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Talmadge Group
Meets Friday
On Party Rules
MACON, Ga., July I—(AP)—
Georgia Democrats .who have
clamored loudest for “White su
premacy" convene tomorrow to
cpen the State’s primary ballot
to negroes.
Leaders expected the Georgia
pemocratic - Convention to be a
fast-moving affair ecapped by a
howling, old-fashioned demon
gration for young Herman Tal
madge, politicai heir of the late
Eugene Talmadge.
More then 5,000 . followers were
dated to join the fun, a rousing
prelude to Herman’s expected an
nouncement and formal qualifica
tion Saturday as a candidate for
governor in the September 8
Democratic primary.
Followers of Herman and red
gallused “Old Gene,” fiery oppo
nents of negro voting, must alter
party rules in the face of repeated
court decisions that the South can
not ban negroes from Democratic
primaries.
party Chieftains said today
v zrcepted the move as inevi
tsble and planned no subterfuge.
"ne 1946 Talmadge-dominated
Georgia Democratic Convention
et rules attempting to establish
the party s a private club which
could limit . its membership to
white persons.
Ticklish national issues were
tossed aside in pre-convention
planning today. Leaders said they
foresaw no move toward naming
Georgiz’s Democratic presidential
electors, the men who normally
would cast this Democratic state’s
12 votes for president. The are
free to vote for whom they
please.
Nor did leaders care to tackle
Matthews Heads Talmadge
Delegation To Macon Meet
Led by Chappelle Matthews,
young Athens lawyer and pros
pective candidate for the Legis
lature, the personnel of the del
Market Lot Funds
$2600 In 3rd Day
With only tweo days gone by
in the campaign to raise $10,500
for the Northeast Georgia Far
mers Market site, the Athens
Junior Chember of Commerce re
ported today that $2,600 has al
ready been subscribed by busi
ness firms of Athens.
Millard Seagraves, chairman of
the Jaycees Committee on the
Farmers’ Market, announced the
complete list of subscribing mer=
chants, and said tne prospects
are bright for raising the guota
within the 30 day period that the
Jaycees had sei for the total.,
The site for the Market has
been approved by Commissioner
of aAgriculture Tom Linder and
the property will be bought with
the amount being raised.
The compiete list of the Ath
els merchants already contribut
ing:
Rowe Warehouse and Fertili
-2r Co.; Russell Daniel, Inc.;
Hodgson Fertilizer. Inc.: Mathis
Construction Co.; Hutchins-Cox-
Stroud Co.; National Bank of
Athens; Benson’s Bakery; J. C.
Penney; Alexander Wood Pro
duets; Othens Lumber Company;
The McGregor Co.; and Silvey
Motor Company. :
I'ruman Fires New Charges:
Anti - Truman Din Is Louder
By The Associated Press
President Truman fired® three
New broadsides at the Republi-
Can-controlled 80th Congress as
the din of anti-Truman firing
Within the =~ Democratic party
grew louder today. . i
Bills left be!g;d'.;b’y the de-
Pared lawmakers provided the
tide{ executive with ammunition
for his latest Blasts.
He signed appropriations
Measures for the Tennessee Val
ley Authority and the Interior
Department, plus a separate bill
dealing with the Virgin Islands
—but only after whipping out
Separate statements critical of
what he regarded ‘as major de
fects in each ope. =
Just ahead of that action yes
terday, Mr. Truman took time
out for a huddle with Democra
tic National Chairman J. How
ard McGath, who is calling sig-
Nals for the party’s convention
due to open a week from Mon
day in Philadelphia. .
McGrath told newsmen he and
the President “talked about
€very phase of the Democratic
Situation currently being talked
about in the mewspapers.”
That seemed to make it clear
that the name of Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower figured in the White
House strategy session.
Senator Olin D. Johnston of
South Carolina came back from
A 45-minute talk with Eisenhow
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
the problem of instructing Geor
gia delegates to the Democratic
National Convention. The state
delegation, avowedly opposed to
President Truman, has been
named by the party Executive
Committee. The committee prob
ably will neme the electors after
the presidential nominee ’ »s been
selected. o
In Georgia, wher ‘:'?@‘P_tions
within a party are ms i& ofently
opposed than partis L 3 mseives,
only died-in-the-v ~ @ almadge
ites cfivere expeo!f“?'"h have an
effective voice/*;r convention.
