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IDLE BLAST FURNACE
I'he huge blast furnace at Republic Steel Plant in Youngstown,
Ohio stands idle with only one maintenance man on duty as
more than 8,000 steel workers at the plant joined the nationwide
walkout, <e v GHE
Federal Authority Approves 25
Housing Units For University,
Congressman Paul Brown Announces
Congressman Paul Brown of
the 10th Georgia District today
telegraphed The Batiner-Herald
that the “Federal Public Housing
Autiority - has approved project
of 25 family units to house vete
rans at University cf Georgia.”
The University has an applica
tion for 1,000 trailers in addition
to 160 unilg recently acquired to
house veterans. Congressman
Frown's telegram @id not state
vaiether the 25 units approved
2y the Housing Anth. ity are of
#.¢ permanent class, or whether
they are - trailerg of “demounta
ble” temporary units. Congress
man Brown has bcgn working
with University a':fi‘mrities for
federal aid in solving the ‘hous
ing shortage and will continue
Owr Men Aund Women
A D Service LA
MAJOR SHERIFF 1=
HOME ON FURLOYGH |
Friends of Major F. A. Saer.
iff, jr., are welcoming him home
en a furlough after thirty monthe
in the Pacific.
Major Sheriff, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. A. Sheriff, sr., of 762
Pulaski street, was in the inva
sion of New Guinea, Leyte gnd
Luzon and holds sou: campaign
stars and two invasion symbols.:
He attended = Ataens High
School, where he wag a star or
the football team, and graduate'cq
from the University of Georgia
in 1942 with the d~gree of Bach
eleor of Science in Agriculture.
Immediately after graduation, he
entered the service.
HREE ATHENS MEN
MISCHARGED FROM FT. MAC
William T. Kittle, 256 Water
Strect, Albert T. Arnoid, jr., 253
. Dougherty Street, and Walter
.. Doster, 340 Oak Strcet, were
recently discharzed from the
rmv at Fort McPherson.
Kittle' was in the Army 10
nonths, five of which were
Overseas, He wears the Asiatic
’acific Ribbon and the Unit Ci
tation.
Ficlore entering ‘he service he
Y 43 4 driver wiith the Southeast
*™ Oil Co, at Jacksonwville, Fla.
Albert T. Arnolg was a con
"‘uction foreman with the 6t
‘my and was in the Arrcy 36
‘onths. He was overseas for 23
cnths. He has two stars from
e Asiatic-Pacifiz Theater and
ne battle star from the Philip
me Liberationg
He was a clerk at the Varsity
tfore he entered the service.
Walter L. Doster, who before
“liering the Army, was in, the
‘oMing manufacturing besiness
Vas in the Army for 5 year and
€rved seven months overseas
Vit ihe 41st Division.
He wears tae. Asiatie_Pacific
‘ibbon and the Philippine Lib-
Tation “Ribbon. :
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T. COL GLENN ¥ ¥ ANT
Y TERMINAL, LEAVE .
.. Colonel Glenn . Fant, of
‘0 Normal Avenue, i= at home
" terminal lpave from Fort
X Kentucky and at the end
‘.;Q }Fa\se will revert to an in‘
‘tive status in the U, S. Army.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
his efforts to obtain approval for
the entire number of units
sought.
Secretary Joel A. Wier of tae
Athens Chamber of Commerce,
who has also been assisting Uni~
versity authorities, has telegraph
‘ed the United States Chamber of
Commerce en the sousing status
both in the city and at the Uni
versity. The U. S. Ci of C,, is
making a mation wide survey on
housing. B e
Secretary Wier’'s {elegram to
the nationai C. of C., headquar
te's stated that the housing
shortage in the ciiy and on the
campus ig “acute.” He pointed out
that in the city alon2 there is an
immediate need of 615 dwelling
(Continued on 7"age Six.)
SURVIVOR OF “CALLAGHAN”
DISCHARGED ;
A survivor of the destroyer
Callaghan, attacked and sunk 80
niles off Okinawa late last July
»y Japanese suicide planes, Hen
v B. Kesler, navai metalsmith
yf Athens, Georgia, was discharg
»d Friday (January 18) at the
Tacksonville, Florida, Naval Per
;onnel Separation Ccnter.
The Callaghan wag patrolling
n a picket line off Okinawa
when attacked by 15 Jap raiders.
