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onvention in Durham, N. C., an unidentified woman (left) gets into the
the occasion as she handles a rattléesnake to background of accordion
, \t right, with snakes coiled arouncd his neck, is Oscar Hutton of St. Charles,
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ICOLORFUL EVENT
AH.S. Plans
Third Annua
ird Annual
‘Homecoming’
= PY SALLIE WESTBROOK
Athens High School will ob
serve its third annual homecom
ing football game and dance,
sponsored by the Student-Facul
ty Ccoperative Association, this
Friday night, October 22,
= lnmediately following Athens
High's last home 2ame oi the
season, to be played against
powerful Rockmart, there will be!
B . dance heid in the high school
B oymnasium at which Miss Evelyn
Thornton, chosen and sponsored
by the football teema«: as ‘Miss
Homecoming,” will “be erowned.
Miss Carolyn Getzman, elected
by the student body of the en
tire school as “Miss S.-F. C. A,’"
and Miss Betty Mercer, voted by
the Senior Class ta serve s
“Miss Senior Class,” will com
prise “Miss Homecoming’s” court.
Homecoming, the big event
originated three vears ago
through the efforts of Charles
“Beefy” Eaves, former head
coach, will get underway in San
ford Stadium at 8 o’clock when
Athens High clashes with bck
mart on the gridiror for the first
time in history. The game prom
ises to be one of the best of the
season.
Between halves at the game,
the BG-piece band and seven ma
jorettes, under the direction of
T. J. Byrnes, will perforr« and
the sponsors will be presented.
An orchestra will be on hand
{or the dance, at which there wiil
be two leadouts honoring the
slumni of Athens High, and the
Trojans and Senior Class.
After being crowned by her
two attendants, “Miss Homecom
ing” will be presented an en
fraced silver eup by Jimmy
Thornton, captain of the football
leam
~ Five of the cheerleaders wlil
be at the north door to valcome
01l students, faculty, alumni, and
vatrons of the school. There will
be a guest vregister for the
alumni, and the oldest graduate
10 register will. head the lead
out
The Civie Clubs througg the
interclub Counecil are working
;‘:'xm the Aschool on all phases of
‘omecoming and the -merchants
Wil carry notices of Homecoming
in their ads
emocrats Meet
_Members of the University of
eorgia - Democratic. 'Club will
neet tonight in the Chapel for its
fcond gathering since being or
ized last week.. The meeting
WL start at 8:15 o’clock and it
€xpected by President Hilley
il several hundred students
vill be in attendance. .
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
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Al Distorted
President Brands "Falsehoods’’ As
“’Malicious”, ““Irresponsibie Talk"
MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 18.— (AP) —President Truman said
today he considered sending Chief Justice Fred M. Vin
son to Moscow to ask Premier Stalin to help dispel “the
poisonous atmosphere of distrust” surrounding negotia
tions between “the Western Powers and the Soviet
Union.”
The President, in a speech pre
pared for the annual American
Legion Convention, described as
“a wicked falsehood” what he
called “loose and irresponsible
talk to the effect that the United
States is deliberateiy following a
course that leads to war.
“So long as I am President of
the United States, there will be
no chip on the shoulder of Amer
ica,” Mr. Truman declared.
He flew here from Washington
in an avowed “non-political” role.
In his first reference to the
once-considered proposal to send
Vinson to meet with Stalin—Sec
retary of State Marshall talked
him out of it—Mr. Truman assert
ed:
“In recently considering the
sending of a special emissary to
Moscow, my purpose was to ask
Premier Stalin’s cooperation in
dispelling the present poisonous
atmosphere of distrust which now
surrounds the negotiations be
tween the Western Powers and the
Soviet Union. My emissary was to
convey the seriousness and sin
cerity of the people of the United
States in their desire for peace.
{Continued on Page Two.)
Rogers To Add.ess
Kiwanis Meeting
Members of the Athens Kiwanis
Club will hear an address at their
regular Tuesday luncheon meet
ing by Ernest Rogers, featured
columnist on the Atlanta Journal
editorial page.
The meeting will start at 1 p.
m., in the N & N Cafeteria and the
program was arranged by Dan
Hill.
