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SUPPLIES PILE UP ON STRIKE-BOUND WATERFRONT — This airview of the
waterfront and railroad yards at Jersey City, N. J., shows piles of export-bound
supplies which cannot be loaded on ships because of the AFL longshoremen’s strike.
New York’s Mayor William O’Dwyer says he has received assurance - from union
that food and fuel supplies will not be affected by the strike which has tied up
East Coast ports.— (AP Wirephoto.) :
INDUSTRY, BUSINESS FEELING
EFFECTS OF SHIPPING TIEUPS
Settlement
.
Hopes Rise On
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Pacific Coast
By The Associated Press
There appeared some hope to
day of early settlement of the 11
weeks old west coast shipping
strike but no progress was report
ed toward ending the walkout of
65,000 east coast AFL dock work
ers,
Effects of the shipping tieup in
ports from =~ Maine to Virginia
were being felt in m'any.segifafits
of industry and business. Esti
mates ‘of losses ran into many
millions of dollars since the AFL
International Longshoremen’s As
sociation walke?butf‘ eight days
age In a displte over wages.
Thousands of railroad, tugboat
and trucking workers have been
made idle.
The Port of Halifax was reop
ened and the 2,000 Longshoremen
will handle all goods not consign
ed to United States ports. Earlier
the Halifax Longshoremen’s Asso
ciation said it would seal off Hal
ifax from any more ships diverted
In San Francisco, negotiators in
the Pacific Coast shipping tieup
reported “progress is being made.”
The waterfront Employers Asso
ciation and the CIO Longshore
men’s union reached a tentative
agreement on the issue of hiring
halls. The hiring halls’ will stay
under union control,
Other issues up' for discussion
include wages, vacations with pay
and grievance machinery. The
28,000 workers are seeking a 15
cents an hour pay raise in the
present wage scale of $1.67, or 13
cents, retroactive of June 15, when
their contract expired. g
The AFL screen extras Guild in
Hollywood said its members vot
ed 2,512 to 67 to reject an em
ployer proposal for eontinuing the
mob scenes extra’s pay bracket of
$9.45 a day. The Guild said it will
ask the studios to make a new of
fer. X
Bus Strike
For the third day a strike of 150
bus drivers and mechanics of the
Edwards Lakes-to-Seas system
halted operations over 1,500 miles
of route in Pennsylvania, New
York, New Jersey, Ohio and
Washington, D. C. The AFL Amal
gamated Association of Street Car,
Electric Railways and Coaches
employes union is seeking a wage
hike of 10 per cent. The company
has offered six per cent. The pres
ent rate for drivers is 5.55 cents a
mile and $1.27 an hour for me
chanics.
The American ‘Federation of
Labor, in convention in Cincinna
ti, today had for consideration a
proposal to raise $750,000 to be
used in the fight for repeal of the
Taft-Hartley Act. The committee
directing policy for “labor’s league
and political education” suggested
to the 650 delegates to the AFL’s
convention that they finance an
educational program with an as
sessment of 10 cents a member.
The AFL membership on Aug. 31
was 7,220,000.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
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noon and Thursday, covler
tonight, .
GEORGIA — Clearing and
mild this afternoon. Fair and
cooler tonight, Thursday fair
and mild,
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Normal< . vahiss l, 82
RAINFALL
Inches lust 24 hours .. .. .29
Total since Nov. 1 .. ... 2.68
Excess since Nov. 1 .. .. 1.18
Average Nov. rainfall ... 2.61
Total since January 1 ...51.12
Excess since January 1 .. 7.57
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LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE RESULTS IN MAIL PILE
UP — Postal clerks attempt to assort the hundreds of
packages and thousands of letters that have been piling
up at the Army Base Post Office in Boston, Mass., as a
result of the Longshoremen’s strike which has crippled
East Coast shipping. Many of the packages and letters
are Christmas gifts for overseas service men—(NEA
Telephoto.)
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Food Price Drop Won't
Affect Cost Of Living
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 17.— (AP). —Mrs. Housewife‘
can count on a drop in food prices, but she shouldn’t ex
pect the cost of living to go down.
A man who ought to know, Ewan Clague, Commisgioner
of the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statigtics,
said the food price fall will be balanced by increases in
items in heavy demand.