Democratic £ " Ssrnor M. E.
Thompson ar J®mocratic Na
tional Comn_ _ & nan E. D. Rivers
-—on the oth ide of the intra
party fence—s&ld they had pre-
Vvious engagements elsewhere.
For months ' voung Talmadge
has been considered a sure bet
to seek the two-year unexpired
term of his father, who died as
governor-elect before he could
take office in 1946.
Herman claimed the governor
ship by legislative election and
seized the executive office and
governor’s mansion with the aid
of state troopers, in Georgia’s
bizarre “battle of governors.”
He was ousted when the Geor
gia Supreme Court zuled that
Lieutenant-Governor Thompson
rightfully was acting governor,
pending this year’'s election,
Thompson already has qualified
for the primary.
Talmadge will address the con
vention at noon, in a state-wide
radio broadcast. The Talmadge
choice for Lieutenant-Governor,
Mervin Griffin of Bainbridge,
and Judge T. Hicks Fort of Co
lumbus are the other speakers.
egation to the State Democratic
!Convention in Macon Friday, se
;lected from the supporters of
Herman Talmadge, was an
nounced today by W. C. Pitner.
. Mr. Pitner said that Mr. Mat
thews is chairman of the delega
}tion and that in addition to
those announced today “all good
Democrats who desire to attend
the Convention are invited.” The
personnel announced today fol
lows:
Thos. W. Reed, W. C. Pitner,
Dorsey Davis, W. W. Scott,
Damon Watson, Grandison Cas
kéy, R. S. Hudson, W. R. Ant
ley, J. P. McCall, W. L. Erwin,
W. L. Fambrough, Chappelle
Matthews.
R. R. Alexander, Frank
Thornton, Clyde Harper, Carlyle
Cobb, Albert Saye, Ed Massey,
L. L. Moss, C. M. Cartledge, Jos.
P. Nunnally, W. T. Ray, Jack
{;rost, Ben A. Swindle, Vane G.
awkins,
. Major J. W. Firor, J. L. Haw
es, Albert Miller, E. B. Doug
i&, ‘R. Lee Stephens,, Young
unson, J. B. Dudley, Miss
Madge Moore, W. T. Morrison,
8.. Thurmend, Grady Booth,
John H. Dooley, Dee D. Jones,
C. M. Allmond, Jr. :
Charlie Williams, Miss Pansy
Moore, Mrs. J. P. McCall, James
F. Dunston, Dr. John Hunnicutt,
Johnny Williams, Jas. L. Old
ham, Geo. L. Oldham, Albon Y.
Woods, Mrs. Annie E. Griffeth,
Tony Grey, Mrs. Wm. J. Rus
sell.
er in New York earlier this week
to report that he is “more con
vinced than ever” that the Co-
Mrs. FDR Likely
Truman Partner
WASHINGTON, July I.—
(AP) — President Truman
predicted victory over the
Dewey-Warren ticket in 1948
today and said Mrs, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt would be an
accep§ble running mate.
Mr. Trumar described as
foolish question number one
a reporter’s inquiry as to
whether he would withdraw
from the race. .
The President then re
plied he would get the Dem
ocratic Presidential nomina
tion on the first ballot at the
national convention meeting
in Philadelphia July 12.
Mr. Truman told a news
conference that he was not
worried by talk of a South
ern revolt against him.
The political questioning
began wher: someone remark
ed that Senator J. Howard
McGrath, Democratic Nat
ionai Tommittee Chhirman,
had asserted Mr. Truman
would be nominated on the
first ballot.
Associated Press Service
Balkan Bloc Shuned By Albania;
Moscow's Next Move Awaited
Tito Named
Delegate
To Congress
BELGRADE, Yugosiavia, July
I.—(AP)—The Communists and
soldiers of Yugoslavia rallied
around Premier Marshal Tito to
day, giving him strong support
in his defiant stand against the
Cominform. :
Men who fought beside Tito
in his days as a guerrilla leader
—the first proletarian division of
the Yugoslav army—elected Tito
as a delegate to the Fifth Com
munist Party Congress, where
Yugoslavia’s politcial future may
well be decided.
