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Vol. CXVI, No. 84.
Thompson Lays Savage Beatings To Klan; Alerts Police
330,000 Italian Troops Stand By For Election Trouble
Reds Seen
As Losers
[n Fight
To Elect 574 Deputies
And 237 Senators In
Balloting Today
BY FRANK O’BRIEN
ROME, April 17 — (AP)—The
Italian governmeént gave Tniew
orders to its mobilized forces—
-330,000 troops and police of all
kinds — to protect the vote in
the National election beginning
Sunday.
“Tomorrow you decide the des
tiny of Italy, the destiny of Eu
repe! vote!” was the advertise
ment appearing in .all of Satur
day’s anti-Communist papers. °
This plea summed up sharply
the vast issues facing the 29,-
146,221 Italian eligible to vote in
the two-day election. The warn
ing was super-imposed upon a
map of Europe showing Russia
ond her eastern European satel
lites in deep black, the rest of
Europe in white,
Premier Aicide De Gasperi of
the middle-of-the roag Christian
Democratic party, summing up
the issues in a newspaper inter
view after his final speech at
Naples Friday mnight said the
campaign had boiled down to the
“iron alternatives? lhetween ‘“a
regime of liberty or Bolshevik
totalitarianism, |
%Omeagr I§Bues” were sub.
merged by the ! tlom fi’& A
ance of power in Syrope—Com
munism and Russia O{ Democraly
and the United States—as Ital
ians prepared te elect their first
Republican Parliament of 574 de
puties and 237 senators.
Most observers believed the
Communists had weakened and
that the moderate parties would
come out on top.
The tough preparations of Inte
rior Minister Mario Scelba 12
guarantee the right of the people
to choose without intimidation
reflected the breadth of Italy’s
decision. The Public Security
forces were told to:
1. Deal forcefully with anyone
trying to intimidate voters.
2. Keep crowds moving—voters
must not be allowed t,, collect or
loiter around poliing places after
voting.
3. Look for “obstructionism”—
intentional delays in voting for
instance — ' calculated to make
weiting voters give up and &0
home., 3
4, Prevent electioneering
around the polls.
~ln the last three weeks the
530,000 armed men of the securi
ty forces, reorganized and Te
equipped (with much American
end Byitish surplug arms, tanks
and armored cars) have put on
impressive displays in potential
frouble spots in both northern
and southern Italy.
Enforce L-ccree
Saturday these forces busily
Teinforceq the government's de.
tee ordering a ban of public po
litical meetings for 32 hours be
lore the opening of the polls at
8 a. m, Sunday (1 a. m.) Eastern
Standarg Time, Saturday). :
The government preparations
d'parently had impressed Pal-
Miro Togliatti, whose lieutenants
save boasteq of “fens of thous.
ands of partisan- trained youths”
eady to act at their call.
A communique from the exe
tutive committee of the Commu-
Nist-Socialist Popular F‘ront.de-’
clared its “solemn_undertaking’
10 respect the ballot box result.
Nevertheless the ceaseless
Search for hidden arms went on
énd netted 164 tommyguns, 47
lisles, and a hugh store of bul
lets and explosives at Casertp,
Pesaro, Cavriano and Faenza in
the south and north.
The Communist newspaper =
Unita warneq followers that the
Eovernment intended to “arrest
Numerous warkers of the front
Or pretexts of contraventions,
Provocations and outrages” to
brevent their voting. It called on
Leftists not to lend themselves to
Panic or disorders, :
Rome’s walls ware a howling
ton{ sion of color ang politics as
Pasters continued busy putting up
Posters -
. Church .
The Church,, too, could get in
2 last Mok i i Gesired aespite
the political cooling off period of
%2 hours. Many a voter would
%0 straight from mass Sunday
~oing to the polling booth.
The church has declared that vo
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
LITTLE COMMENCEM”&, I “G” DAY
FESTIVITIES END S °RDAY P. M.
