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Athens Observes Moina Michael, Armistice Day Tomorrow
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Vol. CXVI, No. 259
Galaxy Of Speakers To Highlight
Huge Celebration; Big Parade Set
A Georgian who has risen high in the service of
his country comes back to his native state tomor
row to honor another Georgian who also rose high
in service to her nation and the world.
The returning Georgian is Brigadier General
willard W Irvine, born in not-too-distant Warren
ton down in Warren county. The one he comes
here to honor is that worid benefactor, Georgia’s
and Athens’ own Miss Moina Michael, renowned
around the globe as “The Poppy Lady.” y
It is most fitting that the distinguished warrior
should have been chosen to pay honor to the one
who, perhaps more than any other in all the world,
has had most to do with bringing comfort and
pleasure to those who fought for their country, to
their wives and widows and children. i
Busy Nation Pauses
And the honor becomes the more impressive
when a great and busy nation takes pause to send
to this pleasant little Georgia city,.some of its great
and important figures to pay homage in its name
to the Kkindly, soft-spoken,\gray-haired woman,
several years gone who will in time, take rank
among the great benefactors of mankind.
The observance ¢f Armistice Day will be held
in connection with Moina Michael Day. Merchants
have been asked to close from 10 to 12 a. m. to
morrow for the observance of the two days,
General Irvine, president of the
Army Discharge Review: Board,
Office of the Secretary of the Ar
my, with station at Washington, D.
C., was born on April 11, 1892. He
graduated from Emory University
in 1913, and on June 20, 1916 he
en‘~-red Federal Service with the
Georgia National Guard. He was
commissioned a second lieutenant
in the Coast Artillery Corps of the
Regular Army on June 16, 1917
and was promoted to first lieuten
ant the same d?fi:{ Steadily he has
risen in rank from that time.
Serves In Many Places
He served with the Georgia Na
tional Guard during the Border
Crisis, and with the Coast Artil
lery he has seen service in many
parts of the country. Service in the
Coast Artillery has carried him to
Panama Canal Zone; Manila and
Subic Bays, Phillipine Islands; and
Saipan, Marianag, &i T 4 % 5
His decorations include the Le
gion of Merit with two Oak Leaf
Clusters. He received the medal
“for exceptionally meritorious
conduct - in. the .- performance. ..of
outstanding services from August
1942 to February 1944.”. The first
Oak Leaf Cluster was .awarded
him for his service whife»"beggty
Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, War
Department General Staff; and the
second Cluster was -awarded ~him
for meritorious service -and ex
ceptional leadership as Command
ing General, Western Pacific Base
Command. /
Reports of 1939 state that the
Flanders Field Memorial ~Poppy
program was then conducted
throughout the British Empire and
is organized in 53 couniries be
sides the United States. It was es
timated in 1939 that the sale of
“The Miracle Flower,” as Miss
Moina called it, "brings in $7,000,-
000 yearly. i :
General Irvine will speak at the
exercises to be held in Fine Arts
Auditorium beginning at 11 a. m.
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Honors Moina Michael
The first Athenian ever to be honored with a United
States postage stamp will be thus honored tomorrow. The
commemorative <tamp honors Miss Moeina Michael.
kiown as the “Poppy Lady,” who created the plan of
holding a national and worldwide “Poppy Day” to heln
with the rehabilitation of World War I veterans and their
families. g & s (SN BEIREIE
Today the fingers of thousands
of disabled war veterans fashion
millions of artificial memorial red
poppies as they lie in hospital
wards, and from 4 sale.of ac
poppies millions of dollars are de
voted to the welfare of all war
weterans, their - widows: and or=
phans. . e s
Originated fdea in 1918 ° .
Miss Michael o:;iginated’M_ ,
of the ma'xFo'rial poppy in 1918 ass
ter-a tearful mother asked her to
help in remembering her son who
was ‘lost at sea. Since :the: boy’s
body could not be recovered, the
mother ~had neVer placed any
flowers on her sons grave. Miss
Michael decided -that flowers
should be cast upon the water each
year in memory of those who lost
their lives at sea: From this came
Miss Michael’s idea of the poppy
anchor, which was composed of
red poppies made by Miss Michael
herself, during her lifetime.
| Until 1930 the mgmorial anchor
'was launched upon the Aflantic
at Savannah, but since that time it
| has become a part of the exercis="
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| demy on Memorial Day, May 30.