One of the pllanes made a suicide
plunge on _the ship, setting an
ymmunition magazine afire. The
resulting explosion caused over a
hundred ' casualties. Kesler.
wounded by sheil fragments in
the+"aead- and shoulders,. wag in
the water for three and a half
hours before being picked up
by another destroyer.
Prior to this action t'ais ship
varticipated in the invason at
Leyvte, Luzon, Iwo Jima, and
was with the firs; carrier raid
on Tokyo.
Kesler was returned to the
States after cne month in a Na
val Hospital in the Philippines
and received a 30 day leave be
fore returning to the Great Lakes
Naval Hospital where e remain-
S untl Sicosrca ior Gischelges
In the near future he will join
his wifee the former Iren
Scroggs of Athens at his home on’
Naccochee Avenuz2, Athens,
Georgia. He will return late this
month to his® pre-war position
with the Air Engincering Com.
pany at Charlotte, North Caroli=
na.
TOHN R. FREEMAN HOME
FROM NAVY
Jehn R. Feeman, seaman first
class, he been honerarbly dis
charged from %e U. S. Army and
has returned to his heme at 547
Boulevard.
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CPL. D. M. MATTIIEWS
HEADS FOR JAPAN
. Friends of Corporal Dwight
‘M. Mathews, who hLus been in
service soc thirteen months, will
be ix}thestecxx;o know that last
worg. from h said he was en
route to Kayoga, Japsn.
Cpl. Mattiews has been over
seas cince June 1. Mrs. Matthews,
who is employed ‘ot McLellan’s,
(Continnea on Page Seven)
Full Associated Press <ervice. Athens, Ga., Friday, January 25, 1946,
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LONDON, Jan. 25-—-(AP)—Soviet Russia in a letter to the Unilc‘d}
Nations Security Council today said that she was ‘“‘catégorically op
p(fi)xed"iwVthie;mlerna‘Lfiiqfiqgifipeace body’s taking up Iran’s case. ;
. S. T 0 TAKE
By The Associated Press
The government will operate
the nation’s billion dollar meat
industry beginning at 12:01 to
merrow in an emergency move
to restore meat te the nation’s
tables. :
But, as final arrangements for
the take over ordereq by Pres
ident Truman wete being com.-
pleted, there was no assurance
that the CIO packinghouse work.
ers, comprising 75 per cent of
the 250,000 out in tae strike
bound industry, woula return to
work.
AFL leaders last night ordered
their 25,000 striking members to
call off the walkout, stating the
union ‘“can not and must not dis
trust” Mr. Truman.
CIO Quiet
CIO leaders, however, were
noncommittal of the AFL action
and said their decision would
be announced only after two
meetings today—one of 200 of
ficers of union locais and one of
rank and file members.
The seizure will place the Ag
ricultyre Department fin direct
&iarge of 134 planis, owneq by
19 packing companies and all
closed since a walkout: 10 days
ago over wage demands,
Gayle G. Armsfrong, a New
Mexico rancher and deputy ad
ministrator of the Agricultuye
Déparfméit’s . pioduetioh 4 Zall
marketing administration, will
operate the industry.
Federal seirure 1s the second
and largest in administration at
tempts to resolve post-war
strikes, which at present involve
1,710,000 workers. The Navy still
is operating 33 'c¢f the 53 oil
plants and refineries it took over
Oct. 4 in a wage cispute. Work
erg involved numizered 25,000.
Ferd Layoff Heported
The five-day old walkout of
750,000 CIO steel workers will
force the layoff of 15,000 em
ployes at ®ae Ford Motor Com
pany tonight, the company re.
ported, and it said 25,000 addi
tional workers would be affect
ed in a week.
The giant steel strike, biggest
single industrial dispute in the
nation’s history, which showed
no indications of approaching
(Continveda on page two.)
GEORGIA, ALABAMA
MEAT PLANTS
AFFECTED BY ORDER
WASHINGTON, Jan, 25—(AP)
—Georgia and Alabama meat
packing plants are on the list of
plants which Secretary of Agri
culture will seize and operate to
morrow. Seizure time is 12:01 a.
m. (local time).
The list includes:
Cudahy Packing Company
plants in and around Albany,
Ga.
Armour Company plants in and
around Tifton, Ga., and Birming
ham, Ala.
The' Xingan -~ amd: Company
plants located in and around Do
than, Ala.
Swift and Qompany plants at
Montgomery Ala., and »Moultrie,
Ga.
