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LONDON, Aug. 14—(AP)—The British cabinet heard reports from
ihe chiefs of the army, air force and navy of a,tense situation in
the Holy Land today and agreed, an authoritative source said, to
tick to its present course “however much the position deteriorates.”
rhe three armed servics will continue to take “whatever measures
e necessary” to implement the government’s decision to end unau
ihorized entry of Jewish refugees into the Holy Land, the informant
said RO Lo B SAR R iy e 43 ¥
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J. A. (Allen) Puckett died in a
local hospital Tuesday afternoon
at 5:50 o'clock after an illness of
ceven months. He was 59 years
old.
Services are to be held Thursday
afternoon at 2 o’clock from Mec-
Dorman-Bridges Chapel, with
Rev. R. N. Saye, Baptist minis
ter. officiating.
The body will lie in state from
3 to 4 p. m. in Bethabara Baptist
church.
Burial will be in Bethabara
cemetery, McDorman-Bridges in
charge of arrangements. Fall bear
ers will be members of the Masonic
order. >
Mr. Puckett is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Martha Daggett Puckett;
three daughters, Misses Jessie Lou,
Grace and Gladys Puckett, all of
Athens; son, James H. Puckett,
Athens; brother, Atticus Puckett,
Flowery Branch, Ga.; two grama
children, James Thomas Puckett,
and Martha Puckett, both of Ath
ens. &
A native of Gwinnett county,
Mr. Puckett had been a resident of
Athens for seventeen years, living
at 887 College Avenue. For four
years he was connected with the
Southern Railway and for the past
twenty-six years had been con
nected with the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad as Section Foreman. Hea
was highly respeeted by his co
workers and employers because of
the efficient and loyal manner in
which he conduected himself and
his duties. Until: his health failed
several months ago, he was re
garded as one of the most valuable
men in the Seaboard system. A
member of the Masons and of the
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Registration Dafes
For City Schools
Set Sepiember 5, 6
First hint that the end of the
summer vacation for Athens
school children, is in sight came
today with announcement of reg
istration dates at city schools for
the term starting in September.
Registration will be held at all
of the schools on September 5
and 6 from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m.,
and all children will register at
the school which they will at
tend. |
Pupils not registering on these
two days will not be permitted
to register on the -opening day of
school, Monday, September 9,
during school hours.
Classes will begin on Septem
ber 9 at 9 a. m., and the schools
will operate on a full schedule
the first day, with lunches being
served as usual on the opening
day.
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AIR MAIL -
FIVE CENTS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14—(AP)
—President Truman today signe_d
legislation reducing the domestic
airmail rate from 8 to 5 cents an
ounce, effective October 1.
Simultaneously Postmaster Geh
eral Hannegan issued an order
setting an air mail postage rate
0f 5 cents an ounce between all U.
S. Territory and members of the
armed forces abroad. The existing
rate is 6 cents a half ounce.
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harbor, seeking enmtry into Jerusalem. Sunday, August 11, 56 Waß. TEPRESO Sl 4 ot
tozether with six warships had isolated the har'bor from outside communication in an effor
deport the immigrants. i
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Three persons were killed and
seven wounded at Haifa yesterday
when crowds stormed at British
military gordons guarding the port
while 1,000 immigrants were taken
off their ships and put aboard
troop transports for shipment to
detention camp on the Island of
Cyprus.
Zionist spokesmen loudly con
demned- British measures to halt
illegal immigration to Palestine,
where conditions were reported
critical in the wake of rioting in
Haifa yesterday during which
three Jews were killed by British
soldiers.
Dispatches from Jerusalem quot
ed a spokesman for ?the Jewish
agency as saying that the depor
tation of illegal immigrants to
Cyprus had “aroused anger
throughout the Jewish communi
ity” and that the British govern
ment’s efforts to justify the action
had only “added fuel to the
flames.” :
“Peace in Palestine can never
be achieved by such tactics,” the
spokesman added ominously.
“The Royal Navy, the British
Army and the Royal Air Force are
today mobilized against a few
thousand helpless mortals who are
trying to reach t&: ouly country
in the world wHere they have
friends, where their families are
waiting to receive them and where
they could have the opportunity
of building up their lives anew,”
he continued. °*
“Today, 15 months after the de<
‘feat of Germany, Hitler's victims
throughout Europe are in the same
plight as they were on the day
lof liberation, with only this dif
ference—that the policy of the Bri
|tish government has robbed them
of all hope.”
I In Paris, the Jewish agency exe
cutive issued a formal statement
condemning the British ban on “so
~called . illegal. .immigration) as
“an act of great cruelty.”