Among these he listed rents,
steel, automobiles and Marshall
Plan exports.
Clague spoke yesterday at a
conference arranged by the In
dustrial Council of the Chamber
of Commerce.
“At present,” he told 250 bus
iness executives, ‘“‘our consumer
prices have reached a peak ‘and
tarm prices are, if anything,
coming down.”
“At the same time,” Clague
added, “there is a tremendous
upward pressure starting in com
modities where there still exists
a heavy postwar demand.”
Clague figured that “the gen
eral . economic . outlook appears
very favorable,” adding that'in
dustrial development is at an all
time high with 46,000,000 holding
jobs, a gain of 3,000,000 since the
end of the war.
He = warned, however, that
shortages in the supply of skilled
labor “will very likely occur on
a greater scale than has been trué
since the war years, and many
employers in some areas will
find themselves badiy pinched
son labortt -
Associated Press Service
BE A QUITTER;
JOIN OEPQO,
JUST SAY NO! !
FRANKLIN, Ind., Nov. 17.
(AP) — You ocan join -the
“OEPQO” if you ‘Thave
strength of character to say
the password at the right
times. A
The “OEPQOY Asiun or
ganization te\eh jge peo
ple to quit orgarizations. Its
password is “No” /4"
Ii has no olflceta;“fiu dues,
io meetings, noWfle& no
projects. Its’ '} . “Be a
Quitter.” as/ ,f':,\%.ii,l
Dr. Howard "&. m,km
tor of the First erian
Chureh, "roposed the
“OEPQO.” His purpose was
to help members save time
for family life and church
duties. =
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Talmadge Takes Office:
Pledges Economy“. Fight
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Thousands Cheer As Nation’s
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Youngest Gov. Takes Oath
ATLANTA, Nov. 17.-—~(AP)—Herman Talmadge one
time farm boy, became the 63rd governor of Georgia to
day in a ceremony blending country-style simplicity with
official pomp.
Cannon boomed a salute, two
bands played, and thousands of
followers whooped and yelled as
“Hummon” took the oath as the
youngest state executive in the
natien.
The 35-year-old “white su
premacy” champion inherited the
reins of political power his father
dropped two years ago. The late
famed Eugene Talmadge died be
fore he could assume his fourth
term as governor in 1947,
In his inaugural address, Tal
madge skipped lightly over spe
cific proposals and appealed for
cooperation between other state
officials, the legislature and the
citizenry in a general program of
progress. g
~ His most positive indication of
future action was the promise of
economy. ,
“I tell you quite frankly that
thousands and thousands of my
friends are going to be disap=
pointed in not receiving a. state
job,” Talmadge said. :
Job Cutting & |
“During my campaign, I made
it clear that ‘my administration
would be one of retrenchment
and economy and those state em
ployes who receive checks to do
little or no work would be dis
missed.
These jobs will be abolished
and they will not be filled.”
Talmadge said he would not
be the kind of governor who
‘“just sits over there in the gov
ernor’s office, directing routine
affairs, taking no decisive stand
on important - public issues, just
letting things go along in a slip
shod fashion and somehow mud
}dle through his term of office!'.
““He said he would “take the
iead in fighting for the things
that our people really believe in
and that the state really needs.”
His points on some specific
problems:
Six Groups In
Contest On
Home Displays
Six of the best know women’s
organizations in the city are com
peting in a home decorating con
test, using the display windows of
Thurmon Funiture Company on
Clayton street so the public can
see the results of their handi
‘work.
In addition to using the display
windows of the furniture com
pany, the committee of ladies re
presenting the six organizations
will use merchandise and furni
ture stocked by the store and
these items may be supplemented
by articles from their own homes,
if desired.
Two organizations display their
exhibits each week, one using the
west display window and another
the east window.
| On display this week are the
exhibits of the Ladies Garden
1 Club, of which Mrs. Madison Nich
olson is president, and Classic City
Pnst No. 185, American Legion
Auxiliary, of which Mrs. Eddie
Condron is president. The Garden
Club display features a dining
room scene featuring the Thanks
giving theme, while the Legion
Auxiliary has arranged a bed
room.
These displays remain through
out the week, being replaced on
November 22 by the exhibit of the
Woman’s Club, of which Mrs. J.
