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Vol. CXVI, No. 150.
\larket Site
Funds Reach
$3.150 Mark
mto the fourth day of the
drive by Athens Jaycees to Izise
§10,500 necessary to secure the
;pproved site for the Northeast
Georgia branch of the State Far.
mers Market which will be erect
ed here, $3,150 has been contri
puted by local business and pro
fessional firms.
A steadily growing list of {irms
making donations to purchase
¢ite include:
Rowe Warehouse and Fertilizer
company; Russell Daniel, Inc,;
Hodgson Fertilizer, Inc.; Mathis
Construction Company; Hutchins
(ox-Stroud; National Bank of
Athens; Benson’s Bakery; J C.
penney; Alexander Wood Pro
qucts: Athens Lumber Company;
rhe McGregor Company; Silvey
motor Company; Michael’s; Dixie
Canner Company! and. Dr. Pep
per Bortling Company.
In a recent letter to Millard
geagraves, chairman of. the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce Com
mittee on the Farmer . Market,
state Agriculture Céommissioner
Tom Linder stated:
«] am expecting great things
in the years to come from a mar
get that is supported by the bus
iLess people.”
Expressing the opinions of
many connected with the con
struction of the market he&,’
(larke County Agent D. L. Bran
¢n stated:
Good Location
“A market here in Athens
should serve this section of Geor
sia since Athens is strategically
located for a farmers market.
Those who have been premoting
this market are not thinking of
the welfare of just Clarke county
farmers. They are thinking about
the farmers in Oconee, -Qgie
thorpe, Jackson, Walton, Madi
son, Franklin, and others within
¢riving distance by truck who
would grow products and bring
to this market.”
Restating a philosophy he had
heard at the first farmers mar
ing several months ago, Mr.
Brenyon said: “If you will pro
vide a market for farmers and if
thev can make a profit, they will
grow most anyvthing’.” he ex
plained the proposed market
would fill a need of long stand
ing in providing farmers a place
to sell their produce thus enab
ling them to diversify their farm
cperations and realize more in
come.
In relation to the market’s
bearing on Athens itself he com
mented:
“Athens is a trade center for
farm people within' a radius of
40 miles and a market handling
a large volume of produce and a
ot of money would mean much
to the trade people of Athens.”
21 injured By
Explosion, Fire
CHICAGO, July 3—(AR)—An
estimated 40 per cent of the pro
ductive capacity at the huge Car
negie-Illinois Steel Company was
knocked out today by an explosion
and fire that injured 21 workers,
four seriously.
Police Commissioner Michael J.
J. Corrigan estimated damage at
“near a million dollars.”
Soon after the explosion oc
curred police said they had a re
bort that two bodies were buried
in the debris. However, a company
check showed all the workers were
accounted for. The company said
there were no fatalities.
The South side steel plant, sec
ond largest in the nation, is a sub
sidiary of U. S, Steel. It produces
4,500,000 tons of steel a year.
COMMUNIST PROBE
WASHINGTON, July 3.—(AP)
—A nation-wide investigation to
€xpose and smash the “poison
tentacles of Communism” in Am
erican labor unions was announ
ted today by Chairman Hartley
(RN.J.)) of the House Labor
Committee.
Three “Better Than
Bills Are Signed By
WASHINGTON, "July 38 —
(AP)—President Truman signed
three major bills into law today,
but he bit off some more sharp
triticism of Congress as he did
The new laws will:
I. Raise the pay of some 1,~
300,000 federal employes.
2. Establish a new and lower
fia}rm price support system in
50.
3. Continue the terms of.the
five atomic energy commission
€rs fwo more years. v
Mr. Truman said, in effect,
that the bills were better than
nothing—but not much.
The pay bill gives $450 a year
laises to 480,000 postal workers
and $330 boosts to about 840,000
tlassified civil service employes.