Tito showed up in Belgrade
yesterday for the first time since
the Cominform blast on Monday.
He was greeted with shouts of
“Tito, Tito” from a youth brigade
whose work he inspected.
Today the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of Yugo
slavia received a telegram from
the Slovenia Central Committee
rejecting the Cominform charges
against Tito. Said the Slovenian
Communists:
“We cannot be shaken for a
moment in our confidence in our
leadershop, the Central Commit
tee and Tito.”
The Cominform —the organ
ization of the eastern Communist
states led by the Soviet Union—
charged Tito with- conducting a
hateful policy toward the Soviet
Union and one opposed to ac
cepted Communist theory.
The Yugoslav Party Congress
will be held here July 21. In a
program for the event published
in the Communist newspaper
Borba yesterday the Yugoslav
Central Communist Committee
upheld Yugoslav independence
and called for a Balkan bloc of
Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Alba
nia., Bulgaria previosly advocat
ed such a bloc. il
13 Hear Rabun
.
Open Campaign
GRIFFIN, Ga., July I—(AP)—
The Rev. Joe Rabun, starting his
campaign for Governor, waved a
Japanese sword about his head
and impied he intends to cut off
some politicians heads,
The Griffin News said 13 per
sons listened to his speech on
the curb at the courthouse late
yesterday,
He asked his audience to do
nate funds for his campaign and
place the morey in a Japanese
ammunition chest he brought
back from the Pacific. The News
said none of the 13 in his audi
ence contributed.
Rabun drove up in a seven
passenger automobile, played
some hillbilly music, introduced
himself and started speaking.
He asked what time the . local
churches held prayer service and
ended his speech in time to at.
tend the First Baptist Church.
The pastor was ousted from a
Mcßae, Ga., church for his op
position to “white supremacy.”
He criticized Governor M. E.
Thompson and Herman Talmadge
and accused both of making
“phoney” alliances. He said Ed
Rivers, former Governor, is
“running” the state.
lumbia University president is
the Democrats’ “man of the
hour.”
| Another Southern Democrat,
Lt. Gov. Handy Ellis of Alabama
’-—who will head his state’s del
egation to the Philadelphia con
‘vention——said at Mobile . earlier
in the day he would be “tickled
to death” to propose Eisenhower
at the start of the nominating
roll call. But he added that he
will yield to Texas—the Gen
eral’'s native state—or to Kan
sas—his official residence.
Ellis insisted that only an ab
solute refusal from Eisenhower
will pfevent his name from go
sng before the convention ahead
of any one else.
One high party official here
said that is exactly what most
party big-wigs expect — a flat
statement from the General that
he could not be drafted.
This official, who declined to
be quoted by name, said all the
planning is being made on the
assumption that Eisenhower will
not be a serious contender for
the presidential nomination.
But at Meriden N. H., Harry
Carlson wrote letters to his fel
low Democratic National com
mittee members urging them to
try to persuade Mr. Truman to
withdraw in favor of the former
chief of staff.
(Continued on Page Six.)
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Thompson
OKs Increased
School Funds
ATLANTA, July 1— (AP)—
Governor M. E. Thompson opened
the state’s fiscal year today by
giving the State Deartment of
Education an additional $3,308,-
500.
This boost raises the s‘ate’s al
lotment to the common .chools
for the present fiscal year to an
unprecedented $40,558,500 and
the budget for all educational
purposes to more than $50,000,000.
' The common schools received
[515,506,400 for the fiscal year
' 1941-42 during the last term of
the late Governor Eugene Tal
madge, Former Governor Ellis
Arngll gradually increased the
annual allotment to $18,893,893
in 1943; $21,347,000 in 1945 and
$21,968,000 in 1946.