Neutrals Ponder Talking
Berlin Issue From U.N.
U. S. Asks Atomic Deadlock Be
Turned Over To Major 5 Powers
PARIS, Oct. 18.—(AP)—The United States demanded
today that the United Nations turn the atomic energy
problem over to the five great pcwers and Canada for
direct negotiations. # ; s IAL
Chief U. S. Delegate Warren R.!
Austin told the 58-nation Politi
cal Committee the United Nations |
would go no further in its effortsl
to control the atom until the So- |
viet Union agreed to “participatel
in the world community on a co-|
operative basis.”
‘The Berlin dispute comes up to- |
morrow in the Security Council.
A new compromise plan which!:
would take the issue out of the U.}.
N. is reported under consideration |
by the six neutrals of the Council. |
Russia and the three Western
Powers, the United States, France|
and Britain, are said to be inter
ested. Thus far, no commitments|
have been made. |
Juan A. Bramuglia, Argentine |
Foreign Minister who is acting|:
chairman of the Council for thel
Berlin discussions, arranged to!l
see Soviet Deputy Foreign Minis- |
ter Andrei Y. Vishinsky. Bramug- |
lia still is leading the neutral na- |
tions’ efforts for a solution of the f
impasse between Russia and the!
Associated Press Service
Brooks Rites
Held Today
Services for Mrs. Liza Brooks,
well known resident of Johnson
Drive, were conducted from
Johnson Drive Baptist Church
Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.
Officiating was the pastor, R,ev.
Johnny Barrett and Rev. W. S.
Pruitt, pastor of West End Raptist
Church. Burial followed in Oco
nee Hill cemetery, Clyde McDor
man Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were Golden
Brooks, Walter Brooks, Daniel
Cowart, Claude Brooks, William
Brooks and Richard Burnett.
Mrs. Brooks was the widow of
J. F. Brooks, who died in 1946,
and is survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. A. E. Yarbrough, Mrs.
Johnny Brooks and Mrs. Tom
Coward, all of Athens; four sons,
C. P. Brooks, Anderson, S. C,, C.
H. Brooks, Charlotte, N. C., F. M.
Brooks, Danville, Va., and H. G.
Brooks, Athens; sister, Mrs. Hattie
Harper, Atlanta; brother, John
Pullins, High Shoals, sixteen
grandchildren and thirteen great
grandchildren.
A native of Mergan county, Ga.,
Mrs. Brooks had resided in Cfiarke
county for thirty-seven years, be
ing a member of Johnson Drive
Baptist Churen. ‘To her large cir
cle of friends, both old and young,
she was affectionatley known as
“Granny”, and her passing brings
sadness to the many who knew
and greatly admired her.
I West.
| Compromise Moves
l Authoritdtive sources involved
in the maneuvering said the com
|promise would call for these
moves simultaneously:
The Russians would lift the
blockade of Berlin; Russian cur
rency would become the sole cur
rency for the former German cap
‘ital, under four-power supervi
sion; the four-power council of
Foreign Ministers would meet or
be called to meet on the whole
German question.
! The Security Council recon
venes on the Berlin crisis tomor
row. Bramuglia is said still to be
‘hopeful that Russia would submit
at' least some answers in writing
to questions put to the Big Four
by the neutrals last week. Vishin
sky had charged that the neutrals
were setting a trap to make the
Soviet Union break its silence in
the Berlin discussions after vow
ing not to take part in the debate,
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Clear And Brisk Weather
Heralds Big Fair Qoening
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ROBBERIES;
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'NABS BROTHER
l SAVANNAH, Ga., Ozt. 18—
, (AP) — A Savann-a police
i man answered the age-old
question, “Am I my brother’s
keeper?” by arresting him in
connection with a series of
armed robberies.
Police Chief Truman F.
. Ward said when he received a
| series of calls from Negroes
Saturday night reporting rob
beries, he assigned policeman
George Vickery to the investi
gation.
Early yesterday, Vickery
aided in the arrest of his bro
ther—and fellow policeman—
| Robert, Ward said. A short
time later, Lester Laverne
Brown, insurance salesman,
was captured.