Miss Michael was born in Wal
ton county, near Good Hope Aug
ust 15, 1868, the daughter of John
Marion and Alice Sherwood:
(Wise) Michael. She received a
general education at Braswell Ac
ademy just over the line in Mor~
gan County, and Martin Institute
in Jefferson, graduating from the
latter at the age of 15. ”
Miss Michael continued her edu
cation at Luey Cobb Instijute and
the State Normal School, and lat
er studied at Columbia University
in New York City. ! :
Early Teaching Career ' =
The early teaching career of
Miss Michael took her to Secial
Circle, Good Hope, Monroe, and
Madison. She ‘was lady pringipal
at. Bessie Tift College, and for
over 25 years was connected with
‘the University of Georgia at the
State Normal School, now Co-or
dinate College. .
In her first year Miss. Michael
started a custom from which she
never deviated once during her
long teaching 'career. She began
'each day with a verse ffom the
Bible, an inspiring song, an earnest
prayer. The reader should decide
what part those three things
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ICONGRESSMAN PAUL BROWN
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GCEORCIA OVER A CENTURY
REP. THOMAS INDICTED
ON CHARGES QF FRAUD
Accused Of Padding Office
Payroll; Ex-Steno Indicted
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. — (AP) — Rep. J. Parnell
Thomas (R.-N.J.), ‘chairman of the House Un-American
Activities Committee, whs indicted today on charges of
conspiring to pad the payroll of his congressional office.
His former secretary, Miss Helen Campbell, was
charged jointly with him by a Federal Grand Jury.
The jury has been investigating
published charges of payroll ir
regularities in Thomas’ office. He
was called last week to testify but
declined to do so. |
The indictment . . i~ oy
accused Thomas - 8
and Miss Camp- i
bell of conspiring e
to maintain ficti- \,’,&
tious employes in L
Thomas’ Hou s'e St %
office so the sal- i ‘;&’
aries paid to A
these persons s@‘
could be routed Ses
into Thomag L T
bank account. e %fij
The indictment i
alleged that Miss 5
Campbell’s niéce ;
Myra Midkiff,
and a maid in J-P THQMA'S
Miss Cdmpbell’s home, Arnette
Minor, were carried on the Thom
as office payroll and received
monthly checks without actually
working for the government,
, It was alleged that Miss Mid
kiff and Miss Minor, upon receiv
ing their government checks, in
dorsed them over to Miss Camp
bell who deposited them in her
personal checking account. There
after, according to the Grand Ju
ry, Miss Campbell withdrew this
money by check and deposited-it in
the account of Rep. Thomas in the
Firth National Bank of Allendale,
N. J.
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- The indictment said that #with
the intent of concealing and cov
ering up the fraudulent and fie- |
titious employment” of Miss Mid- |
kiss, the Congressman -and Miss
Campbell prepared income tax re
turns in her name, with Thomas
paying the tax due on the salary
listed for her from the govern
ment.
The indictment formally charg
ed Thomas and Miss Campbell
with a conspiracy “to defraud the
United States of its money and
property.” .
At his Allendale, N. J., home,
Thomas said “I have nothing to
say at all at this moment:” He said
he ~might have a statement later.
The committee headed by Thom
as was in the spotlight throughout
the year in its investigations into
Communist and subversive activi
ties during and since the war.
Lose Chairmanship
Thomas was re-elected . last
Tuesday, However, he will lose his
charmanship when Democrats take
control of Congress in January.
The conspiracy was alleged to
have run from Jan. 1, 1940, to Jan.
30, 1945.
Miss Campbell was accused on
ly of the alleged conspiracy.
Thomas was charged with conspi
racy and also with a ‘series of
overt acts in the filing of alleged
ly false claims.
In addition to the alleged ficti
tious employment of Miss Midkiff
and Miss Minor, the New Jersey
Representative was charged with
presenting for payment salary
vouchers for Jacqueline B. Hill for
“‘services rendered as clerk-typist
to the committee on un-American
activities.” The Grand Jury said
these claims were fraudulent be
cause Miss Hill had rendered. no
services to the committee;
Heavy Penalty
Court officials said that convic
tion on all the charges against
Thomas would carry a possible
maximum sentence of 32 years in
prison, $40,000 in fines, or both.
