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Outmoded ldeas,
Double System
Called School llls
' Ry KRIS KREEGER :
NEW ORLEANS, March 30—(AP)—Apathy, outmoded ideas and
the expensive double sechool system ar handicappieng th South in
its fight against ignorance.
The little red school house, with one or two averworked teachers,
Liso seems to be quite a drag in some areas. v -
Aside from the region’s com
parative poverty, those were the
three diffidulties most emphasized
in replies received to a question
naire sent by the Associated!
press to college - presidents and
superintendents of education inl
Southern States. |
The questionnaire covered vari
ous aspects of Southern educa
tional prospects and problems.
Of course, as some of the edu
cators pointed out, the chief dif
ficulties cannot be entirely disas
sociated from the basic cconomic!
situation. The apathy, for in
stance, appears due in large part
to the fact that many Southern
ers, because of poverty, have
srown up without education and
cannot realize its importance.
Caldwell Cites Apathy
Apathy toward education for
the masses was linked with old- |
fashioned thinking in the reply
received from Harmon Caldwell,
president of the University of
Georgia, whichi eriticized “the at-‘
titudeg and beliefs held by some of!
the South’s ~educational Jender—l
ship.” ‘
“These beliefs,” said Dr. Cald—}
well, “grew out of the prosper
ous feudal South in the early
nineteenth century, which devel
oped a pattern of education for
the economic elite and little or
no education for the masses of
the people.” |
John E. Coxe, Louisiana super
intendent of education, staled the
problem thus: !
Lack Enough Money
“If our schools were adequate
ly financed over a long period of
time, there would be no other
handicap to education in the
South. Since we have been un
able to provide proper facilities
for education for a great num
i ber of years, a considerable seg
ment of our population has not
' vet learned to ‘believe’ in educa
| tion.” - :
John J. Tigert, president of the
University of Florida, said: |
“My impression is that the
chief handicaps to the develop
ment of a better education sys
tem in the South are the rela
tively hig hdegree of indifference
of the great masses of people and
the relatively l;x.;%egree_ of illit
eracy and nrizl *%‘WM
a rather widely 'distributet,” bt
small, percentage of the popula
tion..” :
M. F. Whittaker, president 'of
South Carolina State Agricultu
ral and Mechanical College, cited
a “lack of parental and employer
interest in education, accompan
ied in many instances by antago
nism toward the school and its
program.” .
“The lack of desire for educa
tion to be effectively available to
all the people” was one of several
difficulties listed by L. H. Foster,
president of Virginia State Col
lege. ' - $ :
“Inherent conservatism” was
blamed by Raymond R. Paty,
president of -the University of
Alabama. RhE
“We *Jack adequately trained
teachers, adeguate bifildings, and
facilities to work with,” he said,
“but these, too, are economic in
nature. et A
“Perhaps the one factor which
is farthest remaved from the eco
nomic situation “is our inherent
conservatism—_ our unwillingness
to change and to experiment, our
tendency to feel that what was
good for other days and for other
places, is what we should have.”
“Out of date organization due
to statutory limitation,” was cited
as a handicap in the reply re
ceived from R. F. Poole, president
of Clemson (S. C.) Agriculturai
College.
The expense of maintaining a
double set of schools for white
and negro pupils was mentioned
by several, including state super
intendents and presidents of botir
white and negro ,colleges.
A number of educators stressed
# need for = consolidation of
schools and school districts. As
explained by J. M. Tubb, Missis
sippi superintendent es education,
school consolidation would aid in
“providing a Tri¢her curriculum,
better- paid teachers, and thereby
eliminating some schools in which
4 noor grade of work is done.”
Dr. Whittaker of South Caro
lina A. and M. said a “prepond
erance of small schools” was a
detriment, and that more than
1,600 of ihe 2,200 negro scheels
in his state had only one or two
teachers each.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and mild
Sunday. g
GEORGIA: Fair Sunday
and Sunday night, cooler
Sunday and over the South
portion Sunday night; Mon- °
day fair and warmer.
