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in 100 delegates in attendance from all parts of the
) t of high officials headed by International President
tate 45 er. Dayton, Ohio, present, the annual Georgia District
LeRoY s Civitan International will be held in Athens next Mon
tion will be held at |held.
U‘ii;ll(’ lm[g\'t‘llli()n‘ will be held at
> YWCA Building at 347 Han
t} I.l_ avenue, and will open with
oe™ ation at 9 @i HOSE clubs
itt;fl‘{{,;:t,(,g\t_'('lzlwn are .the Athens,
. kinsville and Winterville
F'l) aadition so the delegates, a
| ey of their wives will be in
" for the day and will at
;'\” " the luncheon and annual din
:'";u.‘.,‘;xg] the men.
g Twenty-Two Clubs
Representatil €8 ‘(»f the twenty—
wo Civitan clubs 1n the state will
tWo > i officers at the conven
st which will be opened at ten
A"l."";;;‘.,,l by Governor James C.
Richardson Atlanta. :
Rev. E. N Anth(my,_Watkms,-
ville, will deliver the invocation
~}l ‘America,” led by Hoyt Rob
o e Atbens, will follow:
“he Pledge of Allegiance and
‘e Civitan Creed, said in unison
will be next with committee ap
nointments being announced.
" gecretary-Treasurer Henry H.
Robinscn, Atlanta, will read - the
lut::!!t:’r‘;\'i:‘ni(rliS. which will be
collowed by the Address of -Wel
ome by Mayor Bob: McWhorter.
she response to the Mayor’s
welcome address will be made by
Julian Sipple, of Savannah.
The Necrology : Report will be
made by L. S. Simms, Waynesboro,
and following will be the isolation
of delegates, ratification of new
District Constitution and By-Laws.
Scheduled next are the annual
reports of the Governor, Lieuten
ant-Governor, treasurer and on
club activities, with announce
ments by the convention chairman,
J. B. Tanner, retiring president
of the Athens club, being the final
feature of the morning session be
fore adjournment for luncheon at
noon
Luncheon At 12:30
The luncheon will start at 12:30
p. m, with Lt. Governor John
Brown of Watkinsville, presiding,
and the invocation being given by
Rev. W. R. Coile of Winterville.
Business session of the con
vention will be resumed at 2 p.
m., with the club activities report
being continued. Committee re
ports will then be made on essay
contests, resolutions and nomina
tions, following which will come
the election of distriet officers,
The officers selected will be in
ctalled by ‘lnternational President:
Sauer, following which will be
held the election of delegates te
the International Convention. dis~
cussion for the good of Civitan
and the Georgia District and an
nouncements by Convention Chair
man ‘Tanner, adjournment being
"‘l’”'“ at 5 p. m. until six o'clock
when the annual dinner will be
Voluntary Medical
By Society’s Head
MACON, Ga., May, 9—(AP)—
Fresident Cleveland Thompsan
ol the Medical Association *of
Georgia said today that the or
sanization’s “most = urgent re
sponsibility . .is the development
I an acceptable, comprehensive
voluntary insurance pian.”
Dr. Thompson; in his annual
“ddress to the Association, said
that Georgia’s need is for' *“a
Program planned to protect
Lvery citizen of the state against
'he high cost of sickness and of
rospitalization
Twenty states, said Dr. Thomp-
Son, have set up sucha a program
diready, adding “we cannot dis
'¢eard the g-owing interest .of
the public in g repayment pro
fram,
‘They want scientific medical
tare, but they also want some
riovision made by which they
&@n pay for jt» veic
Earlie, the doctor from Mil
', Ga., observed “legislators
dud - social-welfare minded lay
flan are sensitive to the . need
lor adequate medical and los-
Uital care for alt citizens. They
Ire attempting .40 meet the sit
talion by setting up a plan of
€Rlmentation and bureaucracy,
aier the pattern of Social Secu
'ty ang olq age pensions.
