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Mo, 0 RUSSIAN IN NO-MAN’S-LAND HEADS FOR OWN SECTOR — A rifle-carrying Russian soldier, who minttes before pointed his weapon at NEA Staff Photogra pher Jack Chitham when the latter stopped to snap his picture, beats a hasty retreat from Postdamer Platz in the British sector of Berlin, heading for the nearby Soviet sector. The soldier, one of five in a jeep who dashed into the British sector, turned on his heel whén Chitham aimed his camera at the pointed gun — (Exclusive NEA-Radiotelephoto by Staff Photographer Jack Chitham). ) ussians Release Kidnapped U.S. British Free Red German Police Chief; Tension Eased At Present BERLIN, Aug. 23.—(AP)—The Russians released to day three U. S. military government officials they had seized in blockaded Berlin and in southern Germany. The British in turn set free Franz Erdman, head of the criminal division of the Russian-controlled eastern Berlin police. i ; He was arrested .at. a -boxing match Sunday and accused of ab duction of western Berlin police and “presumption of authority,” charges that still will stand. While tension was eased a little by the cross-zone deliveries, Rus sian soldiers crossed into the American sector of Berlin and ar rested a German photographer. He was the tenth German seized since Thursday by the Russians and their German police either in the western parts of Berlin or along the border. The Americans released today were: Thomas P. Headen, deputy head of the American military govern ment information services division in Berlin. He was abducted yes terday in Potsdamer Platz, where the Russian, American and British zones meet. It was not clear whether he had stepped across the vague boundary. Lt. Sherman Turner of Council Bluffs, lTowa, and Roland Myers of Brooklyn, American military gov ernment officers who were seized 18 days ago while en a border in spection, They had crossed into the Russian zone at Mellrichstadt, 75 miles from Frankfurt, ap parently by mistake. The Russians tried without suceess to force Tur ner and Myers to sign a receipt saying they entered the Russian zone of Germany “without au thority” and took illegal pictures of the border. (Continued on Page Two.) ; : ATHENIAN NAMED ALBANY, Ga., Aug. 23— (AP) —Appointment of Thomas M. Crabb of Athens as Soil Scientist for the Flint River Soil Conser vation Distriect was reported here today by District Conservationist W. L. Moore. A graduate of the University of Georgia, Crablb came here from the Rome office. First Georgiau Honored Mirs. J.R. Winter New Prexy Of NRLCA Ladies Auxiliary Mrs. J. R, Winter of Winter ville was elected and installed national president of the Ladies Auxiliary to the National Rural Letter Carriers’ _Associatios on August 20 fn St. Tecr aanesota, at the National Rural Letter Car riers’ Conwéntion. She is the first Georgia woman ever to hold this office, Mrs. Winter has been very ac tive in the Ladiess Auxiliary. having served two years as pres ident of the Georgia Ladies’ Aux iliary, in 1941~ and ’42; three years as a member of the Na tional" Executive Board in 1944, 45, '46, and one year, #947-48, 4% naticnial vide-mwegident. In addition to other duties of the Board, Mrs. Winter has. at tended state conventions in 18 States as official visitor of Tthe Nationa] Auxiliary. In June of this year she was visitor to five ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Associated Press Service Mrs. Dudley Rites Tuesday Mrs. Lee McCurdy Dudley, mother of the late Alonzo G. Dudley who served as Mayor of Athens for more than a decade, died in a local hospital Monday morning at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Dudley was 85 years old and had been ill for the past three weeks. Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday mornin¥ at 11 o’clock in Oconee Hill ceme tery,” Rev. William J. Kryder, assistant pastor of First Pres byterian Church, officiating. Pall-bearers will be _Frank Dudley, Jimmy Dudley, Gordon Dudley, 'H. S."Seagraves, Clarence McLanahan and George James. Bridges Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Dudley is survived by a daugher-in-law, Mrs. A. G. Dud ley, Athens; granddaughter, Mrs. G R, MecLanahan, Elberton; grandsons, Frank, Gordon and Jimmy Dudley, all of Athens; foster - daughters, Mrs. Charles Stewart, Toccoa and eight great grandchildren. A native of Madison county, Mrs. Dudley had been a resident in Athens for the past sixty years, during which time she had en deared herself to a large circle of devoted friends. Member of cne of the best known families in this section of the state, Mrs. Dudley over a long period of vears was a member of First