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KEPT WATCH OVER “SLEEPING” MOTHER—Five-year-old Tommy Ander
son of Savannah, Ga., shows how he kept a lonely, three-day vigil over the body of
his mother, Mrs. Marion Anderson who, police say, shot herself to death in her
bedroom. Chatham County Coroner Harold said the woman apparently had
xilled herself last Wednesday. Friends, on a chance visit to the Anderson home,
found her Saturday night. Policeman G. B. Brinson said the body was lying across
a bed with a shotgun nearby. Tommy was wielding a {ly swatter to protect his
“sleeping mother,” Brinson said. Mrs. An derson was the wife of a merchant sea
man on the S. S. Pan-American, police said.—{AP Photo).
Fortson Declares Thompson
Foes Show They Are Beaten
“The Demagogue’s Odious Trump”’
Now Being Played, Athenian Says
Having ‘“sized up” the leading candidates for Gover
nor, the people “have made their choice” and they will
overwhelmingly return Governor M. E. Thompson to
office for another two years, Judge Blanton Fortson de*
clared in a rousing speech at the statewide Thompson
rally in Atlanta last night.
Even the opposition knows they.
are beaten, Judge Fortson assert
ed, “because now in their des
peration and despair they have:
brought forth again those ancient
and odious trump cards of the
demagogue, appeals to racial pre
judice, and bigotry, and hatred.”
The people have watched Gov
ernor Thompson' in office, they
have appraised his ' administra
tion and they have found he has
done a good job, the Athénian
pointed out. And for that reason,
the opposition “suddenly decided
that Governor Thompson's rec
ord was the only' thing they did
NOT want to talk about in this
campaign.”
The meeting was broadcast
cver a hook-up; including WGAU
in Athens, and will e re-broad
cast over WRFC, Athens, Tues
day at 12.o'clockit:.” % *
A big delegation "of Clarke
county and Northeast Georgia
citizens ‘went to Atlanta to hear
Judge Fortson and ‘Governor
Thompson - speak' and take ‘part
in the enthusiastic rally.
“I can not doubt that the bat
tle is all but won and that our
victory will be complete and
overwhelming,” Judge Fortson
asserted amid cheers of the big
crowd from all parts of the state
present to join in the rally. .
“The people of ‘Georgia know
that there is too much at stake to
decide this issue 7lightly and
carelessly or because of past loy
alties,” he said. “Thompson’s
strength shows that they are not
to be stampeded by 'propaganda
or distracted by appeals to racial
or class prejudice, nor extrava
gant promises, nor false issues to
divert attention from unsavroy
records.”
The full text of Judge Fortson’s
speech follows:
“Ladies and Gentlemen of Geor
gla:
“This gathering is a remarka
ble tribute to Governor Thomp
son and very stimulating to those
of us appearing on this pregram
with him, and I extend to you
his and our most hearty welcome.
“When 1 see among you men
and women from all over Geor
gia, and from almost every call
ing and profession, who have put
aside your personal business to
join in this campaign for the re
tention of good government ,in
Georgia, and remember that
there are hundreds, - yes, thous
ands of serious, sober-minded
beople like you in every section
of Georgia who are showing the
Same deep concern over the wel
fare of our state, I can not doubf
that the battle is alll But won and
that our victory will be complete
and gverwhelming.
“We are nearing the end of
this, in some respects, most pe
culiar campaign. On the one hand
We have one. candidate most anx
-ous to discuss his record, and on
the other hand another who
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
scarcely mentions his all. And
here is how it has come about:
Vacation From Politics
“When the Supreme Court of
Georgia ruled that M. E. Thomp
son was our legal governor he
immediately announced that as
far as he was concerned there
would be a vacation from poli
tics. He told us he would go
about the business of his job as
best he could, and that the peo
ple would decide how good it
was. He krnew and we knew that
Georgia had had enough politics
to last at least until this cam
(Continued on Page Two.)
Assorted Bosses
Youth, Age In
Talmadge Stats
BY CHARLES F. BARRETT
ATLANTA, Aug. 17.— (AP) —A young war veteran,
taking his first major role iu statewide politics, officially
heads the cast Herman Talmadge-has collected to stage
his bid for the governorship.