Hundreds Of Student- s
Take Part In Annie ¢
Festivities In City &
Festivities of “Little Com
mencement and the sixth annual
“G” Day week-end came to a
successful climax Saturday night
when the final tune at the night'’s
dance was played.
Tommy Dorsey and his famed
orchestra had been in town since
Friday playing for the annual
series of dances sponsoved by
the University Inter-Fraternity
Council and Pan-Hellenic Coun
cil.
Practically all University stu
dents stayed in town this week
end despite the fact that classes
had been dismissed in order to
participate in the many activities
highlighting the big week-end. l
Leadout
The Inter-Fraternity Council;
leadout was staged at the Fri- |
day night dance and the Grandl
Old Party leadout was held at
Saturday night’s semi-formal af
fair.
Women students enjoyed the
liberty of staying out later than
usual Friday and Saturday
nights. Many enjoyed this liberty
by staying until the final dance
and then trekking off to one of
the many after-dance breakfast
parties throughout the City,
sponsored by various fraternities:
and organizations. ?
Jln addiiion io the fifteen in
strument band of Dorsey, Den
ney Dennis, popular male vocal
ist and the ‘“Stardusters” were
featured at the dances.
A poll conducted last week to
determine student preference as
to music to be played by the
Dorsey Band showed a liking for
the slow and easy type and Dor
sey carried out their wishes by
‘D&Fflf this type predominantly,
on the other hand, however, he
didn't forget the “Hepcats.”
; Banquet Friday
Preceding the Friday night af
fair, members of the IFC Coun
ci] were entertained at banquet
at the Cobb home on Millege
ave.
Clarence Clay IFC and KA
fraternty president, headed the
IFC leadout Friday night with
his date Joyce Kingery. Other
officers and their dates were
Bill Barton with Barbara Leeu
wenburg and Dan Stanley with
Joyce DBryson.
Twelve fraternity breakfasts
were held following Friday
night’s dance.
Saturday night’s dance featur
ed the GOP leadout headed by
campus leader Mims Wilkinson
and his date Martha Thompson.
Immediately following the cam
pus leader was Hoyt Simpkins
with Kay Porter, Abit Massey
with Alice Mitchell and John
Shefield with Mary Van Land
ingham.
The Psi Epsilon Pi fraternity
held' their annual tea party Fri
day afternoon and several vis
iting celebrities were on hand.
All-in-all it was one of the
most successful “Little Com
mencement” week-ends and “G”
Days ever staged at the Univer
sity. Student and faculty partici
pation was at an all-time high in
all the events.
The participants in the high
lights of the lSpring Quarter were
on the whole orderly in every
sense of the word.
SOCIETY NEWSPAPER EDITORS
OPPOSE PEACETIME CENSORS
Editors Pledge Support Of Training Reporters
To Cover Atomic Energy And Related Stories
WASHINGTON, April 17 —
(AP) — The American Society
of Newspaper Editors voted today
against peacetime censorship.
The editors also pledged sup
port to the training of newsmen
for handling atomic news, asked
clarification of postal laws to lot
teries and urged state acts to rec
onize the rights of newsmen to
keep confidential their sougces of
information.
Edwin D. Canham, editor of the
Christian Science Monitor, was
elected president of the Society
for the next year. He succeeds N.
R. Howard, editor of the Cleve.
land News. L. R. Blanchard, ed
ilorial director of the Gannett
newspapers, was elected a direc
tor.
The resolution on censorshit
adopted after an hour’s debate,
was offgred by David Lawrence,
editor of the United States News
and World Report. It said:
Oppose All Forms
“The Asne Opposes ail forims
of censorship.
“To the end that the security
of the United States may not be
endangered, voluntary coopera
tion is urged between press and
R T
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~services To Be Held
Memorial services will be held
here this afternoon for Carlton
M. Henson, first officer aboard
the American airliner that crash
ed in Ireland Thursday morning.
The services will be held at the
First Baptist church this after=
noon at 5:30.
Dr. J. C. Wilkinson and Dr. J.