Mr. Truman said the ‘blll
“meets neither the needs of the
employes nor those of the gov
tfrnment.” But, he said, Congress
had failed to enact legislation to
hold down the cost of living, and
it is only fair that the federal
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
* * * » » A
CLARENCE ROBERTS NAMED
ATHENS CHIEF OF POLICE
Clarence Roberts is Athens’ new Chief of Police today, succeeding
E. Weldon Wood, who retired recently.
He was appointed to the position Friday afternoon at the regular
monthly meeting of the Civil Service Commissioners. Since Chief
V:’lpofd’s retirement, Roberts had been serving in the capacity as acting
chief.
Chief Roberts accepted the position with the statement, “I will serve
Athens to the best of my ability.”
Chief Roberts was born in Clarke County on June 30, 1900. His
father was connected with the Southern Railroad and the Central
Railroad. Chief Roberts was married on August 25, 1924 to the former
Miss Nellie Louise Baugh,
They have one son, Clarence Roberts, jr., who is 18 years old and
has completed one year of college work at the University of Georgia
after graduating from Athens High School June ’47.
Starting on the local police force on September 15, 1930, Chief
Roberts was transfered to the motorcycle division on August 15, 1931.
He left the motorcycle division. 'n February 23, 1940 and was elected
a Captain in the police force.("o muary 29, 1943 Chief Roberts was
made assistant chief of policy?\? -
His next assignment wags 5 & Ut in charge of the detective division
and identification burear ¢ 6’? ceived this appointment on October 1,
1947. On this assignm~ Qf\é' <t up fingerprint files which have been
an exceptionally gor fi"“ ¥ .0 the department.
Bush 1 lled
New Li .
Alexander Bush was installed as president of the Ath
ens Lions Club by Hampton McGibbony, past district
governor and first president of the Greensboro Lions
Club, at the meeting of the local group this week. g
Prior to the installation cere
monies Lion McGibbony thanked
the Athens Club for having or
ganized the Greensboro group
several years ago and told of the
many accomplishments in his
city made possible through the
efforts of the Lions Club there.
Ofner officers installed at the
meeting were: J. W. Matthews,
first vice-president; Roy Curtis,
second vice-president; J. W.
Henry, third vice-president; Ar
thir Oldham, secretary; J. H.
Hubert, jr., treasurer; O. W.
Taylor, lion tamer; and J. C.
Stiles, tail twister.
Members of the Board of Di
rectors are; Henry Rosenthal,
Eugene A. Epting, Col. F. W.
Whitney, T. R. Hagler, and Out
going President R. C. Ray.
The committees of the club
are:
Club Committees
Committees under Ist vice
president J. W. Matthews; At
tendance—Chairman, C. M. Rid
lhuber J. C. Stiles, R. H. Kim
brell, F. W. Whitney, W. D.
Hicks, R. G. Harper: Finance —
Chairman, J. H. Hubert Roy,
Curtis, Henry T. Aiken, S. E.
Patat; Membership— Chairmany
C. T. Crowe, Sam A. Hale, Hoyt
Butler, Cecil J. Maddox; Pro
gram—~Chairman, Roy W. Curtis,
e i i e i
See picture page three.
T. R. Hagler, Millard F. Sea
graves, Coile Brown, W. T. Ray,
Warren Lanier, C. Elrod Sims;
Constitution and By -Laws —
Chairman, Eugene A. Epting, W.
T. Ray, Arthur Oldham, Robert
E. Moore W. P. Tolbert; Greet
ers — Chairman, O. W. Taylor,
Clyde D. McDorman, Henry Der
rick, J. L. Pendley, F. C. Hen
son, B. A. Shockley, R. B. Weil.
Committees under 2nd vice
president Roy W. Curtis; Lions
Education — Chairman, Arthur
S. Oldham, Horace Smith, J. W.
0. McKibben, Henry Rosenthal;
Convention — Chairman, Sam
A. Hale, Harry Loef, Walter
Crawford, Felton Christian, Ray
mond E. Sharp, R. Lamar Pend
ley, E. P. Thompson; Sight Con-'
servation and Blind— Chairman,
Lewis P. Chick, G. H. Bell R. C.