. A little more behind the scenes,
but smetimes credited with mas
terminding the show, is a veteran
who 'has helped elect every
Governor except one in Georgia
since 1936.
Titular campaign manager Er
nest Vandiver, 30-year-old Win
der attorney, has been a down
the-line Talmadge man since he
was old enough to strap red sus
penders. » ,
Although he hasn’t been in the
forefront before, he's no stranger
to politics. He worked for Tal
madge in past campaigns. Elected
mayor of Lavonia at 27, he staked
a claim to the title of youngest
mayor in Georgia.
The political veteran is Roy
Harris, short, Tubby Augusta
lawyer, often billed as a “king
maker.” In 1936 and 1938, he
fought the Talmadge camp and
helped elect TQ “Wivers as gover
nor_both times. (Rivers mow is a
kingpin in the campaign of Her
‘an’s ' opponent, Gov. M. E.
Thompson.)
Harris was inactive in 1940
when the late Eugene Talmadge
i'swept the state. He was back in
‘the thick of things in 1942, help
ing Ellis Arnall upset Talmadge
for Governor.
' Harris switched and backed
“Old Gene” in the boiling 1946
campaign. Gene won, and Harris
!kept his = batting average at
1,000. 3
The veteran and the reiative
youngster keep their fingers in
many phases of the complicated
business of vote-winning. Harris
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JUDGE BLANTON FORTSON
especially gelps tune up the Tal
madge orgay=fmm. in every
county and congressional district.
Vandiver especially presides
over campaign headquarters,
handshaking visitors and emitting
assurance of victory. |
The two chieftains symbolize
the remainder of the Talmadge
team. It’s a combination of older
hands well, .seasoned with exper
ience, and younger men especial
ly close to young Herman Tal
madge himself. .
A departure from routine is a
separate veterans’ division, head
ed by Billy Barrett with four and
a half years service in world war
11. A former Richmond county
legislator, and state— income tax
official under Gene Talmadge,
he sings the Talmadge song to
veterans groups. 3
Key Desk
Another key _desk at State
headqaurters 13 Tiiled by William
Kimbrough, who married Her
man Talmadge’s sister, Margaret.
A long-time Talmadge worker,
Kimbrough once helped with the
political . weekly, The -Statesman.
Now the Greenshoro lawyer sup
ervises publicity and Herman’s
stump-speaning schedule.
Bénton Odom, a close associate
of .Gene and son Herman, works
closely = with Kimbrough and
other headguarters chidftaing,
He’s ‘an attorney in Newton, in
Baker county.
Toping the women’s division
in the campaign’is Mrs. William
Healey, one of the Talmadge vet
| (Continued on Page I'we.)
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS. CA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1948,
Spy Probers Fighting Mad
Over Confererize "Leak
Solon Claims Committeeman
Violated Oath Of Secrecy
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. — (AP) — The House Un-
American Activities Committee seethed today with a
behind-the-scenes row over what one member called “a
violation of an oath” by a committee member or staff
aide.
Truman Weak
In Alabama
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 —
(AP) —President Truman’s lieu=
tenants were said today to have
about given up hope of winning
a place on the Alabama ballet.
- With organized labor helping
out, a move is underway there to
put_up a slate of 11 pro-Truman
electors in opposition to a group
pledged to vote against the Pres
ident.
| But Senator Sparkman (D
--'Ala), who opposea the Presi
dent’s Civil Rights program, told
a reporter he doesn’t believe
there is any way short of a spe
cial session of the State Legisla
ture to get Truman supporters on
the ticket.
He noted that the Democratic
electors already chosen are pledg
ed to vote for Gov. J. Strom Thur=
mond of South Carolina, the
States’ Rights nominee.
Tokyo Rose
Set For Trial
TOKYO, Aug. 17—(AP)—Her
three years of suspense ended,
Iva TogyT D'Aquino waited
pénefufl?f{today for her arrest as
Tokyo Rose—as a wartime traiton
to America, the land of her b#rth.
