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ARABS STAGE FAKE CAPTURE W-
This is’Arab make-believe warfare. The soldier at the top left, about to be captured
v the Arabs in the foreground, is really an Arab too. He’s dressed up like a Jewish
Haganah fighter strictly for the act. Actually few prisoners have been taken by
ther side in the bloody Holy Land battle.
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Sen. George Calls For Election
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Of Strong,One-T erm President
WASHINGTON, May 24.—(AP)—>3enator George (D.-Ga.) said today the voters
onght to elect in November ‘““‘a strong, one-term President who can set this country on
the right course.”
Georee, who has been mentioned as Georgia’s favorite son candidate in the Dixie
civil reihts battle against President: Truman’s nomination, told a reporter he doesn’t
think Mr. Truman “‘is the answer to the country’s prayer for leadership.”
Comer Resident
Struck Down By
James T. Burden, Rt. 2, Comer,
was critically injured this morn
ing when he was struck down by
an automobile at the intersection
of Broad street and Milledge ‘ave
nue.
He was taken to St. Mary’s Hos
pital in a Bernstein ambulanceJ
where he is reported to be suffer
ing from a‘“critical head injury."l
Latest report from the hospital at
12:00 o’clock today stated that Mr.
Burden had not regained con
ciousness.
Mr. Burden ran into the street
against a red light, according to
eyewitness report entered on the
police accident record. The: wit
ness, Otho Clinton Chandler, local
cab driver, stated that Mr. Burden
darted in front of an oncoming
truck, dodged it, but was unable
(Continued on Page Two.)
Truman To Make
.
sTalks On Trip
WAHINGTON, Ma, 24-—(AP)
The White House announced to
da that President "Truman will
ake five Major speeches on his
cross-country trip in June.
The major = speeches = will at
Chicago, Omaha, Seattle, Berkley,
Calif., and Los Angeles. Mr. Tru
man also plans many extempo
raneous talks mostly from the
platform of the special train.
_ The President will leave Wash
inZton the night of June 3. He
will ‘'speak at Chicago at 9 p. m.
(Central daylight time) in the
Chicago Stadium, June 4.
Both Sides In Chrysler
Strike Agree To Parley
DETROIT, May 24— (AP) — |
Gov. Kim Sigler stepped into the
Chrysler Corp. strike today and |
brought both -sides back to the "
bargaining table.
The Governor capped a dra-|
matic night-long session by
telling newspapermen that the
CIIO United\;lguto Workers . and
Chrysler had agreed to sit down
Wednesday and try to settle the
13-day-old walkout.
They will meet in the Gover
nor’s Detroit headquarters Wed-
Nesday afternoon, Sigler said.
If the meeting comes off as
Planned, it will be the first get
logether since May 11, the day
before the 75,000 Chrysler pro=
T‘uction workers hit the picket
ine,
The UAW-CIO has asked a
iO-cent hourly wage increase.
Chrysler at one time offered six
‘ents Lut this was rejected. The |
Mot later reduced its demand
10 17 cents but reverted to 30
‘ents when the strike was call
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
35 Children And
Four Wiwes; Even
Triple Play At 68
NEW YORK, May 24—
(AP) — Thirty-five children
from four wives!
The father—6B years old—
was so flabbergasted yester
\day when his 34-year-old
wife gave birth to triplets
that he hopped onto a neigh
borhood child’s bicycle and
flew from newsmen.
French-born Anthony Du
pre, former circus trapeze
performer and now a hotel
kitchen worker, is the man.
The father claims this
record: Four sets of twins
ffrom the first wife—23 chil
dren from the second and
third — and one from the
fourth wife before yester
day’s triple play.
Reserved Seats Go
On Sale Today For
"The Merry Widow"
Reserved seats for the operetta
“The Merry Widow”, to be pre
sented in the Fine Arts Auditorium
Tuesday and Wednesday nights,
went on sale today in the office of
Hugh Hodgson, head of the Uni
versity Music Department.
The tickets will remain on Tues
day and will be sold at the box
office Tuesday and Wednesday
nights. Curtain time for the
operatta is 8:15 o’'clock. Admission
prices are SI,BO ior reserved seats,
$1.20 for general admission and 90
and 60 cents. :
ed. ; :
Sigler said neither state nor
federal mediators would have a
part in the conference. He won’t
even be there himself, he added.