Presbyterian Church and was ac tive in its women’s endeavors. She was also active in all other torms of communiy welfare and her death removes from the city one of its most valued and be loved citizens. state conventions in New Eng land. In an official capacity she has attended natfonal conventions in Chicago, Des Moines, and Tampa, as well as St. Paul. New Duties While serving as vice-presi dent, her duties have included the office as historian of the na tional Auxiliary and editor of the Auxiliary section of the weekly magazine, “National Rural Letter Carrier.” Mrs. Winter, as national pres ident of the Auxiliary, heads an organization of 17,000 women with members in 46 states. Ne vada and. Utah are not organized. St. Paul was thrs week host to the National Rural Letter Car riers’ Convention where the Atix jliary was organized in 1924 with 78 charter womeM. ~ (Continued ofi Page Three,) SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY [ s TR o SRS TR & i & P 2 . & Y o¥ e R } & AR g # t§g s @ B L . 1 wbe F .&%¥i X% R R g i 3 i il § ;*}: P | R \ % 3 e e b £ b 2 \\ Xt & L 2 R L e L B oo : LI W Y p AR et A YA & it g Y < ¢wo fodt o T - e S . 3 § bt 2"“ 4 i i By ' .. Wl Ga ey 2 : o %ys P > -~ ¥ . N N v o i 7 ’ s e % T ST e a Y o P & S : 5 - § F 3 R T R esl T % . ! e SR eRO : BT \ ] s‘§ e i s : Er el o R RS e 2 & & B N e - B S 4 R R - . P Pl s e o B 3 \gww PR B %’f . i ; ‘ SRR S SR i RS R PR R R R SHRTOR B L S 5 B % E b N e B e 5 & < ER 5:-?:5%;%:;5;5?%5:}::"-‘ eR S i R LR % j Ry T ,3\{\‘\' L o % Bvg %{ 4 .% L 5 RS TR S R et E g "R L ieee - 4 X 3 e b ;::ifz 1 G e - R - £ ] o S R % 3 4 £ ; S e i ‘ 3 E S B e TR e fa o Sadumet SRR b g X B ER g 2 B % PR 4 - g g . =e 3 i oy SEE o g . (& b e B * -g« 1, B sy £ 4 3 . ey S 3 3 ;. : Al . PSRRI L R [oy 5 Ry DR AR 7SO .RN o § ' i HERs 5 PR P e L % e o R A Y e e INDIAN GLAD TO SEE LOMAKIN GO—A lone Indian, who identified himself as Robert-Lubbay, a full-blood ed Sioux, paced back and forth in front of the Soviet Consulate in New York carrying a sign addressed to Consul General Jacob Lomakin whose recall has been demanded by the Unitec “Goodby — glad to see yo Paul Robeson with you.” Red Consul Set To Leave Six Weeks Ago NEW YORK, Aug. 23—(AP)— Jacob M. Lomakin, Soviet consul general ordered expelled by the State ‘Department, booked passage on the liner Stockholm about six weeks ago, a Swedish-American line official said today. The ship is scheduled to sail next Saturday for Gothenburg, Sweden. Lomakin’s recall was demanded last week by the State Department which accused him of “improper conduct” in connection with the case of Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina, Soviet school teacher who leaped from the third floor of the Russian consulate here. Lomakin, his wife and their two children will occupy a $1,400 suite on the Stockholm, the line official said. The discredited consul general spent the weekend on Long Island. Vice Consul Zot T. Chepurnykh said he was expected to return later today. ; Asked earlier whether Lomakin definitely would return to Russia, Chepurnykh said, “I cannot tell you. Meanwhile, the injured teacher continued to improve at Roosevelt hospital. The hospital, which removed her from the critical list on Saturday, reported her in improved condition early today. ; She will have to remain in the hospital about three months, her physician = said vesterday, and surgery will be necessary on her right knee, one of a number of bones fractured in’ her jump, RED PROBERS UNCOVER FOURTH SPY KSTWORK Top U.S. Military Talks Kept Quiet WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.— (AP) —Thc nation’s top military commanders returned to their desks today after a second closely guarded huddle away from Washington. As in the case of his March session of the joint chiefs of staff at Key West, Fla., Secretary of Defense Forrestal delayed anyv immediate word of decisions reached over the week-end at Newport, R. L The two-day meeting at the Naval War College there closed yesterday in the same tight-lip~ ped secrecy that surrounded it’ ever since the first announce ment that it would be held. ' Forrestal and his uniformed aides flew back to Washington late last night, but newsmen were told in advance that no one would have anything to sgy. i Three Officials States. The sign reads: go. Take Henry, Glen, and Abit Nix Speaks For Thompson AtBP. M. Tonight Abit Nix will deliver the principal address along with Governor M. E. Thompson at tonight's statewide Thomp son rally at the Ansley Hotel in Atlanta. . The meeting will be broad cast over a statewide hook up, including WGAU in Ath ens, and will be re-broad cast over Station WRFC in Athens Tuesday from 12 un til 1 o’clock. J. B. Copeland, Valdosta attorney, will preside at tonight’s rally which will be attended by a large delega tion of Athens and Clarke county citizens, as well as Thompson supporters from surrounding counties. Two Injured In Accident Mrs. W. V. Parsons and her four-year-old son, M. V. Parsons, jr., of Ripley, Tenn. were hospi talized today after the car in which they were riding was in volved in collision with a truck at the intersection of the Hull and Danielsville roads. While it is known that the in jured were taken to General Hos pital, attaches there declined to give out any information and al so. refused to give the name of the physician attending them. . ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1948 | While these top-secret meet ings were in progress, however, ‘the Air Force let it be known that one of the things it would like to have most of all is a guid ed missile capable of carrying an atom-bomb to a target 5,000 miles away—and faster than the speed of sound. Such a weapon was labeled a must in the #¥nal report of Gen. Carl Spaatz, who turned over his job as Air Force Chief of Staff to Gen. Hoyt "Vandenberg several weeks ago. No Defense Spaatz said that since there is no existing defense against a weapon of this type the United States must be the first to de velop it. He said it has been a prime objeclive ever since the guided missiles program was launched. But he gave no hint what, if any, progress has been made. ‘ A& means of appraising the ca pabililes and performance of present and probable weapons was one of the subjects listed for dis cussion at the Newpori session. Spaatz’s report therefore seem ed likely to have figured promi nently in the talks. ~ Another almost certain subject 'was the revived controversy be tween the Navy and the Air Force over strategie = bombing. The Key West meeting was sup fwi to héave settled-#hat row in _lgvpr of the Air Force. . :But it broke out again bitterly if not loudly a few weeks later when the Navy sold Congress on the idea of a super-carrier capa ble of handling planes big enough to carry A-bombs. ‘ The Air Force let it be known it didn™ like that idea; that when anyi more A-bombs are dropped they should fall from Air Forcel planes. Besides Vandenberg, the jointl chiefs group is made up of Gen. Omar Bradley, Army chief of staff, and Adm. Louis E. Den feld, Chief of Naval operations. “Secret Weapon” C laimed Thompson-Talmadge Radio Debate Tonight At 9:30 ATLANTA, Aug. 23.—(AP)—A radio debate between Governor M. E. Thompson and Herman Talmadge, gub ernatorial candidates, will be carried over a statewide network of 23 radio stations tonight. The program will originate from WCON, The Atlanta Constitution’s radio station here. The program will begin at 9:30 p. m. Ralph McGill, Constitution editor, will act as moderator. . Stations carrying the program include: WDEC, Americus; WBLJ Dalton; WMLT, Dublin; WRQN, Vidalia; WAYX, Waycross; WMGA, Moultrie; WBHB; Fitz gerald; WALB, Albany; WGAU, Athens; WGAC, Augusta; WDAK, Columbus; WGGA, Gainesville: WBML, Macon; WFOM, Marietta: WRGA, Rome; WDAR, Savannah; WRLC, Toccoa; WRLD, West Point; WMVG, Milledgeville; WMGR, BaWwbridge; WKEU, Griffin; and WWGS, Tifton. CLAIMS “SECRET WEAPON" i ATLANTA, Aug. 23.—(AP)— Herman Talmadge political forces are banking on a pre-primary “secret weapon” to net their can didate for Governor an eytra 100,000 to 200,000 votes. The behind-the-scenes strategy involved a quiet, almost secre:, but very vigorous effort to regis ter Talmadge friends before the books clased July 2 and the cam paign opened July 10. Young Herman himself, ac companied by former University of Georgia roommate Georgel Stewart, toured the state last winter solely to spur the regis l tration drive. i Herman usually would. hold l forth in one hotel room and Stew jart in another. Between them, { they talked personally to scores |of supporters in almost every | county. °* ‘ Meanwhile, the Talmadge or i ganization was turning out truck-l | loads of ietters. i | Thus many thousands of fol-i - lowers were asked to register “at least ten” friends. These in turn | (Contmiica on Page Two) ¢l Woman Spy Reveals New Clues WASHINGTON, Aug. 23—{(AP) —Congressional spy investigators said today Eliabeth T. Bentley is ready to tell how a Soviet spy ring went after Aumerica’s warime Industrial secrets. One memover of the House Un- American Activities Committee said he fears the Russians may have been highly successful. Miss Bentley already has given the commttee, in secret sessions, a brief peek a what she knows about ‘‘espionage in industry, this member said, adding that she evi dently knows a lot. As soon as it can be arranged he said, public hnearings will be held on operations of what the committee regards as a fourth Red Spy network in the United States. e But first, the committee has several mopping up jobs to finish. These are leftovers from: 1. Testimony of Miss Bentley that she used to be a Communist and the courier for two groups that wormed wartime secrets out of the government officials and passed them on to Moscow. Fur ther hearings are planned start ing September 7.. 