Ray, G. F. Stephenson, Roy E.
Cooper; Boys and Girls—Chair
man, Roy H. Gill, Sam B. Wil
son, Warren Lanier, John T.
Young, R. H. Kennon, Thos. E.
Shutze; Citizenship and Patrio
tism—Chairman, F. W. Whitney,
sack Wells, Harold Wheeler, H.
A. Farmer, W. R. Pate, J. E. Pat
man; Military Affairs — Chair
man, F. M. Armstrong, Eugene
A. Epting, J. H. Hubert, C. K.
(Continued On Pag, Three)
workers be given some relief.
The President objected strong
ly to the flat same-for-every
body wage raise. He said it nar
rowed the scope for advance
ment.
The Farm Bill in general con
tinues the present government
support prices for crops until
1950, when lower props will be
put into use.
Half-Way Job
The President said the new
law only partially meets the
problems of American farmers.
For example, he said, it fails to,
provide adequate funds to
strengthen the soil conservation
program and to carry out market
research. He also said it should
have included a standby program
for improving the diets of low
income families.
Expressing equal reluctance,
he signed the Atomic Energy
Commission Bill. He said it
wasn’t in the best public interest
“since it invests the atomic eri
ergy program with an aura of
Associated Press Service
Skelton In
Race For
Solicitorship
HARTWELL, Ga., July 3—
(Special) — Carey Skelton,
Northeast Georgia attorney and
veteran of the European and Pa
cific theaters in World War. 11,
has qualified as a candidate for
Solicitor General of the Northern
Judicial Cfrcuit in the DemJ
cralic Primary September 8.
The Northe2as Circuit is com
prised of Elbert, Oglethorpe,
Madison, Franklin and Hart
counties.
Mr. Skelton, a practicing attor
ney since 1930, is a son of .the
late State Senator James P
Skelton, sr., and was a law part
ner of his father until the latter’s
death in 1939.
A native of Hart cuonty, Mr.
Skelton attended public schools
in Hartwell and was graduated in
law from Cumberland Univer
sity in 1939. He was admitted to
the bar the following year.
Enlisting in Battery “G” of the
National Guard in Elberton, Mr.
Skelton later became a member
of the 214th Coast Artillery anti
aireraft regiment in 1940, and
was called into active service in
November of that year, when the
National Guard was mobilized by
President Franklin D. Roosevell.
In the early part of the war,
Mr. Skelton served with the Am
erican forces in the South Pacific
and was in the famous Battle of
Guadalcanal. He later took part
in the war in the European thea
ter of action, serving with the
12th Corps of the Third Army
and was in the battles of North
France, Ardennes, Rhine and
Central Europe. He was awarded
the Bronze Star medal by the
General of the 12th Corps of the
Third Army for meritorious
Achicevement in action in Francel
and Germany. He received nine
battle stars during the five years
he saw active service.
Wide Legal Pyactice
With his late fathcr. Mr. Skel
ton took part in some of the
most important litigation in the
Northern Circuit, and since the
death of the senior Skelton he
has carried on the large practice
of the firm. In addition to his
law practice, Mr. Skelton has
been active in many public af
fairs, having been Chairman of
the Young Democratic Clubs of
(Continuea on Page Six.) ’
Nothing”
Truman
uncertainty and of partisan pol
itics.”
' The terms of AEC Chairman
| David E. Lilienthal and the
other four commissioners were
l due to expire August 1. Mr. Tru-
Iman, acting (under the =atomic
energy law, reappointed Lilien
ithal to a five year term and the
others to terms ranging from one
to four years. The Senate didn’t
act on his nominations and join
' ed the House in passing legisla
gtion extending the commission
' ers’ present terms to July 1,
| 1950.
i The effect of the new law is
‘to give the next president—who
lever he may be—the right to
{ appoint the commissioners to
i full terms.
i Mr. Truman explained he
isigned the bill only bacause the
inzifion's vital interest in atomic
| energy requires the limited con
, tinuity of leadership which this
' measure will allow.”
| “Politics and atomic energy
+do not mix,"” he observed. o .