“It will be strictly a company
and union affair,” he explained.
Sigler’s press conference came
as the UAW-CIO girded for a
possible strike against General
Motors Corp.
Reporters asked him about
this developing crisis.
Sigler said he had discussed
the GM situation “several times.”
He did not say with whom.
As Sigler discussed the Gen
eral Motors *situation with the
press, the UAW-CIO announced
that its biggest GM local had
turned thumbs down on another
walkout.
The UAW-ClO’s contract with
General Motors expires Friday
after a month’s extension.
" Negotiators for the union and
'GM went back into action in an
efforf to find a basis for agree
ment over the wage issue,
“We need a strong, one-term
President who will forget politics
and bring expenditures, down to
the point where we won’t go bank
rupt,” the Georgia senator de
clared. e
“Unless we change the trend we
are in now,’” George said, ‘“we are
heading for expenditures that may
reach 48 or 50 billion dollars. in
calendar year 1949. We are ‘heat=
ing for a ‘deficit and increased
taxes and I don’t think the coun
try can stand it.”.
George said he hasn’t decided
yvet who the one-term candidate
should be. He added he is waiting
to see whom the Republicans and
Democrats nominate and what the
party platforms are.” :
The Georgian indicated he may
not go along with one proposed
southern move to put the name of
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower be
fore the Democratic convention.
Eisenhower was quoted in Chi
cago last week as saying he isn’t
going to give public support to
either the Republican or Demo
cratic nominee for President. Pub
lished reports said he declared he
had no intention of opening: his
mouth about the various candi
dates. . ;
Cold Water Effect
This seemed to throw cold wa
ter on a back stage move by
friends of some Republican and
Democratic hopefuls t 6 get the
Columbia University president ‘to
take sides in favor of their man.
It was somewhat pleasing, how
ever, to the southerners who think
they might be able to push Eisen
hower over at the Democratic con
vention. J
This possibilfty—remote as it
seems to most politicians—was re
ported to have been given serious
study by some of the backers of
Senator Robert A. Taft in his bid
for the Republican presidential
nomination.
In this connection, the Taft camp
was credited with spurring the
latest move to get Gen. Douglas
MacArthur home to testify before
the Senate Appropriations' Com
mittee on far eastern conditions
before the June 21 Republican
convention.
Some congressional sources say
the Supreme Commander will
come back if sufficiently urged,
even though he turned down a
previous bid from House members.
Taft Angle
The Taft backers apparently
think that MacArthur—with eight
delegates backing him in Wiscon
sin, two in Illinois, and scattered
strength elsewhere—might be in
ducted to support Taft publicly if
the General concludes he can’t win
the nomination himself. :
The Taft camp admits privately
that a chief worry is the feeling
among some convention delegates
that the Ohio senator might not be
able to win in November if nomi
nated.
The possibility of Eisenhower’s
being picked at the later Democra
tic convention already is being
used against them, Taft’s backers
say. Hence they would like to have
MacArthur in their corner as a se
curity hedge in the delegate’s
minds. :
In weekend delegate picking,
Connecticut’'s 19-man GOP slate
was pledged to Senator Raymond
E. Baldwin as a favorite son. Bald
win has been boomed in his home
state as a vice presidential possi
bility. :
Utah’s 11 delegates were un
instructed, and Dewey, Stassen
and Taft appear to have support
within the delegation in that or
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ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, MAY 24, 1948.
Arabs Debate UN Cease Fire
Order; Jews In Favor of Truce
By The Associated Press
The U. S. and British governments appealed to Egypt
today to abide by the United Nations cease fire order in
Palestine at noon (EST), reliable sources said.
S. Pinkney Tuck and Sir Ronald Campbell, Ambassadors
of the two Western powers, were reported to have deliv
ered the appeals to Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed
Khashaba Pasha. Part of the Egyptian army is in Pales
tine.
British Offi
DIl icers
May Be Withdrawn
From Arab Legion
LONDON, May 24—(AP)—A
whitehall informant says Britain
may withdraw 40 British officers
serving with the Trans-Jordan
Arab Legion if the Arab states
ignore the United Nation’s call
to cease fire today. It is em
phasized here, however, that this
ranks only as a “possibility.”