W. Bailey is president, and that of
the Junior Ladies Garden Club.
Ends December 4
Starting on Novemker 29 and
confinuing until tne contest closes
on December 4 will be the displays
arranged by the Rose and Dahlia
Club, of which Mrs. Grandison
Caskey is president, Acting in the
illness of Mrs. Caskey is Mrs. J. R.
Wilkes. The otier display for the
final week will be that of the Al
len R. Fleming, Jr., Post No. 30
American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs.
A, D. Gann, president.
. Judges for the contest, with sub
stantial cash prizes offered are E.
R. Hodgson, chairman, Mrs, Har
old G. Westcott ahd Mrs. Margaret
H. Blair, Cordis H. Thurmon, pro
prietor of the store, announced.
First prize in the contest is SSO;
second prize $35; third prize win
ner gets S3O; four prize is S2O;
fifth prize winner gets sls and
sixth prize is $7.50. Thus, each en
try is sure to win a cash prize. In
addition, Mr. Thurmon has re
versed the usual custom of prize
contests and no group is required
to put up an entry fee. Instead,
Mr. Thurmond - presents each of
;he six entries with a $lO cash
oL
Hundreds of Members
The six organizations are among
the best known women’s groups
in Athens and their w;md
{Continued On Page
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1948.
Taxes—“l am fully aware of
the burdensome federal, state
and local taxes that our people
now have to pay. The power to
tax is the power to destroy, and
excessive taxation will destroy
’business and job opportunities
for all our people. If additional
revenue should be deemed neces
sary it (must) be submitted 1o
!the people of our state in a refer
endum for a fina! determination
by them.”
Capital—“We welcome capital
ists from outside the state who
will come to Georgia to make
good citizens and to help us de
velop our human and material re
sources, We do not welcome oul
side capitalists who come to
Georgia with the idea of getting
"~ (Continued On Page Two)
Errection Of Farmers
- Tom Linder Reveals Construction
To Get Underway Before Christmas
! ;Construction on the Farmers Market here will begin
}béfore Christmas, Tom Linder, State Commigsioner of
%Agriculture, revealed today. Commissioner Linder’s state
;ment was included in a letter to Millard Seagraves, chair
man of the Jaycee Farmers Market Committee.
| The Commissioner also pointed
[ ut in the letter that “urgent mat
;a‘ that have come up in the past
ew weeks in my office have caus
ed the delay in letting contracts
for construction.”
Mr. Seagraves said today that
he was sending Commissioner Lin
§der a complete list of contractors
in this area and asked that all
‘companies be given ample oppor
tunity to bid on the contract for
‘eanstruction.
- The blue prints and plans for
the market may be obtained from
the Commissioner’s office at the
‘state capital.
F Mr. Seagraves also reported this
‘morning that the *Jaycees have
paid off a note of $525 that was
‘borrowed by the Jaycee Farmers
Market Committee to reach their
‘goal on the purchase price of the
market site when public contribu
tions fell short of the goal.
The deeds for the new market,
which will serve multitudes of
farmers in this section of the state,
were presented to the State of
Georgia a few weeks ago. The
Jaycee drive for the purchase of
Ithe market site and its erection
began in August of this year.
The market will be similar to
several others scattered at key
points throughout the state which
provide higher trade incomes for
surrounding cities.
- R. E. A. LOAN
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—
(AP)—The Rural Electrification
Administration today announced
approval of a $130,000 loan to
Forsyth County Eleciric Member
ship Corporation, Cummings, Ga.
New U.S. Chinese Policy Expected
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—
(AP) — Diplomatic authorities
speculatec today that the Amer
ican government soon may issue
a pronouncement designed to
bcost the morale of China’s anti-
Communist forces.
President. Truman and the
State Department have before
them a plea from Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-gshek for a policy
declaration reaffirming support
of Chiang's Nationalist govern
ment.
Mest informed officials: consid
ered it more likely that any
broad policy declaration would
have to await the review of in
ternational affairs - which Mr,
Truman and Secretary of State
Marshall will hold at the White
House next Monday.
Nanking official quarters and
pro-government newspapers gave
out jubilant reports today that,
Communist forces were on th 2
run on the vital Suchow front.
Neutral sources, slightly skep
tical, waited for signs of confir
mation.