W. O. McKibben will be the of
ficiating ministers. The ashes of
Mr. Henson were entered in Ire
land.
He is survived by; mother Mrs.
Carlton Henson, sr., 476 Mil
lege Circle; sister, Miriam (Mic-
Ikey) Henson who is also asso
| ciated with the airline; In addi
. tion 1o his mother and sister,
| Mr. Henson js survived by a
!brother, Kenneth Henson, of this
city, and the following aunts and
uncles, Mrs. Joe ' Wilfong, Ar
thur Henson, Luther Henson, all
of Athens, T. V. Henson, Win
terville, C. W. Henson, Lawrence~
ville, Mrs. F. E. Flulbright, Win
der, Mrs. Will Tage, Hartwell,
Mrs. Carl V. McNelley, Wash
ington, D. C.; Mrs. H. G. Wiley,
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Two Carlson Men Are
Hurt In Auto Wreck
Bill Hartman and Fred
Anthony of Carlton were in=
jured Saturday afternoon
when the car in which they
were riding overturned.
They were rushed to the
General Hospital in a Bridg
es Ambulance soon after the
accident happened.
The wreck occured on the
Danielsville highway just out
of the city near Lon Craw=-
fords store. - y
Ambulance attendants said
that Mr. Hartman was suf
fering from head injuries.
The cause of the accident
was not revealed at the time.
government covering the publi
cation of information related to
the development or use of new
military weapons.”
The editors refused overwhelm
ingly to accept government re
strictions on news concerning
research and developmeni o Hew
weapons. During the debate on
that proposal, Edwarq J. Mee
man of the Memphis Press-Scim
itar declared:
“I would rather - risk giving
military some slight hold over
my paper than risk.the wreck
ing of the National Defense.
A series of resolutions point.
ing at news problems in a trou
bled world were approved in to
day’s session before a dinner
meeting at which President Tru
man arranged to give the editors
a personal report. Part of his re
marks were to be broadcast; the
rest was off-the.record.
The Society urged the ‘‘carry
ing on and even intensifying” of
the Siate Dopartment’s nragram
of overseas broadcagts and cul
tural and information exchange.
The Asne president was asked to
name a committee to review the
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Premium List For
Athens Fairls
Released This Week
General Of Premium
List Is Revealed By
Officers Of The Fair
{ Premium list for the Athens
Agricultural Fair produce and
livestock exhibits were released
this week by the officers and
directors.
Following is a general text of
the premium list:
In the beef cattle contest, S3OO
lin prizes will be offered for
herefords (polled and horned)
and S3OO in prizes for the Aber
den-Angus class. 3
' The junior dairy contest offers
$330 =in prizes for Jerseys and
S3OO for Guernseys. In the open
Dairy Cattle contest for Jerseys
land Guernseys $250 will be
awarded for Jerseys and the
same amount is offered in the
Guernsey class.
For hogs in the 4-H and FFA
divisions cash awards will be
offered in Duroc Jersey, Poland
China .(Black and Spotted),
Berkshire and O. I. C. classes for
lbest’ gilt, boar, and sow.
In the Open Hog Show, prizes
and awards are to be made in
‘the same divisions and classes
as the junior show. Awards will
also be offered in the Barrow
show which is open to all classes.
A complete poultry show with
cash awards includes White Leg
horns in three divisions of show
ing Rhode Island Reds in three
divisions of showing, and New
Hampshires in three divisions of
' g‘ B e
(s g i
stuffs canned goods, and . othel
such group classes will be a fea
ture of the show. The first prize
in the Community exhibit is
S2OO.
Canning exhibits in which
cash prizes WATT be offered will
‘have classes of 4-H girls, a
Ispecial exhibit, and special jar
exhibits for women.
Other features of the Fair
show will be handicraft and
Needlework and sewing exhibits.
For complete premium list and
information on the ¥air which
is to open on October 18, con
tact Mr. D. L. Branyon, county
|agent, at the court house.
