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Newspaper Page Text1-INCH MIDDLING .... 31 1-8¢ Vol. CXVI, No. 184. Berliners Hit Moscow Pact Appeal To Western Powers Not To Give Soviets City Control BERLIN, Aug. 12.—(AP)—Blockaded Berliners have appealed to the Western Powers to make no compromise in Moscow that might give the Communists control of the city. Four New Peacetime Draft Rules WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 — (AP)—lt's too late to volunteer for military service after a draft notice has been delivered. That's one of four peacetime draft rules announced by Secre tary of Defense Forrestal yester day. The others: 1. Registrants who pass a pre induction physical examination will be called no sconer than three weeks from that date—so they can settle personal affairs— and within 120 days—to make sure that the examination still holds good. If 120 ' days passes without call, they get another examination. 2. Those physicals will be giv en under current army regula tions, with assignment to duty according to physical ability. A general classification test will determine mental capacity. Min imum score: 70. 3. Wherever possible, the in ductee will be given a chance to name the branch of service he wants. Forrestal said the armed forces will continue to accept voluntary enlistments, except for men who already have received notice to report for pre-induction examinations. The army will handle both the induction program and the vol unteer enlistments. | This means the Army will have overall responsibility for the joint induction systems, Army- Air Force reecruiting main sta= tions will serve as joint induc tion stations for the armed forces in addition to Army-Air- Force voluntary enlistment func tions. | This does not mean the Navy- Marine recruiting system will be supplanted by Army-Air Force supervision. The Navy and Ma rines will continue to sign up volunteers but do not expect now to take draftees for some months to come. Currently these two branches are getting more volun teers than they can take in. Forrestal said the use of Ar my-Air Force stations for over all inductions besides their own volunteer program will eliminate the need for a new organization, additional offices and personnel to handle the manpower prob lem. Weather Plane Reported Down GUAM, Aug. 12—(AP) — A four engine Navy Privateer with a crew of nine and two caerolo gists aboard was missing today on a weather reconmaisance flight 450 miles north ‘of Guam. The big plane, the Navy’s ver sion of a Liberator bomber left the naval air station at Agana this morning and was due back shortly after noon. Planes of Fleet Air Wing One started a search for the plane when it failed to return. FBI Accused “ ; . Of Kidnaping MOSCOW Aug. 12 — (AP) — Pravda accused the U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation today of kidnaping two Soviet school teachers. Devoting nearly a full page to the cases of Mrs. Osksana Step anovna Kosenkina and Mikhail Ivaovitch Samarin, Pravda charged the United States with “gangster tactics.” 4 ATHENS AND VICINITY Partly cloudy and contin ued warm and humid this afternoon, tonight and Fri day with little or no rain. GEORGIA — Partly cloudy today, tonight and Friday, 2 few scattered thundershow ers in the afternocox; contin ued warm with slightly higher temperatures in ex treme north portion this aft €rnoon, TEMPERATURE Hightild it Jaif oo .52 Lowest Ty ncv. 0. 09 Malifi eSI oias vee N 1 Nofmal . s+f%ngs ... ..718 RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00 Total since August 1 ... 3.21 Excess since August 1 .. 141 Average August rainfall . 4.67 Total since January 1 ...41.41 Excess since January 1 .. 8.96 ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Some 5,000 Germans at a rally | in the U. S. sector last night/ cheered demand that no sett} ;o‘s ment be made in the Soviet: F'b ital at their expense. 'Il(:}» .