“It ig conceded,” Dr. Thompson
contmued, “that ‘there is no dis
sreement between laymen and
Yur profession on the point that
Very American, regardless of
financia] circumstances, should
L€C€lve adequate medieal care.
‘We have standards of medi
al practice ang hospital care in
e United States second to none
! e world, but we are not the
~€althiest nation 'in the world.
['® Teason is that the majority
oL our peopld belong to the low
€ income bracketg and cannot
@vail themselyes of these high
Sandand s e core costs
housy . .. certainly no ohe can
JaVe any move hospital and
Tedical care than someone is
Wble and willing to pay for.”
At the previous session, the
Ceorgia doctors heard Dr. Har=
won E. Shoulders gt Nastville,
oM. president-elect of = the
“Merican Medieal Association,
Issert {iyat specialized medicine
bills noy, pending before Con-
Rress “seek e make medical
fare ang medical education a
Motter of fedaunt patronage.”
m::e : Asso‘ciatiotn’s : mce%(
% G.close tomorro =
| Joning an” et R R
A program has also been ar
ranged for the ladies attending,
the convention, with registrati¢ ¥
from 9 to 10 a. m,, and a tour/ @
spots of interest in Athens, &
‘ducted by the leaders of the /g §
sponsoring clubs. The tour ’.’ s
at 10:30 o’clock. ¥ i
’ The ladies will meet o 2:30
for the luncheon with tb ‘r"x and
itheir afternoon will b. %'t free
for lounging, shopping, .heater
’going or whatever they wish to
' do. They will meet again with the
men for the annual dinner at 6
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| West To Preside
\ The dinner will be presided over
by Judge Henry H. West of the
Western_. Judicial Circuit and
“Civitan, My Civitan” will be led
by Hoyt Robertson,
Rev. George M. Acree, Decatur,
chaplain of the Decatur club and
pastor of First Methodist Church
there, formerly pastor of First
Church in Athens, will deliver the
invocation and introduction of
honor guests will be made by
James C. Richardson, Past Dis
trict Governor.
Following will be the presenta
tion of awards, with Dr. Sam L.
Akers, Wesleyan College, Macon,
delivering the essay contest prize,
and John Paschall, Atlanta, Edi
tor Emeritus of The Atlanta Jour
nal, presenting the Jere Wells
Cup.
Introduction of the guest speak
(Continued on Page Five)
FFA Chapters To Exhibit Purebred
Livestock, Hold Program Safurday
Future Farmers of American
Purebred Livestock Showing and
thc Northeast Districty FFA Rally
will be held Saturday, May 11,
on the State College of Agricul
ture campus. S
Twe event is sponsored by the
Sears--Roebuck Foundation and
a 2 FFA program is planned for
the afternoon following conclu
sion of the livestock part of the
day.
The time scheduled lists 8:30
to 10:30 as Entry Time; 10:30 to
.
Services For Mrs.
Minnie Colbert
Are Held Thursday
Services for Mrs. Minnie Ar
nold Colbert, one of this sec
tion!s ‘-most p-rominent women,
were conducted Thursday after
noon at 3 o'clock from Colbert
Methodist church.
Officiating was the pastor of
the church, Rev. James S. Hill,
ond burial followed in Colbert
cemeitery, Bernstein© Funerai
‘Home in charge of arrangements.
. Pall-bearers were J. C. Bar
nett, S. N. Benton, W. F. Kin
caid, J. M. Gaulding, E. R. Hart
and W. T. Benton. An honorary
escort included H. H. Hart, L.
'C. Black, C. E. Sharpe, W.T. Mc-
Cartey, W. W. Barett. jr., J. T.
Williams, H. C. Hardeman, C.
C. Kincaid, J. E. .Benton, J. G.
Fppes, J. K. Bropkshire. S. R.
"Hardeman. H. G. King, J. Z. Mor
+is, H. F. Gaulding, J. C. Harde
rian. and D. H. Thompson.