TEMPERATURE
Highest = . . . 384 .81
Lowest . v weay 408
Mesti .. ot %
Nopmmal .0 0 s iviney .06
RAINFALL
laches last 24 hours ... .. .00
Total since March 1, .. .. 5.18
Excess since Marech 1 .... .13
Average March rainfall .. 5.00
Total since January 1 ....19.99
SHORT $3,000;
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$24,000 IS SEEN _=-
AS
Although final figures. g ot
yet available, it is ing? !-"b that
$24,000 has been ce 45 ~ed in
the Red Cross Mai- "“.‘ce Fund
Campaign for Athers, ‘?n,d Clarke
county which is $3,000 short of the
goal.
L. M. Shadgett, general chair
man of the cgmpaign, yesterday
expressed his personal apprecia
tion and that the Athens-Clarke
County chaptér for th work done
by the sixteen teams. all cap
tained by world war veterans and
their members, as wel]l as to the
contributors.
The campaign officially closes
today March 31, but those who
have not yet made contributions
for ne reason or .another, are
urged to do so, mailing their
checks or giving the cash to J. K.
Wickliffe, treasurer, at the Citi
zens and Suthern National Bank.
Announcement of the results sq
far obtained was made as follows:
“Although final figures are nct
yet available, about $24,000 will
have been collected for the Ath
eps and Clarke County Chapte.r
“Of this amount, about $20,000
has already been received or
pledged. 5
“The balance of $4,000 yet to be
collected consists mainly of checks
not yet received from about a
dozen larger contributors such as
local manufacturing plants; con
tributions being made by the fac
ulty members of she University
of Georgia; they have their own
drive on the caéxpus each year;
the fund being raised, in ac
cordance with past custom, by
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Wayne R. Shields has as
sumed his duties as City Sup
erintendent of Recreation,
W, 1. Benson, chairman of
the Recreation Board, an
nounced yesterday. Mr.
Shields has had wide experi
ence in recreation work in
several states. :
Shields Takes Over
As Superiniendent
Of Recreafion Here
The Athens Playground and
Recreation Board have ap
pointed Wayne R. Shields as City
Superintendent of Recreation, and
he has arrived and assumed his
duties. In making this announce
ment, W. H. Benson, chairman of
the board, points out that this po
sition has not been filled for the
past two years although Mrs. Joe
Crawford has been acting directori
in charge and will continue in the
capacity of assistant director. |
Mr. Shields is a graduate of Al
legheny College in Meadville,
Pennsylvania, his home, and re
ceived his M. A. degree from New
York University in the field of
recreation. His undergraduate
work led to an A. B. degree in
Business Administration and Edu
cation. He is a member of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon social fraternity
and was particularly active in ex
tra-curricular activities, pariici
pating in varsity football, soccer,
and golf. He was also a member
of the Allegheny Singers, a na
tionally known acapella choir and
president of the Outing. Club.
While attending New York Uni
versity, Mr. Shields served as as
sistant coach and playground di
rector for Brooklyn Friends Acad
emy and upon completion of his
work at New York University, ac
cepted the position as Boys Direc
tor of Willoughby Settlement
House in Brooklyn.
He remained in this capacity
until 1940 -at which time he was
employed by the Illinois W. P. A.
program as State Park Recreation
Consultant, developing the then
new Crab Orchard Lake Recrea
tion Area and Pierre Marquette
State Park. =
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Early in the war he went to
Washington, D. C., serving on the
National Staff of the American
Red Cross first as assistant’ chief
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Members of Company 112, Virginia State Guard line up at the Armory in Alexandria, to receive
field equipment after they were alerted for strike duty for the first time since the war. Virginia
Electric and Power Company workers declared that they will walk off their jobs midnight Sunday
and Governor William Tuck has declared a state of emergency.
