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MOTHER’S EYESIGHT MIRACULOUSLY RESTORED
Mrs. Shirley Vetter, 25, who suddenly went blind shortly aftcr her marriage to a serviceman in
1944, and then miraculously had her sight restored after giving birth to a baby girl last July, is
shown with her daughter Tamara as they returned to Washington, D. C. from Seattle to visit
Mrs. Vetter's mother, Mrs. Mathilda J. Roland, (left) who was on hand (o welcome her daughter
and grand child at the airport.
BLOC OF DIXIE DEMOCRATS PROTESTS
BEING REPRIMANDED IN PARTY DIGEST
WASHINGTON, April 2—(AP)—Discord between a bloc of Dixie
Democrats and Party leaders flared today, as the southerners met
to protest a national headquarters p}fbli(‘:ation.
Special Session
Being Sought Again
To Keep Primary
ATLANTA, April 2 —(AP)—
Some' Democratic leaders today
renewed effosts to convent the
legislature in special’ session and
Tepeal primary; Jaws 4s "8 step
towavd preserving® tae whité
Democratic primary.
Refusal of the United States
Supreme Court to'review lower
court decisions that negroes are
cntitled to vote in Democratic
primaries exhaustel the la}st le:
gal rémedy for preservation of
the primary as *heretofore Op
erated.” J. Lon Duckworth,
chairman of the Democratic ex -
cutive committee said.
Duckworth, waile not calling
for a special /session, declared
the only course thaty could be
pursueq now would pe repeal of
all ptimary laws, iacluding the
county unit system. ke
“This of necessity, would
have to be aone by the legisla
ture and not by artp officials.”
Speaker Koy V. Harris declar
ed “prominent” state officials
have been saying: ‘!cts us wait
until the Supreme Court acts’,
adding:
‘“fThe court nas now acted and
it ig now time for those p-omi
nent gtate officials to take a
stand for or against a white pro
mary.! . {
Former Governor Eugene Tai
madge said the State Democrat
ic Executive Committe saould
met and “there should be an €X
tra session of the legislature as
soon as possible to preserve the
white primary.” 3
Governor Ellis Arnall, 1n
Wasaington directing the state's
suit against railreoad _freight
rates, declined immediate com
ment ‘on the Suprerie Court ac
tion. He told newsmen he would
rot have any conunent until he
returned to Georgia “‘and see
what iit’s all about,” :
Both Talmadge and Tom Lin
der, commissioner of agriculture
said the Supreme Ceurt, in de
ciining to review the Geergla
cese, confirmed the language
used by Judge Sansuel H. Sibley
of tae circuit Cout of Appeals.
“Judge Sibley pointed out @
lezal way to have a white pri
mary,” Talmadge said.
Lnder said Judg> 'sibley held
“vou could have a primAry under
ihe party svstem exclusively for
whites, or for blacks. cr for Jews
or for men, or for women. . . . If
the Supreme Court had disagreed
in “any * particula~ -vith. Judge
Sibley, they would nave review
ed the cast or at least supple
{Continued va Fage Two.)
Arnall Asks Truman’s
Vets On Railroad Bill
~ WASHINGTON, Apri] 2—(AP)
Gov. Elis Arnall of Georgia con
tinued his opposition to the Bul-
Winkle bill before the Senate In
lerstate Commerce Committee to-
%y after having -conferred ]at.e
Yesterday in an unscheduled visit
With President Truman.
Arnall. asked the . President to
Veto any legislation which would
fxempt railroads from anti-trust
12vs §n agreements to fix freigh"
Tatea, %
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
[ Headquarters officials termed
the point at issue an “unfortunate
mistake,” but this failed to calm
the southerners, who frequently
‘have been at odds with the admin
istration on recent legislative
‘matters. KT
. Eight of the Dixieland Demo
crats in the House called today’s
‘meeting to-fwe-out -why the April
issue of Democratic Digest, official
organ of the women’s division of
the party, carried this statement:
“And let your representative
know that the passage oi the re
strictive Case (labor disputes) bill
was a vote against the American
people.” ‘
Bill Still Pending
The Case measure was opposed
by the administration, but Re
publicans and southern Demo
crats teamed up to pass it, 2538
to 155, on February 7. A toned
down version is pending in_ the
Senate.
. Rep. Gossett (D.-Texas) told a
reportér all Democrats who voted
for the legislation were invited to
the special session, and added:
““It was very startling to the
large number of us who voted for
the bill to find ourselves casti
gated by an official party publi
cation.. We want to find out what
prompted this uynusual statement
and who is responsible.”