The U. S. Justice Department
ordered her returned to San
Francisco — with 15 Japanese
witnesses — to face a Federal
Grand Jury on the charge. The
decision ended “a life of doubt”
for Mrs. D’Aquino, who had
been investigated after Japan’s
surrender but later released with
out charge. 1
Judge Davis
In Hospital
ATLANTA, Aug. 17.—(AP)—
Federal Judge T. Hoyt Davis of
Vienna was reported in satisfac
tory condition at Emory Univer
sity Hospital today, following an
eye operation.
A hospital spokesman said
Judge Davis underwent the oper
ation last week, and that he
probably will be in the hospital
another week.
The hospital spokesman =aid
the operation was an extremely
delicate one, but that at the
present it appears to have been
successful.
More Suspects Pick Up
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Beach Killers Believed
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Hiding Near Murder Scene
ORMOND, Fla., Aug. 17— (AP) —An extensive net
was spread by Florida police today for two sex maniacs
wanted for questioning in connection with the seaside
assault and death of a pretty young office worker and
the slaying of her dark-eved companion.
Authorities meanwhile contin
ued to question four white youths
and two negroes about the crime
that brought death Saturday
night to Mary Hucks, 24-year-cid
stenographer of East Point, Ga.,
and Gregory Blount, 23, a student
2t the University of Kentucky.
The young woman was assaul
ted, said police, and then beaten
and killed after her escort was
shot to death as they lay on a
cesolate moonlit beach a hal'f
mile from the nearest dwelling.
Sheriff’'s Deputy T. J. Wright
said authorities had received re
curring reports of two suspicious
men at this Atlantic Ocean-front
resort. The men, Wright stated,
attempted to purchase a .32 cali
ber rifie from a boardwalk shoot
ing gallery Friday and again on
Saturday.
At close-by Daytona Beach, po
lice said a hotel clerk reported
that a ta¥ man wearing blood
stained clothing and with scratch
es on his face had sought to ob
tain a room early Sunday morn
ing and had left with another
man in a car when told that none
were available
A man fitting the description
given by the hota' clerk was later
It seems that a solemn promise
not to talk was exacted from
everyone present when Alger Hiss,
former State Department official,
testified at a closed-door session
yesterday. Yet morning papers
published many details of what
went on.
One angry member told report-!
ers today that he will demand that‘
the committee investigate thel
“leak.” He asked them not to use
his name until he makes his formal
demand at the committee’s next
session,
The committee has recessed its
general investigation of alleged
Communist spying for three weeks,
but plans a meeting next week to
bring Hiss and Whittaker Cham
bers face to face.
The member who says he will
demand an investigation of the
“leak” told reporters:
“It is obvious from reading the
papers that someone violated that
oath, As soon as the full commit
tee meets again, I intend to take
this up and find out who is guilty.
It is a fine thing for a committee
questioning the word of witnesses
to have an oath violated by some
one ofticially conuected with it.”
He named these as having been
present at the Hiss questioning and
as having taken an “oath of se
creey:”
Chairman Thomas (R-NJ) ,Rep
“egentatives Nixon (R-Calif.), Mc-
Dowell (R-Pa.) and Hebert (D-
La,), Chief Investigator Robert E.
Stripling, Investigators Donald Ap
pell, Ben Mandel, Louis Russell,
and William Wheeler, and Com
‘mittee Clerks, Mrs. Asselia Poore
T et
addition, an:
lcongressional regrter were pres
ent.
| No Comment
Appell, Wheeler and Russell told
reporters they had not given out
any information.
Those committee members who
could be reached would not com
ment immediately.
Across the capitol, Senator Fer
guson (R-Mich.) struck out anew
at the government’s loyalty pro
gram. He declared that several
persons suspected of spy activities
have stayed in “sensitive” federal]
jobs “either through influence or
neglect.” .
The House Committee rang
down the curtain with a terse
statement that “we will resume
public hearings on the esnionage’
case Tuesday, September 7. I
~ That announceinent followed a
‘three-hour session behind bolted
\doors yesterday at which the com-~
‘mittee apparently failed to budge
‘the story of Alger Hiss.