The United Nations Security
Council called on both Israel and
Arab forces to still their guns at
noon, Eastern Standard Time. The
Israeli government announced last
night it was ready to abide by the
order if the Arabs did so, too.
This informant, who may not be
further identified, said Britain’s
obligations tc the United Nations
are above her commitments to
King Abdullah under her treaty
with Trans-Jordan. Abdullah is
commanding Arab forces in Pal
estine, including his own Arab
ILegion which has been fighting in
- Jerusalem.
"BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, May 24.—
(AP) — Charles Franklin
Brannan was nominated to
day to be Secretary of Agri
culture, He now is Assistant
Secretary.
The President sent Bran
unan’s name to the Senate
shortly befere it convened at
11 4. m., EST,
Brannan, a native of Colo
rado, succeeds Clinton P.
Anderson, who resignéed May
10 to run wr the Senate in
New Mexico.
The President also nomi
nated Frieda B. Hennock, a
New York City lawyer to
membership in the Federal
Communications Commission.
Miss Hennock was named to
‘succeed Clifford J. Daurr,
who said sometime ago he
wlid not want a new term,
MEAT OUTLOOK
CHICAGO, May 24—(AP)—
CIO meat handlers streamed back
to work today at a majority of the
major packing companys’ plants.
‘Only at the seven plants of Wil
son and Company, Cudahy Packing
Co., Kansas City, and a few in
depedent houses where contract
details were being settled did
pickets continue on duty.
BULLETIN
DETROIT, May 24—(AP)—
General Motors Corp. today offer
ed the CIO Tlnited Auto Workers a
wage increase 'in excess of six
cents an hour according to reliable
sources.
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This unusual photograph of two waterspouts in the
Gulf of Mexico was made from the Humble Oil Com
pany’s drilling platform eight miles from shore.
ESTABLISHED 1832.
The Jews have said they will
stop the shooting if the Arabs will.
The matter still is under debate
among Arab leaders.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed
Kashaba Pasha said yesterday his
government “will do our best to
reply to the Security Council cease
fire order within the requested 16
hours.” The U. N. deadline was
set for noon, Eastern Standard
Time, today.
The Egyptian cabinet met yes
terday and discussed the appeal
without reaching a decision. Other
Arab governments have not an
nounced their intentions.
Harold Evans of Philadelphia, |
the U. N.'s newly appointed com -
missioner for Jerusalem, reachedl
LAKE SUCCESS, May 24—
(AP)—A high Arab repre
sentative said today the Arab
countries would not agree to
an unconditional cease-fire in
Palestine, X
Faris El Khoury of Syria,
only Arab member of the
United Nations Security Coun
cil, told a reporter the Arabs
would cease fire only if the
provisional government of
Israel ceased to function.
This virtually ruled out a
truce in the Holy Land war.
lCairo by plane today. . v
After a brief rest, Evans is ex
. pected to try to get in touch with
Jewish and Arab leaders.
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha,
‘secretary-general aof the Arab Lea
gue told newsmen in Amman,
Trans-Jordan, earlier yesterday
that he would not object to a truce
in Jerusalem if disarament is ap-l
plied to both sides.
The Israeli government made
its cease fire orfer in Tel Aviv
yesterday as Arabs in Cairo claim
ed an Egyptian. mobile force had
driven into Jerusalem during the
day to join Arab Legionnaires at
tempting to smash Jewish resis
tance in the city.
’ Heavy Firing
A Jerusalem dispatch said Jews
and Arabs were fighting hand to
hand in the Holy City, barely 300
yards from the church of the Holy
Sepulchre. Withering Arab artil
lery fire pounded Jewish machine
gun posts in Notre Dame Hospice,
in the shadow of the ancient
church.
An earlier dispatch from thei
Jewish sector of the city described
Arab shelling as relentless but in
effective, with no position falling
in 24 hours. ‘
Two Americans died yesterday
of wounds suffered in the bullet
ridden city. |
Thomas C. Wasson, 52-year-old
U. S. Consul General; died of bul
let wounds received when a sniper‘
shot him near the American con
sulate.