The world Jewish Congress de
clared that closing Palestine’s
doors to Jewish refugees fieeing
from Europe “is to deny them the
last remaining hope of life and the
enjoyment of the elementary hu
man right of liberty.”
Both groups predicted that the
British counter measures would
"not succeed.
NUMBER OF POLIO CASES SHOW
MARKED DECREASE OVER NATION
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Infantile paralysis was reported
on the wane today in some states
but health officials said it was
yet too early to tell if the worst
wave of the disease since 1916
had reached its peak.
Use of a plastic “baby lung”—
which * during the war kept
wounded fliers alive until their
planes could return to base—was
offered to stricken communities
by the Army Air Forces. It would
serve until a conventional “iron
lung” could be provided.
While the disease appeared
abating in Kansas, lowa, Nebras
ka, Oklahoma, Ohio and Florida,
the picture remained dark in
Minnesota, Mississippl, Colorado
and other scattered areas.
Poliomyelitis had: struck hard-~
est in Minnesota where 1,124
cases and 81 deaths surpassed the
worst ‘previous wave of the dis
ease, 955 cases in 1925. ;
With no let up in sight, Min
neapolis school authorities were
making a survey to determine if
the opening of the fall term of
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‘ goes on between Communists and | ness of Allied occupation. Good | continued goods shortage heg‘ vaise | fluence far to west with circle of sateliite states behind
| Nationalists. Peace mission headed | start made towerd democrati- | cost of living. OPA becomes focus of { “iron curtain” of censorship. "Big Four” peace treaty
by Gen. George Marshall ungble to | zation of Jopan, with first free | bitter legislative battle, Millions of | meetings drag on for months with little progress. Eco- |
]end the fighting. U. S. troops, in | elections, women voting. War | servicemen dischorged; draft continued | nomic status of Germany becomes critical problem, with
tchina to help evacuate defeated Japs, | criminals put on triol. Food |to rebuild ormed forces. First “war |U. $. and Britain threatening srlif with Russia. ~Britain
get involved in several “ingidents.” | situation becomes critical. | profit” scandals emerge. completes o year under socialistic Lobor government.
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fight against revolt. ; y'a_fié‘j\"% I | oess. Aggiefiu-w i ! : ; |} dence within the Em-
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with ‘domtmon status. ¥ o_‘ ----—‘\»~— for U. 5. Revoluation-i- et T NG Sy L _,' ; ‘ tinally accept unity |
Rebel forces hold i e of TR ' i [ists take over Bolivia,{ ( g i Je el plan, but hold to |
most of Java. \ RSO Pk killing presidest.. |, § wG ! / y @ Pakistan gool. |
Map above highlighlsrs(late_o_f‘tlle;\v»orldjon‘V_ictory . Day, the first anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender.
LARGE SCALE FIGHTING ERUPTS .
INGHINA: REDS GLAIM VICTORY
NANKING, Aug. 14—(AP)—
New reports of large scale fighting
in North China today wrote a
flaming reply to Chiang Kai-
Shek’s six point program to restore
peace to his nation as a Communist
spokesman charged, “The govern=-
ment wants war.”
- The Communists’ Yenan radio
said that Red troops had wiped out
two. government divisions «north
of the Key City of Jukao in a re
isumption of heavy fighting in
‘North Kiangsu Province. It also
said 5,000 government troops had
laid down their arms after seeing
3,000 Comrades killed or wound
ed.
| Yenan said fierce fighting was
ranging in both sides of the
Lunghai railway in East Honan
and North Kiangsu Provinces. It
schcel, set for September 3,
should be delayed, and cancella
tion of the State Fair starting
August 24 was being considered.
~ Postponement of school open
ings also was being considered in
four Mississippi counties where
polio is epidemic. The state has
144 cases compared with 20 a
year ago.
Colorado reported the most ex
tensive outbreak in its history,
337 cases. Hospitals lacked suffi
cient beds to care for the vic
tims. 2
With 510 cases reported in Illi
nois, officials said the peak had
been “apparently not reached.”
The cases were described as
milder than usual, however, with
relatively few fatalities.
Detroit restricted bathing
beaches as the incidence reached
92 cases with nine death.
California reported 115 cases
for the week ending August 10,
compared with 60 for the preced
ing week. Eighty cases were in
Los Angeles county alone.
—Victory Day Finds World Stfil Suffering From Its War-Binge Hungover *
added that government troops were
receiving considerable air sup
port.