\3”" ing was sponsored by th ¢ ’r vative Christian Democra ¢ Un ion (CDU). The chief speaker, CDU Chair man Jacob Kaiser, asserted the Russian blockade has made Ber lin “an island in a red sea—but an island which will not surren der.” “Russia ruined its chances for winning understanding with all upright Germans by its acts here in the conquest of Berlin and afterwards,” said Kaiser, a vet eran trade union leader. In London, diplomatic inform ants said the Western Powers will give their answer to Soviet ideas for a Berlin settlement in the Kremlin possibly today. They said the meeting may spell the success or failure of the Moscow talks. In the Soviet capital itself au thoritative sources said the rep resentatives of the United States, Britain and France would meet soon again with Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.. Mlootov to dis cuss further the Berlin deadlock and kindred subjects. Secrecy swrrounded develop ments covered thus far toward settling the East-West differen ces. Firm Stand Sought Kaiser told the rally in Berlin last night the Western Powers had made “mistake after mis take beginning with Yalta” in dealing with Communism and demanded they now stand firm and uncompromising. Ferdinand Friedensburg, Chris tian Democratic deputy mayor of Berlin, told the. ¢ro e would be no compromise gth the Communist minority, trying to wrest control of the city from the anti-Communist elected gov ernment. “We are going to fight to the bitter end,” he said. “We could move the city government out of the Russian sector of the city over to western Berlin, but we wiil not. We will stand fast and do our duty to the city as true Democrats.” The Russian - controlled press charged again today that the So viet plan to feed all Berlin was being “consciously sabotaged” by German officials and threatened to call them to ‘sternest ac count.” This was the second straight day the Russians have disclosed their food project was not run ning smoothly. Scarcely more than one percent of the 2,075,000 western sector residents have accepted the three-week-old Soviet food offer. The British-American airlift has been meeting food require ments for the blockaded western sector. Downward Farm Price Trend Points To Inflation Break All Commodities Below Recent Levels; Meat Prices Still High NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—(AP)—Is inflation being checked? Many farm prices recently have plunged below the bottom they reached during the February commodity price break, and in the opinion of many will not go up again. Reports this week of bouniiful crops seemed to confirm these forecasts. The notable exception, of course, is livestock, and consu mers can expect high prices for meat for some months. Farm prices are the traditional‘ be¥wether for all the prices the consumer has to pay. Historically they rise first and drop first in general price movements. ‘ Business leaders, economists’ and Wail Street are all watching the nztion’s markets closely these days along with farmers, trying to figure out what lies ahead for thel whole economy. * They are watching to see whether industrial raw materials and other things that eventua‘}ﬁi figure in the cost of living will follow farm prices down -— O stabiize without further price in creases. | The overzll price structure fails to reflect some of the internal changes that have been taking | place, and these may be signifi- | cant for a% of us. : | For instance, the price of steel billets has gone to $52 a net ton | compared with $45 two months :go, but wheat closed yesterdayj at $2.20 bushel compared with $2.36 1-2 on June 11. | Corn Drops | Lead is 193 cents a poundi against 17.3 two months ago, but Associated Press Service I < »m Wb YR T“f » . | ‘q«- \-‘.._, &g& S X EaS e, 3 e 3 T e et A e -< B R ST o R i | g EE bR g R 5 ) - 3k bel e AR SO st b o BT B % : _.ﬁ'-.«;;;r S e éf**’ AT b Voo I & e e W R B R : 2D el BAR TR &&‘ B <D N o 4'-‘»".f-'\icl"s-:“5&‘:-:5‘3??@;1%’;;i..;iéf-;;{“.' N ! &N R o oo gee o o E : b ) | A SO S e e P S fuie o E L TRe i £ $ e ;- P W e - L ;i Ve R s o R E & ih* .TR B S . e & R -~ e RICH MAN ASKED TO LEAVE THRONE — Led by Premier Dr. Jivraj Mehta, the people and Parliament have asked the Gaekwar of Baroda (left), the second richest man in the world, to abdicate his throne in India and leave the country. The Gaekwar is reported to lave spent ten million dollars on luxurious living in Europe while his two million subjects were starving in one of the worst famines in the history of Indian native states. With the Gaekwar are his wife, the Ranee, and their son, Kumar Sayajirao. Bloch Says Arnall Voted For Wallace Speaker Says Arnall Influence Would Affect Thompson Regime BY HOKE SMITH MAY Banner-Herald City Editor Between 700 and 1,000 University students, Athenians, and residents of surrounding areas met in the Aphithea tre on Ag Hill last night to participate in a Herman Tal madge political rally sponsored by the Student Voters of Georgia, ‘a group-of-University studerts pledged to 'sup port Talmadge for Governor. Phil Cawthon, president of the sponsoring University group, in troduced several Athenians pres ent who