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Vol. 115, No. 180.
House Of Commons
Approves Sweeping
urisis Powers' Bill
LI'ISIS FOWEers Dul
Measure Would Give Government Power 1
To Tell People Where They Must Work
LONDON, Aug. B.—(AP)—Britain’s Socialist-dominat- I
ed House oi Commons approved today the government's ]
;weupipg‘ “crisis powers” bill, des;ri‘ged by Winstor’lv l
Churchill as *“a blank check for totalitarian government.
Truman Signs Bill
Ending All Credit
g ‘I
Curbs November 1
WASHINGTON, Aug. B—(AP)
—President Truman today signed
legislation killing all controls on
installment buying November 1,
1947,
The President said he regretted
that Congress did not follow the
recommendation of the Federal
Reserve Board and of the Council
of Economic Advisers “by enacting
legislation to provide jfor con
tinuing as long as necessary regu
lation of consumer credit as a
means of helping to promote eco
nomic stability.”
Mr. Truman had asked for speci
fic peacetime authority to regu
late the American institution
known 'as the ‘“Easy Payment
Plan,” as a bulwark against in
flationary tendencies.
But Congress, instead, sent him
a bill intended to force an end to
the creait curbs in three months.
.
Rent Direclor Here
Asks Informafion
About Violations
Tenants in Athens were urged
today by William M. Murray
Area Rent Director to continue
reporting to his office all cases
of rental overcharges and de
crease in services.
“Residential rents, except in
the case of new construction or
major conversions after Feb
ruary 1, 1947, are still under Fed
eral Control, and no rents can
be raised except under the pro
visions of the Rent Control Act,”
the official declared.
This act petmits a rent in
crease up to 15 per cent, pro
vided the landlerd files with the
rent office a copy of a valid
written lease, voluntarily signed
by the tenant, extending through
December 31, 1948. Such a lease
cannot contain any *‘trick clauscs
nor call for a decrease in ser
vices, furnishings or equipment,
nor can a tenant be “coerced” in
to signing, Mr. Murray explained,
adding, that approximately 10
ber cent of the leases received
In his office are being returned
for one or more reasons.
The Rent Control Act allows
landlords to petition for rent ad-
Jujstments on fifteen separate
grounds, including major capital
improvements, increased services,
etc, Mr. Murray said. He ex-
Plained, however, that such in
treases could not become effec
tive until after the itions had
been approved by his! office. In
Lhese cases, {he tenant is notified
¥ the rent’ office of the adjust
ment granted. 3
iL’Amde from these iease and ad
g stment cases, rents dan estab
,}Shfid, houing in Athens remain
fds IS and tenants ‘showld noti
¥us of any violations, Mr. Mur-
Tay stated. Under terms§ of the
?iresent law, he said, the gent of
u;; can seek an inmjunction
thelnSt a vioator to prevent fur
himee, €r¢harges, and thetenant
the ¢ may sue for threé times
or SSO oot of the overcharge,
. C(.)u“_/:nchever sum is greater,
torney fleesc,OSts and resonabg‘e at=
.
P rosecutor’s Wife -
Kills His Father
( A’;C))T SPRINGS, Ark., Aug. 8—
X\Jathi{’:l‘osecutor Sidney S. Mec
vear oiud today his pretty 26-
iher“%d blonde wife killed his fa
sWpnk al. P. McMath, 56, at their
night suburban home early last
fright » " Tile “hysterical ~ with,
re?fiM?th declared he was re-
Bru“gstxng Circuit Judge Clyde E.
the ;’ to call a special meeting of
ilso “was pery 1o investigate and
of n 5 Tequesting appointment
helx)cM\g;h’ a _navy cross marine
Servicemes. Pearheaded an ex
ed'g emen’s ticket which unseat
tical Lowerful Hot Springs poli
the ci?giatngzation‘lut year, said
Would coin ;i-;g&e had indicated he
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
, The House gave the bill a sec
ond reading — approving it in
’principle — without a record
’vote. The government hoped to
push the measure through all re
maining parliamentary stages be
-I{ore the commons’ scheduled ad
journment next Wednesday.
An amendment to reject the
measure was defeated 251 to 148.
The Socialist government says
the bill is necessary for effective
dealing with the British econo
mic crisis. It would empower the
government to tell men and wo
men where they must work and
to take.over the management of
firms considered to be operating
inefficiently.
Laughing an all-our Conser
vative attack on Prime Minister
Attlee’s spartan plans for meet-!
ing the economic squeeze —
which labor spokesman asserted
were ‘‘appropriate and necessary”
—Churchill declared:
“The government’s proposals
will mean the abrogation of par
liament and of all our long cher
rished rights.”