Mrs. India Edwards, executive
secretary of the National Com
mittee’s Womens Division, made
this comment:
_“We feel terrible about the
whole thing. It was an unfortu
nate mistake and a bad choice of
words. An associate editor with
out full experience was responsi
ble, but it should never have been
printed.”
Solons Involve Hannegan
Some of the southerners said
privately they wanted to know
whether National Chairman Rob
ert Hannegan had anything to do
with. the article. Mrs., Edwards
said he had not.
Hanne{z}m and the southerners
have not been on the best of terms,
and in a recent 'speech Hannegan
criticized those who have broken
party lines on major legislative
issues.. None of his language was
as strong as that in the Digest,
however.
China Reds Ask
Aid Be Ceased
CHUNGKING, Aupril 2—(AP)
—The Chinese Communists de
manded anew today that Ameri
can forces cease transportation of
..ationalist troops to Mancauria
as the dispute ahout the size of
forces the Communigsts and Cen
trtal government should maintain
in the northern territory broke
out. again.
A -dispatch from Yenan, Com
munist headquarters, whica re
ported the demand to the United
States, charged ithai government
troops are being poured = intc
Manchuria: for “civil war pur.
poses.”
The Communists contended
that the Nationalist troops are
“going all ~ out to precipitate
larger scale hostilities against
Communist. and icezl popular
forces in Manchuria before the
arrival of the cease fire field
teams in order to frustrate ef
forts to. end hostilities.”
The Communists charged in
“he ‘controversy over tie size of
forces to be maintained in Man
churia that the Ceniral govern
ment was violating the agree
_mantc it had made.
Full Associated Press Seivice Athens, Ga., Tuesday, Aoril 2, 1946
Stassen Disagrees
With GOP Praise
For New (hairman
| WASHINGTON, April 2—(AP)
' —Harold E. Siassen sounded a
| discordant note today in Repub
lican praisg ior the G.O.P. Na
!tional Commi%g’e;a ¢haice of Rep-
Carrol Reece of Tennessee as the
'party”s new chairman.
| Stassen, who is almost avowed
¥y in the race ior. the 1848 presi
ldemial nomination, declared it i¢
“well known that 1 do not ap
prove of Chairman Reece’s stanc
‘on many issues in the past.”
- The former Mihnesota gover
nor’s statement left little doubt
about his disappointment over the
committee’s action. in *~ naming
Reece, a close political associate
of Senator mobert Taft and for
mer governor John W. Bricker of
Ohio, over two. other candidates
Reece succeeds Hervert E. Brow
nell, jr., who resigned to devote
ful] time to his New. York law
practice.
With the almost solid backing
of southern state Republicans,
plus some such veterans of GOP
political battles as Werner Schroe
der of Illinois, Reece won on the
third ballot in & torrid committee
session. t .
Reece's forces, headed by Wal
ter Hallan, West Virginia commit
teeman, defeated former Senator
John A. Danaher, of Connecticut,
generally regarded as the choice
of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York.
Members returned Hallanan,
who had been shunted aside at
Dewey’s request -n 1944, to the
executive committee. And as
chairman of the group they eiected
Rep. Clarence Brown of Ohio, a
half-way candidate for the chair
manship who nominated Reece.
The Tennessean, credited by
friends as an adroit politician,
expects to sertecas a full-time
chgirman without pay. He said he
will resign his congress seat to
take over immediately That will
leave this lineup in the house’
239 Democrats, 190 Republicans,
two minor party members and
four vacancies.
SELLS ACREAGE
. SAVANNAH, Ga., ‘April 2 —
(AP) — The Por: Wentworth
Corp., has sold 180 acres on the
site of a former shipyard to the
Scuthern Paperboard ‘Company,
subsidiary of tie Robert Gai
Co., for construction of a $12,-
000.000 plant.
Contingent upon the plant’s
erection is the huiiding of a pro
posed $4.000,000 new city indus
trial and domestic water plant.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and wzrmer this aft
ernoon and tonizht. Wed
nesday partly cloudy and
continued warm, :
GEORGIA: Partly cloudy
and slightly warmer this. aft
ernoon and tonight, Wesneés
day, partly cloudy and con
tnnued warm,
TEMPERATURE
Bighet ... . 0 .00 ..