George Morris Fay, U. S. Dis
trict Attorney, said the court was
notified that Thomas will appear
Tuesday of next week for arraign
ment.
Fay said the trial, under normal
procedures, could not take place
before January.
ATHENS, CA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1948.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
JFair and slightly warmer
this afterncon and tonight.
Tuesday — Increasing cloud
iness and mild followed by
occasional light rain in the
afternoon and night.
GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA—Fair and slight
ly warmer this afternoon, and
tonight. Tuesday, partly
cloudy and a little warmer,
TEMPERATURE
FURhOSE &.. . k. 3
LOwWesE -, .. ol
TR 88
IMOTRENY - e LR
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours . ..., 0
Total since Nov. 1 ..... 233
Excess since Nov.'l ..... 1.64
Average Nov. rainfall ... 261
Total since January 1 .. 50.77
Excess since January 1 .. 8.33
MEYERS
VERDICT
IS UPHELD
WASHINGTON, Nov. B—(AP)
—The U. 8. Circuit Court of Ap
peals today upheld the conviction
of Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers
on charges of inducing another
person to lie under oath to a Sen
ate Committee. The court split 2-1.
Meyers has pbeen in jail since
last March 14, serving an 18
months to five years sentence im
g)sed after his conviction in U. S.
istriet court.
The case against him grew out
of a Senate investigation of war
time air force contracts.
Meyers, now retired, was the
chief purchasing officer for the
air force during the war.
In summary, the charges made
against him amounted to this:
Meyers was the actual owner of
the ;Aviation Electric Corporation,
Dayton, Ohio, which received
profitable war contracts, but
hired Bleriot H. La Marre to act
as “dummy” president of the con
cern. When the Senate inwestiga
'tion got underway, Myers persuad
ed LaMarre to testify falsely.
In testimony to the committee,
'W said Meyers had no
giving what he said was the truth,
| testified Meyers did own it,
'+ Meyers contended throughout
that he was innocent, but was
tried and convicted of subornation
to perjury.
. Judges Wilbur K. Miller and
James M. Proctor handed the ma
jority opinion in the Court of Ap
pealss. Judge E. Barrett Pretty
man dissented. :
The majority opinion written by
Judge Miller held that the pro
secution in the district court trial
proved that LaMarre falsely told
the Senate Subcommittee:
1. That Meyers had no financial
interest in the Awviation Electric
Corporation.
2. That the company did not buy
a Cadilac car for Meyers during
the war and,
3. That a SIO,OO decorating job
at the Meyers' apartment in the
hotel 2400 here was not paid for
out of company funds. |
Cotton Crop
Estimate Up
WASHINGTON, Nov. B—(AP)
—The Agriculaure Department, in
its semi-final report of the year,
today estimated this year’s cotton
crop at 15,166,000 bales of 500
pounds gross weight.
This estimate is 87,000 bales
more than the 15,079,000 forcast
a month ago. It compares with
last year’s crop of 11,857,000 ‘and
‘with the 1937-46 average of 12,~
014,000.
Vacations With Cronies
President Truman Sheds State
Cares To Relax In Florida Sunm
KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. B—(AP)
—Harry S. Truman shed the cares
of >tate today to frolic in the
Florida sunshine. ‘
The President of the United
States started a vacation at this
Naval submarine base in the Com
pany of a small group of White
House cronies among whom he
could relax and, for the time be
ing, forget some of the problems
of his office.
~ For the moment, his main con
cern was to:
I—Bask in the sunshine in col
orful trunks.
2—Walk in comparative privacy
around the submarine Naval base
where he is spending his fifth
period of rest.
The gray-haired chief execu
tive adopted a costume which he
has worn on previous visits here—
light tan slacks, a sports shirt and
two-tone shoes, for his walks —
and swim trunks for his visits to
the beach.
Must Make Decisions -
Many decisions involving
changes in his administration may
be made before Mr. Truman re
turns to Washington two weeks
from now. But for the present, he
Koreans Revolt
In Red-Held Zone
Unconfirmed Reports Say
Fight Involves 150,000 Men
SEOUL, Nov. B.—(AP)—Home Minister T. Y. Yoon
of the South Korean Republic today reported mass upris
ings in Rugsian controlled Northern Korea nave cost up
wards of 6,000 lives in the past few days.
