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BY HASTY MARLOW
Athens-Clarke County Chapter of the American Red |
Cross adopted a financial goal of $22,000 for 1947, $lO,-l
000 less than last year, and re-elected the Rev. Davi(l|
Cady Wright as chairman of the chapter at its annual
meeting last night. :
Other officers elected were:
Roy Scoggins as treasurer upon!
<.e resignation of J. E. Wickliffe
alter six years of service; Robert
Siephens and Thomas Milner,
Athens’ attorneys, as co-chair
men of the Red Cross campaign
which will begin next week with
Mrs. J. W. Bailey chairman for
Le'womenrand Mrs. E. H. Davis
2s campaign woffice secretary.
Rer Cross campaign headquar
ters will be in the College Ave
nue Office” of Tillman Insurance
Company. The local share in the
National Red - Crosg budget has
peen set as $5,500 with the re
mainder of the $%2,000 to be rais
ed, allocated for use in Adiens
and Clarke County, in the Nurse,
Nutrition, Veteran, and orghni
zotion upkeep programs.
Greeted By Mayor -
Mayor Bob McWhorter greeted
the group of mearly one hundred
Red Cross workers and citizens,
for the city of Athens and ex
pressed appreciation for the work
which %has been carrieq on in
Athens by the Red Cross.
Miss Nan Steel, representative
of the Southeastern Area of the
National Red Cross, told the
group that in feeling tae pulse of
neighboring cities in the state she
had found loyal support for the
Red Cross and its work and urg
ed Athens to go over the top in
reaching its financial goal for
f.e year so as to be an inspira
tion for the small. towns.
Commenting on the approach
ing campaign to raise funds for
the Red Cross, Co-Chairman
Robert Stephens, said that Co-
Chairman Thomas Milner and e
woulg assume the responsibility:
of their position to do everything
possible to make the campaign
n success and aid in every way
SOVIET ANSWER TO U, 8. ATOMIC
PROPOSAL EXPECTED BEFORE U. N.
Gromyko Addresses Security Council
Today: To Make A ‘“Few Remarks"’
5 ol
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Feb.
28— (AP)—Andrei A. Gromyko!
was ready today to make a de-l
claration in the Security Council
on the United States plan to re-‘
turn the atemic energy control!
problem to the United Nations|
Atomic Energy Commission. ]
The Soviet delegate blocked
final action by the council on the"
American proposal last Tuesday
by serving notice he desired to!
speak. He said today he expected
to make a “few remarks” at the
council rheeting called for 3 p.
m. (EST).
The council is considering a
resolution by U. S. Delegate War
ren Austin to send back to the
Atomic Commission the commis
sion’s voluminous report, Grom-—l
vko's 13 proposals which take the
heart, of the American plan out of
the report, and the comments of
the council delegates.
No Veto i
The U. S. plan envisions no|
veto on atomic punishments. Rus
sia is standing firmly on no in
fringement of the veto right in
the council.
Gromyko held the stage for a
good part of yesterday’s three
hour meeting, in which he tilted;
with Herschel V. Johnson, Unitedl
States representative, and Paul
Hasluck of Australia, over the
Albanian case.
The council approved a three
nation Sub-committee, made upy
of Australia, Colombia ' and
Army’s Long Range Fighter ‘Betty Jo'
Sets Non-Stop Record Of 14-1-2 Hours
Finishes 4,978 Mile Trip From Honolulu
To New York With Fuel Almost Exhausted
NEW YORK, Feb. 28 —(AP)
~The Army P-82 Fighter Betty
Jo, its fyel nearly exhausted,
Toared into LaGuardia Field at
11:06 a, m, (EST) today, estab
lishing ‘a reeord non-stop 4,978-
Mile flight from Honolulu in ap-
Proximately 14 and onedaalf
hours. ‘ :
. The pilot of the twin-enbine
fighter, Lt. Col. Robert E. Thack
er of El Centro, Calif., won a
Laring bid to reach his New
York objective by pushing his
Plane against 65-mile headwinds
and low fuel tanks that threaten
ed to bring the Betty Jo down
the team of men who were on
ltheir committee,
Ita¢ Rev. David C. Wright who
has pbeen chairman of the Athens
Clarke County Chapter for the
past six years, recognized those
present who had made special
contributions to tlie Red Cross.
