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Senate Passes Amendment To Allow Awnall To Run
Congress May Intervene
To Settle Latior Disputes
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15—(AP)—Congress, back on the job after
a 4 recess that saw industrial strife flare to new peaks, showed signs
today of moving swiftly into the strike picture.
ECTRICAL
By The Associated Press
A stike of 200,005 CIO. electri
ca] workers got started today and
ihe ranks of the nation’s idle be
cause of labor disputes - began
climbing toward the 600,000
mark, the highest mark in more
than « vea'.
Currently tae largest work
stoppage against an industry is
against General Motors, involv
ing 175,000 CIO United Auto
workers who struek last Nov. 21
in support of demands for a 30
per cent wage increase.
Effects of the electrical work
ers walkout, which invovlved a
majo* part of the county’s po
duction of home and industrial
clectrical appliances, were not
immediateiy ~determined. The
srike came one dav after the
scheduled work stoppage by
300.000 CIO steelworkers, which
has been delayed onc week. An.
other major - walkout, by some
398,000 packinghouse workers, is
set for midnight tonight.
The walkout by the electrical
workers, who had. demanded
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Rotary Will Hold
Assembly Meeting
Wednesday Evening
Notice of members of the Rotary
lub is called to the faet that in
place of the regular - luncheon
meeting on Wednesday, an as
sembly meeting will be held at
30 p. m. :
The meeting will be held in the
iorgian Hotel and all members,
ommittee chairmen especially,
are urged to attend.
(offon Senators May Oppose OPA
Confinuation If Cotton Ceilings Kept
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15—(AP)—Cotton state senators, angry
at OPA’s notice of proposed price ceilings on the raw fiber, said
today this may mean the end of the whole Office of Price Ad-
ministration. z
OPA is due to expire June 30
—unless Congress votes its con
tinuance,
‘T told them,” Senator Johns
ton (D.-S.C.) related to report
ers, “that T doubt very much that
OPA will be in existence after
June 30 if they put a price ceiling
on cotton.” &
OPA’s announcement last mg-htl
said the agency’s advancg .n°tl'
simply puts it in a position to
impose the controls if it finds
them necessary. The announce
ment added that “it may not be
dctually necessary to put the
eilings into effect.”
At Scott, Miss., Oscar thflS‘
on. president of the National
‘otton Council, described the
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PROTESTS MOVE
ATLANTA, Jan, 16— !
AP — The Georgia legis
lature adopted Unflnimou.Sly
oday 5 resolution protesting
the government’s . move to
"lace 4 ceiling on the price i
Ul cotton, |
Copies of the resolution
'cre ordered sent to mem-
Pers of the Georgia congress
ional delegation.
)PA uction'*é_sg.'-rfim
easure not likely to be carried
Mo operation,” He termed cot
o ceilings “unworkable and un-
Norcegble,” >
Southern senators blame pres-
I' hich clothing prices on man
facturers and distributors, rath
"' than on the cost of raw ma
€rials,
Senator Eastland (D-‘Mis,s')
dlled the OPA action “a punitive
‘fasure against the South ?ut on
ecause of w increases.”
Last night'sage notice by OPA
ulfills g legal requirement that
rowers e notified of planned
Price schedules at least 15 days
' 2dvance of the normal plant-
Nf season. i
In announcing it, Price Chief
Chester Bowles said the rise of
Ym prices “threatens the whole
labilization program in the cot~
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
~ Two members of the Senate
Labor Commit}ee, a Republican
and a Democrat, forecast quick
action on President Truman’s re
quest for a “Fact-Finding” meas
ure. The commitiee resumed
hearings (10 a. m. EST) with
William H. Davis, foxmer War
Labor Board member chairman
and economic stabilizer ag its
leadoff witness.
“I think we can have the fact
finding measure leady after
brief Yhearings,” Senator Ellen
der (D.La.) told a reporter. “It
may be even stronger than the
President asked.”
Senator Aiken (R-Vt.) said he
was willing “to make the hear
ings short and sweel,” adding in
an interview, “I think Congress
is entitled to have a vote on this
question.”