Officers of the Fair are:
l A. P. Winston, pres., Ralph
‘Snow, vice-pres. D. L. Branyon,
secretary, and Tom *“™ewman,
treasurer.
' Directors of the Faig include:
A. P. Winston, Ral;&Snow, D.
L. Branyon, J. Swanton Ivy, W.
H. Cabaniss, Walter Sams, H. E.
McHugh, Howard Benson, Mor
ton Hodgson, “®. H. Williams, L.
0. Price, and Malcolm Rowe.
Haganah Says Arab
Forces Are Bealen
Wild Battle Took Place
15 Miles From Haifa
By CARTER L. DAVIDSON
JERUSALEM April 17— (AP)
—Jewish militiamen of Haganah
announced that they beat off to
day fanatical Arab desert war
riors, who charged with knives
clenched in their teeth, in a
wild battle 15 miles each of
Haifa.
Haganah estimated the Arabs
lost from 100 to 130 dead and 50
wounded out of a force of 400
which stormed in waves for
three days against the Jewish
settlement of Ramat Yohanon.
The Jewish losses were given as
seven killed.
In one attack the Arabs, Druze
warriors from Lebanon and Sy
ria charged to within 10 yards
of the Haganah line. Sometimes
the Druzes continued attacking
after suffering wounds, the Jews
declared.
10 Assauits
A Tel Aviv dispatch said the
Druzes attempted at least 10 as
saults yesterday after Jewish
counterattacks had pushed them
back from the adjacent villages
of Hosha and Khirbet Kasay
it. Buildings were blown up in
the two villages.
Many Druzes, regardéd as per
haps the fiercest Arab warriors,
believe in reincarnation and con
sider death in battle an achieve
ment of glory. Their motto is:
“war is made for the Druze; the
Druze is made for war.”
While this struggle was raging
in northern Paiestine Arab com
manders reinforced and regroup
ed their men in the Judean hills
west of Jerusalem. The Arabs
were preparing for aneoiher at
. (Lontinued on Fage Two.)
ESTABLISHED 1832,
ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1948.
. S. Gives Italy
Aid Reminder On
Eve Of Election
Officials Announce
Millions In New Aid
To Be Given ltaly
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, April 17—(AP)
—The United States gave Italian
voters a last minute reminder to
day of the importance of American
aid to Italy by announcing new
food and. coal shipments to that
country totalling $8,102,000.
High diplomatic officials pre
dicted meanwhile that the Com
munist bid for power in the
Italian elections tomorrow and
Monday would be defeated by the
voters.
Officials were more optimistic
about this than they have been at
any time in recent months. They
were by no means sure, however,
in their talks with reporters that
a victory won against the Com
munists at the polls by Italian
Premier Alcide de Gasperi would
in fact be accepted by the Com
munists, -
May Try Force
There is apprehension here that]
the Communists might try to grab
power through force. This couldl
happen either around the middle
of next week when the vote be
comes known, assuming a Com-'
munist reversal, or else during the
parliamentary reorganization of
the government beginning May 8.
Today’s announcement of new
aid to Italy was only a drop in the
vast stream of goods and supplies
whieh has been poured into the
strategic former enemy country
since the end of the war. Amer
iean governmeént officials said the
total of U, S. aid is now about $2,-
000,000,000. b 5 00,
Recovery Administrator Paul G.
Hoffman’s office said it covered
emergency help for Italy, France
and the Netherlands in this mat
ter:
$11,308,000 of aid to France, sl.-
014,000 of aid to the Netherlands
and $8,102,000 of aid to Italy in
cluding $6,000,000 in coal and the
remainder in wheat flour, soya
flour and rolled oats.
Policy Moves
The latest development in
American policy moves which
were definitely made with an eye
on strengihening anii-Cominunist
forces in Italy.