For the fiscal year ending June
30, 1947, covering six months
under Governor Arnall and three
months under Governor Thomp
son, the allotment to common
schools was $31,656,681. For the
fiscal year ending June 30, Gov.
ernor Thompson paid the com—‘
mon schools $37,250,000. This
same amount has been set up for
1949 with the additional $3,-
308.500.
¢ The new figure is the exact
amount the State Board of Ed
ucfton tasked for ithe present
fiscal year.
State Sihool Supelintendent
M. D. Collins said the additional
money will increase the allot
ment for teachers salaries, ad
ministration and equalization
from $34,198,000 to $36,280,000!
vocational educaiional funds
from $4p0,000 to $500,000; the
textbook and library fund from
$1,500,000 to $2,458,221; the re
habilitation fund from $300,000
to $400,000 and set up a depart
ment of certficetion and curri
culum at an annual cost of $47,-
000
The new money also Will in
crease the alotment for lunches
and health, county school super
(Continued on Page Six.)
Clarence Chandler Installed
As President Of Local Rotary
“l appreciate the cooperation
given me. as secretary, and as
president I will do the best I
can,” said Clarence Chandler as
he took over the office of pres
ident of the Athens Rotary Club
yesterday at the club’s regular
weekly luncheon meeting.
President - Chandler said that
he and the club had “enjoyed
working with Howard Benson
(outgoing president”). Then Mr.
Benson was presented with the
Past President’s emblem.
Prior to turning the gavel
over %o the mew president, Mr.
Benson said, “My administration
has been both pleasant and ex
citiry.” He went on to say, “The
club kas interested itself in many
community activities during the
past year, but it can’t rest on
anything that it has done.” He
urged that each member take
more interest in new activities.
Mr. Benson thanked the board
members for their fine work dur
ing his administration and pre
sented them with certificates of
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1948.
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SLAVIC CONFEDERATION—The Central Committee
of the Yugoslavy Communist Party in Belgrade has pro
posed a Yugoslav-Bulgarian-Albanian Federation to
“strengthen and further political unity of the Yugoslav
peoples.” The black area on the map shows three coun
tries which would be joined by such a federation.
Russians Quit Berlin Government
BY GEORGE ABNEY, JR
Last Functioning German
Four-Power Body Is Killed
BERLIN, July I.—(AP)—The Russians quit the Ber
lin city government today and thus killed the last fune
tioning four-power governing body in Germany.
A British spokesman said the
Russians withdrew from the
{ Kommanc-ata, the Allied body
| set up to rule Berlin, with the
stateruent that “the Kommanda
tur;: noe longer exists.”
he . kesman oted Colo
nel Bfl?fio Kalinir, m;he Soviet
chief of staff here, as blaming
the behavior of Colonel Frank
Howley, American commander
for Berlin, and introduction of
the western currency into the
city, for the death of the Kom
mandatura.
In Frankfurt, the political rep
resentatives of 45,000,000 Ger
mans received the proposals of
the Americans, French and Brit
’ish for setting up a separate
‘state in the western occupation
zones. They asked for time to
discuss it, but acceptance was a
foregone conclusino.
The d#vision of Germany into
separate eastern and western
states appeared certain unless
new four-power talks are launch
ed om the highest political levels.
The Russians have already made
ptans for a Communist-led state
in their occupation zone.
The fate of the Western Allies
in Berlin, deép inside the Soviet
zone and under Russian food
blockade, remained a question.
The United States and Britain,
publicly committed to withstand
all efforks of the Russians to
squeeze them from the city, |
stepped up their flow of trans-'
port planes in an effort to break j
the blockade.
The British spokesman relay
ed this account of Kalinin’s ac
tions at today’s regular meeting
of the Kommandatura:
Kalinin said the Soveit flag
and a Soviei sentry would re
main at the Kommandatura
building, which is in the Amer
ican sector. until the Russians'
clear out their archives.
Kalinin said Russia would
appreciation. They are Floyd
Adams, Harvey Cabaniss, Clar
ence Chandler, Paul Chapman,
Lamar Dodd, “Pop” Pearson.
Louis Skinner, and Ralph Snow.
Also he presented each club
member with a birthday zodiac
symbol and a card of apprecia
tion for their fine loyalty, gen
erosity, cooperation, and fellow
ship.