Seek Legal Authority
Under Mr». Truman’s proposal
such fact-finding boards as
those in the General Motors and
steel cases would be armed with
legal authority to subpreoena cor
poration books. And unions
would be barred trom striking
for 30 days while {fact-finding
was underway. :
Two other senators, Eastland
(D-Miss) and O’'Danie] (D-Tex),
sought senate action witaout
waiting for the Labor Commit
tee to complete its hear..igs. They
noted that Mr. Truman had ask
ed immediate actica _ early .in
December anq announced they
would ask the Senate to dis
gcl?x%: ’-és%on as thé"é%gmfiéf‘
meets again, on Thursday.
“It is apparent to us that thé&
present wave of strikes ig inspir
ed and engineered frcm Moscow,”
Eastland ang O’Daniei said in a
joint statement, “and that it is
a deliberate effort to take over
the American government step
by step.”
Meantime seveval lawmakers
in bothVaouse and senate prapar
ed new legislative proposals.
Wagner Revision Asked
Senator Bailey (D.NC) called
for revision of the Wagner labor
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ton textile field.”
Saying continued increases
would mean higher prices for
clothing, Bowles added that OPA
“intends to do everything in its
power” to prevent this.
Demand Higher Ceilings
He asserted fabric manufactur
ers already are demanding higher
ceilings “because they say the
higher cost of cotton sis wiping
out their profits.” :
Bowles said the price at Mem
phis three days ago for base
grade cotton was 24.45 cents a
pound, or 1 1-4 cents above par
ity and 2.18 cents above the mar
ket price last August.
Under the proposed schedule,
the K base grade—ls-16 inch mid
dling American up’=ud cotton—
would have a ceiling of 24.09
cents a pound in Area 1.
This, OPA said, takes into ac
count today’s parity orice, with
an allowanc!a for transportation
costs, plus a “cushion” to provide
for possible increases in parity
between now and the end of the
year, when most of the 1946 crop
will be marketed. T
The proposed regulation ine
cludes premiums and discounts
for other grades and staples.
These are based, OPA said, .on
actual government-reported dif
ferentials on cotton sales be
tween August 1 and December
31, 1945.
The Area 1 grower’s ceiling, it
was explained, is = based on the
Rresent parity price of 21.82
cents a pound for 7-8 middling
cotton at Memphis, plus a cush
jon of two parity points (one
quarter cent a pound) as allow
ance for any advance in parity.
To this OPA added 1.48 cents a
pound as the premium for 15-16
inch middling, over 7-8 middling,
plus .54 cents to cover transpor
tation charges from Memphis to
Area 1.
Location price differentials
based on Area 1 are provided for
12 other areas. The proposed reg
ulation is for sale at public ware
hovees 2nl for delivered
at the mill,’ e |
Full Associated Press Service. Athens, Ga., Tuesday, January 15, 1946
Amendment Bill Is
Before Senate
For Early Action
ATLANTA, Jan. 15—(AP)
—The Georgia Senate by a
vote of 36 te 13 today ap
# proved a constitutfonal
amendment which would per
mit Gov. Ellis Arnall to run
again.
Georgians looked to the Senate
today for a partial answer to the
question whether or not Governor
Ellis Arnall shall be permitted to
run for another four year term.
The senate started debate on
the resolution to change the con
stitution to permit a governor. to
succeed himself. :
G. Everett Millican gs the 52nd
(Atlanta) District opeied the dis
cussion on the controversial meas
ure while Senator George Sabados
of the 10th (Albany) District
spoke in opposition.
Millican asked his fellow sena
tors to vote as *hey saw fit.
“Let’s do what we feel is right,”
he said. “And then it is up to the
house to do what jt feels is
right.” :
Millican praised House Speaker
Roy V. Harris, whose opposition
defeated the amendment in the
House last year, and said that the
Speaker knew more about state
government than any other man
“including the incumbent gov
ernor.”
The Fulton senator added that
he hoped Harris would speak and
vote as he pleases in the House
but that he would release his fol
lowers to vote as they see fit also.
