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Civil Rights
(ompromise
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WASHINGTON,* Nov. 22—
(AP)-—Senate Democratic lead
ers may posipone any effort to
block future’filibusters while they
ceek a compromise with Dixie
opponents of civil rights meas
i‘_“! S
Reporting this, a Democratic
official said one plan under dis
cussion is to have a committee
studv the whole question of re
vising Senate rules. '
As the code now stands, 2
score of Southerners ¢an prevent
the Senate {rom acting on any
civil rights measure by talking
indefinitely againsgt a motion to
take up such a bill,
The cloture—closing of debate
—rule applies only when a biil
actually is before the Senate. It
doesn’t work against & motion.
For that reason, Senator Van-
A~nhk-~~~< (R -Migh.) told report
prs that, for practical purposes,
cue walsting cioture rule isn’t
worth anything.”
He noted, 00, that opponenis
can filibuster any motion to
change the rules, as Senator Mc-
Clellan (D.-Ark.): already has
predicted Southern members will
do. Vandenberg said he favors a
rule change to make cloture—
which requires acproval' of two
thirds of those voting—apply at
anvtime
An administralion Democrat,
who didn’t want lo be narsed
publicly, agreed with Vanden
berg’s analysis of' the ineffective
ness of the present cloture rule.
Because of this situation, the
Democrat said it may be neces
sary for the party leadership to
compromise with the Southern
ers if it is to make any headway
with President Truman’s propos
als for lawz banning job discrim
ination. punisring lyncbing, abol
ishing state poll ltaxes and curb
ing race segregation.
Some Southerners have indicat
ed they might be willing to ac
cept modified versions of the
anti-poll tax and = anti-lynching
bills. They have drawn the line,
however, at accepting anti-job
discrimination and anti-segrega
iijon measures. |
On annthar {fillihiictar fromt
On another filibuster front,
Vandenberg - proposec«that ~the
Senate change its’ rules to per
mit 90 percent of its members to
forec o vole any time on a nat=-
irnal emergency measure.
This wouldn't affect the civil
rights controversy, kecause at
least 20 sznators, more than 20
percent of its members, always
oppose such proposals.
But Vandenberg said the time
may come when Congress must
act in a vital hurry. He said that
under the present rules it could
be blocked for days by three or
four senators who wanted 30
talk.
“In times like these, when you
can’t tell over night what crisis
you are going to meet, I don’t
think it's fair to leave the coun
try at the mercy of a hung jury,”
ne declared.
Fog Forces
Chute Jump
AMERICUS, Ga., Nov. 22—(AP)
—Four Army airmen, trapped
aloft by a dense fog, bailed out
safely over Leslie, Ga., early to-
day.
Two of the. crew aboard the
twin-engined Army 4rainer en
route from Barksdale Field, La., to
Maxwell Field, Ala., were injured.
They were taken to the Turner
Field Hospital at Albany.
Turner Field officially listed the
crew as Capt. Gordon W. Crozier,
pilot; Capt. Edward M. Gervase,
navigator; Lt. Ernest E. Kelley, co
pilot, and Staff Sgt. Theron Lo
renzen,
Crozier was being treated for
“parachute strain,” a crotch in
jury. Lorenzen suffered a possible
ankle fracture.
Unable to land at Maxwell Field
because of fog, they sought 'to land
2t Lawson Field, Columbus, Ga.,
which also was closed in. They
then tried to reach Turner Field at
Albany. The fog again stopped
USED MAILS TO DEFRAUD
Minister, Builder Accused
Of Fleecing Congregations
GAINESVILLE, Ga., Nov. 22 =
(AP)—A federal prosecutor tqda)
accused a Negro Baptist mlnlstel‘
and a York County, Pa., builder of
fleecing Negro churches of thou
sands of dollars in a church build-
Ing scheme, 4
The defendants are Ralph Gil
bert, Negro preacher from Savan
nah, and Charles R. Richman of
Pennsylvania. ‘Both are charged
With using the mails to defraud.