The Wilson and Company
plants located in and around Co
lumbus, Ga.
.
Jesse E. Mills Is
New Rent Conirol
i For A
Director For Area-
James L. Taylor, District Rent
Executive, announces the ap
pointment of Jesse E. Mills as the
Ataens Area Rent Director to re
place George L. Goode, who re
signed December 27, 1945.
Mr. Mills served in the Armed
Forces for three years, being
discharged December 16, 1945.
While on active duty with the
Army, Mr. Mills was assigned to
special duty with the OPA Rent
Division as Army liason repre
sentative for a pericd of fifteen
months. All paases of rental
problems are familiar to him as
result of hig Army assignment.
The major portion of his time
will be spent in the Athens OPA
Rent Office located in the Pan-
American Insurance Building,
298 East Washington street. The
operation of tie Gainesville,
Georgia, OPA Rent Office will
also be under supeivision and
a portion of his time will be
spent there,
Disclosing Soviit strategy @in
dealing with Iran’s appeal for
Council action to halt the alleged
intervention of the Red Army in
Iran’s internal affairs, the Soviet
answer declared the ' Iranian
groundless and incorreet. :
Prefer Direct Talks &
Instead of United Nations.inter=
vention in the affair, Russia pro
posed that the differences between
Tehran and Moscow be worked
out in direct negotiations between
the two countries.
The Russian position was set.
forth 'in a letter from Russia’s
chief delegate, Vice Foreign Com
missar Andrei Vishinsky, to Nor
man J. O. Makin. of Australia,
president of the Security Council.
The statement was released by
the UNO Information Service just
two hours before the Security
Council was to go into session to
decide whether ‘it should consider
not only Iran’s charges against
Russia but also Russia’s charges
of British interference in the af
fairs of Greece and Indonesia.
Although Russia thus voiced her
opposition to Counecil considera
tion of Iran’s case, she does not
have a veto on whether it will be
discussed. :
The qustion of taking up all
three cases will be decided by a
majority vote of the“ll members
and unanimity is not required
among tt_l_e five principal powers.
U. S. For Action
U. S. Delegate Edward R. Stet
tinius, jr., reiterating the stand
taken yesterday by Secretary of
State James F. Byrnes, told the
American delegation early today
he was prepared to support a pro
posal for Council consideration of
all three cases and for holding a
hearing on them as soon as possi
ble. .
As the Council members prepar
ed for the historic meeting, sched
uled for 3 p. mx €lO a.'m; EST),
they learned that they might have
another knotty problem handed
to them even before they finish
their first major tests.
The government of the tiny re
public of Lebanon said last night
that it had ordered its United Na
tions delegation to present to the
Council Lebanon’s demand for
immediate withdrawal of British
and French troops from her soil.
At the same time some dele
gates foresaw the possibility that
I}Egypt might present still another
case to the Council.
i Demands British Quit
~ Egypt, which has been demand
ing evacuation of British troops
stationed there, was in the midst
of a cabinet crisiLN with three min
isters threatening to résign, as
serting that Foreign Minister Ab
(Continued on Page Two.)
Former Athenian
Taken By Death
At Paterson, N. J.
PATERSON, N. J, Jan. 25—
(AP). — Theodore Moreno Lucas,
57, a native of Athens, Ga., who
was assistant manager of general
sales and service of the Wright
Aeronautical Corporation, died
yesterday.
In his youth he worked for a
railroad in and around Memphis,
Tenn., to earn enough money to
study at the University of Ten
nessee. He was graduated with
the degree of electrical engineer.
He later represented export firms
in China and Japan.
His widow and two daughters,
Elizaheth and .Jane,. suryive, Bur
ial will be at Memphis. :
STORIES OF TORTURE AND DEATH
TOLD IN NUERNBERG WAR TRIAL
NUERNBERG, Jan, 25 —(AP)
—Fifty Russian officers and po
litical commissars were execu
ted as a special trcat for Gesta
po Chieftain Heinrich IMlimmier
at Mauthausen murder camp in
September, 1944, and 47 Ameri
can and Dut®a fliers were tor
tured and stoned {c¢ death the
same month, a former inmate
testified to day before the Inter
national Military Tribunal.
TMie witness, Maurice Lampe,
a Frenchman, telling a particu
larly graphic story of the beat
ings and stoninggs of the fliers.
said #ae Americans and Dutch
men arrived at the camp the
morning of Sept. 6
Barefooted and’ dressed only
in their underwear, the fliers
were taken before ilie SS com.
mandant and told they were con
demned to death for trying to
escape.