. Recognizes Visitors
.Among-these were: Mrs. Mor
ton Ivy, Watkinsville; Max Mich
ael, who served as chairman of
{the first two war campaigns for
| the local chapter; Walton Danner,
iwho for ;seven years has been
i daairman of the University of
iGeorgia canvassing; Leroy Mich
{ael, who has served as secretary
‘of the chapter, and Mrs. Leroy
IMichael who has been active in
]the women’s work; Miss Rebec
ca Fowler, chiairman of children
'contributions in Public Schools;
Mrs, M, P. O'Callaghian, chair
man of surgical dressing; Miss
Otey Vinson and Mrs, Dan Du
! pree, chairman of knitting; Miss
| Magdalene Glenn, service during
lthe war to soldiers in Athens;
,Dr‘ Linton Jerdine, Clarke Coun-
Ity Health Association who is
ll»ending aig to the establidgament
iof Blood Donor Service; Mr. and
!Mrs. Leroy Hart, Mrs. Ned
IHodgson, and Harry Hodgson,
!who have aided in care for
lwounded veterans in nearby mil
litary hospitals; and H. M. Heck
man, and others who' have aided
and showed their interest in Red
Cross work.
| Five Afiens merchants are
| aiding in the Red Cross campaign
ithrough the use of their display
windows and the desire for the
{help and cooperation of ‘all Ath
l enians and Clarke County citi
zens was urged to made fae funds
>lcontrlbuted “to the . Red Cross
surpass the goal.
Poland, to investigate the British
charges that Albania was respon
sible for mines which damaged
two British destroyers, killed 44
British sailors and wounded 42
others in Corfu Strait last Oct.
22. ; >
Albania has denied the charges.
The vote on the Sub-committee
was 8 to 0, with Russia, Poland
and Syria abstaining. Gromyko
served notice he believed he could
have stopped the Sub-committee,
which he opposed, by a veto but
he refused to do so since it was
apparent the majority wanted it.
Johnson Objecting
Johnson objected to putting
Jerzy Michalowski of Poland on
the Sub-committee, saying that
Michalowski had expressed views
that the Sub-committee would not
be useful.
Michalowski said he still felt the
Sub-committee would not achieve
any useful purpose but, in the
Democratic process, he was ready
to go along with the majority.
Gromyko attacked Johnson’s
views as “unconvinecing,” “un
founded” and “in the nature of a
joke.” He added it was a serious
matter and “we should not make
jokes to provoke laughter.”
Johnson did not reply.
The Sub-committee decided to
hold its first formal session Mon
day in the U. N. Headquarters in
Manhattan.
The Sub-committee will report
to the council March 10.
in Pennyslvania.
Emergency equipment lined
LaGuardia Field as the plane
roared out of a blue sky to the
field and landed safely.
The twin-engine fighter plane
reported to Fairfield - Suisun
Army Air Base officials it reach
ed California Coast Line at Point
Arena, 125 miles north of San
Francisco, at 12:34°a. m. (3:34 a.
m., Eastern Standard Time).
The Betty Jo took off from
‘Hickam Field, Oahu_at 3:05 ».
m. (8:35 p. m, EST). -
Unofficial reports that the Bet
ty Jo made an earlier landfall
Full Associated Press Service
Hoover Takes Grim Report On Europe
Before Foreign Affairs Group s Today
Permanent Rules
Favored Here
As Buses Arrive
Two new buses, first of a fleet
which have been ordered since
early in 1946, have arrived here
and "will be ' placed .in . service
Saturday, W. M. Shelton, owner
of Athens City Lines, announced
today.
The buses seat twenty-seven
passengers and are of the same
type now operated on Milledge
avenue. Mr. Shelton also announe
ed that delivery of an -additional
two new buses of the same type,
also part of the original order,
have been promised early in
March.
The buses being placed in op
eration tomorrow will go on the
Prince Avenue run. It was’ also
announced that permission has
been granted by the Transporta
tion Committee of City Council to
discontinue operation of buses on!
Sunset Drive from" Oglethorpe’
Avenue to the Jefferson Road,
changing the route to operate from
Oglethorpe Avenue through the
Coordinate College campus,” a
paved route, to Prince Avenue. |
The buses will provide fif.teen-i
minute service to patrons. |
Meanwhile, Councilman John Y.
Coffee said today that he will in
troduce a resolution at the next
meeting of the Mayor and Coun
cil instructing: the Committee on
Transportation and Traffic to set
up permanent regulatory standards
governing buses and taxicabs op
erated under City permits.
The resolution, Councilman
Coffee said, will be a substitute
for one tabled at a previous meet
ing of the Council, although its
objectives are the same as the ob
jeetive of the tabled . wesolution.
“The objective of the original re
solution,” said Councilman Coffee
today, “was to obtain safe and con
venient transortation for the
people of Athens and was not aim
ed at punishing the bus, company
without cause.” .