Towest. . N kg L. L 380
NMenalh ....58. i Pdve<w:i 00
Novmal ... . hev o 0 it 08
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since April 1 .. .. .0C
Deficit since April 1 .. .. .18
Average April rainfall .. 3.73
Total since January 1 ....19.84
Excess since January 1 .. 4.27
By JACK BELL
Showdown isi’fExpecte&"va..:% |
On Iran Case Tomorrow
Truman Gives Byrnes Go-Ahead
To Grapple With UNO Cirisis
NEW YORK, April 2—(AP)—Secretary of State Byrnes turned
back toward United Nations headquarters today from a White House
conference believed to have given him renewed assurance of Presi
dent Truman’s vigorous support in grappling with developments in
the Iranian crisis. g
Grand Jury Names
Elder Foreman;
Deturns True Bills
Judge Henry H. West, in his
charge to the Grand Jury for the
April Term Clarke Superior Court
yesterday morning, called atten
tion to delinquency among boys
under 21 years of age. He cited
several automobile thefts, said to
have been committed by young
boys. “In almost every case of
juvenile delinquency,” Judge West
said. “I have observed that there
are delinquent parents.”
Thomas L. Elder was foreman
of the grand jury and R. V. Wat
terson, clerk.
The jury met at 10 o’clock yes
terday and returned several in
dictments, among them the follow
ing: e
Columbus Campbell, negr.a,
charged with rape. Policeman
Clarence Roberts, prosecutor.
William Robert Terrell, negro,
assault with intent to murder.
Amy Lou Jackson, prosecutor.
Odell Lester, negro woman,
charged with the murder of her
husband, B. W. Lester. Policeman
Roberts is the prosecutor.
Grady Allen, jr., larceny of au
tomobile. Policeman Roberts,
prosecutor.
Policeman Allen Hansford
charged with larceny of pistol. J.
C. McLeroy, prosecutor.
John Roberts Thomas, negro,
assault with intent to murder. J.
M. Nelms, prosecutor. :
Dan Little, larceny affer trust
S. J. Skelton, prosecutor.
The grand jury follows:
~ Thomas L. Elder, Foreman;
Walter P. Marbut, L. L. Laßoon,
Joe B. Hudson, John T. Saye, Ben
A. Hogan, Dan Magill. George H.
Thornton, George E. Story, E. D,
Wier, Dean Amis, R. V. Watter~
son, clerk; Robert Ligon McWhor-
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"Delta Wife” To Be
Given Tonight In
Fine Arts Building
“Delta Wife,” a one-act play
stressing the dominance of ignor
ance over sex, will be presented
by the University of ‘Georgia
Experimental Theatre tonight at
the " Fine Arts 'Auditorium ’at
7:30, according to an announce
ment by Bill Greene, Bianbridge,
director. There is no admission
charge. - 2
“Delta Wife,” starring Margaret
Rigby of Macon, and Tom Pal
mer of Camilla, is placed in the
Mississippi delta, and portrays
the life of an average delta fam
ily.
Sponsored by the Georgia chap
ter of Thalian-Blackfriar drama
society, Experimental Theatre
presents weekly programs, con
sisting of plays, skits and mono
logues. These programs, present
ed every Tuesday night, are acted
by University students, under the
direction of Thalian-Blackfriar
members.
There is no admission charge,
and the public is cordially invited
to attend.
MAYOR McWHORTER PROGLAIMS ARMY DAY HERE
SATURDAY: PARADE AND SPEECHES ARE PLANNED
“In observing Army Day Satur
day, not only are we paying tri
bute to that great organization
but to the men from our county
who gave their lives for our free
dom, -and to the other thousands
irom this community who served
their country well in time of dan
ger,” said Mayor Bob McWhorter
today in a proclamatiorr calling for
Athenians to join with the nation
Saturday in the observance of
Army Day. ’
“Observance of the day,” said
the Mayor’s proclamation, “should
not only be an occasion to remem
ber the great victories given this
nation by its fighting men and
women, but also should serve to
deepen our appreciaton of sacri
fices made by all and to strength
en our determination that those
who gave their lives to save ours
shal]l’ not have died in vain”.
Final plans for the Army Day
observance will be made Wednes
day afternoon when the commit
tee responsible for arranging the
ESTABLISHED 1832,
Expectation among top diplo
mats here is that these develop
ments, even-though they may in
clude a message {romy Russia re
plying to Security Council inquir
ies about Iran, prohably will not
break the crisis but mereiy ad
vance it to a new stage.