A spokesman for the U. S. Army
in South Korea said no confirma
tion of Yoon's sepsational sgge.
ment, made to newsmen, had bee
received at headquarters. {
Yoon said he believed the at
tempted revolt occurred in eight
Northern cities, including Pyong
vang, the capital of North Korea.
His information, he said, was that
the revolt had been put down.
However, another cabinet officer
who declined to be quoted by
name said he had information the
fighting was véontinuing and that
as estimated 150,000 men were in
volved. :
The revolt belt was described by
South Korean officials as extend
ing from Haeju, near the 38th
parallel which divides thé U. S,
and Soviet zones, to Hamheung,
an East Coast port, j
Called “Desperation”
Yoon said his informants pic
tured the rebellion against the
Communist regime as one of des
peration. i hi e
The Home Minister = declared
that 6,000 anti-Communists were
slain a week ago at Hnmheun&:nd
Wonsan, ports northeast of ul,
North. Koreans, Yoon said, were
DeGAULLE GAINS SWEEPING
VICTORY IN FRENCH ELECTION
Hope Lags For
Mo .
38 Missing
Crash Victims
SEATTLE, Nov. B—(AP)—Hope
ebbed today for 88 persons on
three planes missing along the
shores of the north Pacific.
More than 40 planes and several
surface ships, taking part in what.
the Coast Guard called the most
extensive search ever conducted
in this area, failed to turn up any
new leads yesterday.
Nineteen planes covered Vi
couver Island, off the British 8::
lumbia coast, seeking a U. S. Navy
patrol bomber which vanished
with nine men aboard last Fhurs
day.
It was believed that faint radio
signals heard earlier this weekend
may have come from survivors of
this craft, but listening posts re
ported only silence yesterday.
Clouds kept air searchers from
mountain peaks where it is now
believed the plane crashed:
is in no hurry to act
Any dismissal or resignation
must be followed by an appoint
ment. And the President has de
cided to proceed with care in any
new appointments. e
Authoritative s%%rces said the
President is pleased with most of
his cabinet and their support dur
ing the campaign.
It is known that he is looking
around for a new Secretary of De
fense to replace James V. Forres
tal when the latter steps out and,
so the official story goes, he will
not press Robert A. Lovett to stay
on as Undersecretary of State..
Foiks around the President are
speculating whether he will name
Gov. Mon C. Wallgren of Washing
ton State to an important post.
Wallgren, a.former member of the
Senate and of the Truman Investi~
gating Committee, is one of the
chief executive’'s most intimate
friends,
Assured of Post ¢
He was defeated for re-election
although Mr, 'l‘rtn;xnanemd the
state. Wallgren, if he is interested,
can be assured of an important
post under the President.- ]
Wallgren is expected to m‘
President here before Mr. !
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
hungry and cold. They marched on
'well armed ‘l%orean Communists
with only sticks for weapons, he
. Meanwhile, the South Korean
N: 1 Assembly today adopted
a resolution demanding that Pres
ident Smmm Rhee - reorganize
his cabinet and assume responsi
bility for. the October Army up
risings .in South Korea.
b Pressure Move
- Close friends of the president
’kcallod;t‘lgaaction a pressure move
by thé Hankook Democratic Par
ty whieh controls about a third of
the Assembly but has only one
cabinet post.
~ The resolution was adopted 86
to 24 despite Rhee’s plea of Nov.
6 in the Assembly that political
maneuvering be shelved until
after the United National Act on.
Korea's status. Rhee said Com
munists were responsible for the
disorders in the Southern part of
the Republic which cost upward
of 700 lives. 'The President con
tended that the Assembly under
the Constitution was unable to
force a cabinet change. However,
the Assembly may amend the
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Communists Lose Most Of Power
As French Stage Anti-Red Rally
PARIS, Nov. B.—(AP)—Almost complete returns to
day gave General Charles De Gaulle’s Anti-Communist
Rally of the French People (RPF) a sweeping victory in
yestérday’s elections to the upper house of the French
Parliament. :
The Communists, presént ma
jority party in the council of the
Republic, lost more than four
fifths of their seats and will be a
low-ranking party in the new
council, .