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1948.
Albania Breaks Off Trade
Relations With Yugoslavia
U. S. Readies More Air Aid
To Berlin As Parley Fails
By The Associated Press
Albania broke off trade relations with Yugoslavia
and told its military, cultural and political commission
ers to leave as the country rapped back at its big neigh
bor yesterday (Saturday).
Yugoslavia said Albania’s actions were “brutal” and
“grossly insulting.” The bad feeling between the coun
tries began when Albania gided with the Cominform in
its blast against Yugoslavia’'s Marshal Tito.
For the second day, Yugoslavia
declared it will hold Albania re-l
sponsible “for &all consequences.”
The Belgrade radio broadcast'
the largest exchange between the
two countries. Yugoslavia assert
ed that expulsion of its military
missions were told by Albamial
they had 48 hours to get out. |
Severance of trade, said Yugos
lavia, amounted to denunciation
cf economic agreements between
the two.
These agreements, Yugosiavia
went on, were signed in 1946
for a 30-year period.
The differences between the
countries was in big contrast to
Yugoslavia’s official attitude to-‘
ward Albania only last February.
Then Tito declared publicly that
(nyone who attacked Albania
‘would have to deal with Yugosla
via. |
‘ United Nations Balkans com
mittee members said in Geneva
that they are looking for possible
changes in Yugoslavia’s attitude
toward Greece, in view of Tito’s
quarrel with the Cominform.
The Russians gave no satisfac
tion to the three western powers
when they tried to get assurances
as to when the Berlin food block
ade would be lifted.
Marshall Vassily D. Sokolovsky
refused to give them assurances
on any lifting of the blockade
during a 30. minute conference at
his Berlin villa, After the meet
ing the western powers went into
a brief hurdle on their own.
No Holiday .
Meanwhile, the airmen of the
\vestern Allies could look to a
pusy Fourth of July. Instead of
observing the traditional holiday,
they will continue to ferry sup
plies into the blockaded city.
' Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American
'military governor, commented on
the air lift, and recalled that
America kept an airborne supply
line high over the Himalayas to
China for 12 months of the war.
~ But the talks with Sokolovsky
left the prospect of an early liit
'ing of the blockade gloomy. At
‘the close of the conference an
American spokesman said:
“The situation remains un
changed.”
In Cario the Arab league of
fered counter-proposals to the
peace plan drawn by Count Folke
Pernadotte, United Nations med
diator. They were not made pub
lic immediately, and an Arab of
ficial said the Arab reply was
lengthy. In Bagdad, Sadiq Al
Lassam, Iraq defense minister,
rredicted war would begin again
in Palestine. The four-week truce
ends July 9.
l Palestine Deadlock
| “We do not accept any parti
tion of Palestine,” he said, ‘and
will never agree to creation of a
Jewish state as attemvoted there
in. We have a plan from which
we wi&never deviate, and which
we wilt carry out.”
Bernadotte said he expects the
Jewish reply either Sunday night
or Monday. :
In Tel Aviv, a spokesman for
Irgun Zvai Leumi, former under
grown extremist force, said it
will continue under arms only in
Jerusalem. It is pledged to make
and keep the city part of the
state of Israel, he said. \
Irgun’s legal successor, the
freedom movement, is to function{
solely as a political party and
campaign as such, the spokesman
said.
The Greek Army said in an an
nouncement from Second Corpsi
12-Year-Old
Found Strangled
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla,,
July 3.—(AP)—The body of 12-
year-old Earl Knowles, pin-set
ter at a bowling alley here, was
found today in the rear of a res
idence. al
He had been strangled with his
own trousers.
Navy officers announced a 19-
year-old sailor was being held in
connection with the slaying. The
suspect’s name was not revealed.
The boy’s body was found by
A. B. Geiger when he, went to a
garage on his property. Earth
marks ‘at the spot indicated a
terrific styuggle had taken place,
said Sheriff J. B. Hall.