Officer Bceaten
When one of the American of
ficers reauesteq tae 'privilege of
dying “like a soldie™” he was
beaten and then the entire group
was led, stil] barefoodter, to the
bottom of a stone guarry.
“Bach man was {hen loaded
withstonesanqmg‘tqgoto%
top of the quarry—up all
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EX-C. I. ASKS FOR RIGHT TO WED
Russeil W. Horton (right) one of the four former American
soldiérs now on civilian duty in Grmany who appealed to Presi
dent Truman for the right to marry German girls and return to
this country wiih them. Parents of the former Elmsford, N. Y.
soldier revealed that he secretly was wed to a German girl (left)
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Saturday, Sunday
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Old Man Winter laid aside his
indifference early today, became
serious and turned up with bliz
zards in two sections of the coun
try. ; ,
And the Weather Man predicts
some drops in 'temperatures for
other regions later Saturday and
Sunday.
A New England blizzard came
during an eight to 20-inch snow-
Aalk. Kfuvy Svinds cfrom’ a 2 storm
centered . off* Nantucket caused
gusty winds as high as 40 miles
in the Boston area.
A eold wave sweeping over the
northern plains produced blizzard
conditions in the Dakotas and
eastern Montana. Temperatures
(Continued on Page Two)
Services For Dr.
Herbert Winn
Will Be Sunday
Services for Dr. derbert Winn,
former well known Atheng durg.
gist, who died in a Chicago hos
pital Wednesday night, will be
‘ccnducted Sunday alternoon from
First Methodist church here,
’ T.ie services will be held at
‘2:30 o'clock and officiating will
'be the pastor, Dr. Harvey C.
'Holland, and Revv. B. C. Kerr,
pastor of First Metnodist church
in Cedartown, where Dr. Winn
wag making his home at the
time of his deata.
Burial will be in Oconee Hill
cemetery, McDorman - Bridges
in charge of arrangements. Pail.
bearers will be announced later.
Dr. Winn was g resident of
Athens for many years, being
widely known as a pharmacist
and later as one of the owners
of the Mcon-Winn Drug Compa
ny. A féw years agc he sold his
interest in the drug store and
moved to Cedartown where he
purchased the Bradford Drug
Company, which he was operat
ing when he became ill.
He is survived by his wife and
seve-al sisterg and ‘brothérs. ~ *
steps,” Lampe related. I
“That first trip each man car- ‘
ried 25 to 30 kilograumg ((55 tn‘
B T e Rtame . e SETC
(Continued on Page Two.)
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and warmer tonight
with lowest temperature 34 ‘
degrees. Saturday cloudy and '
mild with showers, followed
by cooler Saturday night and |
Sunday. .
GEORGIA: Partly cloudy,
warmer in norith and west
portions, little temperature
change in southeast portion
this afternoon and tonight. |
Saturday partly cloudy and
mild in the south, cloudy
with showers and cooler in
north portion. |
’ TEMPERATURE
M. L Y
SN .. o R
a 0 i iR
T e
RAINFALL 4
Inches last 24 hours .. .. T.
Total since January 1 ... gfi
Excess since January 1.. 5.
it Ry vt 428
WASHINGTON Jan. 25—(AP)
-—Republican congressmen weigh
ed today the advisability of a bold
move to seize leadership in de
termining what form of strike con
trol legislation shall pass the
house.
Minority leader Joseph Martin
(Mass) declared that if they act
ed in concert they could easily
take the ball away from the De
mocrats. The majority is sharply
divided on the strike control
question.
Some leading Democrats con
ceded Martin was right. They
were skeptical however whether
the Republicans could put up a
solid front either. “The Republi
cans are just as weak and vicillat
ing as some members of our own
party,” said Rep. Cox (D-GA). *
Martin said the minority would
meet next week to decide whether
to takg bloe acilion on various
pending labor bills. |
Alternative Resulls |
One member of his party, whoi
preferred not to have his name
in print, was quick to express re
servations, “If we get control and
strikes get settled as a result,”‘
he said, “we will bet full credit.
But if things continue messed up
we'd get all the blame.” :
If the strategy is adopted it will
be tested when a modefied fact
finding bill comes before the house
late next week or early the fol
lowing week.