2. Testimony of Whijttaker Chambers, an editor of Times Magazine, that he, too, used to be a Red and that the Communists operated a pre-war underground in Washngton in which Alger Hiss was a leading member. Hiss, former State Department offi cial denes it. 1 Chambers never has called the underground a spy ring, but he caid espionage undoubtedly was | or~ of its eventual objéctives. More witnesses are scheduled for secret questioning today and tomorrow, and then Hiss and Chambers are supposed to con front each other in open hearings Wednesday. In addition to winding up these }assorted " hearings, committee chairman J. Parnell " Thomas (R-NJ) has said the committee expected “to bring into full forcus the ‘operations 'of = still another espionage ring which secured some of our most vital informa tion.” He has declined to go into de tails other than to say that Miss Bentley will not be involved in anv way. The ‘committee has stirred up some gueseing by asking the War Department to appoint a liasley officer for this phase of its spy lg‘unt. Nobody will say why at this ime, Truman Gaining Dixie Support Despite Protests Of Righters Senator McKellar (D-Tenn.) Joins President, Flaying Party Bolters WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—(AP)—Senator McKellar (D.-Tenn.) said today he is supporting President Truman in the November election. McKellar's announcement came in the face of reports from Tennessee that at least two of the state’s 12 Demo cratic elector candidates have made known their inten tion of voting for the States’ Rights ticket headed by Governor J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. “] was born and bred a Dem ocrat,” Mecßellar told a reporter. “I always vote for and support the ticket and, of course, I will continue to do so.” y The Tennessee senator’'s state ment recalled a recent similar declaration by Senator A. Willis Robertson of Virginia. : Administration Democrats im mediately put them together to back their claims that Mr. Tru man is making some headway in the South, despite the angry “pro tests which arose cver his civil‘ rights program. For some. years McKellar has! been closely linked with the Memphis Democratic organiza tion headed by Ed Crump. For (i reston, some.garty perbes who still.oppose. Mr. Truman's Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area Athens May Lose Farmers Market Athenians were warned today that unless they act, and act promptly, they may lose the opportunities offeregl them by a farmers market in this vieinity. Millard Seagraves, chairman of the Jaycee committee in charge of raising SII,OOO for the purchase of.the land for the market, pointed out that several other cities in this section are very anxious to have Ithe market established in their area. l With present funds collected totaling $6,225, citizens of this vicinity are urged to help make up the deficit before the Sept. 1 deadline. The following information, gives a complete picture of the farmers market, its beginning, background, and future goals: Quick Action Approximately one year ago, Mayor Jack Wells, who at that time was Representative to Geor gia General Assembly, informed the Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce that the State had ap propriated funds to erect several State Farmers Markets throughout Georgia. At that time there were only nine markets in Georgia. The farmers of North Georgia did not have a market closer than Atlanta. Mayor Wells felt that if Athens and Northeast Georgia was to progress, then he could see no rea son why Athens shouldn’t have one of these markets. | The Athens Jaycees adopted this as a project and appointed a committee consisting of Millard Seagraves, chairman, Howell C.j Erwin, jr., and B. R. Bloodworth, jr. The committee realized that the first job was to see if the Far mers of the surrounding counties: wanted and would respond to a State Market, ! i They immediately held a meet- A i tka (Clarke County. Court ‘House with County Agents, Farm leauer’s, neads ot Farm Bureaus of all the surrounding counties, along with Clarke County and City of Athens officials and interested farm supply merchants of Athens. Need Realized The Jaycees readily realized Continued On Page 2 ) WEATHER ATHENS AND VICINITY Partly cloudy and contin ued rather hot today, tonight and Tuesday with slight chance of thundershowers to day and again Tuesday aft ernoon. GEORGIA — Partly cloudy and continued rather hot and humid today, tonight and Tuesday with widely scatter ed afternoon thundershotvers occurring mostly in south portion. TEMPERATURE Mighest ... o B Lowest .iw.: g e .08 Meatin i.B .0 o.ie 018 Normal ... ... 