Council To Decide:
Qt “l g g
3 O s e = - = - el "t
By TAYLOR HENRY
NEW YORK, March 30—(AP)—Iranian Ambassador Hussein Ala studied with care tonight reports
from Iran of large scale movement of Soviet troops abandoning their @id bases. But he declined to com
ment on the possible significance of these moves or their effect on the dispute between Iran and Rus
sia before 'the United States Se(:uriy);q?_grncil;
Ala declared “Iran | has put
these matters in the hands of the
council and ‘has eonfidence that
the council will givé both parties
a full opportunity to be heard and
will reach a just’solution.”
The Ambassador alse noted of
ficial statements from Tehran say
ing that some of his statements iir
presénting the Iranian.case to the
security council while motovated
by “Patriotism” had been exag
gerated.
On this point too the Ambassa
dor remained silent but observers
close to the Iranian Embassy said |
it appeared that Ala enjoyed the
full confiderice of his government
or he would not be allowed to-re<
main in such a responsible post.
Troop Movements
Delayed dispatches from Teh
ran described the movement. of
thousands of Soviet troops toward
the Caspian sea port of Pahlevi
while an eficial statement in the
Iranian Capital gaid Premier
Ahmed Qavam “is satisfied with
Russian evacuation progress - but
is anvious for Iran to be free of
foreign troops as soon as possible.”
In Moscow Soviet - observers -
said they felt the Unted States
and Britain”s pressing of the case
before ‘the “council violated the
principle of “Equalijty among na
tions.” T,
Moscow comments did not view
the councjl’s latest maneuver in
asking both Russia and Iran for
farther information ds ‘a ‘positive
solution but said it might some
what ease the situaton.
The ~Soviet representative to
the security, gouncil,, Ambassa
dor Anderi Gromyko, spent a
quet day at the Soviet Consulate.
Most the- delegates were resting
over ‘the weekend after their
week of Dramatic” sessions.. =
Byrnes Reports -
Secretary of State Byrnes flew
to Washington to report to Pre-
sident Truman.
At Bristol, England, Toreign
Minister BErnest Bevin, without
reference in so many words to the
Soviet-Iranian dispute, declared
“it is improper to negotiate or at
tempt to negotiate or obtain con
cessions by a great power out of
a little power by means of occu-
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2 KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK
SNOW HILL, Md:, Marca 30—
(AP) — Two persons were Kiil
ed anq four were injured this
afternoon when a northbound
Pennsylvania raiiroad jpassen
ger train collided with a gasoline
truck at .a.grade crossing half a
mile south of here. E e
The -train was overturned by
the impact and, sproyed with
gasoline from tae wreeked truck,
immediately caught fire. trap
ping seven passengers and meni
bers of the train crew.
A mail clerk led the passen
gers- from the coach to a mail
car. and helped them out
through a smail trep door in ‘the
roof.
Tae dead were identified bY
officials of the truck line and
crew members as:
Preston Gootiee, =O, of Salis-
Sy, e Siver Of Lae truck.
L. H. Bowdell, about 40, Fed
eralsburg, Mr.. train fireman.
Full Associated Press Service
COAL STRIKE T 0 GO ON 10N.GHT AT
¥ .m ",‘%{3«:@ &er "
MIDNIGHT AS PLARNED, SAYS LEWIS
By HAROLD W. WARD
WASHINGTON, March 30—(AP)—Secretary pf Labor Schwellen
back, giving up hope of preventing a nationwide soft coal strike set
to begin Monday, appointed a special mediator tonight and expressed
hope the shutdown will be a short one. ;
Regisiration Al
University To
Break All Marks
At the close of the first week
of registration for the spring quar
ter at the University of Georgia,
official figures show that the en
ro@lment of the schoopl was swelled
to' 3,992.
With the registration deadline
extending uyntil Tuesday, April 2,
it is an almost foregone conclusion
that the all-time: record-breaking
figure of 4,000 students will be
reached. This figure will represent
the' top erirollment in any institu
tion in the state of Georgia.