Severa] Republicans told a re
porter they could make “boc
voting” work in the house just
as they did earlier this week in
(Uontinued on Page Two)
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Georgia “‘Blue”’
Baby Is Doomed
Without Surgery
BALTIMORE, Jan. 25.—(AP)—
Georgia’s “blue” baby, three
year-old Myrna Brock of Atlan
ta, will undergo an operation at
Johns Hopkins Hospital. Doctors
say she is doomed to death unless
surgery is performed,
Tests conducted for two days
show she is amenable to the fam
ous Blalock-Taussig operation.
The congenital malformation of
the heart is causing an insuffi
cient oxygenated blood supply.
No gdate has been set for the
operation. ‘
Dr. Helen B. Taussig and Dr.
Alfred Blalock of Hopkins Hos
pital developed the surgical meth
od which has saved the lives of
many “blué” babies since the first
operation November 29, 1944,
Reaches The M
REACNes 1e moon
WASHINGTON, Jan., 25 —
(AP) — The Army today claim
ed the world’s first scientific
contact with the moon in a Jules
Ve'ne feat which spanned 238,-
000 miles of outer c<pace by ra
dar. >
Government astrcnomers said
tae achievement might lead to
the answer of the age-old ques
tion whether any form of life
exists on the mooan.
‘Ancther possibility was that it
might usher the radio control
for super-range jet or rocket
vrojectiles wiiich could be kept
hovering ominously above the
earth in the stratosphere.
The War Department reported
that the resuits of the experi
ment p-omise “wvaluable peace
time as well as wartime applica
tions.” Far.moving space ships
were listed as one of the “less
likely” applications.
The first radar contact with
the moon wasg made Jan. 10, ii
was disclosed, and the feat has
been successfully repeated sev.
era] times gince. : .
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ATLANTA, Jan. 25.—(AP)—Affirming its stand of ldst sum
mer, the Georgia House of Representatives today defeated de
cisively an amendment. which would have permitted Governor
Ellis Arnall to run again.
The vote on the resolution was 126 for and 74 against. A two
thirds majoriyt of the House membership of 205 was necessary
for the bill to pass. Sixty-nine negative votes were enough to
defeat it.
J, L. LEWIS SAID
RETURNING UMW
T 0 AFL RANKS
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 25—(AP)—A
source close to John L. Lewis re
ported today that Lewis has de-~
cided to take his 500,000 United
Mine Workers back into ' the
American Federation of Laber
next week.
The informant, who asked that
his name be withheld, said Lewis
is on his way from Springfield,
111., to Miami to formally bury his
differences with. his old time col
leagues on the AFL executive
council now meeting at Miami—
barring some unforeseen develop~
ments.
Quit In 1936
Lewis left the American Fed
eration of Labor in 1936 to form
the CIO, and later left that or
ganization for his Uniied Mine
Workers.
~ William Green, president of the
AFL, has been in frequent con
taet with Tewis but -would not
confirm today that theés UMW
chief has submitted an application
for reaffiliation.’
' Other AFL executive commit
teemen were equally uncommuni
cative on the subject. s
Reliable sources said that Green
was expected to make the formal
announcement of Lewis’ return to
the AFL fold at the conclusion of
today’s executive council session.
Lewis has been flirting with the
Federation since he left the CIO
in 1942. Once he paid his per
capita tax for return to the AFL
but” he did not like the terms the
execulive council imposed on him
and asked for return of the check
for approximately $48,000.
This time, however, the council
appeared ready to comply with
Lewis’ chief condition—a seat on
the policy-making 15-man execu
tive council.
Council members said privately
that Lewis could have the seat
vacated by Harvey W. Brown,
president of the machinists, if he
wants it.- The machinists left the
(Continued on Page Eight)
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Compromise Plan
In FEPC Fight
Offered In Senate
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—(AP)
—The olive branch 6f compro
mise was offered, today on Cani.
tol Hill to end the FEPC filibus
ter, now orating into its second
wordy week.
Senate peacemakers hopefully
approached foes and friends of
the legislation with a plan that
would save political face for both
warring camps, if accepted; and
(Continuea on Page Three)
Athens Hi Holds
Stunt Night - _
In Auditorium
BY BETTY WOOD
The 1946 Maroon, Athens High
Sdaool annual, heid its annual
Stunt Night last night at tHe
Mell Auditorium with 130 stu
dents.and faculty mcmbers tak
ing part in the event.