Government-requested ilegisla
tion to implement the Attlee pro
gram woulq extend and strength
en government - powers, daying
from wartime, =to direct labor
into “necessary” industry and in
tervene in “inefficient” industries
The program itself was aimed at
cutting down imports and boost
ing production for export.
Speaking just before Churchill
took the floor, Deputy Prime
Minister Herbert Morrison de
clared:
| Absolute Master
- “We are not going to. be cross
examined in advance as to exact
1y what we will do with the pow
ers when we get them.” :
The Socialist ministers would
be “the absolute masters” of the
country while parliament was in
recess. It is scheduled to adjourn
so- the summer next week.
“Is this necessary to the life
of the country?” he asked. “It
would mean a spate of alarm and
discouragement and paralysis.”
Churchill declared that At
lee’s speech Wednesday —in
which the prime minister outlin
ed his wovk more eat less pro
gram for Britain -— was “ uni
versally judged to be inadequate.”
Carrying on in a sharp person
al attack on the prime minister,
Churchill inquired: =
“Who is going to wield these
powers? Not merely the ' prime
minister, who seems inceasingly
an amused passenger in the
pleasure boat.”
He declaved that the govern
ment’s ministers were men who
were prepared always to put the
party before the nation.
Dunkerque Spirit ‘
In his speech, Attle, had call
ed for “Dunkerque spirit” to
overcome a threatened dollar
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CROWDS JAM HEARING ROOM AT WAR PROBE
Record breaking crowds jammed the Senate War
Investigating Committee room as plane maker Howard
Hughes, (arrow) took the stand to defend charges
Full Associate~ Press Service
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COING HOME TO DIE 3
Mrs. Nina Willgrass Delcoure, 23-year-old Britis§
war bride, unaware that she is going home to die, is
accompanied by her husband Charles and four-month
old daughter Carol, as she arrived at Westover J“i(\l(l;
Mass., from Texas. Mrs. Delcoure is suffering from ins
curable cancer and will fly to her native home in Nors
wich, Engiand, with her husband and child. ¥
IND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT
IN RULN y THE wgflhn B ReiA :
ROME, Aug. B.—(AP)—William P. Odom, on the third leg of his
effort to break Wiley Post’s globe-girdling solo flight record, flew
over Pisa, Italy, today and radioed that he expected to reach Caire
about 10 a. m., Eastern Standard Time. {
En route to Karachi, India,
Odum roared away from Paris at
4:39 a. m. (EST).
He stopped: in Paris. one hour
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BUILT, PLANTED WITH DOGWOOD TREES
A sireet to the Athens-Clarke County Memorial Park will be
built by iie county from Greenwood street, it was learned today
and both sides of theé thoroughfare will be lined with ddgwood
trees.
County Commissioners agreed to cut the street after a delega
tion, headed by President W. H. Benson of the Memorial Park
board of directors, made the request as a memorial to those who
served in World War I and World War 11, from Clarke county.
Athens and Clarke county have an opportunity to develop one
of the fine:i small parks in the state, it is pointed out, Such a park
will be useiul {o the people of not only Athens but of Clarke
county. Although some work toward development has been done
since the property was given to the City for such a purpose by
the Comumicsioners, there has not been enough money available to
proceed with any extensive development program,
The Commmissioners have also agreed to cooperate with the
Memorial Park Board in carrying out additional plans for develop
ment of tie park, so that its full usefulness might become avail
able to thc people. Already the public is using the park, and has
seen for some time, although it has *not been developed as the
lirectors had hoped.
Wayne R. Shields, director of the Athens Recreation Depart
nent, anncunces also that the studenis of the Landscape Architec
ure Department of the University of Georgia will take the park
1s a project and prepare suggestions for its development.
!and 31 minutes for rest and a
brief refueling before his takeoff
lon an intended non-stop flight to
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against his war contract dealings. The room normally
seats 400, but thousands lined the halls outside waiting
to get jusi standing room.
Athens, Ga., Fridox,iéggust 8, 1947
Hughes’ Privitie Papers
Subpoenaed By Probers
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Also Issies
Writ For Meyer
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.
—(AP)—Senator Ferguson
(R,-Mich.) capped a bitter
verbal exchange with How
ard Hughes today by issuing
a subpoena for private doc
uments and papers Hgghes
hag in a downtown hotel.
. Ferguson’s action, as chairman
of the Senate War Investigating
Subcommittee, came after Hughes
had refused to produce John
Meyer, his publicity man, and had
said he would make available from
his papers only those cleared by
his attorneys.