Assistant Distriet Attorney Joel
Mallett said scores of churches
throughout the South were de
frauded out of amounts ranging
from $1,600 to $2,000 each.
Mallett said the two would pro
mise Negro church offiicals to
build new buildings an thair pro
mise to pay 10 per cent of the total
“Ost upon signing of a con Rk
These cm% lallett charged,
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TEACHER TAKES PRACTICE STEPS -— Mrs. Oksana
8. Kasenkina (center), Russian school teacher who
suffered a leg fracture and other injuries in a leap
from the third floor of the Russian consulate in New
York City, August 12, takes a few practice steps during
a press interview prior to her departure from the hos
pital Friday. Helping the 53-vear-old teacher are Dr.
Eugene Watkins (left) and Virginia Muldoon (right)
of the hospital staff. In back is her nurse, Marion Daly.
— (AP Wirephoto.)
Neutrals Meet To Draft New
Plan For Berlin Settlement
Russian Answer To German Currency
Questionnaire Deemed Satisfactory
PARIS, Nov. 2‘3._—(AP)—~Juan A. Bragmulia of Ar
gentina said today the Russian answer to his Berlin cur
rency questionnaire ‘‘appears to be satisfactory.”
Northwestern
In Rose Bowl
EVANSTON, 111., Nov. 22—(AP)
— Northwestern’s second - place
Wildcats today unanimously were
named to represent the Big Nine in
the Rose Bowl next New Year’s
Day.
The entirely expected selection
was made in a telegraphic poll of
the league’s nine faculty represen
tatives and announced by Com
missioner K. L. (Tug) Wilson.
Undefeated Michigan was the
Big Nine’s champion for the sec
ond straight year, but the Wol
verines were ineligible for a re
turn trip to Pasadena. A confer
ence restriction bans any team
from making more than one Rose
Bowl appearance in three years.
Ayers To Address
Kiwanis Meeting
Fred Ayers, superintendent of
the Athens City Schools, will be
guest speaker at the regular
weekly luncheon meeting of the
Kiwanis Club tomorrow at one o’-
clock in the N&N Cafeteria.
Mr. Ayers will speak on “The
Place Of Schools In Our Post-
War World.”
All members are urged to at
tend the meeting.
required payment of another 10
per cent upon completion of the
project and provided for financing
of the cost over 20 to 30 years
from a church building fund.
The defendants, Mallett main
tained, claimed in letters to have
access to $10,000,000 in “Wall
Street backing.”
Mallett accused the two of ac
cepting the payment of the first
10 per cent without even pro
viding plans or having any inten
tions of carrying through on the
projects.
Richman, said Mallett, is now in
a federal penitentiary after being
sentenced to a year and a day for
using the mails to defraud.
Mallett said Richman was con
victed in Pennsylvania in connec
tion with a house building scheme
for éf{ggro yveterais.
_Associated Press Service
The November President of the
United Nations Security Council
said, however, a comparison of the
Russian reply. with the answers
from the United States, Britain
and France, exjectedy, be de
livered to him today;’ ~Wéésary
to decide if a basis’ of ‘dgreement
on the Berlin crisis can 'be reached.
Bramuglia said he hagd schedul
ed a meeting of the sik/fgeutral”
members of the See Louncil
to begin a soon as thi¢/ Western re
plies are received. If theé 'six neu
trals decide they can''work out a
new plan to end 'the fi’erl‘ui dis
pute, it is likely the ftll''council
will be convened iliiy;}the'end of
this month to comsider their plan
formally. gt A
The six nation meeting probab
ly will be held tonight, Bramuglia
said, “‘because time is pressing and
the search for solution now has
been delayed for over a week.”
The six nations who will meet
are Argentina, Belgium, Canada,
China, Colombia and Syria.
Russia’'s 10-page reply to the
currency questionaire was deliver
ed Saturday to Bramuglia. The
Argentine said today he believes
tehre are “good chances” of agree
ment on Berlin’s currency snarl.