The State Department in Wash
ington said Herbert M. Walk
er, U. S. Navy radioman, died last
night of wounds suifered in Jeru
salem Saturday, when he was
caught in Arab-Jewish cross fire
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CLAIMS HE'S JESSE JAMES
J. Frank Dalton, says the Lawton, Okla., Constitu
tion, is Jesse James, and the man buried in 1882 as the
famous Missouri bandit was an imposter. Dalton, a 100-
vear-old Confederate veteran, combs his beard in the
Dallas, Texas, Veterans’ Hospital with Nurse Ozlela
Cross’ help. With twinkling eyes he now tells of sing
ing at his own funeral.
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Mrs. Joseph Patrick
McMaon, Jr., Dies
Funeral services for Mrs, Jo
seph Patrick McMahon, jr., are
to be held this afternoon at 5
o'clock from First Methodist
Church with the pastor, Rev. J.
W. O. McKibben, Dr. Lester
Rumble, Atlanta, Dr. Harvey
Holland, Decatur, and Rev. R. K
Singleton officiating. «
Burial will be in Oconee Hill
cemetery, W. L. Garner, Dri
nom J. Jones, Ralph Shaw, Al
wyn Stiles, Carl O. Parker and
J. Quillian Tuck serving as pall
bearers
An honorary escort will in
clude Dean William Tate, John
Sims, H. M. Heckman, W. 7
Hicks, Allen Shaw, Dr. G. 0.
Wheichei, Dr. Charles:T. Hard
noon, dJohn F. Burke, Harr T
Moorhouse, R. T. Sezrest and
the Board of Stewards of First
Methodist Church. Bridges Fun
eral Home is in charge of ar
rangements.
Mrs. McMahon died early
Sunday morning in a local hos
pital after a long illness. She was
born August 15, 1915, and lived
in Athens most of her life. She
graduated with honors from the
Athens: High School in 1932, and
from the University of Georgia
in 1936, with a B. S. degree in
home economics. At the Univer
sity she was a member of Zodi
ac, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Up
silon Cmicron: She taught at
Martin Institute in Jefferson and
at ' Glynn Academy in Bruns
wick, and served for a time in
the library at the University of
Georgia. She married in 1941,
From earliest childhood she
was an active participant”in the
work of the Church. Even
through the months of failing
health her loyaltv and interest
in the Church she loved was
manifested in many ways. Her
quiet, unassuming manner and
‘thoughtful, unselfish, disposition
endeared her to a host of friends
who grieve her passing. Her
| beautiful life and character will
'be a cherished memory by all
WhO Znew Ber.
I Mrs. McMahon is survived by
‘her husband., Joseph Patrick Mc
|Mahon; her mother, Mrs. Joseph
|S. Hawkes, sr., of Athens, and
her brother., Joseph E. Hawkes
lof Gadsden, Alabama.
Funeral Services
For M. M. Bryan, r.
Funeral services for Morris
M. Bryan, sr., were held at 4
p. m. from the First Baptist
'Church in Jefferson.
News of Mr. Bryan's death
early Sunday morning in an At
lanta hospital after a short ill
'ness brought sorrow to many
friends and relatives in this
community. Widely known as a
leader in textile manuf;cturing
enterprises and in the civic and
religious life of Jefferson, he
will be greatly missed.
Mr. Bryan was born in Union
Point, the youngest son of Thom=
as Marion Bryan and Sara
Frances. Morris Bryan.
He was graduated from Geor
gia Tech in 1913.
For a short time, before he be~
came a resident of Jefferson, he
made Athens his home, living
with his brother, W. T. Bryan
sr., on Prince Avenue. He was
a brother of Mrs. L. L. Hendren
and of Mrs. Sara F. Prickett and
an uncle of the Misses Newfon
and Mrs. Marion N. Simpson of
this city, and of Mr. W. T. Bry-)
an, Jr., of Jefferson. Another
sister, Mrs. Louise Bryan Wait,
lives in Tampa.
Mr Bryan married Miss Mil
dred Southworth of Connecticut,
(Continued on Page Two.)
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy this afternoon,
tonight and Tuesday. Little
change in temperature.
GEORGIA—PartIy cloudy and
' not much change in tem
peratures today and tonight;
some chance of thunder show
~ ers late this afternooen or eve
ning; Tuesday, partiy cioudy
and slightly cocler in north
portion; scattered thunder
l showers and continued warm
in south.