The victim recently came here
from Folkston, Ga.
readquarters in Kozane that
Eptahorion, a key rebel defense
village in north Greece, had been
captured. The announcement said
it was the greatest victory since
the all-out campaign to crush the
Communist Guerrillas began last
month.
Governorship
As Talmadge
ATLANTA, July 3.—(AP) Young Herman Talmadge stepped out officially as a
candidate for Governor of Georgia today, pledging to remove the state from what he
termed “the clutches of unscrupulous political alliances, waste, graft and ineptitude.”
New Officers Assume First
Baptist Forum Class Duties
New officers of the Forum Class
of First Baptist Church, one of
largest men’s religious organiza
'tions in the state, have assumed
their duties with Jack Malcom suc
ceeding T. L. MeMullan in the
presidency, and Robert Bradberry
taking over the post of secretary
from H. B. Hammond.
Teacher of the class again this
year is the pastor of the church,
Dr. J. C. Wilkinson.
| Members of the Sunshine Com
' mittee are John Coile, chairman;
Garland Hulme and Jones Pur
cell. The Door Committee is com
prised of R. L. Miller, chairman,
and Walter Burpee.
The Collection Committee in
'cludes O. W. Russom, Dorsey
! Davis, Floyd Adams and Herman
| Nash, while Statisticians are C. D.
lChandler, J. E. Wiatt, Roy Gill,
King Crawford, W. H. Duncan and
Jack Glover.
Group captains, co-captains and
members of groups are as follows:
Group No. I—Guy Smith, Cap
tain; Fred Robbins, Co-Captains;
Bailey, W. H., Berryman, F. B,
gL’-reerh. C. C., Edwards, W. L.
Firor, G. H., Sulme, Geo., Long, H.
W., jr., Mann, H. H., Matthews, R.
H., McMullan, T. L., Messer, L. H.,
Mitchell, J. Harris, Mitchell, John
H., Russom, O. W., Saye, Harold,
Spratlin, W. T., Thomas, Aaron,
Whitley, L. L., Wiatt, Jack, Woods,
Sam W., Word, Walker.
Group No. 2—W. C. Thompson,
Captain; Garland Hulme, Co-Cap
tain; Booth, J. H., Bowen, S. S.,
Davis, Dorsey, Hammett, J. F,,
Harrison, Robert S., jr., Hoges, O.
L., Hopper, L. E., Hubert, J. H., |
jr., Jones, M. D., Johnson, R. W.,1
King, Frank, Langley, Archie,|
Lanier, Warren, McHugh, F. E,,
Patillo, R. S., Roberts, O. M., Saye,
Albert, Smith, J. A., Smith, J. Au
brey, Thompson, P. L., Weddell,
D
' Group No. 3—F. G. Honea, Cap-l
tain; Willis Fuller, Co-Captain;
Abney, H. T. Bailey, Roy, Ben
nett, H. W,, Brown, Mack T., Car
ter, J. P, Coile, John, Duncan, A.
0., Epting, Eugene, Haygood, O.
W., Johnson, Evans. King, Hillyer,
]
Christian
BY CURTIS DRISKELL
A full day of activities begins
this morning at eleven o’clock at
First Christian Church here and
will conclude at the special
ground-breaking services for the
new Christian College of Georgia
at 4:30 in the afternoon.
Several hundred representa
tive members and hundreds more
friends of the 125 Christian
Churches in Georgia will be
present at the three services of
the day, beginning with the
morning service and communion
at First Christian .Church and
terminating with the ground
breaking at the lot on Hull
street. Among the speakers of
the day will be U. S. Senator
Richard B Russell and Dr. Har
mon W. Caldwell, president of
the University of Georgia.
Edgar Craighead, Atlanta at
torney, will be guest speaker at
the morning service and com
munion at the church, and will
be introduged by Rev. Paul C.
Howle, pastor of the church and
secretary of the Athens Ministe
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News Hounds
Dz'sappoz'nted
In “Truman’ Tz'[)
BOSTON, July 2—(AP)—
An airline clerk at Logan
Airport glanced at a passen.
ger list today and excitedly
called the press room.