Worried Chinese were told by
the Chinese Central News Agency
the Communists had suffered on
the Suchow front less than 200
miles from their capital “the
most disastrous defeat ever re
ceived from the hands of gov
ernment troops.” - $
| The foficial agency reported
‘wholesale surrenders of Red
Army soldiers fleeing through a
“wall of bullets and bombs.”
VIRGINIA CITY, Nev,
Nov., 17—(AP)—A bejewel
led, smartly dressed lady
gambler known as “The
Countess” had the long-dis
tance lines humming today
for funds to cover a check
she wrote to spring her po
ker-playing partner from jail.
District Attorney Robert
Berry said the *Countess,”
Miss Henya €. A. Krasnod
ebsky of Philadelphia, could
leave the historic pokey as
soon as she could make good
the $2,200 check which freed
Burdette Beveridge, 39, of
Vancouver, Wash,
Berry said she had made
telephone calls to New York,
Reverly Hills and Mexico
City “but so far she hasn’t
raised a nickel.”
Joel Elected
President Of
resident
&
Congregation
At the recent annual meeting of
the Congregation Children of Is
rael of Athens, Jake B. Joel was
elected president and other offi
cers chosen.
Harry Loef was named vice
president; Morris Held, secretary;
Abe Brooks, treasurer.
Elected to the Board of Trus
tees were Jake Bernstein, J. Bush,
Alexander Bush, Hyman Cutler,
David Gordon, Mrs. Jake B. Joel,
Maurice Lawrence, Milton Lesser,
Leroy Michael, Max Michael,
Louis Patz and Henry Rosenthal.
Rabbi Samuel Glasner was re
elected spiritual Jleader of the
Congregation.
Mr. Joel, the newly elected
President is a well known attor
ney and business man and has
represented Clarke county for
several terms in the State General
Assembly as a member of the
House. :
COUPONS FLOOD
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 17.—
(AP)—A deluge of coupons, “eacll
good for ten cents on the pur
chase of grocery staples, has de
scended upon Indianapolis and
has caused keen competition be
tween the big chains and inde
pendents,
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miles northeast of Peiping. Arrow (2) indicates advance of Com
munists reported 75 miles south of Suchow. Threc divisions of
Nationalist government reinforcements rushed from North China,
landed at Lienyunkang (3), and started moving westward toward
Suchow. Other Nationalist troops were reported moving into
position (4, double arrows) between Nanking and Comununisi
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U.S., Britain, France Reject
Four-Power Talk Proposals
PARIS, Nov. 17— (AP) —The United States, Britain
and France told top U. N. officials formally today they
want the Berlin dispute with Russia left in the hands of
the Security Council as a threat to peace.
This was the Western reply to
the appeal by H, V. Evatt, the As
sembly president, and Trygve Lie,
the U. N. secretary-General, to
the four Big Powers to compose
their differences for the good of
world peace,
Russia already had replied. She
ingists, as before, that the Berlin
question is part of the all-German
gquestion and must be discussed
by the Council of Foreign Minis
ters.
The United States once -again
said it would not negotiate the is
sue of Berlin under the threat im
plicit in the Russian blockade.
Britain said the Russian veto of
a Berlin solution offered by the
so-called neutrals of the Security
Council stood in the way of pro
gress toward a settlement. That
proposal had calied for lifting of
the blockade, to be followed im
mediately by a Four-Power con
ference.
The British also:replied to the
appeal of H. V. Evatt, the Assem
bly. president, and Trygve Lie, the
secretary-general, that the most
hopeful a{;proach‘ to a Berlin solu
tion would be to leave it to the
" Security Council. .
Secretary of State Marshall,
whose = reply was checked and
cleared with President Truman,
b sak!j’.hei Un!tedt - Stat&s m&y to
vengage in talks wi a -as
soon as the blockade is lifted, He
said also the United States looks
to the Security Council for further
efforts to solve the issue.
Political War
Marshall, in the formal Amerl.-4
can reply to the Evatt-Lie letter, |
said the United States had diseuss-:
ed the matter directly with Russia
until it became apparent the Ber
lin blockade was established to
gain political objectives to which
Russia was not entitled. |
“We therefore referred the
question to the Security Council'
as a threat to the peace, where it
still remains,” Marshall replied. !