Senator Sabados.in . opposition
so the measure said he was sorry
that the question was up again
and contended that the. newspa
‘?grzs’,o,f the state had made it an
qsue, R
Members of both the House
and Senate at the opening of a
15-day legislative session yester
day heard the governor say he
would run if the Constitution is
changed. 7
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will be on the staff at the first
annual Farm Buildings short
course at the University be
ginning January 23.
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'Henry Giese, professor and re
search professor of agricultural
engineering as lowa State College
and nationally known authority
on farm structures, will be among
those on the faculty of the first
apnual’ Farm Buildings ' .short
course that begins Wednesday,
January 23, and ends January
95 in Barrow Hall on the Univer
sity of Georgia campus. i
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terested in buildingjor repairing
any type of farm structure, but
especially farm homes, the ‘short
course will include a discusssion
of farm water supply systems by
Nolan Mitchell, a technical ex
pert from the Tennessee Valley
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be devoted io the farm home.
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course, will lead a discussion
on “Planning a Farm Homeé in
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on house construction later the
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Gen. of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhewer, Chief of Staff, told
an informal gathering of Congressmen today thai recent slowdown
in Army discharges was necessary to prevent depletion of the
Army by March 1, but added that all men eligible for discharge
by July 1 would be discharged by thaLtime.
YEARWOOD MURDER -CASE LIKELY
TO GO TO JURY LATE TUESDAY
DIME ROUND-UP
IS UNDERWAY
IN POLIO WAR
A thin dime, ‘only one-tenth
part of a dollah,’ today in Athens
and throughout the country be
came something more than the
lowly coin that once led into the
main entrance of a citcus side
show. It became the symbol of
great and never-ceasing warfare
against a dreaded malady—infan
tile paralysis.
The dime round-up here is be
ing supervised by Max Michael,
regional chairman of the Georgia
“March of Dimes” Campaign, and
Dan Hill, county chairman, with
a. corps of collaborators compris
ing representatives of all organi
zations and groups. They hope to
raise a large sum between Jan
uary 15 and 26th.
\ “Thin” Becomes Mighty
| It was the old side show barker
who made the ‘one-tenth part of a
dollah’ resound throughout the
circus grounds in the days when
circuses made one-day and one
night stands in every hamlet and
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Defense Warning
Misleading, Kimmel
Tells Probers
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15—(AP)
—Rear Admiral] Husband E. Kim
i€l GSEltea today Hic was iilibiea -
by a pre-war warning into believ
ing ‘that the Navy Department
though no attack on Pearl Harbor
was imminent or probable.”
A crowd of 200 spectators ga
thered as the gray haired former
Pacific Fleet Commander appear
ed before a Seglatediouse com-’
mittée to tell publicly for the first
time his story of theé disastrous
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Dec. 7, 1941.
Before Kimmel took the stand,
committee counse] Seth Richard
son placed in the record a letter
from former Associate Justice
Owen J. Roberts, who headed a
commission - which investigated
the attack. Roberts said the full
report of the commission had been
published after it was turned over
to President Roosevelt Jan 24,
1942. &
Senator Ferguson (R-MICH.)
had asked for ‘the original cop of
the Roberts report, but Miss
Grace Tull, secretary, informed
the committee by letter ‘that .t
could not be fouad in the White
House files. |
ESTABLISHED 1832
Eight witnesses, five for the de
fense and three in rebuttal, oc
cupied the morning session of the
second day in the murder trial of
W. H Yearwood, accused of slay
ing Harry W. Williamson, Ailanta,
near here November 19 with indi
cations being that the case will
go to the jury probably late today.
First defense witness was Mrs.
Virginia Green, of Bishop, sister
of the accused man, who testi
fied that on one occassion since
he got out of Navy service, he
had acted queerly.
Bobby Yearwood, younger bro
ther of the defendant, testified
that since his older brother re
turned from Navy duty he had
once “slugged” ’'him in the jaw
without reason.
He was followed by Chester
Weatherly, former Athens, photo
grapher and brother-in-law of
Yearwood, who now resides in
Leesville, La., who testified that on
a visit there while he was being
sought by officers irn connection
with the case, Yearwood had not
acted normally. Questioned by So
licitor General Marshall Pollock,
Mr. Weatherly said that he sus
pecter the car iy which Yearwood
was traveling , (the ' Williamson
car.) was stolen, but that he did
not question Yearwond about it.