Western power fiscal experts
from Washington, London and
Berlin held a weekend-long meet
meeting writing coordinated an
swers.
Dr. Herbert V. Evatt of Austral
ia, President of the General As
sembly,said yesterday there are
reasonable prospects for a‘Berlin
settlement within the next three
weeks.
Evatt said in a radio interview
(CBS) that the dispute between
the Western powers and Russia is
“a question of time ‘and not of
principle.” The main problem, he
said, is to draft an acceptable time
schedule for lifting the Soviet
blockade of Berlin and introducing
Soviet zone currency as Berlin’s
only tender.
Russia wants the two steps to
take place simultaneously. The
Western powers say they will not
discuss a settlement until the
blockade is lifted.
Gloomy predictions came from
Berlin where the opinions of most
top Western Allied officials are
contrary to Evatt’s hopeful atti
tude.
These Western officials in Ber
lin say U. N. attempts to find a
Berlin compromise appear doomed
to failure in view of soviet actions
in the German capital. The offi
cials believe these actions would
nullify the effect of any curren
cy reform formula before it is ev
en discussed. 1 $
Russia has successfully obscured
the real issue in the Berlin block
ade by much double talk on cur
reincy, these officials feel,
SERVINGC ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
10-Page Reply
Main Split
ATHENS, CA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1948,
Reds Open New Offensive
On Suchow's East Flank
Attacks Born Since Chinese
Failed To Exploit Air Gains
NANKING, Nov, 22.— (AP) —lndependent military
digpatches today indicated Communists are threatening
the East flank of Suchow.
Pro-government reports, however, insisted National
troops still held the initiative in the resurgence of fight
ing mostly centered around Nienchuang. 30 miles east of
Suchow. i
Athenian New
Officer In
i I
Region Group
The organizational meeting of
the Southeastern Chapter of the
American Society of Landscape
Architects was held at the Land
scape Architecture Department of
the University of Georgia the past
weekend. Hubert B. Ownss, Head
of the University’s Landscape Ar
chitecture Department, was elect
ed to serve as the first Secretary-
Treasurer of this group. Other of
ficers chosen were: Clarence W.
Baughman, Atlanta, President, and
Charles Bursley, Charlotte, N. C.,
Vice-President. v
~ The American Society of Land
‘scape Architects, organized in Bos
ton, Mass., in 1899, has undergone
a reorganization in recent months.
This national professional body
has been broken down into regional
chapters in order to make its work
more effective. In September those
members of the American Society
of Landscape Architects living in
(Continued On Puge Five)
* * *
AEL GIRLS ...
NO BOY; THEN
CAME TRIPLETS
CLEVELAND, Nov. 22—
(AP)—ln the last 12 years,
Fred Herman had paced back
and forth outside a maternity
ward five time. Each time the
news had beev: “It's a girl.”
Fred, a 36 - year - old land
scape gardener, had been hop
ing for a boy each time.
This time, Fred figured the
odds might favor him. So last
night he was pacing back and
forth again, still' a nervous
father.
The first report was: “A
boy.”
Two minutes later: “A girl.”
Three minutes later: “A
boy.”
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“SATIRA” WITH HER DOLL — Patrica “Satire”
Schmidt, recently pardoned from a Havana, Cuba,
prison where she had been seiving a two-vear term for
the slaying of of John Lester Mee, Chicago lawyer,
holds her doll “Esparenza’” (Hope) between stage ap
pearances at a far North Side nightclub in Chicago.
Satira, who fashioned the doll while in prison, is re
ported to be drawing $2,500 a week for theaire pwr
tormances.—(NEA Telephote.) .. . "
G?)_vernment armored cars, re
ports said, spearheaded National
forces in a battle in the outskirts
.of Nienchuang. Many Reds were
i reported killed,
' Chinese military observers said
today that apparently govern
ment forces did not follow up an
advantage gained last week when
air raids forced the main Red
‘l‘orces to hunt cover.