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5-MONTH PROBE
Reds Charged
With Killing
CBS Reporter
SALONIKA, GREECE, Oct. 18
—(AP)—The Greek government
says a top Communist killed
George Polk, correspondent for
the Columbia Broadcasting Sy
stem, last May.
Topping off a five-month inves
tigation of the slaying, the gov
ernmen yesterday named three
others charged with complicity in
the murder. Two of them are un
der arrest.
One of the persons under arrest
was quoted as believing the mur
‘der was planned by the comin
,{;orm (Communist International
nformation Bureau) to discredit
the Greek government abroad.
The government said the actual
shooting of Polk was done by Ad
am Mouzenides, member of the
Central Committee of the Greek
Communist Party. He was alleged
to have shot the correspondent in
the back of the head as Polk lay
blindfolded and trussed in a boat
in Salonika by last May 8. ’
The other three charged with
complicity in the murder were
Evangelos Vasvanas, still at large;
Gregory Staktopoulos, Communist
newspaperman, and his mother,
Anna, Both under arrest for the
past two months.
All four face charges of con
spiracy to murder Polk. Mouzen
ides and Vasanas also were
charged with illegal possession of
firearms and ecarrying arms, pun
ishable by death under present
Greek military law. Staktopoulos
and his mother will be tried in
Salonika. The other two may be
tried in Absentia.
The official government an
nouncement, read to correspon
dents by Justice Minister George
Melas, quoted Staktopolos as say
ing;
“My personal opinion is that
Polk’s murder was planned by the
Cominform and carried out by the
Communist party of Greece in or
der to throw the blame of the
murder to the right, thus defame
Greece abroad and to stop the ap
plication of the Marshall plan to
Geerce by a protest in the United
States against, and also to frus
trate military aid to Greece.”
Action Uncertain
| The neutrals — Argentina, Co
lombia, Belgium, Canada, China
|and Syria—obviously aware that
the Berlin crisis could wreck the
U. N, are proceeding gingerly.
There still was no indication
whether a resolution will be pre
sented to the Council tomorrow.
The neutrals were said to be de
sirous of hawving all possible in
formation on the case at hand be
fore making any move.
Lewis W. Douglas, the U. S. am
bassador to London, ' arrived to
help the United States’ Dr. Philip
C. Jessup prepare his answers to
the questions propounded Friday
by Bramuglia and the other neu
tral delegates.
| The Western Powers previously
}had rejected the jdea of lifting of
‘the blockade simultaneously with
‘the currency compromise and the
convening of the Foreign Minis
ters. . They wanted the blockade
lifted before they would discuss
Berlin or Germany. But their in
terest in a plan along these lines
is said to be increasing.
Russia has contended there is
no blockade and the issue is not
rightly in the hands of the Coun
cil. The neutrals appear to hope
the iinjte:'tiat: of the currency is
sue in he compromise might
swing the Russians to acceptance
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ATHENS, CA., MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1948.
.
Gates Swing Open At 6 P.M.;
. - .
Giant Midway Set For Action
BY ED THILENIUS
Banner-Herald City Editor
Blue skies and brisk weather smiled on the opening of
the.colossal first annual Athens Agricultural Fair today
when the gates are flung open at 6 p. m.
4 crowd of several thousand people is expected to be
on hand for the grand opening of exhibits and amuse
ment features that have been provided for in this, the
first sectional exposition .in the history of Northeast
Georgia.
Several thousand' persons, wh»
couldn’t wait for the gifes t«
open, visited the scenic grou?dr
yvesterday and marveled at what
has been accomplished by the
cooperative efforts of Athepians,
Clarke countians and other citi
zens in the 12 counties that arc
participating in the gigantic un
dertaking.
The 12 counties taking part
are Banks, Barrow, Clarke,
Franklin, Hrat, Jackson, Madi
son, Morgan, Oconee, Ogle
thorpe, Stephens and Walton.
Some 24 communities have en
tered ! exhibits showing the pro
gress of agriculture, and home
industry, as well as the marked
strides in livestock production in
this area.
The advance sections of the
giant | Cetlin & Wilson Shows ar
rived last night with the remain
der of the equipment arriving
early today. The enormous mid
way was constructed during the
day on the slight knoll that over
looks the large exhibit buildings
on the fair ground.
