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HOKE NASH
Mother's Day
Dhserved In |
Local Churches
With special services in the
churches and celebrations among
various orders and clubs of Ath
ens, Mothers here and the world
over, will be honored today.
The Frank Hardeman Chapter,
Order of DeMolays will hold
their 20th annual Mother’s Day
Service Sunday afternoon at five
oclock at the First Methodist
Church and preceeding the
Mother’'s Day service, Officers
will be installed by Abit Nix,
Member of the Grand Council
for the State of Georgia. He will
be sasisted 1 the lustallanon by
three Past Commamhers of the
Knights Templer, John J. Thom
as, sr., Gasper Palmissino and
D. Weaver Bridges.
Officers elected for this in
stallation are Hoke Nash, Master
Councillor, grandson of Mr. and
Mrs, W. H. Yarbrough, he is an
honor graduate of the Athens
High School and now a student
in the University., La Mar Mc-
Ginnis jr., Senior Councillor, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lamar McGin
nis sr., and Bill Simpson, Junior
Councillor, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Simpson. Chaplin, Douglas
Epps; Senior Deacomn, John
Spratlin; Junior ' Deacon, Joe
Anderson; M Nash,
Senior Steward, Curtis Driskell;
Orator, Alva Mayes; Standard
Bearer, Thomas Brown; Alamon
er, Pat Bowden; Preceptors, Hul
yer King, jr., Charles Lyle, Nick
Chivilis, Billy Hilly, Tommy Lov
ern, Bill Brown, Richard Cofer
and Sentinels, Charles Bridges,
and Donald Woodward. .
The: Mother’s Day program
which follows immediately the
installation has come to be the
most important meeting of the
Chapter for the year’s Calender
as corsages _are presented the
Mothers of every DeMolay and
at the close of this part of the
program, James Griffeth will
sing. “Mother MeCree” and will
be accompanied ‘at: the organ by
Mrs. Katie Jester Griffeth. The
public is: cordially invited ‘to ate
tend the program. Followifig the
close of the' program, DeMolays
and their families will go %o the
beautiful garden of Mr. arid Mrs.
Bill Pittard on Virginia ave. for
their annual pienic:
Temple Services
Mother’s Day . services were
helgi Friday night at the Congre
gation Children of Israel temple
under the auspices of the B’Nai
BRith Hillel' Foundation at the
University of Georgia, conduct
eéd by the Delta Phi Epsilon 'so
rority, Rabbi Samuel Glasner is
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Future Looks Gloomy
SURVEY SHOWS MEAT LEADS
PRICE SPIRALS IN ATHENS
Retail grocerymen in Athens painted a dark picture for
local housewives, especially in the matter of meats, yes
terday as they checked their price lists against those of
six months ago and tbok a dismal view of the future.
A Banner-Herald survey of food
stores here revealed that meat is
still leading the fopd market in
its steady. upward - spiral. Other
foods such as vegetables, dairy
Products and canned goods have
hot made any sensational changes
In the past six months. :
Meats have increased as high as
15 cents a pound, some stores re
bort, while others add that the
beak still jsn’t in sight.
. There are two lines of reasoning
N accordance with the meat in-
Crease. First of all the packing
house walkouts which have been
I effect for almost two months,
have played an important part in
the price hike,
The other major factor is:the
high price of grain which is cur
tailing the feeding of livestock in
the mid-west. Graif prices have
Teached such a peak that livestock |
owners have had to curtail their
fattening process and-therefere the
dmount of beef on hoof has de
clined sharply in the last six
Months; For this reason beef has
shown the greatest increases of
any meats, i
Pork Prices Decline
Pork, for instance, has dropped
& few cents in recent weeks, but is
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BILL SIMPSON
Communist Terrorism
Hits Southern Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Sunday, May 9.— (AP) —Communist
terrorism, arson and sabotage, aimed at wrecking Mon
day’s election, hit South Korea this weekend as expected.
Timed with the outbreaks was a Russian announcement
of plans-to abandon the occupation of North Korea im
mediately. ‘
Veteran Contact
Man To Be Here
T hursday, Friday
William Morrow, a contact
representative of the U. S.
Veterans Administration will
be at the Athens Post Office
every Thursday and Friday
to help vets solve their prob
lems, it was announced today.