Added Denials
Hiss, a former top State Depart
ment who now heads the Narnegie
endowment for international peace,
has insistnetly denied any part in
the “Elite” Communist under
ground movement depicted by
Whittaker Chambers. Hiss has said
furthermore that to the best of his
knowledge he didn’t even know
his accuser.
(Continued on Page Two.)
reported seen at the Daytona
Beach bus station, police Sgt. J.
S. Matthews said, but was not re
membered as having bought a bus
ticket.
Miss Hucks and her escort were
slain about 9 o’clock Saturday
night and indications were that
the attractive young woman
fought desperately against her
assailtants, authorities said. Foot
prints in the sand pointed to two
slayers.
The four white youths ques
tioned were held at Gus-Side
Sarasota, across the state from
Ormond. Police Chief Ed Garner
teid newsmen the four had a .22
caliber zutomatic rifle in their
possession and that in the glove
condpartmerit of their car was
found a woman’s scarf with sev
eral spots which, the officers acdd
ed. “courd be blood.”
Chief Garner said no charges
had .. been placed against the
vouths. He identified them as
| Trareld Renner. 24, 2 mechanic of
irdianapoiis and owner of the
‘nar; L. G. Rhodes. 27, a painter of
Westbrook, Me.; Norman G. Ham,
23, a sclesman of Rochester, N.
H.; and Thomas G. Winston, 27,
a aslesman of Richmond, Tex.
Mrs. Babe Ruth
Remembered
.
By Athenians
Many Athenians will re
member Mrs. Babe Ruth,
widow of the famed slugger
who died last night, since
she was a resident here for a
number of years.
Mrs. Ruth was the former
Mrs, Frank Hodgson, and be
fore her marriage was Miss
Clara Merritt, a native of
Gainesville, Ga,
The Merritt family resided
at the corner of Clayton and
Thomas street in the home
which stood where Lay’s WVill
ing Station is now located.
Strikingly beautifuj, Mrs.
Ruth went to New York from
Athens where for several sea
sons she was ope of the out
standing beauties in the
Ziegfield Follles. She was a
member of the Follies cast
when she met and married
the baseball star,
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45 Cases
Tried In
City Court
Two jury cases and 43 other
cases were disposed of in yester
day’s session of City Court, with
one case being dismissed for lack
of evidence. Judge .Arthur S.
Oldham,, presiding, also issued
three bench warrants for three
men who failed tp appear, for
feiting bond, ; o
John Henry Chandler, charged
with dr\fa_nkeneqs within thi:ot c\;:;
tilage of a private home not
ol -ws BRRGN, DU ieied
guilty to a separate charge not
[tried before a jury.
Jewell P. Phillips was sentenc
ed to make restitution of $145,
paid court costs of $38.85, and
placed on six months probation,
on charges of disposing of mort
gaged property. *
Other cases and their disposi
tion: l
Possession of Whiskey ‘
Sara Calaway, S2OO fine, 12
months probation; J. H. Cunning=
ham, $59 fine, 3 months proba
tion; Eddie Esco, $75 fine, 12
months probation: Bill Wafson,
alias Babe Watson, S2OO fine, 12
months proabtion; Henry Ful-,
cher, S4OO fine; Mary Bell, S2OO
fine, 12 months probation; Arthurl
Lumpkin (two cases) S2OO fine,
2 years proabation.
Driving Under Enfluence
of Alcoho! :
Thomas Dean, SIOO fine, $372
restitution for damage, 12
months probation; Manuel W.
Wilson, SIOO fine, 6 months sus
pénsion of license; Roy Lee Bray,
SIOO fine, 6 months suspension
of license; Allen Hunter, S2OO
fine, suspension of license for 6
months; C. B. McDonald, SIOO
fine, 6 months suspension of
license; Ernest D. Sims, SIOO fine,
6 months suspension of license,
S6O restitution for damage; W.