South of Suchow fighting was
reported centered around Suh
sien, midway between Pengpu
and Suchow Government troops
reporiedly had cleared the area.
Suchow, 180 miles northwest of
Nanking, guards the approagh to
the national capital.
Martial Law
Northward in Peiping, General
Fu Tso-Yi, Nationalist comman
der, declared martial law in the
five provinces he commands. Pa
rades and other demonstrations
were banned. Light fighting be
tween Red and government troops
took place outside of Peiping.
' A band of some 200 Commun
ists raided a government passen
ger train beund from Kalgan to
Peiping on Saturday. Five pas
sengers were killed by the wildly
firing Reds who detonated a
mine under the train.
Passengers Robbed
A governmeni force arrived on
the scene 9nd killed 60 of the
attacking Reds before they with
drew after robbing the ’passen
gers and taking hosteges. Some
100 i'ssengers were reported
;':apti\"e,s?’but'a few were released
ater.
From Shanghai the transport
Butner sailed with 123 Ameri
cans plus 39 Navy dependents.
'The ship will pick up 40 more
Americans at Tsingtao.
(Concern in the highest cir
cles over the military situation
showed itself in a radio speech
by Madame Chiang Kai-shek
from Nanking over a nationwide
American netwerk. Calling for
“immediate and definite” U. S.
aid, the Generalissimo’s wife de
lclared “if China falls, all of Asia
goes.” !
U. 8. Warned
(The Communist radio warned
the United States in so many
‘words so keep out of China’s
civil war. It said the Commun
ists foreign aid to the Chiang
Kai-shek regime *“‘an act of hos
tility.” The breadcast was heard
in San Francisco by the Asso
ciated Press.)
There was no definite word
that a big new battle for Suchow
was underway already.
But reliable sources received
word the ‘ Communists had re
taken Nienchuang, 33 miles east
of Suchow, whicn in turn is only
180 miles northwes tof Nanking.
Confirmation was lacking. |
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STUDENTS IN.SNOWSTOMS—Students at St. Cloud,
Minn., buffeted by the wind, trudge merrily through
the season’s first snowstorm, which dumped up to '2O
inches of snow in parts of Minnesota Friday and Sat
urdavy. Heavy snow was reported throughout large
sections of the country over the week-end.— (AP Wire
photo.) ;
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KANSAS CITY, Nov. 22.— (AP) —The Great Plains
region counted its dead from a three-day snowstorm at
eight today.
The storm, which whipped across a strip of the Great
Plains from eastern Colorado to Minnesota, blew itself
out Saturdav but clearing of snow-clogged roads and
towns were still continuing in some areas today.
* o *
TORNADO HITS
BOMBAY; TWO
QUAKES FELT
BOMBAY, India, Nov. 22—
(AP)—A tornado lashed Bom
bay last night and killed at
least three persons. Oifficiais
counted 50 seriously wounded.
Hundreds more were also re
ported hurt.
Nearly a third of the city’s
trees were uprooted. Trans
portation services were dis
rupted. Industrial production
also was halter.
NEW YORK, Nov. 22— (AP)
—Fordham University report
ed today its seismograph re
corded two earthquakes—one
vesterday and another early
this morning—in undetermin
ed spots.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly cloudy today and
Tuesday with little change
in temperature, Occasional
light showers today and to
night,
GEORGIA — Mostly cloudy
this afternoon and tonight.
Occasional rain this after
noon and -in southeast por
tions tonight. Slightiy cooler
this afternoonr except in
coastal areas and cooler in
west and north portions fto
night. Tuesday partly cloudy
and cooler,
TEMPERATURE
Mighent' {0 ey Do 08
Totest ' LoaqmEat: 000 SN
B e Ll B
Normali . divimpen -« wwin+ 90
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 howrs .. .. 108
Total since Nov. 1 .. ... 45}
Excess ‘since Nov.-1- .. .. 2.86
Average: Nev. rainfall ... 2.61
Total since January 1 ...53 6
Bacess siace famary 1. 921
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Five of the deaths occured in
stalled Electric power and com
munications were disrupted. Some
Kansas, CR ]
Hundreds of motorists were ma
rooned and trains and buses were
schools closed.