Majority Would Favor
Councilman Coffee said he be
lieves a majority of the *Council,
perhaps all of them, favor per
manent regulatory transportation
standards so that transportation
companies and the City will have
something concrete whereby -to
judge whether the transportation
companies are operating in ac
cordance with standards of safety
and convenience.
Counciiman Coffee said his idea
would be for the Transportation
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Navy Probes Fire
At Pearl Harbor
PEARL HARBOR, Feb. 28 —
(AP) — The Navy today sougat
the cause of a flash fire which
swept a huge Pearl Harbor dock,
sent 25 fire-fighters to the hos
pital anq laid a smoke pall over
the giant base."
Damage was expected to run
into hundreds of thousandg of
dollars,
At the height of the roaring
fire, civilian workers moved
more than 5,000 tons of supplies
to safety when the flames licked
close to the adjacent warehouse
area.
Fire broke out without warn
ing in the oil-slick waters be-~
tween the dock and the supply
ship Oberon at 10:45 a. m., yes
terday and within a few minutes
had raced the length of the dock.
Crews of the Oberon and the
destroyer tender Sierra got their
ships ‘out into the safe channel
as e flame spread along the oily
waters, sending black smoke
clouds billowing.
lacked confirmation.
At 1 a. m., the aircraft advised
the base here that it was north
of Reno, Nev, logging a ground
speed of 384 miles per ‘Liour. At
1:23 a. m., it passed over Hum
| boldt, between Reno and Elko,
Nev,
More favorable wind conditions
farther to the east were expected
to increase the speed. Over the
ocean the Betty Jo travelled at
lmorc than 400 miles per hour at
times.
A balky wing fuel tank was
blamed by the air base officials
for putting the Betty Jo slight
1v bhehind its original 12:17 a. m.
(PST) schedule for crossing the
coastline.
Lt. Col. Bobert E. Thacker of
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STUDENTS ON TEACHERS SIDE
. In Buffalo, N. Y., students show striking teachers, right, that they are behind
them in their demands for higher wages by carrying signs. h Sixteen high schoolg
and 61 elementary schools closed as a result of the strike.
By Mayor, Council
ATLANTA, Feb. 28—(AP)—
HermanTalmadge, acting Gover
nor, has vetoed a Clarke county
local bill which would have made
the Athens City Attorney’s job
appointive by*the Mayor and City
council, instead of elective as at
present.
In his veto message, Talmadge
caid that Rep Jake Joel, member
of the Clarke delégation afd co
author of the measure requested
the action since the bill had not
been locally advertised as pro
vided in the State Constitution.
WELLS “HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH VETO”, HE SAYS
Th, bill above referred to was
requested by the Mayor and
Council. Rep. Jack R. Wells, who
returned from Atlanta today,
said the bill was supported by
him because the Mayor and Coun
cil .asked “that it be introdured.
“I voted for the bill because it
would have provided a referen
dum so that the people could de
cide \%hether' they want to con
tinue to elect the City Attorney
or give this authority to the
Mayor and Council. I had nothing
to do with asking the Governor
to veto it”, he declared. “Th, bill
was advertised, however”, he
added.
By The Associated Press
Snow blanketed much of the
Southeast today, but”warm rains
moving East from Texas were ex
pected to wash away traces by
nightfall.
The light snow covered most of
Tennessee, northern Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia and South Caro
lina, extending almost as far South
as Montgomery, Ala., and Macon,
Ga.
The snow storm was moving
East-Northeast. Rain was falling
in the area south of the snow
storm.
Temperatures were not severe,
ranging around the freezing mark.
Atlanta had a low of 30 degrees.
In New England the weather
was fair and cold with Augusta,
Me., reporting a low of 15 de
grees. Buffalo, N; Y., had a low
of 19. It was clear and cold in the
Midwest with Chicago reporting a
low of 10 degrees. There was a
prediction of snow in Chicago.
Sub zero temperatures were re
ported in northern Minnesofa and
Montana® where a cold wave s
moving in from Canada.
British Destroyers
Escort Refugee Ship
| JERUSALEM, Feb. 28—(AP)—
| A Jewish refugee ship, reportedly
| loaded with’ 1,350 unauthorized
immigrants to Palestine, arrived
:at Haifa this morning under the
| guard of British destroyers which
intercepted her off the coast.