Morrow will be able to
furnish veterans with infor
mation on their dependants,
beneficiaries, hospital care,
compensation and pension,
loans, guardianship, VOCa.
tional rehabilitation, ednca
tional Dbenefits, insurance,
readjustment allowance, med
ical treatment and other ve
teran Legislation.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Sunday partly cloudy and
warmer with scattered thun
dershowers in the afternoon
and night.
GEORGIA — Sunday part
ly cloudy and warmer. Scat
tered thundershowers in the
north portion Sunday after
noon. i
still considerably above regular
levels.
Furthetmore grocerymen said
that even after the strike ends,
prices will still be out of propor
tion. They feel that no one thing
has caused high meat prices, but a
combination of factors which’ all
must be ironed out before prices
{ will return to pre-war level.
On the produce market, things
are looking better. Summer veget
ables .are ‘coming in season now
and are somewhat cheaper. Cab
bage is considerably cheaper now
|than in recent weeks while on the
other hand lettuce is up a third.
Other vegetables are steady while
carrots hold the highest ceiling of
all. One groceryman reports that
carrots are higher now than at any
time during his entire career.
Dairy products have remained
{almost steady during the six month
| period. Only margarine and can
|ned milk Have made any noticeable
increases’ and these only a few
| cents. |
| Canned goods have been vari
jable. Seme canned goods have
made startling increases at times
but declined a few weeks later.
| Grocerymen blame these fluctua
: u?‘ns on quantity and demand. ]
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Union Chiefs Declare:
RAIL STRIKE WILL GO ON TUESDAY
ceqion Leases Pool
To Recreation Board
PLANS COMPLETED FOR SOFTBALL
PARK; LIGHT REFLECTORS ARRIVE
’ BY HOKE SMITH MAY
Members of American Legion Post 20 have voted to
turn over their swimming pool to the Athens Playground
and Recreation Committee under a six year contract.
The announcement, made following a recent meeting
of the Post, came on the heels of a project by the Athens
Recreation Board to build a $5,000 softball field, com
plete with night playing facilities, behind the Legion
Pool.
The Soviet commander frank
rly said his move was an attempt
“to make American troops with.
draw from (South) Korea simul
taneously.”
American miltary authorities
said, however, there were n, in
dicatimW@ were
actually ng. ne called it
“just another propaganda shot”
by the Russians. :
The Americans@?‘have rejected
previous Soviet proposals for
simultaneous withlrawal on the
giounds that this »uld hand all
Korea over to the sian-organ
ized North Gorean army.
Nearly 8,000,000 S%th Korean
voters faced the apparent gros
pect of braving bfi%esd eat
ings from Communist: . Bangs
to cast their ballots in Mbonday’s
election. ¥ & l
The election, under Am‘a'ican
supervision and United Nations
observation, is to name 200 mem
bers of an assembly to create a
Korean government,
The Russians who occupy the
north half of the country refus
ed to have any part of the orig
inal plan for nationwide elections
leading to Koren’s independence.
The divided nation is g former
possession of Japan.
Door Wide Open
The way has been left open in
the south for eventual northern
population of about 30,000,000 live
ernment. The Russion-controlled
ncrth, however, has started form
ing its own government, also de
signed to cover all Korea.
More than two thirds of the
population of about 0,000,000 live
in the American zone.
Since early February, about 400
persons in South Korea have
died in sporadic, sharp attacks by
roving bands on police stations,
election headquarters and the
homes of Rightists. a
The fighting has been vicious,
with rifles, swords, knives, spears,
clubs and even stones as weapons,
many victims have been dismem
bered. -
Lt Gen. John R. Hodge, U. S.
occupation commander, has
charged repeatedly that this is
the work of “Communist stooges
of northern masters” seeking to
smash the election through “ter
roristic violence, slaughter and
sabotage.” ;
No Americans have been in
volved. They are under orders to
avoid crowds and stay away from
trouble. ,
Tennant Envoy !
Is Needed Here
WASHINGTON, May B—(AP)
—Housing expediter Tighe 'E.
Woods said today none of Geor
gia’s 16 rent advisory boards had
a “tenant” representative.
In addition, said Woods, ten of
the boards need removal of
“landlord” members to meet re- |
quirements of the new rent lawi.
