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By The Associated Press
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
who once talked Republicans out
of throwing his hat into their
presidential ring, watched silently
today as a Democratic Ike-for
president boom surged forward at
headlong speed. Wt
President Truman—the man the
Eisenhower supporters would re
place as a party candidate—was
silent too.
But as he headed for a Missouri
speaking engagement, a top aide
said the President was “absolutely
convinced” nothing would come of
moves to keep him from getting
the nomination. '
Although Mr. Truman was quot
ed as feeling that much o&the
Eisenhower boom could be traced
to Democrats who really were
packing Supreme Court Justice
Wwilliam O. Douglas, the general’s
supporters could point to some
concrete results of their drice.
Boom Continues ,
Without a word of support from
the retired Army Chief of Staff,
the number of delegates instructed
to cast convention ballots for him
climbed swiftly above the 100
mark, while additional Eisenhower
voices were raised on all sides.
The bandwagon got a heavy
shove yesterday in New Jersey,
where Democratic: leader F‘rank
Hague, vice chairman of the
Party’s National Committee, threw
the state’s 36 convention votes to
the general.
Hague told a hastily-summoned
meeting of the state’s party lead
ers.
“We cannot be successful with
President Truman as the candi
date. The people are clamoring for
leadership. They do not feel that
they have that leadership in the
President of the United States or
in the Republican nominee.?
“But they do believe they have
world leaderghip in the person of
Gen. Eisenhower.” .
A few minutes later, the meet
ing enthusiastically passed (1) a
draft-Eisenhower resolution and
(Continued On Pag= Five)
39 Perish
In Air Crash
LONDON, July s—(AP)~—Thir
ty-nine persons, two of them
Americans, were killed yesterday
11 a plane collision over suburban
London. It was Britain's worst ci
vil air disaster. The government
started an inquiry today.
Sir Edward Gent, British high
commissioner to the Federation of
Malaya, died in the crash. He was
returning to report on .pieaaing
violence in Malaya.
The two-four-engine air crafts
collided in ‘a raincloud, crashed
a mile and one-half apart and
burned with all aboard.
One was a Swedish Douglas
DC-6 of the Scandanavian Air
lines system on a regular Sunday
tlight irom Stockho'm and Cop
enhogen. It carried 25 passengers
and seven crewmen. SLOCKUULILL
and Copenhagen reports said the
passenger list iuciuded two Am
ericans—Frank Wederholt and
Gustay Richard Boerger (Ad
aresses not available).
The other pleane was a yoyal
Air Force York en rounte” from
Malta on the last leg of a flight
from Malaya. Aboard were six
RAF men and only one passenger
—Gent. pe
Shortly before the collission,
the puot of the Swedish plane
radioed that bceause of heavv
rain and low clouds he intended
to go back to Amsterdam.
The York,' a transport of a
type developed from bomber de
signs, had circled Norbolt Air
field for an aour, unable t> lend
because of pror visibility.
Thirty-seven bodies were re
covered’ overnight. They were
burned beycnd recognition.
GEORGIANS PACK ROADS
Weekend Death
Toll Reaches 335
By The Associated Press
. Georgians went all out to make
It a glorious Fourth.
Planes, buses, trains and high-
Ways were jam~-packed with those
taking advantage of the long week- |
end to visit the home-folks, or to
take it easy at some beach' or
Mmountain resort. |
The weather was clear to partly
cloudy—and continued hot. Widely
scattered thundershowers were
bredicted for Monday afternoon.
Georgia’s 22 state ' parks were
expected to play hosts to more
than 100,000 persons, with State
Parks Director Charley Morgan
estimating that the new Jekyll
Island - beach park alone would
draw at least 6,000 week-enders.
Patriotic and memorial obser-
Vances were held in scores of cities
and towns over the state—all coa
plete with the traditional fire
works, oratory, bands and flags.
Herman Talmadge was the
featured speaker in Franklin,
which also provided a barbeque,
baseball game and big fireworks
display.