~ In Peiping, the Independent
newspaper Hsin Min Pao reported
Communist troops attacking Ta
tung had pierced government de
fenses within seven-tenths of a
mile east of that North Shansi
Province rail junetion. It said Red
!‘torces were. within two miles of
i Tatung on the north, west. and
jsouth and fixed the combatants’
istrength as 10 Communist regi
‘ments against about 10,000 gov
ernment defenders.
Meantime, -the government’s
rentral news agencv quoted Brig.
Gen. William E. Clement, Com
! (Continued On Page Two)
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| PROFITS PROBE
l WASHINGTQN, Aug. 14—(AP)
—~Contraet broker Benjamin ¥,
lFie]ds testified today that a profit
sharing man whom he previously
lhad identified as ‘“John Doe” was
his former associate, John Brun
ner.
| Fields told the House Surplus
Property Committee he now re
membered that it was Brunner
who got a share of approximately
$1,400 in $4,500 profit on sale of
some wire screening which came
’from government storage.
Earlier this week he said he
\could not recall who was the
i“John Doe” listed in his records.
| SHARP NOTICE
| WASHINGTON, Aug., 14 —
(AP) — President Truman had
csharp ndtiee today that taose
wlo class themselves as the
T'emocratic Partys' Liberal ele
ment are going to fight for st
‘must second place on the 1948
tickets
Senator Pepper (D-Fla), who
calle himself a “Left Winger”
llaid this notice on tae line along
with a somewhat reluctant ac
lknowledzement that he would
rather see Secretary of Com
|mexce Henry A .Wallace than
iMr. Truman n the top positior
liwo vears from now. -
NATION JOYFULLY, YET PRAYERFULLY CELEBRATES
FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY !N WORLD WARHI
Reconversion Director Steelman
Reveals Progress’Since V-J Day
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Without formal pause, the na—‘
tion joyfully yet prayerfully ob
served the first anniversary today
of victory in World War 11.
One year to the day after he
proclaimed Japan’s um:onditionall
surrender, President Truman'
asked Americans to dedicate this|
first “victory day” to prayer and |
high resolve that: \
“The cause of justice, freedom,
peace and international goodwill
shall be advanced with undimin
ished and unremitting efforts, in-|
spired by the valor of our heroes |
of the armed services.” ’
While military men and others
were paying tribute to the men!
who fought and died to bring the
war to its conclusion, Mr. Tru«‘
man’s reconversion director toted
up the balance sheet to see whatl
a year of peace has meant to the‘
home front. = |
In a statement last-night, John
R. Steelman recalled these four
objectives of a year ago and out
lined the “record of progress we
ESTABLISHID 1832.
For Western Thrace
Soviet Uizaine Uelegate
How Armed Forces Have Shrunkr,,
/ N NAVY AND AR ]
\AS IR E ARMY A |
: . MWES FORCE |,
: L, ]
| 8,023,000 3,866,232 ; 2,250,000
TODAY Frad Iy i
Qooo [NEA Newschart] | 908,064 . 470,000
Numerical strength of our armed forces today is in startling con-’
| trast to the great wai machine that was functioning when Wm'ld‘
| War 1I ended. In Newschart above, based on latest figures from
R Washington, each symbel represents 500.000 men. Da
DECONTROL BOARD HOTLY DENIES
FAVORING RETURN OF PRICE LIDS
WASHINGTON, Aug, 14 —
(AP) — Two memberg of the
powerful new Decontral Board
{nday protested sharply waen a
witness spoke of ‘“Washington
reports” that the Buard favors
re-establishment of price con
trols.
_ Thomas Linder, Georgia Com
missioner of Agriculture. called
attention at decontrol hearings
to reports that the Board is “sur
rcunded by former OPA offi
ciale” and “arrangements” have
L:cen made as to wnat the Board
will decide.
Linder, who testified against
cpplying price ceilings to cotton
ceed, said these rumors are that
the Board will “carry out the
Fresident’s wishes”’
The veteran Genrgia farm
leader added that he did not de
cite to “be a party to any sucy
charges.”
Daniel W. Bell, former Under
secretary of the Treasury and
new a member of the Decontrol
Board, caallenged Linder’s state
ment that “thousands of letters
are going out from Washington
have made.” i
1. Jobs for all those willing andl
able to work: “We have reached
substantially full employment andi
have created nearly five million
new jobs in the process . . . Now
we face the task of consolidating
these gains by ever-increasing
production and employment op
portunities.”