“Harry Truman is here
and is flying to England.”
The newsmen dashed out
to the runway where they
met Harry Truman—a Brit
ish chemical engineer not
President Truman,
Sensing the disappointment
of the newsmen, Truman
quipped:
“In Salt Lake City, 200
people were on hand to meet
me."
Matthews, J. W., McGarity, W. K.,
Mitchell, J. E., Rutherford, Judge,
Smith, P. M., Tolbert, C. S., Wick
liffe, Joe, Wiikinson, W. L., Woods,
Jack, Woods, Sam E.
Group No. 4—Norman Kennon,
Captain; F. H. Williams, Co-Cap
tain; Anderson, J. A., Barge, E. M.,
'Burpee. J. G., Chandler, Clarence
8., Cofer, H. L., Cooper, Wade,
Cullens, J. R., Davis, Harry,
’Glover, V J. Hopkins, W. J. Jack
son, C. W., Leathers, F. 8., Little,
} Claude, Nunnally, J. H., Ritchie, H.
'B., Rylee, Hubert M., Sailors, N.
'M., Tucker, Marvin, Wingfield, W.
S, B
. Group No. s—Walter Burpee,
Captain; B. E. Lungla(in, Co-Cap-~
tain; Arnold, Dar% iley, Harry,
Branyon, D. L., Caudell, J. E,,
Coffee, John ¥., Lotk A. B,
Cooper, H. G., Davis, Dorsey, jr.,
Doolittle, A. M., Duncan, W. H.,
Giddens, Joe, Lenoir, Jas. J., Mc-
Carson, G. B, McDaniel, J. E,
Morris, H. M., Suddeth, L: P.,
Thompson, Joe, Tolbert, R. H.,!
Wier, W. W., Wilkinson, Dr. J. C. |
Group No. 6—A. D. Wier, Cap
tain; A. G. Bass, Co-Captain;
Aderhold, O. C., Anderson, A. B,
Bonner, O. L., Bradberry, R. T.
“Bob”, Dunlap, M. D., Gailey, Geo.
W., Hall, O. D., Harper, Clifton E.,
Haygood, A. F., Lewis, Lamar, jr.,
Long, H. W. sr., Maddox, Cecil,
Malcom, Jack, Mills, Hugh, jr.,
Noel, W. C., sr., Spell, J. W., Skin
ner, L. 1, Wade, W. T., Wier, A.
W., sr.,, William, H. P., Williams,
Jas. B. i
Group No. 7—Lamar Lewis, sr.,
Captain; G. A. Booth, Co-Captain:]
Bedgood, W. R., Bolton, W. 0.,'
Bostwick, C. 8., Brown, Max T.,
Butler, S. H., Carter, W. C,, Cobb,
Henry, Cope, C. L. Crawford,
King, David, J. A., Davis, H. A,
Gaines, J. P., Harper, Clyde, Lance, |
H. N., Maxwell, C. E.,, Miller, R.
L., Pendley, J. L., Purcell, Jones,
Rainey, H. E, Ray, R. C.,, Whit
worth, C. H.
Group No. B—Roy Gill, Captain;
George Hancock, Co-Captain; Al
mand, P. A., Bolton, J. D., Eber
hart, L. W., Fanning, J. W,, Getz-[
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Gala Sheridan
Party Awaited
Today is the Fourth of July. Today is the 178 rd anni
versary of the beginning of the first war in which she
United States of America fought — a war that spelled
FREEDOM.
Tomorrow, a day for which
many here have waited is also
the beginning of freedom — a
personal freedom for a Clarke
countian who fought so that this
country would always remain
free. A Clarke countian who
fought and lost his legs.
The official theme of tomor
row’s freedormm commencement is
Race
Makes
His long-expected entry into a
probably stormy campaign came
ata quiet luncheon. Forty fermer
classmates at the University of
Georgia law school gathered to
daunch the drive and pay Her
man’s SSOO qualifying fee.