5y o3t s Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00 Total since August 1 ... 5.38 Excess since August 1 .. 2.08 Average August rainfall . 4.67 Total since January 1 ...43.58 Excess since January 1 .. 9.63 ¢ election said they see nothing | surprising in McKellar's joining 1 Crump in backing the Demo || cratic ticket. | GOP Wedge | : Republcians have had some | hope that the defeat of Crump | backed caffdidates in the Demo cratic primary might drive | enough of a wedge in the ¥en | nessee branch of the party to | give them a chance there. Ac cordingly, they plan to spend time, effort and money in seeing what they can do. 1 Elsewhere in the South Mr. Truman appears unlikely to get much active support from sena torial Democrats. Senator Pepper (D.-Fla.) has said he will woik lta-,_ ticket and the admini;-..gl ”ﬂa‘, counts on Senator Con- Home Edition World-Wide Council Of Churches Set l AMSTERDAM, The Nether= lands, Aug. 23 — (AP) — The | World Council of Churches form= [ally came into being today, the result of years of effort to give the spirfitst-zuftiance of a uni fied Christian Church to the so= | cial, economic and political prob= 'lems of the world. | After 10 years as a provision= al body, the council took on its new status when the Archibishop of Canterbury, chairman of the first business session, called some 450 official delegates from 40 countries for the first order of business in Amsterdam’s concert= gebouw. > Nowhere else could the birth of the World Council have had a more appropriate setting than in Holland, a land of tolerance and ’spiritual freedom where the per secuted and oppressed of all ‘countries have found sanctuary. Now, for the first time, official representatives of 145 churches are creating “a permanent in strument of fellowship and co-~ ~operation on a world-wide scale;” said the Rev. Dr. Samuel Mc- Crea Cavert, general secretary of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in Anierica, a speaker at this morning’s sessions. The delegates will be divided into committees to prepare re=- commendations for discussion and action by the assembly. One rccmmittee will take up the coun-~ cil's constitutional basis. A second. will deal with matters of policy affecting the council. A third will be concerned with a program and administration of the council The assembly will -continue through Sep. 4. “We meet at a time of deep confusion and uncertainty when men everywhere are eager for some work which shall shed the light of God’s truth upon the present scene,” said Cavert.sbes 24-Hour Dock Strike Called SAN FRANCISCO, Aug:+2B— — Tlongshoremen called another 24-hour waterfront work stoppage today and went ahead with firm plans for & coastwide strike on Sept. 2. S The International Longshore men's and Warehousemen's -union announced that 75 delegates avg Pacific coast ports had conclude a caucus in San Francisco and were returning to their home ports “to speed preparations” for the coastal walkout. nally (D.-Texas) for backing. - ' Mr. Truman has strong port in so-catled border statgs%-‘ tor Barkley of Kentucky is his running-mate. Senators BElmer Thomas of Oklahoma and Kil= gore of West Virginia back the President. But a lot of the Dixie Senate Democrats are going to sit this one out. ¥ g As an example, Senator Spark< man of Alabama, who headed his party’s = speakers bureau in the 1946 campaign, said he is pledged to vote for electors who said in advance of the Democratic pri mary they would not cast their votes for Mr. Truman. . gp’mﬁf man, recently renominated, said he isn’t campaigning for any na tional ticket. Senator Hill (D.= Ala.) also is sitting tight. ; On the opposing side, the States’ Rights ticket did not seem to be attracting much sen=- atorial support either. A lot of lawmakers recalled ‘what hap nened to office holders who bolted the party in 1928 and later were defeated. Senator Olin D. Johnston (D.- S.C.), who refused to attend the party’s Jackson Dav dinner here because of the civil righis issue, toid a reporter he hasn't made up his.mind what he will do, if any thing, in the national campaigr

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, August 23, 1948, Home Edition, Image 1