Under the new rent control lad' |
the boards have broad powers t 9
hike rent ceilings or recommemi
cde-control, but the law specifies
that representatives on the board
be drawn from ‘the affected in-|
terests. {
In practice this works out with!
an equal number of tenant and]
iand’crd members. thus leaving
the deciding vote in the hands of
“public inferest” members. 3
Athens has one landlord and]
three public interest representa
«::&res. One tenant envey is md.j
. ‘ i (&
Wayne Shields, director of the
Athens Playground and Recrea
ion Committee stated here today
that the proposed 'softball dia
mond, complete with night play
ing falilities, under construction
behind American Legion Post
20 swimming pool, and the Le=
gion Post’s recent turnover of
their swimming pool to the Re
creation Committee have ‘“put
recredation in Athens ahead five
years.” .
Roscoe Long, present com
mander of Post 20, said that the
Legionnaires have wished to
make their land on Lumpkin
street into a recreation park for
some 20 years. “In turning the
pool over to the Recreation De
partment, which is better abla
to man the project full-time,
and making land available to the
Department for construction wof
a softball diamond, the Legion
naires of Post 20 feel that they
have partially accomplished a
20-year-old dream of Post mem
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Plans Completéd
Plans have already been com
pleted for the pool’s use during
the summer. All boys and girls,
through high school age will be
able to purchagse a season pass
to the pool for s§l. This pass will
be accepted as admission for
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Athens High Grads
Make Good Records
At The University
Graduates of Athens . High
School who entered the Universi.
ty of Georgia last September are
doing all right. In faii they are
doing better than that in com
parison with University freshman
students from other high schools,
statics show.
According to the statistics, only
six per cent of the local high
school graduates failed University
work in English, for example,
while twenty-three per cent of
other University freshmen failed
in this subject.
Athens Highs University fresh
men failed in 14.9 per cent of the
total number of subjects taken,
while the total percentage of fail
ures for other University fresh.
men, taking the same courses was
283
Showin In Chart
The statistics are taken from
information provided in g chart
which shows an &aaslysis of the
scholaste records of University
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CONSERVATION SUPERVISORS
Pictured above are Oconee River Soil Conservation
Supervisors who are to attend the one-day renovation
of the Carlisle-Blakey farm in Barrow county. They are
left to right) front row: W. H. Breedlove, WatKins
ville; William Holsenback, Winder; Rev. E. H. Collins,
Winder. Back row: J. H. Towns, Athens; Dean 5. Lott,
Hoschton, and G. Hubert Martin, Jefferson. (Story on
one-day farm improvement is on page two.)
ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1948
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DR. W. L. HALBERSTADT
L andscape
Experts Hold
Confab Tomorrow
The seventh annual conference
for landscape architects contrac.
tors, and nurserymen will for
mally convene at the University
of Georgia on Monday, May 10,
Hubert B. Owens, head, Depart
ment of Landscape Architecture,
announced this week.
At 7:30 p m., on Sunday, there
will be an informal get-together
ot the Georgian Hotel, at which
Kodakchrome slides will be
shown by Herschel W. Weber, as
sistant professor. Landscape Ar.
chitecture Department.
The day-long Monday session,
which will attract Landscape ex
perts from all over the state, will
present as featured speaker Dr.
W, L. Halberstadt, Charlotte, N.
C., netionally known cemetery
authority.
Dr. ‘Alvin B Bisioe, dean, will
deliver the welcoming address at
the University Chapel at 10 a. m.
Donald Hastings, of Hastings and
Co., Atlanta will lead the response,
and Brooks E. Wigginton, asso
ciate professor of Landscape Ar
chitecture, will speak on “Select.
ed Plant Lists for Landscape Use
for Nurserymen of the Southern
Piedmont Region.”
Following Wigginton's talk, C.
P. Lindner, chief engineer, United
States Corps of Engineers, will
speak on “The Role of the Land
gscape Architect in the Prepara-
Mogv of Types of Recreation in
Sotithern River Development Pro
srams” and Dr., Halberstadt will
diseuss “Present and Future Cem
etery ' Planning and Planting.”
The assemblage will then adjourn
to inspect the Student Exhibi.
tion of Drawings and the Found
ers Memorial Garden on the Uni
versity campus.
The afternoon session will in
clude lectures by Charlie Mor
gan, director, Department of State
Parks, on “State Parks;” H. D,
Purswell. assistant director,
Georgia Department of Entimolo.
gy, on “Nursery Inspection Ser
vice in Georgia;” and Hubert B.
Owens on ‘Participation of the
Landscape Architect and Nurse
rymen in the Community Flower
Show.” :
H. A. Sneed, East Point, presi
dent of the 11th Annual Meeting
of the Georgia State Nursery
men’s Association, will lead a
round table discussion. The con
ference will then conclude with
a business meeting.