These moves included insistence
of the United States, Britain and
France on Italian membership in
the United Nations (which Russia
vetoed) and the western power
proposal that Trieste be returned
to Italy (which Russia turned
down.) ¢
Other factors are ‘an American
warning of several weeks ago that
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Chrysler Employes
Reject Wage Offer
Company’s Six Cent §
Increase Is Refused
DETROIT, April 17—(AP)—
Union representatives of 75,000
Chrysler Corp. employes today
turned .down a six cent hourly
raise and asked for final strike
approval.
The wage offer was the indus
try’s first one this year. It was
an 11th hgur gesture by the
corporation before an ‘“emergen
cy” meeting this afternoon of CIO
United Auto Workers delegates
from 13 Chrysler plants.
It was from some of these 100
delegates that the size of the of
fer was learned. Company and
union leaders declined to dis
close the figure.”
The UAW-CIO is demanding]
a 30 cent an hour raise from |
Chrysler, five cents more thanl
it is-askiniz from other car man
ufacturers.
It also is seeking company-fi
nanced insurance and .pension
plans, better vacations and a
guaranteed weekly wage —the
same as at other firms.
Negotiations on a new wa#e
clause for the UAW-CIO Chrys
ler contract have ~been under
way since Feb 27. Today's con-l
ference was called when the
wage talks were reported dead
locked Wednesday. The six .cent
offer was made late Friday night
after a daylong session.
Bargaining also was started
with General Motors Corp. and
a number of smaller firms.
There have been no public re- |
poise on tha aiatus of theso]
talks.
After turning down the Chrys
ler offer the Unionists voted to
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LEWIS ASKS U. S. TO CALL OFF
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST UNION
Coal Miners Join }
Lewis In Feuding
Against Clarke
By MAX HALL
WASHINGTON April 17 —
(AP)—John L. Lewis and the
Government barked at each
other out of court today as the
country waited for a Monday
verdict in his contempt trial.
Coal mine owners, joined in the
feuding.
Lewis, acting through his law
ver, demanded ‘that Attorney
General Tom Clark call off the
April 3 court order requiring an
end to the soft-coal work stop
page.
The Taft-Hartley Act says such
orders shall be cancelled in case
of a “settlement.” The United
Mine Workers say that an April
12 arrangement for miners’ pen
sions is a “settlement.” Thus
Lewis was in the position of in
voking a law which he enthusi
astically hates.
Clark promptly issued a state=-
ment saying:
Not Yet Obeyed
1. That “a substantial number
of the miners have not yet obey~
ed the court’s order by returning
to work.” (Associated Press re
ports from the coal fields said
about one-third of the 400,000
soft-coal miners are still out.)
2. That *I shall take what
ever action the facts and law
warrant at the appropriate time.”
3, That the “immediate ques
tion” is the judgment due Mon
day morning from Judge T. Alan
Goldsborough in the contempt
of-court case.
The often-stated position of
government attorneys is that the
union and its president are guil
ty of contempt—no mater what
;Ahappens to ‘the pension dispute
or the court order—because they
let a week pass without ordering
the miners back.
Must Obey
- The Supreme Court has held
that a person must obey a court
order even if it later turn out
to be illegal.
About the time Clark was put
ting out his statement, the
Southern Coal Producers Assb
ciation hopped in. Joseph E.
Moody, President of that group,
sent Clark a telegram, back#hg
him up.
Moody said the union is wrong
about a “settlement” having been
reached.
He said, first, that “the strike
continues to some extent” in all
the Southern coal fields, and that
“reports from the mines indicate
that the strike will be renewed
with vigor” if Goldsborough’s
verdict Monday should “incon
venience Mr. Lewis.”
Moody said, second, that the
southern group has an unresolv
ed dispute with Lewis over the
later’s refusal to bargain with it.
And he also said that “the ‘so
called’ solution” of the pension
dispute 15 “of doubtful legality.”
The pension arrangement was
achieved with the help of Re
publican leaders in Congress. On
April 10 Lewis and Ezra Van
Horn, trustees of the Miners’
Welfare Fund went to the office
of House Speaker Martin (R-
Mass) and there agreed to select
Senator Bridges (R-NH) as the
third, or neutral, trustee.