This is ‘based on the belief,
privately expressed by these au
thorities, -that Iran’s demands up
on the Council very likely will
not be substantially changed by
Premier Ahmed Qavam in his re
ply to the same inquiries. Qavam
yesterday sent Secretary General
Trygve' Lie a note reaffirming
the position of Ambassador Hus
sein’ Ala as his fully authcrized
spokesman here.
Case Kept Alive
Ala has been insistent on keep
ing the Iranian case actively be
fore the Council. If Qavam now
planned to agree to have the case
shelved or delayed pending with
drawal of Russian troops and
further direct negotiations with
Moscow diplomatic authorities
doubted the premier would have
been at such pains to endorse
Alas ¢
The Anglo-American policy in
preparation for tomorrow’s Coun
cil session, presumably confirmed
by Eyrnes’ talk with Mr. Tru
man yesterday, is reliably report
ed to be this:
If both Russia and Iran say
that Soviet troops are being
withdrawn, from Iran and are not
being used'to influence the Iran
ian government in considering
Russian demands for oil conceg
sions and the like, the Council
Shotild -accept the answers as sat
isfactory and shelve the case
temporarily. Moscow and Tehran
would then continue with direct
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IT HURTS JUST AS BAD
Eviction proceedings brought about by a St. Louis, Mo., pub
lishing company that seeks to take over a building resulted in
several doctars and dentists having to examine patients in the
lobby and on the side walk. Here 2!4-year-old Jacqueline Miller
proves that it hurts just as bad whether you're in the dentist
chair or on the sidewalk, as Dr. O. A, Elsner (left) looks at the
troublesome tooth, while mother, Mrs. Joseph Miller soothes with
promises of an ice cream cone or candy after the ache ic gone,
‘parade meets in. Mayor Bob Mec-~
Whorter’s office in City Hall.
Headed by Col. H. E. Mann, the
committee will determine the
route of the parade and complete
plans for the program which will
follow it. The names of the
speakers chosen to appear on the
program will be announced by the
committee after the meeting.
Those serving on the committee
are Earl B. Braswell, Maj. Wil
liam Firor, Dean John E. Drewry,
the Rev. David Cady Wright, L.
O. Price, jr., Ned Blackmon, Tom
Penland, and Lt. R. S. Tyo.
| National Observance
‘ The parade and the program in
Athens will be a part of the na
tionwide observance of the day
proclaimed by President Harry S.
Truman as Army Day.
+. Naticnal obsefvance of the day
dates back to the passage of an
act by Congress in- 1937 which
designated April 6 of each year
as official Army Day. The date
was unofificially set and observed
10 years before the passage of the
act when the Military Order of
Tidal Wave Hits
Port In Chile
IQUIQUE, CHILE, April 2—
(AP)—A 100-foot tidal wave
struck this north Chilean port
early today, destroying several
boats and causing panic among
300 inhabitants of the Cavancha
Peninsula. No casualties were
reported, and damage on the
mainland was slight.
No Setflement Is
Indicaled In Tie-up
0f Coal, Trolleys
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
No quick settlement of the
country’s three newest major
labor disputes was indicated today
as transit strikes in Detroit and
Akron, 0., continued to cripple
public transportation and a work
stoppage in the soft coal mines
kept idle some 400,000 workers.
Bituminous operators and John
L. Lewis’ A¥L United Mine Work
ers planned to resume contract
negotiations in Washington al
though spokesmen for both sides
expressed beltef no progress was
made in yesterday’s conference.
The stoppage became effective. at
12:01 a. m. Monday and immedi
ately its effects were felt in the
steel industry. A prolenged shut
down of the mines was expected
to seriously curtail production in
steel and other industries.
Paul Fuller, special federal
medjator attended yesterday’s ses
sion between miner and operator
representatives. Charles O’Neill,
operators’ spokesman, said there
was “no progress .of any kind. We
are exactly where we have been
for weeks?" S R
Union President Lewis com
mented that “we found the oper
ators/in ‘their sisual ‘mood, declin
ing to do anything,”
Buses dand street cars in Detroit
remained idle for the second day
" (Continned on Page Two)
the World War decreed in 1927
{that April 6 should henceforth be
| celebrated ‘as Army Day with pa
rades and dinners’ to remind
Americans that an adequate arm
ed force was the best guarantee of
peace.
i The date chosen for recognition
of the Army has special . signifi
cance for Americans. On April 6,
1917, the United States declared
war on Germany and on April 5,
1865, the last battle of the War
Between the ‘States was fought.