Mrs. Colbert, mother of Mrs.
Walter C. Pitner of 'Athens,
aied at her some in Colbert
Wedresday morning at 11:45
‘o'clock after an illness of sever
-s]l months. She was 89 years old.
: Other Srrvivors
~ In addition to Mrs. Pitner, she
is survived by anotier daugh
ter, Mrs. Miles Collier, Colbert;
{wo granddaughters, Mrs. Joe
Fenton, Colbert, and Miss Mar
garet Collier, Atlanta; three
grandsons, Dr. M. A. Collier,
Wauchula, Fla.,, Ralph C. Collier,
Colbert. and .W. C.. Pitner, jT.,
Athens, and six great-grand
children.
A native of Palmetto, Ga,
Mrs. Colbert had been a resi
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Gl’s To Play Themselves On Stage:
UNIVERSITY ALL-VETERAN CAST TO OPEN
TRAGI-COMEDY, "HASTY HEART,” MAY 23
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By BILL BOWICK
When an All-GI cast gets together to portray themselves on the
stage, anything is liable to happen! Edward Crouse, director of the
next University production “The Hasty Heart,” knew just what an
audience would prefer, so he decided to give “the public” exactly
what it wanted. Ex-Gl'’s portraying the laughable, loveable Gl's of
John Patrick’s three-act comedy-drama.
“The Hasty Heart,” which takes
to the stage at the Fine Arts Au
ditorium on Thursday and Fri
day Evenings, May 23 and 24, is
made up of an array of cosmo
politan talent that has seen the
world all the way from Brooklyn
to Berlin and from Athens, Geor
gia, to Athens, Greece.
It will be an all Veteran cast
{n the line up of the laugh sat
urated story which met with such
howling success in New York.
Former veterans who know Gl’s
as only a former GI can know
them are portraying the various
nationalities that the plot of the
ey Sftesa |
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i Grim faces betray the inability te reach an agreement on major
{ peace problems at the Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference in
, Paris, as Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, (right) and Senator
Arthur Vandenberg, (R.-Mich.) leave the conference sessions.
1.:30 for Official Judging; 12 to
12:30 for Awarding of Prizes
snd 12:30 to 2 p. m.,, for lunch,
after which the FFA program
will open.
The FFA program will be fheld
in Conner Hall with L. W.
Smith, Advise®, in charge, and
Fay Malcolm, presiding.
Mr. Smith will deliver the
velcome talk, which will be
followed wita a public speaking
contest, a quartet contest, and T.
G. Walters will discuss the FFA
contest. The Summer program
for-the FFA Camp will be the
topic of T. D. Brown, jr., and
| Howard Davis will talk on Lo
lcal Chapter Officers. for 1946-47,
with. Charles Seaton delivering
4 message from the state presi
)dnnt. Announcement will then
he made of the winners in tae
lpublic speaking and quartet
contests.
The Livestock Showing is 2
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fßrother Of Athens
‘Man Taken By
Death In Augusta
Many friends here will regret
to learn of the unexpected death
in Augusta Wednesday afternoon
from a heart attack of D. F. Phil
pot, brother of T. M. Philpot of
this city. Mr. Philpot was 48 years
old. Funeral services have not
been completed.
He is survived by his wife;
daughter, Miss Ann Philpot; son,
D. F. Philpot, jr., a doctor sta
tioned with the armed forces . in
Panama; brothers, Dr. W. K. Phil
pot, Augusta, and T. M. Philpot,
Athens; sisters, Mrs. C. H. Bailey,
Charleston, S. C.; and Miss
Irene Philpot, Augusta; nieces,
Miss Dorothy Philpot, Athens, and
Miss Marguerite Philpot, Augus~
ta: nephews, W. K. Philpot, jr.,
Augusta. '
Mr. Philpot was a native of Au
gusta and had lived there all of
his life. He was well known in{
the business and civic affairs of
that city, being owner and oper
ator of the Farmers and Mer
chants Bonded Warehouse, and a
deacon in the Presbyterian‘
church. He had numerous friends
in Athens, made on frequent vis
its here, who will be saddened by
news of his death. |
ian, a South African, an English
Cockney, a puffed up “veddy”
British Colonel, and a “plain ole”
American from Georgia are
thrown together in a field hospi
tal just behind the fighting lines,
and a beautiful English Nurse
is thrown with them to “Mgother”
them, even the British Colonel
is saying “Hubba-Hubba,” and a
I*owl provoking, heart tearing
production is in the making.