Bridges and Lewis agreed on
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FBI UNCOVERS WHITE SLAVE
RING IN SOUTHERN STATES
FBI Investigation Results In Arrests
Being Made Throughout South Saturday
ATLANTA, April 17 —(AP)—
£, dragnet spread over four
Southern States vy the 'federal
Bureau of Investigation today
had smothered a prostitution ring
operating in 10-cities and result
ed in nine arrests.
Announcement of the arrests
was made by Special Agent Ed
win J. Foltz of the Atlanta office
who said the ring specialized in
placing prostitutes on call to ho
tels.
Girls were recruited in Michi.
gan, Indiana, Georgia and Flori
da and transported across state
lines by bus, train, automobile
and air, Foltz s3id. Scme 50
aliases, he continued, were used
to conceal identities.
For the past several months,
Foltz continued, the ring has op
erated from Miami northward to(
Baltimore, Md., and westward as
far as Memphis, Tenn.
Other cities involved, the FBI
agent said, were Norfolk and
Roanoke, Va.; Greensboro and
Wilmington, N. C.| Sparianburg,
S. C., Savannah, Ga., and Jack
sonville, ‘Fla.
Agents in Jacksonviiig made’
Labor Dispute Takes
Bloody Turn In Rome
ROME, Ga., April 17—(AP)—
A bitter, four-week old lahor
dispute here today had spawned
two shootings, one of which left
a youth near death and another
man winged in the forearm.
Both were attributed by police
to the tensions between striking
and non-striking workers at the
Anchor Rome Cotton Mill which
already have produced fights,
paint throwing an@ shofs — into
homes and a case.
- Near - Death
Critically wounded and near
death is 19-year-old Hubert Wil
key, a striking worker. The sec
ond shooting, which took place
on an open highway, involved a
nonstriker, H. D. Taylor. Both
occurred last night. ;
The strike began March 18
after a dispute between manage
ment and the CIO-affiliated
Textile Workers of America over
inclusion of a checkoff clause in
a new contract and cancellation
of union liability for breach of
contract. :
Wilkey was shot, said Rome
Police Chief Smith Horton by
Elmer Adams, a 43-year-old
non-striker. The police head
quoted Adams as saying he was
rushing to defend his wife whom
he believed was being molested.
Not On Scene
En route from the barber shop
where he had been, Adams en
countered a group of men and
the shooting of Wilkey resulted,
Horton said. The police Chief
added, however, that other wit
nesses did not see Adams’ wife,
on the scene. '
~ Horton ordered Adanigs, hield,
for investigation. P
~ The second shooting came
shortly after midnight = while
Taylor and a passenger R. D.
Gill, were driving home, Po
lice Captain J. L. Crouch re
ported. ‘ S ]
Open Fire
En route occupants of a fol
lowing car opened fire, Crouch
continued with one of the shots
striking Tayior. Both Taylor and
Gill leaped from the car and re
turned the fire, the police captain
related.
Both men said they believed
some of their shots were effec-
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Can't Give Away Any
Smokes In Red Union
PHILADELPHIA, April 17
—(AP)—Giving away ciga
rettes in Russia is a pretty
serious thing. You get hauled
off to city hall for question=
ing.
That was the word from
American merchant sailors
who spoke to newsmen for
the Sunday Bulletin today
after their return from the
Soviet port of Poti. The sail
ors, aboard the S. S. Olym
pic Pioneer, - were ‘docked
here after spending four
days in the- Black seaport
loading , cargo.
| four of the arrests — Leon Jo
iseph Fallon, 32, of Jacksonville
' and LaGrange, Ga.; Henry Evans
Edlemon, 27, of Kenton, Tenn.;
I Ruth Ayers, 26, and Mary Helen
iSmith, 20, both of Jacksonville.
Two were arrested at La-
Grange, Curtis Edward Fallon,
28, by local police, and Iva Dean
Smith, 17, by FBI agents.