Since official designation, the
day has been celebrated through
fout the country. The parade plan
ned for this year will be one of
lthe largest Army Day parades
lev_er staged .in Athens. Under the
direction of Col. Mann, parade
{marshal for the past few years,
units representing the 'Ameriean
Legion, ‘the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, the Red Cross,-the - Boy
Scouts. the ROTC units of Athens
High School and the University
of Georgia, and other orsaniza
tions vet to be announced will
participate in the parade.
A. B C. Pa-;;é:'r_:Singile ngx, 3c—sc Suhd_gy_
FROM CALIFORNIA TO HAWAII, BIG WAVES
! ASH BEACHES, DO MILLIONS IN DAMAGE
s,é".'u,’“ Hawaii, April 2—(AP)—The death toll in ‘the eastern
¥ f"’% worst seismic wave disaster reached 93 today and a naval
officc. estimated the loss of life in Hilo—chief victim of the boiling
seas—might tota} 300._ b Bode ad M
~ Damage ran into the millions:
of dollars. ;
A submarine earthquake which
geologists called - world-shaking
sent giant swells fanning out from
the North Pacific at 460 to 500
miles an hour ‘ early yesterday.
Beaches on Hawaii, the Aleutians
and California were lashed by 10
to 100-foot waves. -
The death toll:
~ Hawaiian Islands—6o bodies re
covered at Hilo; nine on Qahu,
seven on Maui and six on Kauai
Islands.
- Unimak, the Aleutians — Ten
‘men swept to sea from the Scotch
Cap lighthouse.
California—One man swept to
sea from the Santa Cruz beach. -
Many were missing in Hilo and
in rural Laupahoehoe, but the
number was not known.
l At Honolulu, William W. Mona
|han, chairman of the Hawaii Red
:Cross, estimated .that - not more
{than 4,000 refugees asked for shel
|ter in all of the Hawaiian Islands.
| Of these, 1,800 were on Oahu and
1800 on Hawaii Islands.
1 Expect More Deaths
Robert Lindsey, chairman of
.Red Cross disaster relief here,
‘said 60 bodies had been recovered
from wreckage in Hilo and “I ex
pect there will be more.”
Territorial Gov. Ingram Stain
back invoked the Hawaiian de
fense act “for the safeguarding of
healh and property and preser
vation of law and order” in wave
ravaged areas.
Casualty reports appeared to be
complete from all damaged areas
except the island of Hawaii, on
which Hilo with its 25,000 popu
lation. is located.
There was some hope that Hilo’s
death toll might not reach the
naval officer’s 300 estimate. A
score of persons previously re
ported missing had been saved
from the waters off Hawaii by
Army and Navy . air-sea rescue
planes and sinail suriace crafi.
One, a 21-year-old school teacher,
Miss Marsue McGinnis, was res
cued after eight hours in the
water, A
i There was hope also that the
Iwaves might not recur today, as
feared for a time last night. The
’commander of the Alaska Sea
Frontier, at Seattle, emphatically
denied as “grossly exaggerated”
reports that a 100-foot tidal wave
was rushing along the Aleutian
Island chain toward Kodiak. He
added that no new wave wasl
forecast,
Property Ravished
Hawaiians“ dared not estimate
the damage, except in the millions
of dollars,” Herbert C. Shipman,
Hilo sugar planter, said $700,000
worth of raw sugar was swept in
to the ocean with destruction of
territorial wharfs.
Tens of 'ifizix;nds of dollars
worth of food in warehouses was
destroyed.
U.S. To Return
Bases To Cuba
WASHINGTON, Aprii 2 —
(AP)—Tae State Depurtment has
advised Cuba the '"'nited States
will return all of ity army sta
fzmns on the island republic May
0.
Guillermo Belt ,the Cuban am
bassador, announceg Secretary of
State Byrnes told hin of the de
ciion in a note for his govern
ment.
~ This, Belt declared at a news
conference yesterday, should end
“malicious” assertion by som?2
‘political groups in Cuba that
Cuba angq the United Stateg were
at odds over tae bases.
. Moscow radia has quoted Coni
’munist and other groups whicn
are opposed to the present regime
in Cuba as saying the U. S. Army
planned to stay on the island
indefinitely.
Many Athenians To
Hear Broadcast
Wednesday Morning
Many Athenians interested in
education and its problems will
tune in WGAU Wednesday morn
ing for a half-hour broadcast
starting at 11:15.