The elections were national in
scope, but the balloting was done
by local electoral colleges instead
of directly by the people. |
First Election
The returns showed that the
RPF, taking part in a legislative
election for the first time, will
have about 40 per cent of the 269
seats at stake yesterday. The
colonies will elect another 51
members next month, bringing the
new council to its full strength of
320.
Although a De Gaulle spokes
|returns to the capital.
Vice Président-elect Alben W.
Barkley and Leslie L. Biffle, di
rector of the Senate Democratic
Policy Committee, will arrive
Tuesday or Wednesday. Senator J.
Howard McGrath, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, is
also coming about midweek.
There likely will be lengthy dis
cussions before the vacation is
over on the State of the TTnion
message Mr. Truman will" send
Congress in January. Without
question it will embrace a new
demand for Civil Rights measures
which stirred controversies with
in the party in the South, but
failed to rob Mr. Truman either of
nomination or election.
Other Points
This will embrace also:
A new plea for the Taft-Ellen
der-Wagner Housing Bill as ori
ginally proposed.
A minimum wage of at least 75
cents an hour.
m&: Taft-Hartley Act.
| nority for rationing and
Federal to education.
A nation health %in-
Home
Edition
Suicide Note
Of “Phantom”
May Be Fake
TEXARKANA, Ark., Nov. §—
(AP)—Two developments ‘indi
cated today that H. B. Tennison,
University of Arkansas student
who enjoyed comic magazines and
crime stories, may not have been
a “phantom” Kkiller. :
Instead, it appeared possible
that his suicide note implicating
himself with a wave of mysterious,
unsolved slayings in the Tex
arkana, Ark-Tex., area in 1946,
may have been a bizarre action
of an unhappy young man.
The tall, slender, reserved 18-
year-old student from Texarkana,
Ark., took poison at Fayetteville,
Ark., Friday after spending a
week—by his own statements—in
meditation in movies and his own
room. During that time, he said,
he existed mostly on candy bars.
One of the developments came
from Deputy Prosecutor Robert E,
Hall of Miller county. He an
nounced here that James Freeman,
16, told him that he spent the eve
ning of May 3, 1946, with Tenni
son in the latter's home listening
to the radio. This was the night
Virgil Starks was shot to death by
an unknown assailant.
Tennison’s “confession” note
said he slew Starks and two high
school students—three of the five
victims of the so-called “phan
tom.”
Hall' said Freeman fixed the
date this way—he recalled hear
ing a radio newscast about Starks
death. The prosecutor said Free
man came to him last night after
reading newspaper - accounts of
man claimed the RPF had won 121
seats, the interior ministry gave
it only 99 on the basis of the latest
vote count. The semi-official
French press agency gave it iO7.
With only seven seats missing,
interior ministry figures said this
was the diivsions of the council
seats: :
RPF — 99.
Radical Socialists (conserva
tives) and affiliates—o.
Socialists—4B,
Independents—2l.
Communists—l 6. :
Popular Republicans (MRP)-—
'ls.
Others—l 3
Of the RPF's 99 seats, 55 be
long to the party outright and the
others are from affiliated groups.
The Communists now hold 84
seats. Their drop to 16 occurred
largely because of a change in
the voting system that permitted
all non-Communist parties to
form coalitions against them.
De Gaulle’s group fell far short
of gaining a majority of seats in
the council of the Republic, which
is an advisory body to the national
assembly with no powers of direct
action. It is virtually impossible,
however, for any one party to
win complete control of parliament
because the number of political
parties in France,
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New Chair Date
Set For Edwards
A new date has been set for the
execution of Willie James Ed
wards, colored, Athens, who was
found guilty of murder by a
Clarke Superior Court jury in
April. The new date is November
18.
The . indictment of Edwards
stated that he allegedly made an
assault on George Harvey, jr.,
colored, Athens, on January 22,
with a shot gun and fatally
wounded Harvey.
Edwards was tried and the ori
ginal sentence, signed on April
16, fixed the dale for his execu
tion as June 11. A motion for a
néw trial was filed, but was over
ruled by Judge Henry H. West.
A bill of acceptions was then
filed and the case went to the Su~
preme Court of Georgia. They af
firmed the judgment of the Clarke
Superior Court and a new date
was fixed by order of the Clarke
court on October 30.