Staton Testifies
Dr. Thomas Staton, psychologist
‘at the University of eGorgia Vet~
erans . Center, and =~ Dr. Jimmy
Grene, psychiatrist also con
nected with the Center, both
‘testified that tests made of Year
wood classified him as a “psycho
pathic personality”. ;
~ In rebuttal, Solicitor Pollock in
troduced Mayor Fred Huff, of Bis
hop, who said he had observed
Yearwood, both before he went
into service and since his return
and he regarded him as normal
and able to tell the difference be
iween rignt and wrong.
Mayor Huff was followed by
Bishop’s ~ Postmaster, Robert
Branch, who testified in substance
to the same conclusions.
Rogers Marable, Bishop, was
the last witness- of the morning
session. He testified that he was
in military camp at Leesville, and
that he saw Yearwood when the
latter was in Leesville, and that
Yearwood appeared normal.
In the waning hours of Mon
day’s session, charges were made
that the Army:and Navy! medical
examinations are “a shame to the
American commonwealth” by Dr.
Joe Moore, psychiatrist and chief
of the Veterans Administration
Center at Georgia Tech, a defense
witness, who testified that Year
wood lacked the mental stamina to
plan .and execute a murder.
Dr. Moore said that Yearwood
became unbalanced after eight
days under fire at Tarawa and
had the mentality of a 12-year-old
child.
Solicitor Genera] Marshall #Fol
lock,-who is asking the death pen
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IKE SAYS ALL
ELIGIBLE GI'S
OUT BY JULY
' WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 —
(AP) — Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower told cong-ess today every
man eligible for discharge by
July 1 will be out c¢i the Army
by that time.
Explaining the Arny’s demo
bilization policy. at an informal
Senate-House meeling at tae
congressional libravy, the chief
of staff declared that the recent.
ly- announced slowdown in de
mobilization was necessary to
prevent the army from being de
pleted by March 1.
But, even with the slowdown,
®e said:
,“Theve ig not a single - man
who is to be discharged by July
1 who won’t be discharged by
Julv 1.» '
Gen. Eisenhower also told con
gressmen today that by April 30
every enlisted man with 45 points
or 30 months service will be out
of the army or e¢n the way to
seperation centers.
Pessimisin Voiced
Many of the lawmakers said
frankly: in:advance that didn’t
expect answerg 10 mollify the
Gls and civilians—Ali voters in
the 1946 vongressional election—-
a 0 have been deluging Capi
tol Hill with wires, cables and
letters sipce the recent demobil.
ization slowdown. /
Chairman Rankin (D-Miss) of
the House Veterans Committee
declared that he doubted wheth
er “a suitable explapation of
this mesg can be made.” His
pessimism was eclioeq by other
JORlßlalons o th i e :
© A likely outcome of the Eisen
hower-Nimitz appearsnce, Ran
kin told reporters, might be ad
ditional strengh for hig drive ¢
force congressional action on de.
mobilization legislation.
The Mississippian ig author of
a bill to require the armeq ser
vices todischarge any man with
two or more years of service,
with a wife or children, with a
dependent parent, ovr who desir
es to resume education inter
rupted by war duty.
The bill i 3 stymied in the
House Military Committee, but
if 218 house memters sign a
pending petition, a quick house
vote would be in order. There are
an estimated 150 signatures now.
More Signers Foreseen
After today’s session with the
army chief of staff and the chief
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AMERIGAN DELEGATION TO UNO
SPLIT ON PACIFIC ISLE CONTROL
LONDON, Jan. 15—(AP)—Official sources disclosed today that
American civilian-and military officials at the United Nations Gen
eral Assembly were split over whether American-conquered Japan
ese islands should be placed under UNO sovereignty.
Georgia's Senators
Protest Abandoning
Finney Hospital
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 —
(AP) — A Georgia delegation
headed by the state’s two sena
tors planned to meet tomorrow,
with %ie Medical Chief of the
Veterans’ Administration to pro
test against the VA’s refusal to
take over the Finney General
Hospital at Thomasville, Ga.
