent To
ny to China as a transportation
adviser to the Chinese govern
ment.
Tony wag well on his way
whey the Japs bomkbked Pearl
Harbor; he cleared Manila 12
hours before the cit fell. Hp was
a transportation engineer on the
Burma Road when the Japs in
vaded.- Burma in the spring of
1942, and he was working with
the Chinese troops dynamiting
bridges and fighting off guerril
la attacks throughout th, long
campaign which finally left the
road a useless ribbon of bomb
craters and rubble as far north
as Lashio on the Chinese border.
After that he - still workeq to
yeep the road clear and traffic
moving between Lashio and
Kunming and on up to Chung
king, and for many months be
fore he returned to the States
with Gingiss and me ip charge
of a sonstruction gang on the
new Ledo Road—mor2 common
ly called thea “‘Rgad‘to Tokyo.”
Tony wasn’t the onl trinket
trader among the American lads
in China anq India, but he was
by far the most famous of them.
Most of the trading among our
officers and engineers and ground
crews and pilots was done hap
hazardly. A fellow newly arriv
ed would have an extra cigaret
lighter in his baggage, and he
would soon find a purchaser
willing to pay 10 times its orig
inal cost because cigaret lighters
are unobtainable. Onother would
have some fancy lipstick, or a
bottle of perfume, or a pair of
nylon stockings. Such stuff would
be brought along for very ob
vious reasons, but whep the boys
discovereq there wag a good cash
market for it, they would try to
sell their little prizes.
At that point, Tony would us
ually be on hand. And, becaust
hiy job took him alj around the
country—from Chungking in the
north al] the way to Calcutta in
the south—he could usually find
a market for anything he picked
up. He would take along a bag
ful] of female trinkets when he
went to Calcutta ang sell them—
as he did the Chanel Number 5-
to some anxious swam in the
city of high-priced romarce.
‘Then he would shop around
among the natives stores and
‘shops, picking up some ligour of
‘tobacco or knivess to take back
with him,
‘ He was a gambler of great
ability and infinite nerve. He £
‘into a 10-day poker game il
'Kunming on one occasion with 2
' bunch of Flying Tigers and was
‘over SSOOO in the hole when his
luck changed on the last da:v.
He lost 16 pounds during that
session, but when the game Wa
[over and the chips were countéd
Tony was $12,000 ahead.
| (To Be Continued)
To provide facilities for the
busy 578 miles of New Yorks
“:iaterfront, 722 piers are requir”
ed. ?
At the end of "%"‘-” 45th century
public baths were forbidden ls
Germany in an effort to cuf
epidemics.
During 1944, the OPA had é‘t';
475,000 new passenger car tire
ration.
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