Major Wayne Hinson of the
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GREETINGS, LEE SHERIDAN — Mayor Jack R. Wells and D. Weaver« Bridges,
general chairman of the Lee Sheridan Fund are shown above, greeting Lee, the
legless Clarke county, veteran for whom the citizens of Athens are building a home
through funds which are to be raised tonight at the gigantic home-building party
being staged in Sanford Stadium. .
lLLee Sheridan Celebration
Will Begin: At 8:30 Tonight
Y
4th QUIETLY
Athenians spent a quiet
Fourth of July Sunday in a
sweltering heat that saw the
temperature rise to 95 degrees,
hottest so far this summer,
from a low of 78 in the early
morning hours.
For the most part residents
stuck close to their homes and
stored up energy for the big
Independence Day celebration
opening with a baseball game
at the Ag Hill diamond this
afiernoon and climaxed by the
program of fireworks, music
§ and speaking in Sanford Sta
dium tonight. i
Police reported one of the
quietest Fourth week-ends in
years, with no cases of
viclence and only a handful
of cases being docketed for
drunkenness.
By The Associated Press
The weekend death toll mounted
to. 335 today with the peak of
homeward bound travel still to
come.
Traffic fatalities climbed to 195,
only 40 less than the 235 total pre
dicted by the National Sagety
Council for the three-day period
ending tonight. There were only
two known deaths from firéworks
but drownings: totaled 100 and
miscellaneous accidents caused 38
deaths: ' . .
The peak of travel homeward
from lakes and other resorts was
expected to be reached early to
day. :
The reported deaths by states
since 6 p. m. local time Friday
night (traffic, drownings, fire
works and miscellaneous in that
order) included:
Alabama 3 3 00; Florida 52 0 1;
Georgia 2-0 0 0; South Carolina
610 2; Tennessee 3 4 0 0. -
e
Georgia Highway Patrol put all
’patrol cars on the road in an effort
to hold accidents to a minimum.
Associated Press Service
' Tonight is the night. Toni
everyone has waited.
At 8:30 o'clock in Sanford
Stadium tonight everyone at
tending the gala extravaganza in
honor of Lee Sheridan, will be
welcomed in grand style with
the blazing: of fireworks, the
likes of which have never been
witnessed here before.
Fireworks — Yes — and, the
band will play — a crack pre
cision-drilled Atlanta Legion
Drum and Bugle Corps; the.
largest and one of the most
honored organizations of its type
in the Southland. ;
Many celebrities will be on
hand.
Governor Mlevin E. Thompson
is coming over to deliver a
short patriotic address, accom
panied by State Adjutant Gen
eral .Alpha Fowler. The Com
mander of the Third® Army,
General Alvan C. Gillem 2nd
his Chief-of-Staff, ~Brigadier
Geéneral George W. Smythe, are
to be honored guests at the oc
casion together with former All-
American’ football star George
Poschner, University President
Harmon W. Caldwell, University
Line CoachJ. B, Whitworth, and
29 American Legion Post Com
manders from the surrounding
This afternoon at 4:15 on the
Ag Hill baseball diamond the
Silvey Motors team meets the
VFW team in a benefit game, for
the Lee Sheridan Fund.
Today lis the long-awaited
celebration. Lee Sheridan Day is
here. The show is going to be a
great one, and the cause ‘o
which it is being sponsoifd is
one 'of .the most ~worthy for
which funds have ever been
raised.
Remember: “He gave his legs;
let us give him a home.”
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and contin
ued hot tonight and Tuesday.
Slight chance of thunder
. showers this afternoon and
again Tuesday.
GEORGIA—CIear to part
ly cloudy »nd centinued hot
teday, tonight and Tuesday:
widely scattered afternoan
_and evening thundershowers.
. TEMPERATURE
Hithest .~ fisiid 0D
Eoptrest . il e ..68
Mol \ior dcahiain s
Normal .. L e
RAINFALL
Inches st 24 hours .. .. 00
Total since‘July 1 .. .. .00
Deficit since July 1 . .. 85
Average July rainfall .. 5.13
Total since January 1 e B
Excess since January 1 .. 811
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Contest Winner To Be Named This Week
Several hundred slogans have
Leen suggested to thie Chamber
of Commerce Industrizi Commit
tee to advertise Athens and win
ners in the Siogan Contest will
be znnounced some iime this
week, it was announced today.