Robert E. Shaw, 26, of Port.
land, Me., and Verna Croom, 32,
of Jacksonville, were apprehend
ed at Wilmington, N. C., while
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STATES RIGHTS
JACKSON, Miss., April 17 —
(AP)—Gov. J. Strom Thurmond
of South Carolina will be the
keynote speaker at the conter-‘
ence of States’ Rights Democrats
here on May 10.
His selection was announced
jointly here today By Judge Her
bert Holmes of Senatobia, Miss.,
and Arthur T, KSameaF Janes
boro, Ark., chairmen in their
states of the Democratic Execu
tive Committee. .
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9ays More
Beatings
Planned
Atlanta Beating Now
Linked With Flogging
In LaGrange Recently
ATLANTA, April 17—(AP)—
Savage beating of a young Atlanta
war veteran with a leather lash
brought charges by Georgia’s Gov
ernor today that the Ku Klux
Klan is setiing out on a systematic
terror campaign.
Gov. M. E. Thompson said the
Klan, through a new adjunct call
ed “The Black Raiders,” has plan
ned a series of floggings and lash
ings of private citizens in Atlanta,
LaGrange and “other places.”
He ordered the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation and police officers
throughout the state on a special
alert.
Links Beatings
Solicitor General Paul Webb,
meanwhile, said he aiready had
linked the Atlanta flogging
with the brutal whipping of a
negro man and woman in La-
Crange, in Sguth Cecrgia sovaral
weeks ago. He did not elaborate on
the connection but said the At
lanta incident had many “rami
fications.”
He said Troup..county officers
told him the only reason for the
floggings of Limon and Mary
Gates “Was a little too abtive in a
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Ployed construction worker, was
found bent against a tree here
Thursday night, partially disrobed,
bleeding from a mass of welts
across the back.
Nearby, officers found cards
bearing the words “black Raid
ers,” a black mask, a pistol and a
two-foot heavy leather strap.
Five men have been arrested
and charged with assault with in
tent to murder. Police Chief Neal
Ellis said 58-year-old Sherman
Keheley, a power company line
man, told officers he and two oth
er accused men were members of
the Klan.
Ellis quoted Keheley as charg
ing Berry had been drinking and
causing trouble with Mrs. Berry.
Dr. Samuel Green, Grand Dra~
gon of the Georgia Klan, denied
any connection with “The Black
Raiders.” The hooded order leader
conferred with Solicitor Webb to
day.
“In fairness to Dr. Green, I
must say that he did give me cer
tain information which may prove
helpful,” Webb commented. ,
“The Berry case is the begin
ning of a series of Klan floggings.”..
Governor Thompson told news
men. “I have reliable information:
that the flogging of the Berry boy’
by Klan members was planned
some time ago, and that floggings
in Atlanta, LaGrange and other
places have already been planned
by the Klan.” ‘
The fifth arrest in the Atlanta
flogging was made today. Webb
identified the accused as Law
rence Fortner, a steel company
employe. He said Fortner escaped
from bloodhounds the night of the
beating. : .
He identified the others, arrest
ed Thursday night, as Keheley, R.
B. Ellison, 35, E. W. Mitchell, 37,
and M. S. Comboia. They were re-.
leased on $5,000 bond each after
being indicted by the Fulton coun~
ty grand jury. g
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and mild Sunday.
GEORGIA--Jild Sunday.
" TEMPERATURE
. Highest ..ol a L
Lowest . oecil = B 8
Mean i sl v eAB
Norgagl . e = 00l
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since April 1 .. .. 2.68
Excess since April 1 .... .58
Average April rainfsll .. 3.73
Total since January 1 ...21.88
Excess since January 1 .. 4.50
PERMISSION TO SUE
ATLANTA, April 17—(AP)-—
A mother whose two children
were killed by a yard fire ex
plosion in 1944 was granted per
mission to sue the yard owner
f~r $20.000 by the State Supreme
Court today. 4
CHARLES BARRETT
Green Denies