“World on Parade”
The Cetlin & Wilson shows,
presenting “World on Parade” are
consigered one of the best in the
tates open daily at 9 a. m.
(except today, 6 p. m.) Close
at midnight.
sAdmission—ito fair grounds,
$.40 for each person over 12
years old, (day or night);
Children over 5 and under 12,
$.20. Wednesday white school
children admitted free to
grounds between 9 a. m. and
6 p. m. Thursday Colored
school children admitted free
to grounds during same time
period.
Fair ground located two
miles from city hall, just out
side western city limits, Can
be reached from Oglethorpe
Ave. or Jefferson road. Large
markers show direction.
Fair begins today and runs
through Saturday. Parking
feet are twenty-five cents per
cah.
business and are accustomed to
playing the celebrated fairs in
the Western states and furnish
ing amusements with three—
count themn — ferris wheels and
numerous other rides and shows
for the masses.
The fair ground was a bheehive
of activity today as the final
touches were put on the arrange
ments.
One of the greatest sig#s at
the fair is the gscenic lighting
display that rivals any exposi
tion ‘ever staged. Hundreds of
Atheniane visited the grounds
last night to see the lighting dis
play that words cannot describe.
Every color in the rainbow is
represented in the lavout that
weaves a colorful pattern that
warrants a trip to the fair
grounds in itself. \
47-Acre Layout
The hundreds of exhibits and
giant midway are spread: out
over 47 acres and well laid out
for the public convenience. A
praking lot capable of handling
nearly 2,000 g¢ars has been ar
ranged, while drinking fountains
and concession stands are - con
veniently located.
The exhibits are housed gn six
main large tents that have at
tractive fronts made of multi
coloréd metal. There are listed
WEATHER |
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and continued cold
through Tuesday. Near freez
ing tonight with frost.
G E O R G I A—Clearing,
colder and windy today; fair
and colder, lowest tempera
tures 28 to 34 over north,
frost in north and central
portions tongiht; Tuesday,
fair; not so cold in north
portion in afternoon.
TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL )
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .24
Total since October 1 ... 1.13
Deficit since October 1 .. .72
Average October rainfall. 3.23
Total since January 1...48.33
Excess since January 1.. 7.641
18 Community, Commercial, Au
‘omotive, Farm Machinery, Live
stock, Educational.
All ‘in all, the fair is an at
traction that no one wats Lo
miss. When the beautiful lights
are turned on tonight and the
barkers - begin their cant—
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C hip Hid
Big Desert Battl
Israel Throws Top Commander
Into Struggle; Losses Heavy
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 18.—(AP)—Igrael has thrown
a top commander into the battle for control of the Negev,
where last reports indicated heavy casualties on botin
sides as Jews and Egyptians struggled fiercely.
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DR. W. EARL HOTALEN
W.C.T.U. Meet
To Draw Many
‘Seasons of the State Women’s
Christian Temperance Union con
vention will open in First Metho
dist Church Wednesday and con
tinue through Friday with several
hundred attending from all parts
of Georgia.
At the Wednesday night session
Dr. Earl Hotalen, field director of
the National Temperance Move
ment, Inc., of Chicago, 111., will be
the principal speaker, and the
convention will also hear a talk
by Mrs. Mary Scott Russell, state
W.C.T.U. president,
Thursday the convention will
hear Dr. D. B. Nicholson, state
student secretary of the Georgia
Baptist Convention, and Thursday
night’s banquet will be addressed
by Dr. Raymond Moore, pastor of
Thomaston Baptist Church, who
will talk on “How Upson County
Went Dry.”
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MILLION DOLLAR NAVAL FlßE—Flames and smoke billow from large repair
shop hangar at Naval Air Station, Quonset, R. 1., at height of fire iate Friday At
least mine persons were injured, and Navy estimated damage at “well over a million
dollars.—" (AP Wirephoto.) ‘
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Oct.
18 — (AP) — The Georgia
home of the late President
Roosevelt — The Little White
House—will be re-opened of
ficially to the public on
Thursday, Oct. 28.
The home has been closed
since the death of the former
President in April, 1945. It
was deeded to the National
Foundation for Infantile Par
alysis the following June.