Three prizes will be given to
winners in the Contest, a $50.00
security bond; $25.00 security
vond and $10.06 in cash.
L. M. .Shadgeit, chairman of
ithe sub-committee conducting
the Contest and W. A. Mathis,
general chairman oi the iudus
trial committee deciared today
the large number of entries in the
Contest demonstrates the ‘re
newed interest” in promoting the
irdustrial development of Athens.
D. Weaver Bridges, president
of the Chamber of Commerce al
so expressed’ that organization’s
gratification over the interest be
ing shown by the citizens of Ath
ens in the Chamber’s efforts to
bring more - industries to this
community. “This-town is really
going after new industries’, Mr.
Bridges said. “I have never seen
anything like it.”
The Committee on Industries
includes Mr. Mahis, Swanton Ivy,
L. M. Shadgetit, Durward Wat
son, Thomas M. Tiliman, Smiley
Wolfe, Howell Erwin, jr., L. H.
Christian, O. M. Roberts, jr., Berl
Braswell, Julian Cox, J. B. Alex
ander, and Frank Hodgkinson.
ATHENS, GA.,, MONDAY, JULY 5, 1948.
ht is the night for which
b * *
NOTICE TO
CITIZENS
At the regular meeting of
City Council Tuesday at 8
o’clock in the Council Cham
ber at City Hall, the matter
of changing th[’azoning ordi
nance on Milledge Avenue
will be brought up.
All citizens interested in
protecting their property,
whether on Milledge Avenue,
or any other section of town,
are urged to be present to
help prevent any change be
ing made in the present or
dinance relative to zoning on
Broad street approaching
Milledge, since if changes
are made in this ordinance,
preperty on any other resi
dential street in the city will
mot be safe from business
encroachment.
Hopes Wane F.: Extension
Of 4-Week Truce In Palestine
Arabs, Jews
Ready To
Renew Battle
- CAIRO, July s—(AP)—Count'
Folke Bernadotte asked Arabs
and Jews +today to extend the !
armistice in Palestine. Both sidesl
were reported on good authority
to have rejected his partition
plan for a lasting peace. l
The four-weeks truce which
Bernadoite arranged as United]
Nations mediator expires Fri
day. ‘
He also asked the Jews and
Arabs to agree that the Holy City
of Jerusalem and the port, ter
minal and refinery facilities of
Haifa be demilitarized.
Bernadotte appeared hopeful,
despite the apparent rejection of
his lasting peace plan. If the
Arabs and ‘lsrael agree to a truce
extension, a conference will set
the length of time it will last,
. Jews Arrive
U. N. observers watched 2,200
Jews file from the S. S. Pan York
in Haifa. They came from in
ternment camps on Cyprus,
where about 200,000 other Jews
await - passage to Palestine. They
had been interned there by the
British during the mandate per
dod while trying to enter Pales
tine without visas, The Pan
Crescent was enroute to Haifa
‘with 2,000 more Jews.
| Arabs gave Count Bernadotte
their reply and a counter-propo
sal Saturday night. The formal
Jewish answer was expected in
‘Tel Aviv today or tomorrow.
The Arabs gave him a counter
proposal. Neutral diplomatic
sources expected the Jews to do
the same. The recommendations,
not final, were offered only as a
“basis for discussion.”
Truce Broken
A new outbreak of war was
;fi?dten'ed-in the Holy- Land: The
four week truce arranged by
Bernadotte ends Friday. Both
sides prepared yesterday to fight
again. In Jerusalem the truce
was broken for 12 hours as Jews
and Arabs exchanged gunfire.
His proposals would partition
Palestine and create an Arab-
Jewish economic union, as under
the U. N. Assembly’s plan. They
would change the plan to revise
boundaries, ‘throw Arab Pales
tine in with Trans-Jordan and
put Jerusalem under Arab rath
er than international rule. They
would give the U. N. the final
say on immigration. |
British Money
Reserve Dwindles
.~ LONDON, July s.—(AP)—Sir
Staffcgd ~ Cripps, Chancellor of
the #xchequer, told Parliament
today the sterling area gold and
dollar reserves have dwindled to
473,000,000 pounds ($1,892,000,-
000).