’ As of Friday night, 3.969 stu
dents had officially registered. Of
this figure, 2,520 are men stu
dents, 1,449 women. According to
iJ. Ralph Thaxton, registrar, 23
new applications were accepted
‘Sztguzrday, swelling the total to
3.992.
A further breakdown of the fig
ures as of Friday night show that
now enrolled in the University are
2,226 male veterans and 63 female
veterans. " >
The winter quarter saw a
breaking of all previous enroll
ment figures with 3,436 students.
The previqus high enrollment was
in 1939 when a student body of 3,-
408 was recorded.
This new enrollment more than
doubles the figure for the same
period last year, when only 1,747
students wer registered, more than
1,200 of which were women.
Boy Scout Circus
Now Set For May 3
- The Boy Scout Circug oft the
Afhens Area Scouts will defi
nitely be held May 3 after bein,:
changed three times It will be
weid in Woodruff !iall” on the
University Campus.
Events will be staged by in
dividual troops and other open
eventg by all troors. y
All events have becn announc
er except building fire by flint
and steel and by {friction. These
two acts are to be done by the
Explorer Post which is headed
by Doctor Walker IMatthews.
RATAS INVADE HOME
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March
30 — (AP) — Two infants were
under doctor’s care here today
after @ three<night battle be.
tween their deaf mute parents
and hordeg of rats that invaded
their mome to attack the family.
biting the children more han a
score of times. =/ =
Four-month-olg He:man Gor
don. ir.. was still in a county hos
pital crib — his body purpple
and bruised — but 18. month-old
Kathleen had been sent tiome
after medical treatment.
Athens, Ga., Sunday, March 31, 1946.
The Secretary told a news con
ference that after talking - with
John L. Lewis, United Mine Work
ers president, and the operators
he had concluded that the coniro
versy could be settled better with
out forcing a commitment to ex
tend the old contract.
Lewis, at a briel néws confer
ence, after Schwellenback’s state
ments, said “the situation is un
changed.”
“The contract expires at mid
night Sunday. The production of
coal will cease. The miners will
stay at home with their families
and take a rest next week. '
No Picketing
“There will be no picketing.
Everything will be normal. AN
the mines will be manned with
maintenance men and the miners
will just wait for a fair deal to be
given to them by the operators
and a fair contract to be negotiat
ed.
“No matter how long it takes
theéy will wait long enough to in
sure that that be done.”
Lewis, in serving notice he
would terminate the present
agree at midnight Sunday night,
had said he would not continue
the old contract because the min
ers had been*“defrauded” out. of
retroactive pay in times past.
Schwellenbach said he had re
ceived assurance from Lewis that
where a utility is* dependent on
coal production for continued
operation, some provision for re
lief will be made. However, Lewis
told reporters earlier this week
that power companies had 78 days’
supply on Feb. 1.
Paul Fuller, Mediator
The Secretary named Paul Full
er, of Akron, who. is already
special conciliator for the rubber
industry, as his mediator in the
coal conferences. Fuller was call
ed: from Akron to attend the re
sumption of coal negotiations
Monday at 2:30 p. m., Eastern
Standard Time.
Fuller was described by
Schwellenbach as one “who prob
ably has done the outstanding job
of conciliation of the post-war
period.” He kept the rubber com
panies and the CIO rubber work-.
ers talking through many weeks
of negotiations, and finally achiev
ed agreement without a strike,
Schwellenbach ssaid. y
The Secretary said the mine
workers and the operators both
had agreed to cooper#ie with
Fuller, who will be Schwellen
bach’s personal representative in
the meetings from now on.
CAROLINA GORUP?