Baitle Stars, Purple Hearts;
Overseas Stripes, and medals of
all shapes and sizes can be boast
ed o “The Hasty Heart” cast. And
the vets are given a chance in
this next university production
to display abilities they never
Registration And
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Entries For May
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21 Vote End Friday {
Registration for the primary to
be held here May 21 fnr nomina-‘
tion of members of the Board of
County Commissioners and for
Judge and solicitor of the Athens
City Court closing Friday after
non ata 5 oclock, indications were
today that the total number of
voters eligible to cast ballots in
that election will run between
8,000 and 9,000.
Registration is made in the of
fice of County Tax Collector Al
bert E. Davison who said this
morning that the . figure will
probably ‘be between 8,000 and
9,000. Rgistrations have been
running about equal between
white voters and colored for the
past few days.
While registration for the May
21 primary will -close at 5 p.m.
Friday, registration for balloting
in the siate primary to be held
July 17, will continue until 5 p.m.
on July 5.
Entries in the May 21 primary
will close Friday at noon for
Commissioner, Judge and Solici
tor candidates. Qualified as can
didates for commissioners are the
members of the present board,
Harry H. Elder J. H. Towns, J.
H. Hammett, and Jack Martin.
Candidates for City Court Judge
are the incombent. Arthur S.
Oldham, and L. Olin Price 3
The incumbent, Preston Almand,
is the only announced candidate
for Solicitor.
Carmichael Will ‘
Be Heard Over
| . .
28-Station Group l
ATLANTA, May B—(AP)—
Headquarters of James V.
Carmichael today announced a
group of radio stations which
will broadcast his opening ad
dress in his gubernatorial cam
paign in Moultrie Saturday at
3. p..m.
The stations are:
WALB and WGPC, Albany;
WGAU, Athens: WSB, Atlanta;
WGAC and WRDW, Augusta;
WMOG, Brunswick; WGAA,
Cedartown; WDAK and WRBL,
Columbus; WBLJ, Dalton; |
WMLT, Dublin: - WGGA,
Gainesville; WKEU, Griffin;
WLAG, ' LaGrange: - WBM L, |
WMAZ and © WNEX, Macon;
WMAG, Moultrie: WGRA,
Rome; WSAV and WTOC, Sa
vannah; WPAX, Thomasville;
WRLC, Toccoa; WGOV, Val
dosta: WAYX, Waycross:
"WRFD, - West Point,” and
WMVG, Milledgeville.
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- HEADS HOTEL MEN
ATLANTA, May 9—(AP)—
Fincher Williams, manager. of the
Whitner Hotel in Savannah, will
succeed Joe Crocy of Atlanta as
president of the Georgia Hotel
Associatiog. 3
Other officers elected yesterday
are Sma O. Parrott of Atlanta,
first vice-president; Ray Camp
bell of Augusta, second vice
president; Randolph Thornton of
Albany, third vice-president; and
L. O. Moseley of Atlanta, treas
urer.
S ——h—
DELAMAR NAMED
_MACON, Ga., May 9.—(AP)—
Curtis DeLamar, connected with
the Macon Telegraph and News
since 1917 and general circulation
marnager ‘since 1941, has been ap
pointed business manager of ‘the
Gadsden, Ala.,, Times.
“Athens, Ga., Thursday, Mdy 9, 1946.