Spending of these last ditch
reserves during the last six
months ended June 30 totalled
254,000,000 pounds ($1,016,000,-
000). Some of the loss was re
gained by a 22,000,000 pounds
($88,000,000) grant under the
Marshall Plan. :
His report opened a two-day
debate in Commons on the Mar
shall aid agreement. British
representatives are to sign the
accord in Washington Tuesday
lnight.
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picture above are, standing: President D). Weaver Bridges, J. B. Alexander, W. A.
Mathis, chairman of the Committee on Industries; Howell C. Erwin, jr. Seated:
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VICTORY CUP — Victor
iously waving her trophy at
you is Parisian beauty Jack
queline Morency, 20, who
was named “Miss Bathing
Beauty of 1948.” Jacqueline
is 1 hairdresser.
Gun Acecident
Proves Fatal
Newell Barnett, 47, well known
resident of Bishop, was killed by
the accidental discharge of a gun
as he and his son were cleaning
several guns on the front porch
of the Barnett home late Sunday
afternoon.
Funeral services will be held
from the Bishop Baptist Church
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’cldck
with Rev. W. S. Hayes, Baptist
pastor, assisted by the Rev. Mr.
Vincent, Baptist pastor, officiat
ing.
Interment follows in Bishop
cemetery, Bernstein Funeral
Home in charge of arrange
ments. Pailbearers will be W. B.
Rice, W. W. Prickett, F. L. Mec~
Donald, J. L. Seagraves, H. H.
Martin and J. D. Strickland.
A native of wWackson county.
Mr. Barnett is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Chessie Dellinger
Barnett; two . daughters, Miss
Jeanette Barnett, Atlanta, and
Miss Betty Barnett, Bishop; one
son, Talmadge Barnett, Atlanta;
a sister, Mrs. J. R. Hancock, Ath
ens.. and two brothers, W. H.
Barnett, Watkinsville, and Joe
Barnett, Bishop.
Mr. Barnett was a member of
Civitan International and one of
the mostly bignly respected cit
izens and best known in the com
munity. .
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
400 Planes
Feed Berlin
The Russians were reported planning protests today
over the Allied use of nearly 400 food planes to feed the
2,000,000 Germans the Soviets threaten with starvation.
The Yugoslavs lodged new protests with Albania and
Czechoslovakia over their endorsements of the Comin
form’s attacks on Premier General Tito.
Albania broke trade relations
with her bigger neighbor and
demanded a Yukoslav mission
leave. Supporters of Russia and
Tito were reported to have
fought in Trieste territory.
The July 4 holdover holiday
gave U. S. ground troops in
Germany a ‘rest, but fliers kept
hard at their jobs. The Russians
were reported drafting asser
tions that the great fleet of food
pianes was violating flying rules
by which Allied planes have ac
cess to ‘Berlin through an air
corridor. A Russian dispatch
said' Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky
had sent a letter to Gen. Lucius
D. Clay the U. S. military gover
nor, on the subject train and
barge and road traffic to the
city, deep in the Russia occupa
tion zone, rentained ishout won
this 17th day of the land block
ade. .
The Russians are trying to
freeze the Western powers out
of Berlin and perhaps make it
a capitel of a new Eastern Ger
man State of which theyv have
been talking.
The British Cabinet again
considered the crisis. There were
indications the Russians wanted
another four-power meeting of
Foreign Ministers to talk about
Germany. These normally be
came deadloes.. .and.. ’ffimm
‘for Russian prsopaganda tter
ances. .
Yugo Showdown
Yugoslav Communists appear
ed angling for a showdown in
Eastern Europe. They invited all
Communist parties to attend
their July 21 Congress. The
Cominform ecriticism of Tito as
a heretic from the Marx-Lenin
line as advocate of @ "jateful
policy” toward Russia and as a
suspect of flirting with the
west was sure to be a prime
topic. The Yugeslavs termed the
charges “lies and slander.”