Dr. Frank Mullins, local path
ologist; was introduced as a new
member of the club. Dr." M. A.
Hubert was the member bringing
Dr. Mullins - into the organiza
tien,
Two talks were on the pro
gram, which was presided over
by Dr. E. H. Dixon. They were
given by two past presidents, O.
B. Mcßae and Tom Green. Mr.
Mcßae congratulated outgoing
President Benson on his fine ad
ministration, then compared the
club’s old and new way of elect
ing officers in showing how it
had progressed. Mr. Green stated,
“One of the most important
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MARSHAL TITO: In the Soviet chess game, a lost pawn?
continue to abide by past four
power agreements reached by the
Kommandatura. Te told his fel
low chiefs of staff Russia res
pects all decisions reached by
that body, since they were
adopted by mutual agreement.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Generally fair weather and
no important temperature
chang¥s today, tonight and
Friday.
GEORGIA—PartIy cloudy,
not much change in temper
ature this f:fternoon, tonight
and Friday; a few scattered
~ affernoon thundershowers in
extreme south portion.
" TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Totdl gince July 1 .. .... 00
Deficit since July 1 .. .. .17
Average July rainfall ... 5.13
Total since January 1 ...32.11
Excess since January | ..6.37
COOK CAN'T DEFEND
ATLANTA, July I—(AP)—At
torney General Eugene Cook to
day advised Tom Linder, Agricul
ture Commissioner, that he could
not defend him against a charge of
illegal lobbying in Washington.
Multi - Feature Program For s
Celebration Monday Ready
Begause Athens is going to
have its own big Independence
Day Celebration this year, most
of the hundreds of Athenians
who wusually go elsewhere for
their patriotic festivities will re
‘main at home and avoid the dis
comforts and dangers of travel
on holdiay-choked highways.
- Many local stores and other
places of business, the banks,
Post Office, Federal, County and
City offices will be closed Mon
day and all of this is sure to
swell to even larger proportions
the big crowd already expected
for the events to be held Monday
night in Sanford Stadium.
The night events, which will
feature a gigantic fireworks dis
play, a short talk by Brig. Gen
eral Alvan C. Gillem, jr., com
manding general of the Third
‘Army with headquarters in At
lanta; an exhibition by the At
lanta Drum and Bugle Corps, the
largest such organization in
Georgia’ and one of the biggest in
the South which has won num
erous prizes at National Ameri
can Legion Conventions. |
Thompson Speaks |
Presicient Harmon W. Caldweil
of the University will introduce
Governor M. E. Thompson, who
will make a short patriotic ad
dress.
Coach Bryan Whitworth of the
Georgia Bulldogs, will introduce
George Poschner, one of Geor
gia's all-time. gridiron greats who
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Hill Formally
Enters Race
For Assembly
Former Representative K. A.‘
Hill today officially entered his
candidacy for the Legislature by
qualifying with the Clarke |
County Democratic Executi'vei
Committee for the Primary
September Bth.
Mr. Hill is seeking election to
the place now held by Mayor
Jack R. Wells whose term as a
legislator expires at the end of
this year, and who is not a can
didate for re-election.
Mr. Hill repeated a pledge to
work for a ‘“veterans bonus” if
elected and to advocate and vote
for the Minimum Foundation
[Program for Georgia schools
which includes a minimum sal
ary of $2400.00 annually for
teachers and a retirement plan
for older teachers who do not
now benefit fully.
“I realize,”, Mr. Hill said,
“that some people do not want
to_pay a bonus tor the veterans,
although when they were in the
war we all -thought and said *
they deserved the best we could
give._tl‘lem.
“I know the bonus will be
fought in the Legislature by
those who do not want to help
foot the bill, but I believe it is
right that the State of Georgia
should do something for the vet
erans and a cash bonus is the
only way I can see that,the
State can show its appreciation
to the wveterans of World War
II for what they did for our
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won All-American at end.