Playing to a full house. each
of the 17 hoomrooms participa
ted in an hour and {forty-five
minuteg of lively entertainment,
wixi Bill Simpson as master of
ceremonies.
The judges were: Mrs. Bunnie
Cox, Mrs. Alex McCaskill, and
Coach MecCaskill.
The winnerg were Miss Grace
Anderson’s homeroom with “Life
of Miss Grace,” Miss Bocock’s
homeroom in “A Fashion Show,”
and Misg Tillman’s homeroom in
“Take Off On Frunk Sinatra,”
Mrs. Vinson’s hcmeroom in
“Waiting For The Train To
Come in.” These won first, sec
ond, third and fourth places re
spectively, and honcrable men
tion wag given the faculty, who
sang a group of funny songs.
The prize for firs: place was
an enormous cake with “Con
grat” written across , the top,
whica was served during home
room period Friday morning to
the winning students
‘Al] proceeds went to the Ma
roon which sponso-ed the show.
Other events have been planned
by this group to be given during
HOME
Harris ireduently mentioned as
a gubernatorial candidate him
sclf, closed the house debate on
the' resolution, already passed by
tthe Senate, to lift the constitu
tional ban against a second term.
If the Constitutional Amend
ment is passed by the legisiature
;il would have to be approved in
a general election after the De
‘mocratic primaries, Harris pointed
out, and added:
~ “There wik be a fight in your
executive committee because there
are about 15 members here who
are on that' committee. .. .and il
there is not a fight in that com
mittee, I am a member and 1
know there will be.”
Veoting Begins
The house began voting on the
resolution at 1:12 p. m. '
However, with each of the 205
members allowed three minutes in
which to explain his vote, 1t wag
expected that the result of the
contest, admittedly close, would
not be known until mid-afternooen.
“Ellis wants tp set himself up
a feather bed, and if he does, just
as sure as the sun is shinning,
someone eise is going to lie in : g
Harris said.
He added that “my heart bleeds
for some members of this housge,
My heart bleads for the young
man who came to me this morn
ing and with tears in his eyes said,
‘They have threatened me with
defeat in my county if I don,’t
vote for it.’
“He asked ‘Wfll you jrelease
me?’ and I said, ‘‘yes, because
we've got enough votes to kill hell
out of it.””
| Feopie’s Issue
Harrison said “this issue has
not been created by Ellis Arnall
It has been e¢reated by the people
back home. Theéy are harassing me
and telling me they want the right
to vote on this amendment.,
“From the mountains to the sea
the people have had a taste of good
gsovernment and they want some
moré ot it '
“Our people have been ashamed
to say they were from Gorgia but
now they throw out their chests
and say they're from Georgia. This
is one time when the Constitution
would get an avalanche of votes
on an amendment.”
He asserted that only 18 states
prohibit the reelection of 'a EOV~
ernor. - : T
Referring to Gholston’s address,
Harrison said “if this thing (High
way . Department) is so rotten
across the way, it didn’t get rotten
overnight but from its inception.”
He said “We didn’t make it rot
ten; we have been trying to clean
it up” and added that a number
of his listeners had been legisla
tors+2o years,
“I have heard the Governor say
on the floor of this House that if
any member knew of any crook
edness, you were a self-appointed
F. B. I. agent to bring it to his at
tention,
“If there is a lot of rottenness
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Slayer Insane °
SAVANNAH. Ga., Jan. 9%5.-—
(AP) — Additional testimony
bearing on the sanity of Jesse
McKethan was expected today as
the trial of the 24-year-old fac
tory worker for the slaying and
butchering of a young compan
ion went into its second day.
The state yesterday detailed
McKethan’s confession that he
killed his 17-year-old friend, Lu
ther Aids, last' October in an ar
gument over a missing wallet,
dismembered his body and dis
tributed it over the city.
To vprove its pre-trial claim
that McKethan was insane, the
defense presented his next door
neighbor, Mrs. Lela George, who
told of watching the young man
juggle tomatoes for a full hour
in his yard and of his having
stood with fixed gaze for 30 min
utes at another time.
McKethan's . father told the
court his son was “eraz” and “al
ways doing foolish things.” He'
said his son had acted as if in a
trance since the death within the
past two years of his mother and
two brothers. 2
During cross examination So
licitor A. J. Ryan obtained state
ments that McKethan made rapid
advancement in a shipyard where
he was employed for several
years and that he was fired for
forging a check.