The $10,000,000 hospital is
scheduled to be abandoned by the
Army as surplus.
The meeting witta Maj. Gen.
Pau] Hawley, surgeon general, at
12:30 p. m., tomorrow follows a
series of protests against the
abandonment of the hospital.
Heading the Georgians’ group
at the conference with General
Hawley will be Senators George
and Russell, and Rep. Cox, (D-
Ga.) $ ;
They will be accorapahied by
a three-man-delegation from
"8 omasville — E. R. Jerger of
the Thomasville Times-Enter
prise; Judge Hugh Macllntyre of
the State Court of Appeals, and
W. Fred Scott, businessman.
The American Legion Post at
Thomasville has asserted that
abandonment of tke ‘%ospital
woudl be a “sinful waste.” The
Legion post contended the ad
ministration plahs to build a
200-bed hospital within 30 miles
of Finney General. .
Senator George's cifice told
reporter ~ yesterday that both
George and Russeil had repeat
edly importuned the Veterans'
Administration to take over ftae
hospital but without success.
A.B.C .Egéer — Single Copy, 3c — 5¢ Sunday
Fate Of 192 Miners s
Doubtful; 75 Rescued
WELCH, W. Va., Jan. 15—(AP)—Seventy-five coal miners miracu
lously escaped alive today after a tremendous blast in the No. 9
Havaco Mine on the outskirts of Welch, but the fate of 192 others
was in doubt as rescuers drove into the smoke and dust-filled shaft
workings. :
E. L. Chatfield, an inspector-at
large of .the State Mine Depart
ment, said he was informed that
267 men were in the workings
when the explosion occurred
around 9:30 a. m.
School Shattered
The force was so terrific that
Negro pupils in a school house and
workers in the store and office of
the New River and Pocahhontas
Consolidated Coal Company, from
500 to 1,000 feet away, were in
jured by shattered glass and de
bris. The mine is operated by New
River and Pocahontas.
Unofficial estimates said from
a third to one-half of those com
ing from the mine alive walked
up the shaft steps, which some
how remained intact although the
tipple appeared to be a total
wreck. The shaft is about 400 feet
deep.
Hospitais of Weleh, a city of
7,000 population and the county
seat of the biggest bituminous
coal producing county in the
United States, were quickly fill
ed to overflowing with injured
miners and children from the
school house.
Edward Mullins and his son,
James, who apparently were not
hurt, told newsmen they were the
first to reach the surface from
the inner-workings.
The father said they were at
work about one mile from the
shaft in No: 3 éntry when they
heard the blast and immediately
started runpdngy o - o
Plunged into Darkness
They said the workings immed
iately became so dark from smoke
and dust that they had to stoop
over and train their lights an the
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Marine Sergeant To
Take Enlistments
Until 12 Wednesday
Men from 17 to 25 years of
age who wish to enlist in the
U .S. Marine Corps rnay receive
all necessary informaiion and file
applications until ~ Wednesday
noon.,
Sergeant B. M. Rusoff of the
Marine Corps will be at the Post
Office building until that ©our
Wednesday for conferences with
prospective enlisted and will be
glad to give such infcrmation as
is needed.
While the American. delegation
sought solution to this question,
it was disclosed that the newly
elected security council, eonfront
ed with the twin tasks of controll
ing atomic energy and preventing
another world war, had been
summoned to hold its first meet
ing Thursday.
Big-3 To Speak
Indications were that U. S. Sec
retary of State James F. Byrnes,
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin and Soviet Vice Commis
sar of Foreign Affairs Andrei
Vishinsky would speak at the
opening sessjon, which will be de
voted primarily to organization.
The disagreement over the
trusteeship question, meanwhile,
held the attention of the Ameri
can officials.
The delegates themselves were
said to favor a trusteeship plan
for the Pacific islands, while their
special military advisor, Gen.
George C. Kenney, argued that
the United States should retain
any islands of military value.