‘ British authorities immediate
1v cleared the Haifa waterfront of
. civilians in preparation for de
| portation of the refugees. but this
| move was temporarily blocked bv
{a restraining order which the
! Tewish Communitv Council ob
tained from the Palestine high
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THANKFUL FOR HEAVY SNOW
Melting snow is the only way Miss Elizabeth Me-
Gill, Oakdale, Pa., high school teacher, can get water.
| A broken water main has deprived the town of 2,000
- of water for days. Schools are closed during the emer
gency.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Showers and slightly colder
tonight and Saturday, fol
lowed by clearing and colder
Saturday night and Sunday.
GEORGIA: Rain in south
portion today and tonight;
snow and sleet over northk
portion, changing to rain this
afternoon and tonight; rain
Saturday; little change in
temperatures today; siighily
warmer tonight and Satur
day.
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i > TEMPERATURE
HiSheot .... ..i na 90
S.L L 8
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MaMsal s et oAB
RAINFALL
Indhes last 24 hours ~ .. .01
Total since Feb. 1 .. ... 2.16
Deficit since Feb. 1 .. ... 1.96
Average Feb. rainfall .... 5.08
Total since January 1 U 110
Excess since January 1 .. 175
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CHURCH LANDSCAPING
A committee from the Clinch
{field Liome demonstration club
has planneq landscaping for the
church with the aid of Extension
Landscape Specialist H. W Har
vey and Miss Annie C. Presbon,
.M County home demons-
Sebtiohaant -
FLASHES OF LIFE
CHECKERBOARD PERIL
SEATTLE, WASH., Feb. 28
(AP)—Mrs. Glenna B. Rich
filing suit for divorce,
charged that her husband,
Edgar, had a “vile and un
governable temper.”
She said he upset the check
erboard whenever he saw
he was going to iose.
FAMILY EXPOSED
CHICAGO, Feb. 28— (AP)
—A black mongrel dog which
wandered into the War
ren Avenue police station
a few days ago made a fuss
over policeman Clarence
Hayden, who said he does
n’'t like dogs.
But Hayden soon became
a dog’s champion, although
other policemen favored
taking her to an animal shel
ter. Hayden allowed her the
run of the station and fed
her. Then he planned to take
the dog home.
But he changed his plans last
night. Police frailed the dog
from the station and found
she has a family of eight
puppies hidden away in a
nearby basement.
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copy, 5¢
SECRET WHITE HOUSE HUDDLE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.— (AP) —Herbert Hoover
carried his first-hand account of hungry Europe’s plight
to Capitol Hill today in an atmosphere made triply tense
by the domestic economy drive, diplomatic difficulties
abroad, and a top secret White House huddle.
Rosenthal Predicls
For Library Bonds
Describing the community=
wide service given by the Athens
Regional Library, and stressing
the neeq for a permanent home
for the institution Henry Rosen
{aal last night over WGAU pre
dicted the people will endovse
the proposed $50.000 library
bond issue in the election March
25th.
Ned Blackman To
A sertes of radio talks over
WGAU in behalf of the pro
posed $50,000 bond issue for
the Athens Hegional Public
Library will Include discus
sions by the following Clarke
county citizens:
Friday, Tebruary 28th, 5:45
P. M.: Ned Blackman.
Monday, March 3rd, 6:15 P.
M.: Felton Christian.
Tuesday, March 4th, 7:55 A.
M.c J. W. Henry.
Wednesday, March sth, 7:30
P. M.: Walter Wellman, jr.
Thursday, March 6th, 7:30
P. M.: Alex Saye. ;
Friday, March 7th, 5:45 P.
M.: Guy B. Scott.
Monday, March 10, 6:15 P,
M.: Robert Hamilton.
Tuesday, March 11, 7:55 A.
M.: Harry Speering. :
Wednesday, March 12, 7:30
P. M.: Jack Reeves.
Thursday, March 13, 7:30 P.
M.: Leland Ferguson.
Friday, March 14th, 5:45 P.
M.: Lamar Lewis, jr.
Monday, March 17th, 6:15
P. M.: John P. Bondurant.
Tuesday, March 18th, 7:55
A. M.: Arthur S. Oldham,
Wednesday, March 19th,
7:30 P. M.: Grady Callahan.
Thursday. March 20, 7:30 P.
M.: Guy B. Smith.
Friday, March 21st, 5:45 P.
M.: G. L. O'Kelley.