Athens Coal Supply Low:
Auto Industry Folding Up
COUNCIL ADOPTS AMENDMENT T 0 PARKING
METER ORDINANCE; HEARING APPROACHES
~On the eve of a hearing in
Clarke Superior Court Friday
morning on a petition of business
men to prevent - installation of
parking meters, City Couhcil by
a 7-2 vote last night "apparently
threw the meter situation into a
confused state.
Upon recommendation of City
Attorney Dorsey Davis, who wrote
the original ordgnance covering
the meters and the disposition of
funds, the Council voted to adopt
an amendment to the original or
dinance. This amendment is for
the apparent purpose of getting
around the contention of the
plaintiffs in the suit against the
’meters that the meter ordinance
is for the purpose of raising reve
nue and that the claim of the City
that it is to control traffic is a
“subterfuge.”
' Change Is Made. b
. The amendment adopted last
’night provides that the City would
put its share of operation of the
meters into a special fund for the
“maintenance” of the meters, in
&
Special Tax Levy
Voted To Retire
BY JOE CONKLE
Banner-Herald City Editor
Mayor and Council at the reg
ular May meéeting last night
adopted an Ordinance {fixing a
special taxdevy of 1 and 1-2 mills
annually to liquidate $325,000
school bonds authorized several
months ago. May 20th wasg set
as tae date for sgelling the bonds.
The ordinance preparcd By
City Attorney Do sey Davis,
levying 1 1-2 mills for the spe
cific purpose of paying the in
terest and retiring the school
bends. was adopted unanimous
lv. Mr. Davis said the speciai
leyvy is reauired to make the
bonds saleable.
The levy is applicable to this
year’s taxes, part of whida has
teen already collected. The spe
cial levy will bring in aboul
$22,500 annually, it is estimated.
The tax rate for all purposes on
rroperty for this year is 19 1-2
mills, including the special school
bong tax levy.
Thew Mayor and Council also
l'eard-a petition from C. H. Set
t{le for permission to operate a
rew taxi service to be known
2s “The Veteran’s Cab Compa
ny”’ After a general discussion
of the request, it was decided t~
tw6ld a special meeting of the
Council in the future to draw up
a new ordinance covering oper
ation of taxicabs within the city.
© Seftle Petition”
The petition of Mr. Settle and
the signers was announced by
liim as folilows:
“TO WHOM' IT ‘MAY CON
CERN:
“The undersigned, citizens of
Athens, Georgia, have known
Mr. Charles H. Settle for a num
ber of years. He is a young man,
ond is also a resident and citi
zen of our City, and is a Veteran
of Worlg War 11, with an hon
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NEW “SANFORD” WHEAT IN GEORGIA
J. M. Elrod (left) and Dr. W. R. Gore (right), associate agronomists at the Georgia Experiment
Station near Griffin, inspect a field of “Sanford” wheat, developed through experiments to find a
new and improved variety adapted to Georgia conditions. Dr. Gore says “Sanford” wheat promises
to yield at least one barrel of flour more per acre than the old purple straw strand. (AP Phoio).
stead of letting the money revert
to the general fund. The original
ordinance states that the meters
are to be installed for the purpose
of controlling traffic and for reve
nue purposes, too. The latter con
tention is being attacked by the
businessmen opposing the meters.
Under e authority of the City
'Charter Mayor Bob McWhorter
can veto an ordinance and if he
vetoes the amendment to the or
dinance adopted last night, the ef
fect would be that the amendment
‘would not have any status at the
hearing tomorrow, it is said.
} Councilman Allen D. Wier op
posed the amendment on the
ground that when the parking
Imeters were originally ordered in
stalled by the Council it was for
‘revenue purposes and that the
lumendmem would prevent the
l(‘ity from using revenues from
the meters for general purposes.
Councilman John Y. Coffee also
voted against the amendment. The
other members of Council voted
for it. Councilman Wier said when
|the meter proposition was first
' presented it was argued that reve
nues from them would help the
’City finance its general operations.