Delegates said that if Kenney
held out the disagreement could
be considered as tantamount to
an issue between the State and
War Departments and would have
to be referred to President Tru-~
man for settleinent.
Kenney, Chief of the Pacific Air
Staff, could not be reached im
mediately for comment. Previous
ly expressed American military
ovinion, however, was that the
United States should not run the
risk of having to reconquer is
lands won with American blood.
Obligation Cited
i On. the other hand. officials
said that the . State Devpartment
iargued that the United States had
iagreed to preliminary trusteeship
plans during the San Francisco
conference and should not set a
| precedent for others by withhold
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HOME
NIPS T 0 ASK
MODIFICATION
OF PURGE LAW
TOKYO, Jan. 15=(AP)—Chu3
zo Mitsuchi, Japan’s new home
minister, said today he intended
to ask for modification of Gen
eral MacArthur’s political purge
directive, then went to the Pal
ace and reported to Emperor
Hirohito on the housecleaning or
der.
Mitsuchi, newly appointed key
minister in Premier Kijuro Shide
hara’s rebrganized cabinet, told
The Associated Press he would
suggest modification of the direc~
tive to “make it more applicable
to the situation.” He asserted that
it disqualified some 'members of
the Diet “who actually were op
posed to war” while “failing to
touch a lot of groups responsible
for war prop;éanda.”
~ Report Unpublished
He declined to discuss the con
tents of his report to the throne. ,
It followed by a few hours the
first meeting of the reorganized °*
cabinet and presumably included
results of the ministers’ discussion
of the government’s major im- -
mediate ,gr,u,blems. T
© Mitsuchi said it had not been
determined how many officials
might be dropped. from office as -
a result of MacArthur’s purge di
fective, but “if applied broadly,
it will affect a large number.”
A few hours earlier. he said he
intended to change Japan’s 47
prefectural governors “as early as
possible.”
The status of the governors was
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Thomas D. Hawkes
Taken By Death;
Rites \‘_(/edqpsday
Thomas Daniel Hawkes, 62, one
of Madison count’s best known
citizens, died at his home near
Danielsville Tuesday morning at
5:05 o'clock after am illness of
rniearly three weeks. 2 i
Services are to be conducted
Wednesday from the school build
ing at Pleasant Grove, near Neese,
Rev. T. L. Christian assister by
Rev. Mr. Parker, officiating.
Burial will be in Pleasant Grove
cemetery, Clyde MeDorman Fun
eral Home in charge of arrange
ment. Pall-bearers will be Claudis
Thurman, Paul Thurman, Jack
Dunson, Ralph Hawkes, J. B. Sea
graves and Sam Thurman.
Mr Hawkes is survived by his
wite, Mrs. Ada G Hawkes, Dan
ielsville; two daughters, Miss Jua
nita Hawkes, Danielsville, and
Mrs. Coke Davis, Comer; three
sons, J. B. Hawkes, Savannah,
Garnett .D. Hawkes, Danieisville,
and Hugh Hawkes, Gainesville;
three brothers, .James L. Hawkes
and Oscar N. Hawkes, both of
Athens, and H. C. Hawkes, Com
merce, and one sister, Mrs. R. C.
Chandler, Athens. 2
The remains will lie in state in
the school building, which is be
ing used as a church while the
latter is undergoing repairs, from
two o'clock Wednesday until the
hour for the services.
Mr Hawkes, a member of the
New Hope Presbyterian church
was widely known as a farmer and
had a large number of friends in
his communnity and throughout
this sectio) who were saddentd by
his passing. :
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy with lighi shcowers
tonight, colder with tempera
tures near 30 degrees. Wed
nesday partly ecloudy and
colder.
GEORGIA: Rain this after
noon and over south pertion
tonight. Continued cool this
afternocn, colder tonight.
Wednesday partly cloudy and
colder.
TEMPERATURE
Highest ... .0 o sl
Lowest ..c.o iiavas e e
MeBR. .i\ “oxit aarh vicus 0
Narmak .. .. v i ianis W
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. 1.12
Total since January 1 ... 7.49
Excess since January 1 .. 543
Average January rainfall 4.26