included: Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge, Will W. Scott, D. Ed Massey, James Barrow and Dor sey Davis. Also among the guests seated on the speakers stand was State Demoeratic Chairman James S. Peters. Introducing Charles Bloch, principal speaker of the evening, William L. Erwin stated that the best interests of the state requir ed the election of Herman Tal madge as Governor. “It is quite a pleasure,” ‘he added, ‘“to be here and contribute what I can.” He said that everyone realized the worth, ability and integrity of the man he was introducing. Mr. Erwin reviewed the speak er’s college and professional -his tory, stating: ‘ “He has received the highest honors that the lawyers of this state can confer.” He said that Mr. Bloch has been secretary, treasurer and president of the Georgia Bar corn closed yesterday at $2.07 a bushei compered with $2.35 1-8 on June 1t Zinc is 15 cents a pound as against 12 cents two months ago but cotton declined from 38.2 cents a pound to 32.4. Because of the' conflicting trends, over all indices of prices tell only part of the story. The +atest . Associated Press week-to-week index of wholesale commodity prices stood at 189.02, with a 1926 base of 100 The In dex was at a high of 208.14 on Jan. 9 and reached a low of 184.81 on March 12 following the February break in commodities. But the six groups of commo dities making up the composite figures showed differing and even opposite trends. This table shows how the individaul groups be haved. Group Industrisi raw materils: now, i 78.66: Feb.-March low 170.88; January high 176.16. Non-ferrous metals: now 191.26: Feb.-March low, 167.11; January high 167.11. Livestock now: 264.74; Feb.- March low,. 201.63 (Apr. 2) Jan vary high 255.51, Textiles now: 165.95; Feb- March low, 185.18; January high, 944.32. SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY Association, and that he has served as chairman of the Judi cial Council, the duties of which include the recommendation of rules of trial practice and appel late practice for adoption by the (Continued On Pag=e Five) Arnall Praises Thompson’s Record Of Public Service Departing briefly from a radio speech in which he listed and praised the accomplishments of Governor M. E. Thompson in a career which began as a school teacher, former Governor Ellis Arnall last night took occasion to point out that the ‘“amazing lir. Charlie Bloch and Roy Harris both voted for Henry Wallace’s nomination for the vice-presidency in the National Democratic Conven tion of 1944.” Agricyd tural (grain, cottcn) now: 196.34; Feb.-March low, 207.62; January high, 259.16. Food staples, now: 151.85; Feb. March low, 146.26; January high, 165.58. Thus it can be seen that indus trial raw materials, including such items as steel bi'lets, lumber, cement, petroleum, soft coal and rubber, have advanced above the high of last January. So have the non-ferrous metals — antimony, tin, zinc, lead and copper. So have livestock ‘The food staples group—Eggs, sugar, cocoa, coffee, flour, lard and butter — is five points above the low reached after the Febru ary price break but nearly 14 points under the January high. Grains and cotton are 11 points under the February low and 53 under the January high. Textie are down 20 points from the March low and 7 under the Jan uary high. February’s break in agricul- tural commodities was too short lived to test the theory that oher commodities follow. The stimuius of the European recovery plan, the U. S. defense program and an income tax cut was followed by #nother general upward surge before the price drops could reach the retail level and affect the average man's living costs. The present down trend in ag riculturai’ products other than livestock may mean that the end of inflation can be charted. ATHENS, CA.. THURSDAY, AUCUST 12, 1948. “AMAZING MR. BLOCH” ALSO VOTED WALLACE, FORMER GOVERNOR ASSERTS Food Staples Spy Probers Planning Perjury Prosecutions Satisfied Some Witnesses Lying; Slate More Hearings WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. — (AP) — The House Un- American Activities Committee announced today that “preliminary steps” have been taken to prosecute some spy hearing witnesses for perjury—lying under oath. Chairman Thomas (R.