T. Hayes, SIOO fine, 6 months
suspension of license. :
E. B. Brewer, (also no brakes),
$l5O fine, 6 months suspension
of license; S. C. Jordan, SIOO
fine, 6 months suspension of li
cense; Richard Emerson, jr.,
SIOO fine, 6 months suspension
of license; Floyd Cummgins, SIOO
fine, 6 months ' suspension of
license; J. W. Law, SIOO fine, 6
months suspension of license; E.
L. Cartledge, - (al™w~.speeding),
S2OO fine, 6 monther -Susgension
of license; Carlton Carey, SIOO
fine, € months suspension of
license.
Larceny
Fred Sims, SIOO fine, sls res
titution, 6 months probation;
John Willingham (2 cases), S3OO
fine, 2 years probation; Odessa
Terrell, SIOO fine, S3O restitution,
12 months probation.
Drunkeness
J. H. Chandler, SSO fine; Ford
Bowen, -$64.75 fine; A. M. Mec~
Leroy, SIOO fine, 12 months pro
bation; Bill Dixon, $44.75 fine;
A. E. Alewine, $40.35 fine; C. G.
Bates, SSO fine; Luther Jackson,
SSO fine; Walter Eberhart, $40.35
fine; Bill Higginbotham, $78.10
fine.
Other Charges
Illegal parking: Charles M.
Duncan, $39.75 fine; C. A. Whit
ley, $40.35 fine. -
Reckless driving: Otis Court
ney, $56.85 fine; W. H. Cunning
ham, $39.75 fine; W. T. Bell, S4O
fine; Cecil G. Brown, dismissed.
Operating auto without permit:
James Stovall, $79.40 fine.
Violation of motor vehicle
law: Clarke Brightwell, $43.10
Ine.
Charles Sargent, Wiliiam
Christian, and Doe Maddox were
not present, and their bends were
forfeited, with Judge Oldham is~
sujlng bench warrants for them.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
TIRED BAMBINO
IS CALLED OUT
ENTIRE WORLD MOURNS BABE'’S
DEATH-GREAT ATHLETE, HERE
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—(AP)—Babe Ruth is dead.
The one-time Yankee slugger, wasted by two years’
illness and almost constant pain, died of cancer of the
throat at 7:01 p. m. (EST) last night. He was 53.
A priest who administered the last rites of the Roman
Catholic Church said “the Babe has been prepared since
July 21 for his death.”
A mass for Ruth will be held
Thursday morning in St. Pat
trick’s Cathedral, but f{uneral
plans were incomplete today.
Two radio network memorial
programs are scheduled tonight
—NBC from 8 to 8:30 p. m.
(EST) and ABC from 8:30 to 9.
President Truman led the na
tion in paying tribute to Ruth,
who batted his way to major
league baseball immortality dur
ing' 22 playing years.
The President’s message of
condolence —the first of many
received at the Ruth residence at
110 Riverside Drive—said: :
“A whole generation of boys
now . grown to manhood will
'moum the passing of the home
run. king of the baseball world.
“BABU RUSSO”
TOKYO, Aug. 17 —(AP)—
Babe ' Ruth, who rated only
slightly under General Mae-
Arthur in the esteem of the
Japanese. was mourned
throughout this baseball-lov
ing nation teday. -
. Every Japanese old euou"h,
‘Yo pull' en a baseball mitt
loved “Babu Russu.” Every
baseball game in the country
was halted for one minute
out of respect to the home
run king who died in New
York yesterday.
Ruth came here in his
prime with Connie Mack’s
All Stars. They were billeted
at the Impeiral Hotel, but
before checking in Ruth
drove to the ball park and
started hitting a few while
goggle eyed Japanese watch
ed.
“Babe Ruth had all the quali
ties of a hero, and as an example
of clean sport was an inspiration
to tens of thoysands cf rooters of
all ages all over the country.”
The President told Ruth’s fam=
ily: “To you and to all who
mourn- with you, I offer this as
surance of heartfelt sympathy.”
Ruth lapsed into unconscious
ness shortly before death came.
“The Babe died a beautiful
death,” said gthe Rev. Thomas H.
Kaufman of the Roman Catholic
Church of Bt. Catherine of Siena.