2. A steadily rising standard of
living: “The year production rate
of goods and services for civil
jan use has increased more than
$30,000,000,000.” Total construc-|
tion and production of some goods
has quadrupled. Total - income‘
payments to individuals equal or
exceed the wartime peak. |
3. Stabilization of our economy:
“We have successfully avoided
the deflation which threatened
when war plants closed . . . but
inflation Temains a constant
threat.” #
i Increased opportunities for
farmers and bu%neas men: “Al
lmout a quarter of a million new
businesses were established in
that decision of the Boord are al
ready made.”
Bell asked Linder if he could
supply copies of such letters.
Linder said he did not have
any with him today but could
get several. He said the letters
were from Washington sevvices
Continued on Page Two)
SIGNED ONE-YEAR AGO TOMORROW:
SIND - SOVIET FRIENDSHIP TREATY LACKS SPIRIT
NANKING, Aug. 14—(AP)—
One year ago tomorrow the Sino-
Soviet treaty of friendship and
Alliance was signed in Moscow _
and in that year relations have re
mained far from either the letter
or the spirit of that pact.
Chinese leaders—who contend
that they signed the 30-year agree
ment giving Russia great conces
sions in Manchuria only because
of pressure from other United Na
tions—say freely that they con
the last half of 1945, and there is
every reason to hope that the
birth of new businesses will conoi
tinue at a high rate . . . Farmers
are looking forward to bumper
crops, and can seli at good prices‘
all they can grow.” |
Looking to the future, Secre
tary of the Navy Forrestal de
clared:
“We must firmly Yesolve to
keep ourselves strong for the
tests of the future until the,
United Nations is an accomplish
ed fact.”
Meantime, he called for con
stant striving toward interna
tional amity and understanding,
which, he added, “must rest on
the free exchange of information”
to ‘“dissolve the mists of preju-~
dice.”
Secretary of War Patterson and
Army Chief of Staff Eisenhower
sent messages of congratulation to
General MacArthur in Tokyo.
~ There and throughout Japan,
the people of that conquered na
tion shared a seemingly common
belief that they are better off
than any hoped they would be a
year ago. e
Continued on Page Two)
A. B. C. Paper-—Single Copy, 3c—s¢ Sunday
Defeated German Sateiite Admits
! 5 fi
5 3
Shameful Alfiance At Peace Pariey
PARIS, Aug. 14.—(AP)—Bulgaria formally presented a claim to
the Paris Peace Conference today for the present Greek territory of
Western Thrace and was supported by the Soviet Ukraine delegate.
Frankly admitting a shameful alliance” with Germany during the
war, Bulgarian Foreign Minisica Georgi Koulishev' nevertheless
maintained that the Bulgarian army “did mot fight on any front
against the anti-Hitlerian coalition.” He asked that his nation be ac
corded the status of an Allied co-belligerent, the same as that sought
yesterday by Romania, another defeated German sateilite.
Western Thrace is a narrow
¢irip of terrjtory along the north
err. coast of the Aegean Sea
waich gives Greece a common
‘rontier with Turkey.
*D. Manuilsky, chief of the
Ukraine delegation, cha»geq that
Greek policy * was “instigated
frcm abroad” and protested
against her “demands for foreign
Balkan soil.” Saying he suppor
ted Bulgarian demands for an
Aegean outlet, Manuilsky said
he favored a reiurn to the Bul
garian frontierg as provided in
the treaty of Bucnarest of 1913.
This would give Bulgavia west
orn Thrace and the vresent
Greek harbor of Alexandroupo-
Continned on Page Twe)
J. R. McCarthy And
Lead In Wisconsin
Lead In Wisconsi
' By The Associated Press
| Circuit Judge Joseph R. Mc
tCarthy moved- into 4 727-vote
;lead today over Senator Robert
\ M., Lafollette, who sought nomina
i tion by Wisconsin Republicans af
{ ter 12 years under the Progressive
| Party banner.
{ With only 156 of the State’s
'3,146 precincts missing McCarthy,
*backed by the Republican State
lorganization, had 195,111 votes to
{ 190,384 for the veteran of 21 years
lin the Senate. Included were
| 553 of 582 precincts in Milwau
kee county, where McCarthy ran
| strongly.
Wisconsin’s governor 83 year
l old Walker S. Good land, who like
| LaFollette ran despite opposition
iof State party leaders, held a
!commanding lead over two oppo~
i nents.
] LaFollette who Progressive Par
ity organization voted to dissolve
I a year ago last Marcn, had staked
Ihis prestige on the outcome of
the primary. He said he would
(not run as an independent if he
li’ailed to receive the nomination.
Continued on Page Two)
sider Moscow hds violated the
agreement almost from the day it
was signed.