The text of Mr. Rosenthal's
talk follows:
“Ladies and Gentlemen:
“The interest and enthusiasm
in support of obtaining a new
library, which the Athens people
are manifesting on all sides, is
indeed heartening. Because of be
ing so widely discussed many
questions arise daily regarding the
present library, how it is sup
ported, its functions and services
to the public,
“To begin with let us make a
distinction between a Carnegie
Library, and a Regional Public
Library like the one we have in
Athens. In the early 1900’s An
drew Carnegie gave public libra
ry buildings to many towns, on
condition that the towns contri
bute the the upkeep of the library
as much as 10 percent of the
cost of the building. At that time
Athens was unwilling to have
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Saved By Shifting Wind:_
SAVANNAH'S RICH BAMBOO FARM
THREATENED BY FOREST FIRE
SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 28—
(AP)—Forest fires, which have
resulted in the loss of some 4,500
acres of timber and young growth
in Chatham county since Dec. 1,
came dangerously ¢lose to claim
ing the valuable Bamboo experi
mental farm of the U. S! Depart
ment of Agriculture here yester
day.
A last minute shift in the wind,
which blew the flames away from
the farm, was credited with being
the deciding factor in saving the
Bamboo stand which includes
specimens from all parts of the
world.
The fire broke out among young
pines and burned from 75 to 100
acres while members of the
Chatham fire protection unit and
Bamboo farm employes battled
the flames for four hours.
Chatham County Ranger Ernest
LOCAL COTTON
1-INCH MIDDLING ... .. 34%e
The former Republican presi
dent was called before the House
Foreign Affairs Committee (10 a.
m., EST) while Washington wor~
ried and wondered whether a con
ference yesterday between Presi
dent Truman, his diplomatic ad
visers and key congresslmal lead~
ers may preface a diplomatic de
cision of world import.
Observers fastened their atten
tion on ahalf dozen of the world’s
trouble spots, from the potential~
ly explosive probléems of the near
East to those of Turkey and the
Dardanclles and other Mediter-~
ranean trouble spots, from relief
in liberated lands to restoration of
Germany’s economy.
' War-Weary Brifain
' Over these hung a new impon=-
' derable—the ability of war-weary
Britain to maintain her political
iand military commitments in the
light of economic disiress at home.
In the background was the still
unanswéred question: What, if
any, bargaining move did Russia
have in mind wher she gave her
quick assent to the American pro
posal for United States trustee
ship over the Pacific Islands this
country wrested from Japan?
| A solemn pledge of secrecy was
"exacted from the participants in
the White House Conference. None
‘would go beyond this terse an
nouncement by Chairman Vanden
berg (R-Mich), of the Senate Re
lations Committee:
! " “On 'the eve of Secretary (of
7 State)” Marshall's departure for
Mosgow we had a general discus«
' sion of the European problem
l.which is involved in the approach
‘inz meeting.”
| _The presence of the lawmakers
-who pilot ' money bills thr%fiexh
Congress and of those who help
mold basic foreign policy indicat
ed that the conference was devot~
ed to some type of relief.
| Relief Funds
This served to heighten interest
in Hoover's appearance. He was
called to present specifically his
views on a measure authorizing
the expenditure of $350,000,000
for aid in liberated lands where
the interests of Russia and the
Western powers have clashed. -
Behind him was a report to
President Truman, with whom he
left recommendations that the
United States spend $475,000,000
in the 18 months, beginning last
Jan. 1, to feed German civilians
alone. : :
Back from a three weeks’ food
survey made at Mr. Truman’s re
quest, Hoover urged that such an
expenditure for German relief be
chalked up as a debt for collec
tion in advance of any reparations
payments.
2 KILLED AS BOMB
EXPLODES IN FIELD
COLUMBUS GA., Feb. 28—
(AP)—Two persons were killed
five injured yesterday when a
bomb, believed to have been
dropped during a tactical air de
monstration at Fort Benning, ex
ploded in a field 55 miles east of
here
The dead are Ray Rhoden, 11,
and Henry Jones, 31. The Rhoden
child was the son of the Rev. and
Mrs. Curtis Rhoden of the Pine
Knoi community in Marion coun
ty.
Edwards blamed the heavy forest
losses on drouth and insufficient
| fire fighting equipment.
| “The $4,000 appropriated. by the
lcounty is wasted, unless we get
sufficient equipment to do the
l job,” Edwards said.
At present the county fire pro
tection unit at Pooler has four
men, including Edwards, two
‘trucks and one fire tower.
| The commitiee on timber con
lservation report, submitted by J.
! C. Nash, chairman of the Decem
| ber Grand Jury, listed the mini
' mum additional equipment need
| ed by Chatham county as . . . an
!other fire tower, another fire
| truck, one tractor, one fire break
{ construction plow, and one fire
breek maintenance plow.” AL
The committee report pointed
out that 75 per cent of Chathamn
| county’s area is foresi.