Chairman Ivan Allen of the
Franklin D. Roosevelt Warm
Springs Memorial Commis
sion said preparations have
now been completed to open
the house to visitors.
- Military censorship blacked out
- several key details of the fight
ing, even barring use of the Israli
commander’s name and an order
of the day to his troops throwing
( light on the scope and aims of the
attack. ¢
The fighteing was reported cen
tered around Gaza, main Egyptian
'military base in Palestine and
capital” of the newly proclaimed
Arab government of the Holy
Land. s
The Israeli command said:it had
penetrated Egyptian troop bases
but would not reveal their exact
location. The Egyptians were re
ported by the Jews to be retaliat
ing with artillery fire directed at
Jewish settlements northeast of
Gaza.
Israeli government spokesmen
{ said the purpose of the Isracli at
tack was to smash open the
road to Jewish settlements in the
Negev, Southern Palestine desert.
That road crosses the Egyptian
supply and reinforcement road to
Beersheba, Hebron and the sou
thern arc of the Jerusalem front.
If the Jews won full control they
would cut the Egyptian supply
and reinforcement route for much |
of southern Palestne. |
Partial Success |
An indication of at least partial
Israeli success in that objective
was receipt at U. N. headquarters
in Haifa of an Egyptian complaint
that the news had occupied posi
tions East of Faluja, Blocking the
highway approach from Gaza
through Hebron {o Jerusalem.
Faluja is a communications cen
ter 23 miles northeast of Gaza.
An Israeli Army communique
announced the capture of an
Egyptian strongpoint after an
aerial assault and bitter hand-to
hand fighting. Naming the exact
location was not permitted. The
Israelis claimed heavy casualties
inflicted on the Egyptians.
Both newsmen and U. N. obser
vers were barred by the Jews
from going within 50 miles of the
fighting.
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NLRB RULE
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HITS MASS
) Labor Law Cited
~ As Yardstick To
- Hire New Workers
WASHINGTON, QOct. 18.—(AP)
-—Key rulings that the Taft-
Hartley law curbs mass picket
ing and sets up a yardstick’ for
replacing strikers with new
workers were studied by man
agement and labor alike today.
The interpretations came from
the National Labor Relations
Board over the weekend, In “one
case NLRB Trial Examiner Ir
ving Rogosin held = that mass
picketing can violate the act
even if it is in the form of a
peaceful parade. L
Sheer numbers tend to coerce
non-strikers, Rogosin said, so he
recommended that the CIO-
United Electrical Workers and
officers of Locals 1150 and 13 be
ordered (o refrain from hclding
any more processions like that of
November 21, 1947, in front of
the Cory Corporation plant in
Chicago.
The UE members had struck
cn November 1. Gogosin said it
was clear to him that the proces
sion “constituted mass picketing
in aggravated form.” 4 o
Unless the union appeals the
Rggsinffi"?ém to. fhéfi“%fvae-fii}‘m
NLRB' in 20 days, the decision
will have the effect of a board
order. - s e o
The other ruling, setting forth
at least five conditions under
which “economic” strikers lose
their jobs ot permanent reglace
ments, was handed-down by the
Board itself
Economic Strikes
(“Economic” strikers are those
who walk out over pay o{l work
ing conditions, rather than in
protest against some unfair labor
practice complaint against their
employer).
In its latest ruling on the sub
ject, the NLRB held that 71
strikers, members of the Inter
national Association of Machin
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Cold Wave
Nears City
Athenians - who haven’t done
so already should get out their
overcoats and also put anti
freeze in their car radiators, be
cause the real winter is just
peeping around the corner.
E. S. Sell, United States wea
ther observer 'here, reported a
low this morp- g
ing of 37 de-gumms ’
grees, and he Bt
said a low of 33 Al
degrees was reo- [ e
ported in At-g{‘g'f
lanta. The coldg®¥; iy ;
wave is movingais = y
toward Athens. qp -
Mr. Sell, said g 3 b
the thermome- = T
ter will | proba=dssainss i
ably go to 33 \FROST .
degrees here by tomorrow.
The 37 degrees temperaturg
today is the lowest since sum
mer for Athens. ¥Forecast for the
north and central portions of the
state tonight 1s frost.