And then Poschner, who lost
both legs and an arm in World
War Two, will present Lee
Sheridan, Clarke county’s only
double amputee, around whom
the entire Independence Day
Celebration has been built, Pro
ceeds from the celebration will
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Child Struck
Down By Car
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Four-year-old Billy Sta
ley is reported in good con
dition at St. Mary’s Hospifal
teday where he is recover
ing from bruises substained
when hit by an automebile
late yesterday afternoon.
Billy, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Staley of 250
Barrow Street was struck
down by the car when he
darted into the street from
behind a parked pick-up
truck. James Carlton Huff, of
Route one Statham, driver
of the car, was moving up
Barrow hill at an estimated
ten miles an hour when the
accident occured.
Three witnesses agreed
that the accident was un
avoidable.
Huff stopped immediately
after the accident with the
only damage to the car be
ing a broken headlight,
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World Heads
Baffled By
Yugo Stand
{ WASHINGTON, July I.—(AP)
—Government radio monitors
registered today that a broadcast
from Communist headquarters in
Albania said that country stands
~with Russia in the Communist
criss in Yugoslavia,
The broadcast accused Yugo=
slav leaders of “open treason.”
The monitoring service's rec
ord of the broadeast said the
Cominform resolutions blasting
Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia had
been studied at a special meet
ing by the “Plenum of the Cen
tral Committee of the Albanian
Communist Party” and that tha
Central Committee is “in full and,
unanimous_ solidarity” with the
Cominform resolution. (Plenum
means a plenary Session of an
executive body.)
Washington observers expect
quick action by the Russians.
The Soviets are confronted
with not one, but two, gestures
of defiance from Yugoslavia's
burly little dictator, Marshal
Tito. He has declined to accept
the censure of the Communist
Information Bureau. And, in a
fiery reply, his government re~
vived the proposal for a Balkan
federation, which. the Russians
had previously slapped down in
unmistakable ferms.
First Break
It is the first known instance
where a satellite of the Soviets
has stood on his feet amd talked
kack. :
The unigue situation — which
frankly baffles diplomatic experis
heré—arose when the Cominform
issued a communique -criticizing
Tito. It accused him of flirting
with Western Powers, and of pur
suing a policy “hateful to Rus
sia.”
Usually, when a Communist is
spanked in public, he hastens tao
recant in public.
But Tito, to the surprise of the
world, refused to follow thal
course.
Instead, his government replied
that the charges against him
were ‘“‘absurd and slanderous.”
That was the first gesture of de
fiance to Mogcow. The second
came in the renewal of the very
proposal—for a union of Balkan
states — for which = Bulgarian
Georgi Dmitrov drew the wrath
of the Kremlin.,
3 Main Facts
In the opinion of observers
following the situation here,
three salient facts have emerged:
1. Tito must be completely sure
of his position, otheérwise he
never would have dared take
such a step.
2. His strength, probably de
rives from approval of the ma
jority of his peopie—which means
that, not just one man, but per
haps a whole nation of Commun
its has dared to break from the
orthodox Communist line.”
3. Premier Stalin, for the first
time, has miscalc:;;ted.ttfiekp:;
mitted a move, t attack “or
Tito, without being ceftdifi"n
advance that it would be a suc
cessful move.
be used to provide the disabled
veteran and his wife and little
daughter with a home.
The night events will be pre
ceded by a baseball game be
tween Silvey Motors and the
YFW ball teams on the Ag Hill
diamond, tickets for which are
being sold by the players, with
the proceeds. being turned in to
the general fund being raised by
the celebration. The game I 8
scheduled to start at 4 p. m.
Gridiron .*“Great” :
The appearance of General
Gillem here will be a source of
interest to many older sports
loving Athenians who will re
call = his great prowess on the
gridiron while playing with Se
wanee many years ago, in fha
era wher Sewanee was a power
in Southern football and eon
sistently took the measure of the
larger institutions.
; Tickets for the celebration will
sell for SI.OO for -adults, 50 cents
for students, and 25 cents for
children.
D. Weaver Bridges, general
chairman for the celebration,
who has been working on the
program for several weeks, to
day announced he has been no
tified that motorcades are com
ing to Athens for the big event
from practically all of the sur
rounding . counties and many of
the service organizations are
planning to send delegations to
represent them. ;