-N.J.) also announced that Michael Ivanoviteh Samarin, former Russian school teacher, and his wife will be questioned by the commit tee in Washington instead of in New York, as originally planned. : On the perjury move, Thomas said George Morris Fay, United States attorney for the District of Columbus, has obtained a trans 'script of all hearings in the com mittee’'s current investigaticn of an alleged espionegge ring. Thom as said Fay is “particularly inter ested in the perjury ange.” Several committee members have demended that the Justice Department institute perjury pro ceedings. They said testimony has been so conflicting that it was obvious some one was deliberate ly lying. Thomeas did not say when the Samarins w7l be questioned but said it will be in executive ses sion, meaning behind closed doors. | Charles Kramar took that line when sent to the witness chair immediately after Thomas’ an nouncements. + A tafl red-haired man of 41, Kramar is now doing research work for the Progressive party, but from 1933 to 1946 worked for government agencies and three congressiongl committees. He was named by Miss Bentley and by Whittaker Chambers, an other confessed former Commun ist, as a member of the pre-war and wartime groups in Washing ton working with the Communist party and with Soviet espionage agents. . . Witnesses Silent . Kramar refused to say whether he is or ever has been a member of the Communist party. He also refused to say whether he recognized Miss Bentley, who stoor up in the hearing room. Still another off-shoot of the many-sided thriler put a writ of habeas corpus in the hands of the Soviet econsul general in New “Furthermore,” Mr. Arnall as serted, “Herman Talmadge voted for Henry Wallace for vice-pres ident in 1940 unless he bolted the Democratic Party as he did in 1946 when he was a sneaking, surreptious candidate for Gover nor against his own ifather.” The former Governor referred to his appointment of Mr. Bloch as Special Assistant Attorney General to defend the white pri mary, in a suit which was lost in federal court, and which brought forth from the late Eugene Tal madge bitter denunciations of Mr. Bloch who was accused by the elder Talmadge of losing the white primary case “on purpose” and “selling out the white peo ple” of Georgia. Mr. Bloch has made several speeches in behalf of Herman Talmadge in which he denounced Mr. Arnaii for supporting Henry Wallace for vice-president. Mr. Arnall declared that “Herman and his father disagree on the Amazing Mr. Blocn. Herman’s father called the Amazing Mr. Bloch an ‘unethical lawyer, and denounced him all voer the State. Herman says the Amaziffg Mr. Bloch is a ‘great guy. “But these are not important matters before the people,” Mr. Arnall said. “What is important are the qualifications of the Pre tender and Governor Thompson.” Arnall contrasted the public records of Governor Thompson and Herman Talmadge and said “I have had very direct personal contact with both of them within the Executive Office in your State Capitol. I have examined and watched their public records. I know their reputations and something of what we may ex pect ot each of them in public office.” In speaking of ~Thompson the (Continued On Page 2) York. : ! It commanded him to produce in State Superme court today ‘Mrs‘ Oksana Stepanovna Kosen kina, the Russian school teacher who is “resting” in the consulate after her “rescue” from an anti- Communist ‘White Russian re treat. To the surprise of no one, the Consul General, Jacob M. Loma kin, announced he would ignore the writ. Hands-Off Policy The State Department, idmit ting the incident is without pre sedent in American diplomatic history, took a completely hands ‘off attitude for the time being. - The consulate already has an-. nounced , however, that she will be going home on the very next Russian boat out of New York.i Aside from the furore over the “kidnapfng” incident, Lomakin has not explained why Soviet au thorities are so eager to have Mrs. Kosenkina back in Russia. In the case of Miss Bentley, the Kremlin had good reason to be suspicious of her. She has been unreeling testimo ny about working during the war for a ring that wormed secrets out of the government, zbout souring on Communism, telling what she knew to the FBI and then working secretly with the G-Men against her former Red contacts. .. - ‘ . Maybe, Mundt said, the Rus sians had been getiing suspicious 'because Miss Bentley at first had refused their money; and perhaps‘ they reasoned their suspicions would be confirmed if she tumed] cdown a trip to Moscow, | Five Perish In Air Crash TOPEKA, Kas., Aug. 12—(AP) —Five men were “killed and two seriously injured today in the crash of a four-engine Air Force plane two miles southeast of the Topeka air base. The craft crashed in flames shortly after taking off. Col. Albert F. Kalberer, com manding officer