ESTABLISHED 1832.
Conference Proves Fruitless;
15 1-2 Cent Pay Hike Refused
TRAFFIC SNARL SEEN
FOR ATHENS, VICINITY
A complete tieup of rail passenger,
freight, and cargo shipments was pre
dicted for Athens and vicinity last night,
if the scheduled railroad strike goes into
effect Tuesday. .
Frank Cleveland, ticket office agent at
the Seaboard Railroad here, stated that
unless special trains are scheduled all rail
traffic will be at a standstill here. Several
embargoes are already in effect, Mr.
Cleveland revealed, on livestock, poultry,
and perishables. ’l‘hc;se bans went into
effect Saturday morning,
Mr. Cleveland pointed out, that
lest year a few exceptions were
made during the short strike and
some trains passed through the
city each day, “But as things
stand now we won't have them
this time,” he added.
The strike will affect Athen
ians mostly in foodstuff, especial
ly meats. Most all packing houses
have their regional offices located
in Atlanta, with the meat being
brought in here by truck. But
local grocerymen report that
this service will be stymied if
the strike lasts for more than a
week. The Atlanta shipping
plants generally carry only a
seven day supply.
Swift is the only meat compa
ny that ships its goods into Ath.
ens directly by rail. @
Should the strike last for two
weeks or more it will effect al
most every household item Al
though trucking will' relieve
shortages to some extent, the
quantity carried by the railroads
will be niissing.
Jay Henry Is Elected
Head Of State Jaycees
Jay Henry, local business man and former president of
the Atheng Jaycee, was elected president of the Georgia
Junior Chamber of Commerce yesterday during a busi
ness session of the annual state convention. ;
The convention, which was held
in Albany, Ga., alse elected other
officers and adopted its 1948 pro
ject—the promotion of legislation
to keep livestock off the state high
ways.
Mr. Henry was elected on the
third ballot and succeeds Remans
Oliver of Savannah. After his elec
tion, Mr. Henry named Millard F.
Seagraves, also of Athens, as Sec
retary of the state group, and ap
pointed Harry Wilson of Atlanta
treasurer.
J. W. Mathews, president of the
Athens Jaycees, was Mr. Henry’s
campaign manager during the
election.
The Jaycees also endorsed a
minimum foundation education
program for the state ,the state
ports authority, social hygiene
classes in high schools, women for
jury duty and the use of gasoline
tax funds solely for highways.
Athens was one of four cities
with a population over 25,000 to
receive an award for community
service. The other cities were
Savannah, Columbus, and Atlanta.
Thomaston and Carrollton re
ceived awards for community
service in towns below the 25,000
population level.
Vice presidents elected are Gene
Kidd, Albany; Lee Price, jr.,
Swainsboro; Felda Jones, Thomas
ton; Bill Brooks, Atlanta; R. H.
Hightower, Dublin; William Huff
man, Rome; Paul Morrison, Val
dosta; James Hartley, Gainesville,
and George Fuller, Augusta.
Egypt Volunteers
Invade Holy Land
CAIRO, Egypt, May B.—(AP)
—The “Command Volunteers,
Southern Front Palestine” issued
a communique today saying vol
unteer Egyptian forces had pen
etrated about 30 miles into the
Holy Land.
~ “Our forces penetrated the
frontiers and held their posts
without casualties,” said the
communique. “Some forces rush
ed to the northern part of the
front to heip Arabs Tepulsing
Jewish attacks on Iraq Suwei-l
dan, some 50 kilometers north
of the Egyptian border town of]
Rafa. This help was successful. {
“The people pf Palestine re
ceived our troops enthusiastical
ly and shouted for Arabism,
Egypt and King Farouk.”
‘The communigue did not give
the size of the forces involved in
the invasion, nor the name of the
RAILROAD PRESIDENT
- QUOTES FINAL OFFER
VVQASHTNGTON, May B.—(AP)—The’
nationwide railroad strike “will go on” as
scheduled Tuesday, Union leaders said
tonight after a fruitless three-hour con
ference with management at the White
House.
The three key unions which voted the
strike turned down the railroads’ renewed
offer of a 15% cent an hour wage in
crease and various changes in operating
rules. _
W. T. Faricy, president of the Associa
tion oi American Railroads and a spokes-
School Building
Plans Will Be
Discussed Monday
An open joint meeting of
the City - Council and the
Board of Education with the .
high school PTA will be
held Monday night at 8:00
p. m. in the couri reom of
the city hall.