- A subpoena also was issued for
Meyer. :
{ Shouting that “we’ve not going
to argue with you,” Ferguson in
structed committee aides to issue
a subpoena to seize Hughes’
papers; supposed to be in custody
of one of the Hollywood million-~
aire’s auditors in a downtown hotel
room.
- “Do you have those papers?”
Ferguson demanded of Hughes.
.“I don’t have them on my per
son, if that is what you mean,”
Hughes retorted, as spectators
roared with laughter.
Banging a glass ash tray on the
committee table, Ferguson shout
ed:
“Don’t try to get smart with this
committee.”
In one of the stormiest scenes of
the inquiry into Hughes $40,000,-
000 wartime airplane contracts,
Hughes today charged that Chair
man Ferguson (R-Mich) was try
ing to put him and Meyer on the
stand at the same time so “grab
publicity”. :
e Just A Minute
TiNow just @& minute. Mr.
Hughes,” Ferguson shouted.
Hughes said he would not pro
/duce Meyer because Meyer twice
‘had been brought before the com
mittee.
Grimly, Ferguson asked Hughes
to repeat that.
“I don’t remember,” Hughes
said slowly. “Get it off the rec
ord.” |
(Off the stenographer’s record
ing of the proceedings).
Meyer, publicity man for
Hughes, has testified to spending
$164,000 in promotion of Hughes’
ventures, including airplane con
tracts. His detailed list of expendi
tures included many items of en
tertainment for Army officers,J
government officials and others.
\ Earlier, the Senate investigators
found an expense account item by
'Meygr’s predecessor as Hughes’
publicist which listed entertain
‘ment for Jesse Jones—and im
‘mediately got an affidavit that
Jones was not entertained.
Noah Dietrich, executive of
Hughes’ Tool Company, produced
the affidavit after he said he had
questioned flve years ago an ex
pense account of Russell Bird
well, Hollywood publicist.
This account had listed Jesse
Jones. then head of the Recon
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REENACTMENT OF ATTEMPTED KIDNAPING
Ten-year-old Connie Joyce Radosta, of Chicago, 111., reenacts an early morning
scare when a hand reached in the wi’pdow by her bed and grabbed her. Connie,
slightly scratched, screamed for hér parents and the assailant fled. The hand and
arm are those of her father who helped reenact the scene for the police. oo
Truman Enters Budget Scrap; Promises
Detailed, Exhaustive Study Of Income
WASHINGTON, Aug. B.—(AP)—President Truman’s
entry into the battle of the budget bolstered evidence to
day that federal spendihg this fiscal year—as the admin
istration adds it up—will be close to the original White
House estimate of $37,500,000,000.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and contin
ued rather hot through Sat
urday, with occasional thun
dershowers in afternoon.
TEMPERATURE
SRR v e
R
Mean: & .cutisves soe, wiye T 8 00
Nsmad oyl ... 0 .
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since August 1 .... 1.23
Excess sifice August 1 ... .03
Average August rainfall . 4.67
Total siice January 1 . ..30.24
Deficit since January 1 .. 1.42
Death Takes Mrs.
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Hattie Morris
Mrs. Hattie Morris Jankower,
one of Athens’ most beloved wo
men, died in a local hospital Fri
day morning at 8 o’clock. Death
came in her seventy-third year
after an illness of a few days.
Services are to be conducted
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from Bernstein’s Chapel with
Rabbi Rothschild, of The Temple
in Atlanta, officiating.
Burial will be in Oconee Hill
cemetery, Max Michael, Milton A.
Lesser, Sidney Boley, Arthur
Flatau, Charles Joel, Grover C.
Moon, Jake Bernstein and Jake
Joel serving as pallbearers,
Mrs. Jankower ‘is survived by
her husband, Maurice Jankower;
daughter, Mrs. Alex D. Blumen
thal, sr., Miami, Fla.; son, Edel
Jankower, Rayne, La.; brother,
Lee Morris, Athens; four grand
children, Dr. Alex Blumenthal,
jr., New York; Maurice Blumen
thal, Miami; Mervine L. Jankow
er, Rayne, La; Barbara E. Jan
kower, Rayng, La.: nephew, Dr.
L. Paul Morris, Philadelphia, and
one niece, Mrs. E. A. Shumway,J
jr., Philadelphia. 1
Native Athenian
A native of Athens, Mrs. Jan
kower was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Mendel Morris, pioneer
Athenians, and was descended of
family lines prominent in the
affairs of this section.
" She was educated at Lucy Cobb
Institute and was a member of
the Congregation Children of
Israel, in which she took a prom
inent part for many years in the
activities of the women’s organ
izatiens.. She .was an outstanding
student in the Conservatory of
Music at Lucy Cobb and further
ed her education by travel nad
wide reading.