Diplomats Opine Phony
Peace In Cold War Over
WASHINGTON, May 24—
(AP)—American diplomats de
cided today that the “phony
peace” in the cold war is over—
that this is where we came in.
The East-West bickering ap
parently, goes on unchecked after
20 days of crazyquilt diplomacy
that sometimes gave rise to hopes
that @ letup was in sight.
Soviet Russia had the last
word:
“Clearly the attitude of the
,government of the United States
+is not conducive to progress in
i international affairs.” -
' Tass, the Soviet NewsxAgency,
put out this “authorized™ verdict
Saturday night in a broadside
declaring the U. S., wrong on
every i#%ue dividing this country
and Russia.
The firm Soviet stand held out
no hope that Russia would do
what Secretory of State Marshail
proposed — show by her actions
that she really is willing to set
tle some of the East-West dis
lputes. 3
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Must Bills Cast
Shadow Over
Congress Recess
WASHINGTON, May 24—(AP)
A thick stack of “must” bills cats,
a dark shadow today over plans
of Republican leaders to adjourn
Congress June 18.
Senators probably will go on
an extra hour shift this week
and begin night sessions later in
an effort to jam through a bun
dle of controversies.
But the best guess today is
that they will be able only to
recess for tne Republican and
Democratic National conventions
and then return to finish the job
in Washington’s hot and muggy
summer weather.
Complicating the tightly-pack
‘ed legislative schedule is a re-
Iport that one top-ranking Re
publican Senator is carrying an
anti-poll tax bill around in his
pocket. He plans to offer it as
an amendment to any House
passed bill that affords any kind
of peg for it.
That would be certain to cause
a filibuster by Southern Demo
crats, Many of them have prom
ised to talk indefinitely to pre
vent enactment of any of the
Civil Rights' measures asked by
‘President Truman.
The Senate planned to resume
debate todaa{l on the annual farm
appropriati - providing more
than $1,000,000,000 for %\e Agri
culture Department,
~ So far Congress has sent to
Mr. Truman only four of the
more than a dozen appropriation
bills which have to be passed
before the new fiscal year be
gins July 1. g
Money Bills
Perhaps the most controversial
of the money bill# will be the
one ' making available actual
funds for the European recovery
program and other foreign aid
projects. These now are being
financed out of Reconstruction
' Finance Corporation funds. The
appropriation bill has not yet
reachéd the House floor, where
all money allotments' must origi
.nate. i
Here are other measures list
led as “musts” by a top-ranking
senator who declined use of his
Aame - : r";‘&.{
repeal of oleo taxes — The
House was approved and the
Senate Finance committee has
completed hearings. Probable
Senate amendments make the
bil's fate uncertain.
Draft—Both Senate and House
Armed Services committes have
aprovedj peacetice seiective ser
vice bills that would require two
yeur's active duty for men 19
through 25 years. Senators are
dropping a plan to train 161,000
18-year olds for one year as a
substitute for Universal Military
Training. The Senate may debate
its bill late this week but the
House Rules committee is still
holding hearings on when to let
debate start on that side of the
capftol. it
Displaced Persons
Displaced Persons — The Sen
ate will begin debate this week
on a bill to admit 100,000 Euro
pean” war refugees during the
next two years. Some senators
want to double the number and
liberalize terms.
Reciprocal Trade — The House
is scheduled to begin debate
Wednesday on a one-year ex
tension of The reciprocal trade
agreement act. It contains re
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American diplomats did not
appear surpriSed by the Rassian
blast.
“We are now right back where
we started,” said one official
familiar with U. S.-Soviet rela
tions. He meant that the Moscow
“olive branch,” as some called
it, had been withdrawn in favor
of the familiar tar brush.
For the charges newly hurled
in one salvo were the ones fired
piecemeal almost daily by Mos
cow radio up to the time that
“peace talks” first were men
tioned nearly three weeks agc.
They find fault with American
actions from Greece to Korea,
from the time of Potsdam to the
present.
So ends, apparently, the
strange period of Ambassador
Walter Bedell Smith's two inter
views with Soviet Foreign Min=
ister Molotov; of Molotov's
“peace talks” proposal; of iar—
shall’s “show us” reply; of Hen=
ry Wallace’s letter to Premier
Stalin; of Stalin’s answer, Byt