ADJOURNED
COLUMBIA S. C., March 30—
(AP) — The Generui Assembly
adjourned sine die at 6:16 p. m..
today despite a snecial I\lea
from Governor Ransome Will
iams that it pemain in session
“an additional week”. j
ESTABRLISHED 1832,
Greek Leftists
Trying To Block
Voting Today
Nearly 20,000 Demand Ouster
& -
Of British Troops From Greece
By L. 5. CHAKALES
ATHENS, March 30--(AP)—Nearly 20,000 Greek leftists demanded
the ouster of British troops from Greece tonight in the climax to an
intensive left wing campaign to keep voters from participating to
morrow in tb_ye_fifEst pufz;lrijm;gnlzu'y elegtions ir_l more than 10. years.
POST-GRADUATE
AT ATHENS HIGH
The Board of Education at its
regular monthly meeting here
Thursday awthorizeq additional
instruction for Athens High
School graduates wuao finish the
eleventh grade this year. Provis
ions will be made for students
who wish it to take additional
work in either the academe or
vocational fielq without cost.
Academic work will be intend
ed to prepare students more ad
equately for coliege entrance,
and the' wvoeational instruction
wiil, include. a part.time work
program for the student “on tae
jcb” and part-time academic
program in which ke will study
subiects related to the work he
is doing.
Any students who have grad
vated from high schcel previous
v and dn ner come linder the
Vieterans Training Prograra may
participate in the newly author
ized program by consulting W.
M. Hicks, co-ordinaior, through
the Board of Education.
The bbard alsn elected IMiss
Elizabeth’ Colson lig arian at tae
high school here.
Vocational Training
To Be Offered
To Veterans Here
The Board of Education here
anonunces that beginning early
in April a Vterans’ Vocational
i Training program will be
gin in Athens and Clarke county
in cooperation with the Veterans’
Administration. W. M. Vicks has
been apopinted director of the on
the-job program.
Any veteran of at least 90 days
service who was discharged under
conditions other than dishonor
able is eligible to participate in
.the training program. Upon ap
proval of the. training director,
a veteran may serve as an ap
prentice in any indusiry or busi
.nes and will be paid a salary by
Ithe firm commensurate with his
qualifications and capabilities.
The .firm will raise the veteran’s
salary as he becomes more pro
ficient in the vocation he is learn
ing. In addition to the salary paid
by his employers, the veteran will
receive $65. a month subsistence
|allowance frim the government if
the is single, and S9O. a month if
he is married
A veteran is eligible for train
ing up to four years, depending
upon the length of military ser
vice. He may receive on-the-job
training automatically for one
year if he has had as much as
90 days service, and an additional
month’s training for every month
of his service until the maximum
of four years is reached.
i While the ex-serviceman is tak
ling on-the-job training, he will
'alsu be rquired to have six hours
a week of classroom training iy
subjects related to his vocation.
For instance, if he becomes an
apprentice machinist, the veteran
ight study blueprinting and ma
chine shop mathematics under an
instructor for six hours a week.
I It is not necessary for a parti
eipant in the training program so
I be a resident of Athéns or Clarke
L Ouiy, bur anly vewiain i uiiy
area desiring to take the training
must become an apprentice in a
firm here so that adequate supei
vision by the Veterans’ Adminis
tration will be possible.
Any qualified OxX-servi-cman
may obtain additional informa
tion about the training program
by contacting the Veteran Service
officer in thesNational Bank Build
ing here.
Athenians Attend
Citizens Meet
Held At Thomson
Abit Nix, member of the board
of directors of the Athens Cham
ber of Commerce and Joel A.
Wier, general secretary, were
speakers at a meeting of citizens
at Thomson Thursday night. The
meeting was held for the purpose
of organizing a Chamber of Com-~
merce at Thomson.