“To compromise the principle of
‘the Charter that force shall not
be used for the attainment of na-
Itional objectives would endanger
the peace of the world. |
“There is a basic issue in rela-}
tion to Berlin—that is, whether orj
not the Soviet government can be
permitted to use force, whether by
way of blockade or of economic
pressures involving currency, cre-{
dit or trade, or otherwise to de
prive the Western Powers of par
|ticipation in the administration of
Berlin.”
Dr. Evatt and Secretary-General
Lie received the replies from the
delegation chiefs without com
ment. Informed quarters said,
however, the two would continue
efforts looking for a peaceful so
lution, despite tkis apparent stone
wall.
Home
Edition
Chest Drive
Successful,
Kiwanis Told
’ The 1948 campaign of the Ath
ens Community Chest was declar
ed successful yesterday by J. W.
Matthews, chairman of the drive,
at the regular weekly luncheon
meeting of the Kiwanas Club,
where Kiwanians had as guests
the Athenians who were largely
responsible for the attainment of
the $36,200 goal.
- Mr. Matthews, Mrs. John A.
Simpson, and Mr. Walter Ssms,
jr., were recognized by Athens
Community Chest President L. M.
’Shadgett as the “workers who
made the campaign successful
through their own hard work.”
Mr. Shadgett thanked members of
‘the Kiwanis Club for their sup
sgort of the campaign and in be
half of the Banner-Herald thank
ied the representatives of the paper
for the “splendid publicity render
ed fiee drive.”
IMr Mfthtgdgett then introduced
Mr. Matthews, who in presenting
his teport to SRy e of the
‘amount raised in the 1948 cam
‘paei!n, said that the drive was ex
pected to go over the goal of $36,-
200 when all reports of team cap
tains have been turned in to him.
The figure presently stands at
$34,900, which is $1,300 short of
the figure set to be raised.
Speaks For Mayor
J. Smiley Wolfe, program chair
man, presented Clyde Basham,
City Councilman from the Second
Ward, who spoke in behalf of
Mayor Jack Wells in appreciation
of the fine work done by the
Chest for the betterment of the
Community. “We can imagine
what the community would be
like without any of the six agen
cies which the Community Chest
supports,” Mr. Basham said, “and
we are grateful to these unselfish
workers who have assured the
function of the agencies in the
coming year.”
Abit Nix spoke for the citizens
of Athens in appreciation of the
work of the Community Chest and
commended Mr. Matthews and his
staff for “not only getting out and
raising the money for the drive,
but also for leaving a pleasant
flavor with all with whom they
had dealings. The budget will
probably be exceeded,” said Mr.
Nix, “for the 1948 drive. But let’s
not forget that a drive like this
goes on forever.”
Mr. Matthews, Mrs. Simpson,
and Mr. Sams were given a rising
vote of thanks by the Kiwanians
at the conclusion of the presenta
tion of guests, and the meeting
was a declared adjourned by Pres
ident Durward Watson.
City Primary
Voting Scant
A total of only 732 votes had
been cast in the City Democratic
Primary today at noon out of a
total registered list of over 7,500.
However, the vote was expected
to be substantially increased dur
ing the dinner hour and the aft
ernoon. The pclls close at 6 p. m.,
in all of the five city wards.
“ The vote cast in the various
wards at noon wag as follows:
First Ward—Box No. 1—180;
Box ‘No. 2—41, Second Ward—
Box No. 1—70; Box No. 2—l.
Third Ward—Box No, 1—107; Box
No. 2—106. ¥Fourth Ward—Box
No. 1—150; Box No. 2—22. Fifth
Ward—Box No. 1—141; Box No.
2--130.
Voters are nominating five
members of City Council and Q}ge
member of ihe City Civil Service
Commission.
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Plane Beats Tide
In Island Rescue
MANILA, Nov. 17—(AP)— A
slow moving helicopter raced a
rising tide late yesterday to get
nine of a dozen Americans off a
tiny ; sandpit after their flying
fortress had crashed 150 miles
southwest of here. ks
The plane was coming in from
New Guinea. Its fuel was exhaus
ted. The pilot, Capt. Henry I,
Choate, of Denver, aitched the B
-17 in 10 feet of water.