A Bulgarian newspaper asked
the Yugoslav Communists
whether they planned to stay
behihd the Iron Curtain or seek
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Four Injured
in Ranch Blast
SHEBOYGAN, Wis., July 5—
(AP)—Four persons were in ser
ious condition at St. Nicholas
Hospital today as the result of
burns suffered in an explosion
at a mink ranch.
Attendants said the condition
of Wilfred Kalmerton, 53, of
Sheboygan, was critical. Burns,
they said, covered three-quarters
of his body. ‘
Others suffering from third
degree burns are Ralph Hobbs,
25, and his 'wife Clara, 21, who
lived at the ranch on Route 3,
Shebdygam, and Louis Gurtman,
22, of Route 1, Oostburg. All
were being treated for serious
shock in addition to their burns.
HOME
By The Associated Press
Red Freeze
300 Attend
All - Day
Ceremonies
By CURTIS DRISKELL
The Christian College of Geor=
gia has taken its first step tow
ard becoming a reality today.
Just a few feet from the pro=
tective shade of a stately mag
nolia tree that will later add
beauty to its campus, the first
earth for the new building was
spaded yesterday. Ten outstand
ing members of the TChristian
Churches of Georgia took part
in the impressive ground-break
ing ceremony that climaxed a
tull day of activity here.
Mayor Jack R Wells welcom~
ed the more than 300 visitors to
Athens and pledged the full co
operation of the city toward the
advancement of the Christian
College in its program to edu-=
cate Christian leaders.
Senator Richard B. Russell, in
a 45-minute adress before the
grouncd - breaking exercises,
stressed the fact that “it is im
possible to overemphasize the
need for the right kind of edu=
ea 0 e = et oki &
| &:ator Russell named as the
three pillars of Democracy the
home the Church, and the pow
er of education, and said that to
curb the rights of any one of
the three was to deny the rights
of ireedom for .all
Senator Russell mentioned the
insistende of some who opposed
the teaching of any sort of reli
gion in thé public schools, and
sdil that a recent Supreme Court
ruling to deny any kind of reli
gious training in the school
would “circumscribe the rights
set forth in the Constitution of
the United States.” .
Such a ruling, he asserted,
would prohibit even the repiti
tion of the Lord’s Prayer in the
classroom.
“Through six bloody wars, the
sons and daughters of America
have carried this banner of stars
and strikes to victory,” the Sen=
ator said, indicating tne Flag of
the United States that decorated
the platform. “We should ex
press our efernal gratitude to
our founding fathers for the es
tablishment of the Declaration of
Independence and the Constitu
tion. The patriotism of those
men must not be lost.”
Senator Russell told the audi
ence of several hundred that
“millions of starved and op
pressed are turning their faces
toward the United States in
prayer. We must not fail those
lpeople,” he declared. “We must
refresh ourselves in the faith of
}our fathers.”
| The benefits jof the College to
lall the students of the University
of Georgia were cited by the
Congressman, and it was point
ed out that “through the work
started here today, the life of
every University sftident is pos=
sibly bettered.”
The Reverend E. N. Anthony
was in charge of the ground=-
}breaking ceremonies that took
' place immediately after the ad
dress by Senator Russell. Ten of
'the Christian leaders of Georgia
}who have given rauch of their
time and efforts toward the be
ginning of the Cellege took part
in the exercises. Mrs. Stanley R.
Grubb, wife of the late Reverend
Stanley Grubb, was the first to
turn aside a spadeful of earth.
Tt was in the mind of the late
Reverend Grubb that the idea of
the Christian College of Georgia
was first formed, Reverend An
thony brought out. Z
Following the breaking of
ground, the audience joined in
singing the “Doxoclogy” and were
dismissed by the benediction of
Rev. Paul C. Howle pastor of
the First Christian Chruch here.
In the morning and early
afternoon services preceding the
ground-breaking, guests had
cpportunity to hear Edgar Craig
head, Atlanta attorney, who de=
livered the morning address at
the Church; Rev. Cecii Denny,"
who spoke on “Christian Educa
tion, the Hope of the World” at
the early aftarnoon service; Rev.
Robert Burns, of Atlanta: Dr.
Harmon W. Caldwell, president
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