“A. B. C. Paper —Single Copy, 3c—sc¢ Sunday
Armored cars mounting ma
chineguns and trucks loaded with
state police patrolled Athens
streets. Some disorders were re
i ported throughout Greece, but de
| tails were lacking. '
Leftists groups are boycotting
the elections, in which the Con
servative Populist Party appears
likely to win a majority of the 354
seats in Parliament. The Leftists
charge the Populists, dominated
by Royalists, are planning a coup
to return King George II to
|Greece. :
At a mass meeting near Consti~
ltution Square the huge crowd of
leftists. sympathizers shouted
“They should go!'" when former
Foreign Minister John Sophiano
poulos denounced the presence of
British troops and charged that
the elections were forced on
Greece by the British.
Police Squads Posted
Armed soldiers and sailors ap
peared throughout the Attica dis
[trict, which includes Athens. Four
fire trucks manned by steei-hei
meted firemen were stationed
near Central Police Headquarters
Ihere. Squads of 20 policemen were
lposted at corners near Constitu
[ tion.
British troops, whosg presence
in Greece also has drawn bitter
protests from the Russians, stood
by to %uard against violence which
had plagued this poverty-ridden
country since the nd of the war.
United States, British and
French representatives are here as.
election observers, Russia declined
an invitation to send observers,
and has charged that conditions
for free elections do not exist in
Greece, §
The military governor of Attica
banned public gatherings betweens
10 p, m, tonight and next Wed
nesday morning. .All bars were
closed. No businesses will be open
tomorrow.
Take Precautions . !
In Athens police took all pos
sible precautions against fresh
outbreaks after a clasa with 500
Communists outside the Athens
Labor Center last night. Ten po
licemen were reported hit by
stones and some shots were fired.
The Communists were preparing
to distribute anti-election leaflets,
police said.
Leftists have distributed thous
ands +of handbills declaring::
“Democrats ‘Abstain!” %
Royalists sympathizers have al
so increased their campaign ac
tivities, with thousands of plictures
of the king, captioned “He’s Com-
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CLOSE TO AGREEMENT
BATAVIA, JAVA, March 30—
(AP)— Dutch and Indonesian
leaders have come so close to an’
agreement on Indonesian demands
for independence that the negotin
tions will be transferred to the
Hague, it was announced today.
“Only lose ends remain to be
tied up,” one official said. !
Acting governor-General Hub
ertus Van Mook of the Nether
lands East Indies, three Indones
ian officials, and sir Archibald
Clark Kerr, spécial British Envoy,
wil] leve Thursday.
Sir Archibald ‘said “I do ‘mot
think I need to return to Java.”
Even as the progress in nego
tiations was disclosed, an Allied
communique anonunced that two
British Indian soldiers were killed
and five wounded in New clashes
in and near Bandoeng.
ATHENS TO MARK ARMY DAY SATURDAY
WITH PARADE AND SPEAKING PROGRAM
Athens will join * the nation
next Saturday, Ap:il 6, in pay
ing tribute to the United States:
Army, wita a parade to be held
through he downtewn section of
the city and a program featuring
prominent speakers :
President Truman has pro
claimed the day as cne to honor
the Army and all of its various
branches and the day is to be
dedicatedy to Americans WaoO
fought and died that thig coun
try and its people -might contin
ue in the “pursuit of happiness.”
Plans for observance of the
day are rapidly being compieted
bv a committee named by Mayor
Bob McWhorter. Members of the
committee include Colonel H. E.
Mann. chairman; Ha:: B. Bras
well, Major William Firor, Dean
Joan ¥. Drewry, Rev. David
Cady Wright. L. O. Price. jr,
AT ot . b or MC-
ANGLO-AMERICAN
RAIDERS SEIZE
1,000 SUSPECTS
FRANKFURT, Sunday, March
31.—(AP)—American and British
troops in swift midnight raids
early today broke the back of a
powerful underground move-~
ment aimed at reestablishing
Nazism in Germany. i
Troops and counter-espionage
agents seized 1,000 persons sus
pected of being ringleaders of the
plot, including 200 elite Nazis of
the inner circle. Counter-intelli
gence officers said not one of the
inner circle, mostly former Hitler
Jugend (Youth) leaders, escaped
the vast dragnet.