The purpose of the meet
ing will be to discuss plans
for thie building of a new
high school building. The
meeting will afford parents
a good opportunity to let
their oity representatives
and board of education
members know what they
would like done as well as
expressing their own ideas:
on the subject, !
TYPHOID SHOTS
GIVEN MONDAY
Typhoid vaccine will be admin.
istered at wvarious centrally loca
ted spots for a reasonable group
of people desiring the innocula
tions in Clarke County and Ath
ens beginning Monday, May 10,
Dr. W, W. Brown, health com
missioner of the Athens and
Clarke County Health Depart.
ment has announced.
A minimum of 3,000 vaccina
tions will be given , which is
about the average amount we give
every year,” Dr. Brown said.
l""‘"——" Alleged Russian Spy ""'""—"i
WASHINGTON, May B.—(AP)—+Dr. Edward U. Con
don, atomic scientist who heads the Bureau of Standards,
has asked President Truman to make public an FBI let
ter on his loyalty.
The request went up to the White House through Con
don’s superior officer, Secretary of Commerce Sawyer.
There was no immediate comment from the President’s
office. fl"’!
A House un-American Acctivi
ties subcommittee charged in a
report last March that Condon
has associated with an alleged
Russian spy and was ‘‘one of the
weakest links” in this . nation’s
'atomic security.
' Condon denied the charge vig
orously and has been seeking to
clear his name.
In a letter to Sawyer, dated
May 5 and released today by
the Commerce Department, Con
don said that while he had never
seen the FBI letter, “I cannot
believe that it contains anything
of a factual nature which chal
lenges either my loyalty or dis
cretion, because nothing of the
sort exists.” :
“The baseless rumors or gossip
that such a letter might contain
cannot possibly be as defama
tory as the attacks by Congress
man Thomas’ subcommittes,”
he added. : |
Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (D
--NJ) is chairman of the House
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man for the carriers, declared:
“That’s our final offer.”
The situation was tightly dead
iocked tonight and John R.
Steelman, President Truman’s
labor trouble shcoter, admitted
it. He said:
“So far it has been impossible
to bring the parties to an agree
ment. We are going to try again
tomorrow. 1 have agked hoth
sides to think over the matter
tonight and discuss it with their
people.”
The railroads’ proposal for the
15'% cent raise and the changes
in working rules was identical
with the settlement recommend
ed weeks ago by a Presidential
fact ' finding board.
Other railroad unions accept=
ed such an increase but three
important operating brother
hoods —the, engineers, firemen
and enginemen, and switchmen
W today’s renewal
of that. 15% cent offer Alvanley
Johnson, head of the engineers,
told reporters:
“That’s no settlement.”
“As far as we're concerned,
the strike will go on.”
The possibility that the gov
ernment might seize and operate
the roads remained. But there
was no apparent move tonight in
this direction.
Steelman brought the disput=
ants together about 1:45 p. m.
(Eastern Standard Time) and
the meeting broke up just be
fore 5 p. m. Steelman had left
the management and union rep
resentatives alone in a confer
ence room most of the time.
The joint session was the first
that had been held since April
27, in Chicago.
All Hope Wanes
The word that Steelman had
even been able to get the two
sides together raised some hope
for peaceful settlement of the
dispute. But that hope was let
down by the won’t-budge state
ments by both parties.
Faricy, of the operators, said
that Steelman had not asked the
railroads to go beyond the rec
ommendations made by the fact
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committee on un-American act
ivities.
The letter, which the House
has formally demanded be re
leased, was written by FBI Di
rector J. Edgar Hoover May 15,
1947 to the Commerce Depart
ment loyalty board.
The un-American Activities
subcommittee quoted the letter
as saying that Condon had been
in contact with “an individual
alleged, by a seli-confessed Sov
iet espionage agent, to have en
gaged in espionage activities
with the Russians.”
Thomas acknowledged later
that Hoover said in the letter
there was no evidence that Con
don was disloyal. The Commerce
department loyalty board also
investigated = Condon’s back
ground and renorted last Wol_
ruary =24 that there are “no
reasonable grounds™ to doubt
his loyalty. ? e g R
The famous letter now is in
the personal possesson of Presi
dent Truman. st e