There is no doubt that relations
between the two countries have
grown worse rather than better,
principally because of the con
tinuing battling between General
issimo Chiang Kai-Shek’s govern
ment and the Chinese Communists:
| The latest indication of friction
was a Russian effort to bar China
from participation in the Paris
‘peace conference as a sponsering
nation.
Twvo major accusations are made
against Soviet forces which occupi- |
ed Manchuria: |
~ I—That Russians looted Man
churian industry of -all moveable
equipment during the prolonged
Soviet occupation, and thereby
robbed the country of its opport
unity for rapid recovery from the
‘Havoc of eight years of war. |
' 2—That the Soviet occupation
forces permitted infiltration of
Chinese Communist armies into
Manchuria, and allowed the
seizure of vast arsenals and sup
ply dumps by Chinese Communist
[forces. >
Despite the treaty of friendship,
there is little expectation here that
China and Russia can become good
neighbors until the Chinese Com
munist question is settled.
There is no direct evidence that
Russia is giving the Chinese Com
munists any physical support
whatevef. But evidence does exist
in many forms that the Chinese
Reds have the complete moral sup
port of Moscow. That fact plays
an important part in every move
lmward settlement of China’s civil
strife, since each side is shaping
policies with one eye open for pos
sible répercussions from that
northern neighbor.
Communist propaganda activi
ties in China are closely geared to
those of Moscow. An anti-Ameri
can campaign from Yenan recenfiy
'was followed quickly by a similar
H 2.2
South Carolina
In Governor Race
UIGEJIVE K
COLUMBIA, S. C.,, Auglé—
(AP)—A runoff Sept. 3 in the
CGavernor’s race between J. Strom
Thurmond, veteran of the Nor
mandy’ invasion and President
James A. McLeod of the state
Heailh Association appeared cer
tain today en the basis of incom
pid'd returns from ye[.erday’s
Democratic primary.
Thurmond, a former Lieutenant
Colonel and wearer of the Purple
Heart, was given an overwhel
ming lead in a count of 1,297 of
the State’s 1,544 precinets but
failed to get the majority needed
for nomination in.the 11-man
race.
Gov. Ransome J. Williams ran
a weak third in the unfinished
and unofficial tabulation which
gave Thurmond 74,471 votes, Mec~
Leod 56,817 and Williams 26,356.
The eight other candidates, in
cluding former representative
John C. Taylor with 17,642, were
far in the rear.
In Spartanburg eounty, a score
of negroes voted despite the
Party’s rules limiting the vote to
white persons. No disorders were
reported.
A spokesman for negro Demo
crats said the refusal of Richland
Continued on Page Two)
NO BLACK CATS??
NEW YORK, ‘Aug., 14—(AP)
— Without a single knock on
v-ood, the 13 memoers of the
“National Commitiee of .18
Against Suplerstition and Fear”
met yesterday at room 13 of the
Hotel Astor at 3:12 p. m, (EDT)
io lay plans for combatting sua
perstition.
The members entered the room
viuder a ladder, after dumping
luck charms in » pail outside
tie door. They smoked and all
lichteq three cigarettes on a
match.
Intervention” in China.
Chinese also are expressing
grave concern nowadays over two
questions specifically covered by
the Sino-Soviet treaty—Dairen and
Port Arthur. /
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy, continued
moderately hot this after
noon, tonight and Thursday.
GEORGIA: Partly cloudy
skies today, tonight and
Thursday; scattered light
showers in extreme northern
portion today and a few aft
ernoon thundershowers near
the coast today and Thurs
day: not quite so warm to-
L RS little temperature
~ change tonight and Thurs
| day.
| TEMPERATURE
| Highest s d ssesiaa. .90
s Lalveat v o Saii - o
BT R S e e
| Normal'[i.. .... iie. .8
. RAINFALL :
. Inches last 24 hours .. .. 00
Total since August 1 .... 25
! Deficit since August 1 .. 1.85
Average August rainfall . 4.67
’ Total since January 1 e
| Excess since January 1 .. 261
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I DAFFY DUCK
| DALLAS. Aug. 14 —(AP). -
' Mail Carrier L. F. Wilson, com
|piained that he had been bitten
'}y a duck at a residence here
!and said the bite raised a welt
on his leg.
| A skeptical newspaper *epor
«or went wita Wilson to the
home. Thee was the duck,
standing - guard on ° the front
~arch. Tha reporter approached
|—ang tHe angry dick ‘chased
him out of the ward. * :
T‘hen‘ the duck bit Wilson
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