A ‘combined British-American
statement unfolded the dramatic
jstory of ‘“operation nursery,* a
' 10-months intensive manhunt in
the two zones, climaxed by the
’armor-,supported raids in west
ern Germany and Austria. There
| was evidence the plot also spread
! into the Russian zone.
Weli-Financed Attempt
I The well-financed attempt to
revive Nazism began even as the
thunder of guns died away on
Germany’s battiefields. But wran
gling between two factions of
the movement tipped coumiei=
espionage agents to its existence,
'after its cunning leaders had
completely taken in some Ameri
can military government officials.
Arrests of -the inner circle, be
gan as long as three months ago.
In the Saturday night-- Sunday
|morning raid 800 more were
[ jailed. ), ¢
“The. movement's long-range
| plan, designed to revive the Nazi
| ideology 'in Germany, was the
| most dangerous threat to our se
curity encountered - since - tha
war,” Brig: Gen. Edwin L. Sibert,
U. S. intelligence chief, asserted
“The back of thc movement is
broken.” ’
One-armed, 32-year-old Arthur
l Axmann, former Nazi “Fuehrer of
| German Youith,” was seized three
months ago, along with a number
of his closest henchmen. He was
identified as the leader of the en-_
o 0O '. a 0 ;keyL‘W'
lHit r Jugend officers. NSy
I It was an attempt to bm}d up
ap prganization on Nazi ideals
l-which would eventually become
g (Conunued on oage five.:
Superior Court To
Open April Term
Monday As 10 A. M.
Regular April terr of Clarke
‘Superior Court will convene
Monday morning at ten o’clock
with Judge Henry H West pre
siding, and the Grand Jury be
ing called intc se:tion.
First week of the court term
will be devoted {o civii <¢&ses
with criminal case; being taken
vip the second week. Solicitor
General D. M. Pollock will ap~
pea- for the state in the criminal
cases. A i
Opening day of the session will
be devoted to uncontested diverce
cases, of whica there are many
and the second day, Tuesday, has
five civil cases scheduled. = = -
. These, are R. J. Chandler vs.
Ozzie Calloway: il vs. Henry;
Yearby wvs. Chandler; L. Oln
Price, as Excutor ys, Mrs. W. L
Clementz and Mrs. Hattie Whit~
mire vs.» William Cu’iins. 5
On the doeket for Wednesday
are three otaer civil suits. Young
vs. Hill: Mrs. Lucille F, Pledger
vs. Southern Life Insurance Com
rany, and R. C. Lianders VS
Macey T. Landers. -
Cogrs seheduled Thursday,
April 4, inelude Morrovy vs South -
eastern® Russell Danrtel vs. J. D
wood; Henrv Bishon vs E. E
Yearwood; Bill McDaniel wvs.
Roger Jovdan and Mrs. Bill Mec=
Daniel vs. Mrs. W, A. Fowler.
The appearance Oocket for
eriminal ca<es - will be calied
Friday, April 12, it was announc
ed. ?
committee.
The committee plans to meet
Wednesday afternoom at 3:3¢
o'clock in the Mayor«‘#‘fifi’ce mn
City Hall to make the final
plang for the parade and cere
monies. : 4 :
Tentative plans call ~ for the
ROTC units of both tae Univer=
sity of Georgia and Athens. l& ]
School, with the bands of bt
institutions, all municipal and
campus - veterans -crganizatiggifi
Boy Scouts of Amevica, the £ e
Cross and all attached units, and
others to take part in tae parads,
which will get under way at
11:30 o’clock Saturday morning.
Plans also call for artillery guns
and armored cars to be in the
parade and to remain for in
specticn by citizens later. s
Route for the pacade and the
pames of speakers will be an=
nounced following the mg{g
‘Wednesday afternoon of the
committee in charge. flgfi%fii‘