Mrs. Jankower had a legion of
friends in Athens and other parts
of the state who were greatly
saddened by news of her death,
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copy, 5¢
Taking an indirect poke at
claims of big savings by the Re
publican Congress, Mr. Truman
%announced that he has ordered
‘a “detailed and exhaustive” study
of federal outlays and income.
’ When this is completeq he will
issue a review and analysis of
“all the facts,” presumably in
the customary mid-August bud
get review.
Administration budget officials,
immediately after Congress ad
jouruned, said that despite numer
ous- cuts in appropriations the
government probably will spend
fairly close to th. amount estima
ted by Mr. Truman in his budget
message last January. They spoke
anonymously, to keep out of the
political crossfire.
But while Mr. Truman himself
stated he would make no “hasty
predictions,” other administration
officials saig today their further
studies of the new legislation!
bear out that conclusion of ten
days ago. . |
Additional Costs 1
They calculate that the con
gressional savings amount ‘to
about $1,600,000,000, but that ad
ditional costs — not foreseen
when Congress went to work in
January — will eat up a sizeable
part of that sum and bring the
expenditures total only a few
' hundred of millions below the
original $37,000,000,000 estimate.
The new expenditures includei
the $400,000,000 Greek-Turkish
‘aid program, and the virtual cer
‘tainty of Britain’s using perhapsi
' $500,000,000 move of her loan
‘than was budgeted for this year.
Also, Congress voted expendi
‘tures of $150,000,000 for stockpil
‘ing materials, $64,000,000, to fight
hoof-and-mouth disease, $35,000,-
000 for veterans; and other items
which we“e not in the original
budget estimate. I
In issuing his news conference
statement late - yesterday, Mr.]
Truman sai+ “many complex sac- |
tors” have to be considered be-'
fore a complete report can be
made ‘“on the amount of so-called
‘savings’ effected by the Congress
in the 1548 budget.”
For example he said:
Congress in certain cases sub
stituted “contract authority” for
approp-iations; in other words,
the government is to go ahead
with some programs on the un
derstanding funds will be voted
later.
Funds were provided for some
agencies, like the post office de
patment and the National Labor
Relations Board, on a “part year”
basis with instructions tc come
back for more later, if necessary.
Some appropriations which
were asked originally for the fis
cal year 1947 were hot voted un
til fiscal 1948 began last July 1
and hence must be charged
against this year’s operations
Certain of the ‘“rescissions,” or
cutbacks in appropriations previ
ously granted were “funds which
would not have been spent any
way.” =
" LOCAL COTTON ™
1-INCH MIDDLING .. .. 35%e
In Indonese Dispute
LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. B—(AP)
—The Netherlands government
was reported ready today to re
ject any plan for compulsory arbi
tration of the Indonesian dispute.
Informed quarters described the
Dutch position as follows: .
1. They already had agreed to
accept the “good offices” of the
United States to help settle the
‘undeclared war.
2. They would have no ob
jections to a United Nations Com
mission to supervise the present
ftriina
3. They would accept no U. N.
Commission either to mediate or
arbitrate the dispute.
The Netherlands views ‘were
made known as the Security Coun
cil put the Indonesian question
aside until Tuesday afternoon to
give the delegates a chance to
study a new communication from
the Indonesian government pro
posing creation of an arbitration
commission.
Good Offices
The Indonesians informed the
council that, while accepting the
| “Bood offices” of the United
States, the Jogjakarta government
had asked the United States to try
to persuade the Netherlands and
the Security Council to agree to
an arbitration body.
The council still had no formal
proposal before it to create an
arbitration commission, but it ap
peared almost certain that one
would be offered within the next
few days.
Australian Delegate Col. W. R.
Hodgson, who had been reported
,considering such a plan, said he
'had ‘not decided yet whether he
‘would act. He said, he wanted to
find out first the attitude of the
other delegates and the Nether
lands government.
- Meanwhile he went ahead with
plans to submit a proposal for a
U. N. Commission or an official
'U. N. observer to supervise the
truce. He said this plan wotld be
circulated among the delegates be=
fore the Tuesday meeting. .. °
The council was in recess today.
It will meet again Monday and
on Tuesday morning will take up
the Balkan problem.
International Head
Of Lions Will .
Broadcast Saturday
Members of the local Lions
Club_as well as other Athenians,
will be interested to ‘know that
Fred W. Smith, international
president of the Lions, will speak
over the National Broadeasting
Company network Saturday
morning at 11:15 o’clock.
All Lions arg urged to fume in
a NBC station and hear the im
portant message to be broadcast
by the new International Presi
dent of Lichs. : S