Hearing Tomorrow
' At tomorrow’s hearing the
| (Continued on Page Five)
Judge West Will
Hear Parking
Meter Case Friday
‘ Judge Henry H. West Friday
‘will conduct a hearing in Clarke
Superior Court on a petition filed
by a group of Athens business
‘men seeking a permanent injunc
tion against ilé‘sta}lqtidp of park
| ing meters on College avenue and
Clayton street,
The plaintiffs will be repre
sented by John L. ‘Green, attor
ney, and the defendants, the
,Mayor and Council of the City of
Athens, will. be represented by
City Attorney Darsey Davis.
Judge West last Friday over
ruled a general demurrer against
the petition, argued by City At
torney Davis. Evidence in the suit
will be heard by the court at to
merrow’s hearing, which opens at
10 o'clock. Several weeks ago
Judge West granted a restraining
order against the meters.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and slightly warmer
tonight, Friday mostly cloudy
with light rains in the after
noon.
GEORGIA: Fair and slight
ly warmer this afternoon and
tonight. Friday, increasing
cloudiness and little change
in t{emperature. Scattered
showers in north portion Fri
day afternoon.
TEMPERATURE
Highest . .08 el (40 010
Lowest . (il i i a 4
Nenn . R o 8
Nommal .8 o .. .88
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours. .. .. .00
Tatal sineeg Mav 1 .. .... 27
Deficit since May‘l .." ... .74
Average May rainfall ... 3.59
Total since January 1 ....25.43
Excess since January 1 .. 6.36
“A. B. C. Paper —Single Copy, 3c—sc Sunday
Last-Minute Aid
Hoped For Draft
WASHINGTON, May 9.—(AP)
-—Senate Majority Leader Bark
ley (Ky.) held to his hope today
that Congress might show an al
most unprecedented burst of
speed and keep the selective ser
vice system functioning without
a break. 1
“Draft extension is next on the
must list,” Barkley reiterated to
a reporter as demands increased
that the Senate either lay aside
the $3,750,000,000 British loan bill
or follow it immediately with leg
islation designed to end the nat
ionwide soft coal strike.
Off-stage support for Barkley
and other backers of a full-year
peacetime extensign of the draft
act came wmeanwhile from the
American Legion.
Alahama Primary
“Puzzler” As To
WASHINGTON, May 9—-
(AP) — Capital politicians de
cided today that Tuesday’s pri
maries demonstrated the handy,
vote-getting value a GI dis
cnarge button! has for election
ecring candidates.
But most of them professed
inability to guage from the pri
mary results how valuable an in
cdorsement of the ClO’s politi~
cal action committee ig going to
ke at the polls this year. i
They ‘thad- a puzzler in tae Ai
abama campaign where James E.
(Blg Jim) Folsom, war veteran
supported by the CIO-PAC, led
Lieut. Gov. Handy Ellis into a
June 4 runoff for the Democrat
ic gubernatorial nomination—
euuivalent to election.
Many politicians appeared to
believe that Folsom’s lead in a
five man field could be attribu
fed to his war service, rather
than support of the CIO which
iz just beginning a campaign to
organize southern workers,
They noted that veterans who
were permitted to vote without
paying poll taxds, bogsted he
Lallot total.
As [further evidence of (this
trend, they cited the lead taken
by Laurie C. Battle, a former
service man and political tyro,
cver the ClO’s friend Rep. Lu
ther Patrick (D-Ala). But in an
othe Alabama race, Rep. @lbert
Rains (D-Ala), had CIO backing
and led former Rep. Joe.Starnes.