The program originates in
Gainesville, where the Ninth Dis
trict convention of the Geargia
Education Association is being
held and among the chief topics
for discussion on the Dbroadcast
Wednesday wil] be the progress
being made to secure higher sal
aries for teachers. i
TEACHERS TO JAPAN
TOKYO, April 2 — (AP) —
High salaries, low living costs
and the chance to see a foreign
country are the inducement
with which tae Army hopes to
lure 500 civilian ‘e¢achers from
the United States to Japan and
Korea. }
Col. R. G. Gard, chief «f the
information ang <¢ducation sec
tion of the Pacifiz forces said
the teachers are needed to con
duct a training program for en
listed men, starting in Julv.
T-aining would range from tae
literacy level throush juniocr
college in academnic, commercial
ang trade subjects. -
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XX coimion 1
DRAFT EXTENSION
ACTION EXPECTED
T 0 COME TODAY
WASHINGTON, Appril 2 —
(AP) — The fate of the draft
act, hung in tae wvajance today
ag the House Miiitary Commit
tee met in a closed door, show
down .session, .
Chairman May (D-Ky) called
the membe s together ot decide
whether to extend the selective
service law at all, and, if so. for
Fow long ang under waat con
ditions.
Enacted in 1940 and continued
from year to year since thea,
the ect expires May 15. The
armed se“vices want 1t kept
alive another year in its pres
ent form. but with an 18-month
limitation on service of new in
ductees.
Soions Disagree
While committee raembers ara
in general agreernent that the
cct must be extended, taey ara
split on how long an extension
shoulq be recominended.
May, who told reporterg he
expected final committee action
teday, favors a continuance only
vntil the middle of September.
At that time, he said, Congress
cgein should - review the needs
in the ligat of worlg conditions.
A few members are advocat
ing a straight six.month exten
sion, some are holding out for a
iull’ year, and others have sug
gested a continuance wuntil
March 1. T
As the committes met, indica
tions were that a comupromise on
from six to ten months woutd
b¢ agreed upon wit: no change
in. the existing age provisions—
1t through 44. Inductions now
are limiteq by executive order
to the,k 18 through 25 age group.
May Defer Action
While majority sentiment fa
vored a promps decision, there
was an outside chance that tae
committee might defer a final
decision until after the Senate
acts or might ovder further
hearings. So far it hag tieard only
advocates of an extension,
The Senate Military Commit.
(Continued on Page Two)
Ribbenfrop Admits
Flaying Mussolini
By DANIEL DeLUCE
NUERNBERG, April 2-—(AP)
—Joachim Von Ribbenirop angri
ly admitted before the interna
tional military tribunal today that
he had upbraided Benito Musso
lini because of Italian merecy to
Jews in southern occupied
France.
Earlier he testified that his
German foreign office always
sought to soften Nazi anti-Sem
itic measures in Europe.
Confronted with captured Ger
man records which depicted him
in the role of a special anti-Sem
itic envoy to foreign govern
ments, the former German for
eign minister conceded that the
documents were substantially
correct.
“I knew of the Fuehrer’s plan
to resettle European;Jews in east
territories, or later in Madagas~
car or North Africa,” Von Rib
bentrop said.
“Because of a large-scale "espio
nage system was discovered
among Jews in France who help
ed British and American intelli
gence, the Fuehrer asked me to
get Mussolini's assurance that
the Jews would be stopped. The
Italians had been working against
certain measures taken against
Jews by the French government
under German influence. A lot of
unpleasant matters had occur
red.”
Hitler’s complaint was deliver
ed to Mussolini four months be
fore the Duce was overthrown.
‘The Italian chief of state, accord~
ing to documents presented by
Edgar F€ure, French prosecutor,
tried to scothe the Germans by
attributing the whole thing to
Vichy efforts to sow seeds of dis
sension in the Axis.
NEEDS EQUIPMENT
ATLANTA, April 2—(AP)—
Rehabilitation of the nation’s
war-worn trucking industry will
require new equipment valued at
two and a half billion - dollars.
says President Ted V. Rogers of
the American Trucking Associa
fion. ’ :
Rogers, here to address the Af
lanta Transportation Club, said
one of the biggest features of the
new transport system would be
use of two-way radio to eliminate
hi-jacking, expedite delivery and
provide an added highway safety
factor.
The Washingtonian also said
motor transport would play an
important role in the South’s de~
velopment of agriculture and in
dustry.