of the Topeka base, said the plane was on a routine training mission. Cause of the crash has not yet been determined, Kalberer said. Nine men were on the clearance list made out before the plane took off, but only seven actually were on the flight. Big Dope Raid On Mex Border EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 12—(AP) —U. S. Custom agents announced today the seized 69 pounds of marihuana, described as one of the rargest hauls ever made on the Texas-Mexico border The marihuana, if rolled into cigarettes, would bring an estima ted $70,000 at eastern and Pacific points, custom men said. Rogers Burton, 42, San francis co negro, was charged before U. S. Commissioner Henry Clifton with smuggling narcotics. The case was continued until Aug. 20. Bur ton was arrested yesterday. The agents estmated the loot totered 483,999 grains, They said that would make 70,000 cigarets. Prices in coastal cities, they said, average $1 per cigarette. The price in El Paso is 25 cents. Fourth Moscow Confab Siated MOSCOW, Aug. 12— (AP) — American, British and French Ambassadors visited the Krem lin today for another . talk with Soviet Foreign Minister Vya cheslav Molotov. U. S. Ambassador Walter B. Smith, French Ambassador Yves Chataigneau and the special Bri tish envoy, Frank Roberts, mo tore® together from the Ameri can embasy to the Kremlin for the appointment with Molotov at 5 p. m. (9 a. m. Eastern Standard Time). 3 It was the fourth time in two weeks the western representa tives have called upon Molotov for talks aimed at ending Soviet blockade of Berlin and a solu tion of other East-West differ ences in Europe. 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According to police, Hogan confessed the killing. Dixiecrats Gun For Texas Vote HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 12.—(AP)--States’ Rights Democrats, their presidential campaign officially under way, today concentrate their stategy on Texas’ 28 elec toral votes. Governor J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who last night formally accepted his nomination as the southerners’ Presidential candidate, speaks at 10 a. m. (CST) before a statewide mass meeting at which Texas campaignyfﬁegy Farmers Warned Against Army Worm Invasion . Atieniion, farmers of Clarke and neighboring coun ties! One of your old enemies may be preparing to invade your farm. The army worm, nemesis of many farmers in this region and dreaded by farmers of South Georgia, has been found in large num bers on at least one farm of Clarke County The type of worm found very much resembles a spe cies known as the fall army worm, an invader that hits North Georgia farms some what later than the South Georgia croplands. 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Texas holds the Soufh’s largest number of electoral votes, an im . portant block in the 127 vote, 11 state total on which Thurmond ~and his vice-presidential running ~ mate, Governor Fielding Wright of Mississippi, plan to concentrate. i Only a few hours before accept ing his nomination, Thurmond predicted the states righis &icket will collect more electoral votes ]than President Truman and placed the anticipated number of votes fat over 100. quisy Crowd It was noisy, Rebel yelling 'crowd of between 8,000 and 9,000 (that attended the rally last night 'in Houston’s big Sam Houston coliseum. § oo i | It was the city's first big poli iti('al rally in 20 years, the first {since the late former Governor Al lfred E. Smith of New York was nominated for President in 1928 by the gational Democratic Con vention. * e The Truman-Barkley ticket, as well as Thomas E. Dewey, the Re-~ publican nominee, and Henry A. (Wallace, the progressive party |leader, took -a beating in last ‘night’s speeches. > i Thurmond labeled the three parties as having brought “the new Russian look” to America, and told | the flag and banner waving crowd that “we sound a call for a return to Constitutional government in America.” # 3 $ Wright said the prineipal of states rights “is the only alterna tive to abject subjection..to. the Ityranny of dictatorships.” BRUISED BEAUTY Beautiful, but bruised, is the trademark of Marilyn Buferd, “Miss" America of 1946.” Marilyn, ~ making an Italian movie called “The Machine Which Eliminates Rogues,” slipped on the rocky beach at Amalfi, southern Italy. The film's direc~ tor finds she's still in pretty good shape. (Photo by NEA- Acme staff corre spondent Albert Blasetti.)

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, August 12, 1948, Home Edition, Image 1