“He said his prayers,” the
priest related, *“and lapsed into
sleep—and he died in his sleep.”
At Ruth’s bedside when he died
were his personal physician, Dr.
{Centinued on fu‘e Two.)
Beans vs. Kin g Cotton
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Woman Truck Farmer Cites
Need Of Farmers Mart Here
BY ED THILENIUS ,
“A farmers market in this section would be a greater
impetus to modern farming than any other imaginable
factor—it’s a must for us farmers.”
Thus said Mrs. Ezra Wilson,
of 395 S. Church street — a truck
farmer for three decades,
“I've bedn raising vegetables
for market a‘ong, long time now,”
Mrs. Wilson said, “and I know
the needs of the average
farmer like me.
“Truck farming is one of the
most profitable projects a tiller of
the soil can undertake. Do you
kpow that you can take one aure
of beans, handle them carefuly,
raise them as they should be, and
get nearly $2,000 from that one
'plot of ground? y
“And that’s for only six weeks
work — think how King Cotton
stacks up along side that for a
cash crop”’
A firm believer in cywe crops
and the advantages of irrigation
Mrs. Wilson pointed out:
“Most farmers I know just
don’t realize what a blessing'a
farmers market in this section
would mean. When you ask them
about it, they’ll say sure ‘its a
good thing,’ but they don”t fully
unaersiangd ah its Sscgthilitiae
**A market here would mean a
place for the farmer to sell his
off sesson crops, while he’s wait
ing for his cotton, corn, and
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Operation
668' S . »
12 Squirt
Filmed Here
Georgia farming methods re
ceived another ingenuity credit
yesterday afternoon when rep
resentatives of Southland News=
reel filmed the “Big Squirt”, super
over-head peach and corn irrigater
in operation on the Countiry Club
golf course. i
The newsreel company, pro
duced by Burton B, Jerrel, -is
filming a series of ten minute fea
tures about the South, among
which will be a movie devated' to
ingenious farming methods. The
company picked the “Big Squirt”
as a subject because of its distinet
value to farming. .
Developed in Georgia by E. H.
Davis, Extension Service Irriga
tion Expert, the “Big Squirt”,
‘which onerates on the same nrinai.
ple as the lawn sprinkler, ¢can, at
full pressure capacity, water three
acres, or pver 200 peach trees in
a single operation.
Films made yesterday depict
actual operation of the sprinkler,
and the facility with which the
“Big Squirt” may be set up and
dismantled.
Mr. Jerrel said that the farming
film will probably be released
sometime in October. The series is
to be shown in 12 states and 1400
theatres. .
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and not so cool today.
Cool again tonight with
Wednesday fair and warmer.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and warmer today, tonight
and Wednesday whh scat
tered thundershowers in ex=
treme south portion this aft
ernoon,
EXTENDED FORECAST
Extended forecast for Geor
gia, North and South Caro
lina, for the period from %:30
p. m, (EST) today through
7:30 p. m.,, Saturday, Aug
ust 21: 4
Temperatures averaging
normal and slightly below.
warmer Wednesday and cool
er Saturday. Precipitation
light to locally moderate, oc
curring as thundershowers
about Friday.
wheat to come in. It woirid mean
an incentive to him— so that he
might raise truck crops'in cycle
anlcli always have something so
se
Fertile Land
Mrs. Wilson af'so pointed out
that with proper irrigation, any
truck crop in the book could be
grown in market capacity in this
section, “and the most important
part about the whole thing is that
truck farming is profitable on such
small acreage.”
Mrs. Wilson voiced her views
in the midst of a drive headed
by Mi¥ard Seagraves, to raise
SII,OOO to establish a Northeast
Georgiz Farmer Market here. The
amount of funds raised at present
is $5,500.
The market will be located
near Athens with its main pur
pose being a meens of added in
come and ¢ source of greater op
portunities for farmers of this
section.
All persons. business establish=
ments, etc ( who wish to contribute
to the funds required to purchase
the sand for the market are urged
to contact Millard Seagraves,
chzirman, Junior Chamber oI
‘Commerce Fund Committee, - .