At the same time, acting Gov
ernor M. E Thompson kicked the
political ball a bit with his for
mal resignatiom as lieutenant
gevernor. Thompson, Talmadge's
top opponent, stepped down from
the second post, win or lose in
the September 8 Democratic pri
mary.
~ Under the Georgia Constitu
tion, Thompson as lieutenant
governor has been serving as
Acting Governor pending a gen
eral election. If the acting gov
ernor chooses mnot to run for
governor, he may revert to the
ileutenant governorship upon
choice of a successor as execu
tive.
For Talmadge, 34-year-old law=-
ver-farmer-politician wfho has
never been a 'candidate before,
ithe luncheon marked fulfillment
of an 15. months-old threat to
toke his case to the people, his
“court of last resort.”
~ He dramatically surrendered
the governor’s office in March,
1947, after the Georgia Supreme
Court rultd he had seized execu
tive power and wielded it illegal
ly for two months.
A tumultuous legislature had
attempted to seat Herman after
the death of his famed father,
Eugent Talmadge, red - gallused
“white supremacy” champion who
had been elected governor a
forrrth time.
Lieutenant-Governor Thompson
won the office in the courts, how
ever, pending this year’s election.
They will battle before an esti
mated one million voters this
summer for the remaining two
vears of the elder Talmadge’s
term.
Bulletin
NEW YORK, July 3 -—(AP)—
Agreement on a new contract
covering 80,000 miners in Penn
sylvania’s anthracite fieids was
reached here tonight by negotia
tors for the United Mine Workers
and hard coal operators,
HOME
BY HOKE SMITH MAY
Is On
Entry
“He gave his legs; let us give
him a home.”
Tomorrow is Lee Sheridan
Day. And it is of no little im
portance here. It is of great im
portance to Lee, for whom a
grateful citizenry is building 2
home. But it is also important to
every person who plans to at
tend the gala festivities which
will highlight the day. Because
it is going to be one of the big
est entertainment programs ever
presented in this section of the
state.
There will be fireworks—the
largest and longest array of sky
rockets, roman candles, go devils,
pin wheels, canon crackers, aero
bombs and huge standing dis-.
See picture. and Mayor’s Pro«
clamation on page thx;ge.
plays to which-a match has ever
been placed in this section. It
will be a full heur display cost
ing SI,OOO.
Governor Melvin E. Thomp
son will be here, and will deliver
a short patriotic address. He is
to be accompanied by State Ad
jutant General Alpha Fowler.
| The Commanding General of the
tThird Army, General Alvan Gil
lem is to be on hand along witly
nis Chief-of=Staff, Brig. General
George W. Smythe. George
Poschner, outstanding University
jof Georgia All-American Foot
ball star who lost the use of his
legs in the war, is flying down
’from Washington for the cere~
{ monies. University President
Harmon W. Caldwell will be an
'honor guest as will 29 Ameri
can Legion Post Commanders
'f!‘om this area.
During the evening members
of the crack-drilled Drum and
Bugle Corps from Atlanta Legion
i Post No. 1 executes with amaz
ing accuracy the formations and
movements which have made
them famous. This group not
{only is one of the largest drum
land bugle corps in the South,
but one of the most honored,
having won numerous awards at
American Legion National Con
ventions.
D. Weaver Bridges, general
chaiman of the drive stated that
there would be a section reserved
(Cintinued On Page Three)
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair tnd hot today and
Monday.
GEORGIA—CIear to part- -
ly cloudy and conthme:; “hot.
Sunday and Menday, widely
scattered thundershowers
Monday aftermoon .
TEMPERATURE
Highest .ey g vt 200
Lowest | ..uligivii.vii Al
Méian ... . e s asisae
Normaal .5 o s s .70
RAINFAILL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since July'l .. .o 48
Deficit since July 1 .. .. .68
Average July rainfall ... 5.13
Total since January 1 ...32.11
Excess #fnce January 1 .. 5.94