The CIO-PAC didn’t do 'so
well in Ohio, where Senatot
James W. Huffman won the
Democratic renomination over
two opponents. One of these was
Marvin C. Harrison, an attorney
with CIO-PAC backing, wuo
ran third. (
Huffman had the support of
most of the Railroad Brother
hoods, which some Ouio politi
cians said probably was worth
more to him than any CIO ap
proval. Indications were, how
ever, that Huffman will get
ClO’s backing when fie opposes
former Gov. John W, Bricker, |
the Republican senatorial nom
(Contfned rrvnn Page One) ‘
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Gas-Making Fuel
D ly Low,’
angerously Low,
Official Wams
Effects of the nation-wide coal
strike began to be felt in Athens
today with' the announcement by
Chairman Walter R. McDonald of
the Georgia Public Service Com
mission that the presenl coal
stockpile here will last only 24
days. He warned that fuel for
artiticial gas ‘production is run
ning ‘‘dangerously lew” here and
in four other Georgia cities, Au
gusta, Waycross, Valdosta, and
Americus.
By The Associated Press
A spokesman for the State Ag
ricultural and Industrial Develop~
ment Board, said most of the
state’s hundreds of industrial con
cerns are dependent on frequent
rail shipments for raw materials.
With the non-essential rail
freight embargo becoming effec
tive at midnight tonight many of
‘these industries, which employ
220,000 persons, face the prospect
of a complete shutdown or sharp
curtailment.
In Washington, President Tru
'man, asserting a coal strike was
slowly and gradually approaching
the stage of a strike against the
government, said today that vari
lous methods of coping with it were
‘under consideration.
At the same time, effects of the
39 day old strike was knocking
most of the nation's motorcar in
dustry out of production. It also
ran the number of strike idle in
the nation above -'the 1,100,000
mark.
Thréats of a strike against the
nation’s rail and water transpor
(Continued on Prage Five)
Affected Byßig
’Early May Rainfall
ATLANTA, May 9—(AP)—The
Department of Commerce report
ed today that heavy rains in the
north, southeast and south-wes
tern counties during the first
week of May interrupted planting
but crops have not yet been ser
iously affected.
The report of individual crops
for the week of May 1-7 follows:
Cotton: . Planting is well ad
vanced, and much of the crop is
up in good stands. Chopping and
cultivation is slow owing to too
much rain, and growth of the
crop has been retarded by the
same condition.
Corn: Mueh of the crop has
been planted, but some areas of
the north require considerable
planting yet. The crop is up to
good stands agnd growing well,
but too much rain fel! especially
in the southwest and north. Con
dition of the crop in east-central
and coastal areas is good to ex
cellent.
Grain: Good condition prevails
generally, with wheat and oats
full headed in some areas. Some
fields of oats have been cut for
hay in centra] counties. Too much
rain in the southwest has caused
some lodging. .
Irish Potatoes: Good to very
.good condition prevails, and har=-
‘vesting will soon be under way.
- Sweet Potatoes: Light rains in
eastern counties facilitated the
setting of plants in fields, though
progress has not been great. These
operations will become more ac
ltive within the next few days,
and is already under way in
! scattered areas.
Tobacco: Fair to good condi
tion prevails in the southeast,
where rainfall 'was not heavy;
further to the west, heavy rain
fall has heen rather unfavorable,
and condition of the crop in this
section is mostly poor to fair.
Truck and vegetables: Growth
'favorable harvesting operations
' have become muore active, and
planting is still under way in some
| sections Oniy -small’ areas have
’been adversely affected by too
'much rain, while temperatures
havée ‘been very moderate and
bendficial.. :
Pastures and Meadows: Good
to excellent growth and condition
in all sections.
~ Fruits: Early peaches are be
ginning to ripen and some have
been harvested locally in the
central sectjon; whether condi
tions are somewhat favorable to
the spread of curculio, but con
dition of the crop is good. Other
fruits are developing well with
good prospects.
Miscellaneous: Planting of pea
nuts and cane has begun in the
north; ‘similar operations in the
south are practically completed,
but some fields in the southwest
have become so grassy that re=
planting ‘will become nececstgy.
Cane, melons, and other crops are
growing favorably in most areas,