Yesterday snowplows uncovered
the body of Mrs. Hal Laughlin, 20,
of Jetmore, Kas.,, about a mile
from where her automobile had
stalled. She had been sought since
Thursday. Her car stalled near
Dodge City in Western Kansas.
The body of Lester M. Carson,
38; McCook, Neb., also was found
yesterday in his snow-covered car
eight miles west of Oberlin in
Northwest Kansas. Another death
reported emf m m m m mmmmm
John H. Haun, 48, a truck onera
tor who died of exhaustion from
shoveling snow in O’Neill, Neb.
The heavy snow stalled a num
ber of passenger trains. Snow
plows, bucking- through . drifts as
high as 15 feet, had cleared all the
main line tracks by today.
Seme of the trains were tied up
for three days, with passengers-be
ing cared for in nearby towns. |
Winds ‘up-“to 75'miles an hour
accompanied the snow, accounting"
for the huge drifts. The sheep loss |
in, Western Kansas and . Eastern
Colorado was high.
CLAIMS SHE KILLED HUSBAND
Atlanta Police Scoff At
Miami Woman’s Murder Story
ATLANTA, Nov. 22—(AP)—
Atlanta police scoffed at a Miami
woman’s story of murder in a
lt(’)urist camp with a quick-acting
poison, but. . ..
Was Richard A. Manners, a bur
glar with a 31-page fingerprint re
cord, really killed by his ex-wife?
The ex-wife, Peggy - Stephens,
24, answered ‘“‘yes” to Miami po
ice today. An Atlanta ‘po
lice Lieutenant, J. W. Gilbert, said
“nuts, she couldn’t have.” The cor
oner’s office said the death was
ifrom natural causes. Vivains
But the rub was that Manner’s
‘body was taken to Macon; Ga., af
ter his death two weeks ago and
cremated at the request of his mo
ther, Mrs. O. D. Cowan, of Long
View, Wash. e
Miss Stephens surrendered to
the Florida police and told them
she had killed her husband by
putting a puisun, which he intend
ed for her, in a soft drink.
Lt. Gilbert said 1t was true that
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Truman,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22—(AP)
—President Truman and Secreta
ry of State Marshall confer today
in the first of a series of post
election foreign policy develop
ments which may largely decide
the fate of China and the future
course of American strategy
aaginst international Communism.
Marshall was due in from Paris
about 10 a. m. (EST). Mr. Truman
returned from Key West, Fla,
yesterday and expected to see his
top cabinet officer at 12:20 p. m.
The White House said the chief
executive also would go over the
foreign situation with Marshall
Plan Ambassador W. Averell Har
riman, who returned several days
ago from his Paris headquarters.
The trip home is Marshall’s first
since October 9. State Department
officials said it is uncertain wheth~
er he will go back to Paris since
the United Nations Assembly has
only a short time longer to run.
Diplomatic authorities agreed
China presents Mr. Truman and
Marshall with their most urgent—
and in some ways most difficult-—
problem.
| There was no assurance that
they would try to reach any sort of
final conclusions in their first
round of talks, but speculation
persisted that some kind of state
ment might be forthcoming.
Befoie Mi. Truman is a reguest
from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-
Shek for the United States, in ef
fect, to take over the running of
Chiang’s war against the Com
munists through American mili
tary advisers in China as well as to
greatly increase tnis country’s ma
terial help to the Chinese armies.
Aside from their personal prob
lems and the China question, sub
jects which seemed likely to come
l%F' for discussion in the course of
arshall’s foreign policy report to
the President included: )
| 1. BERLIN--The hottest point in
the cold war in Eurepe appears
certain to remain that way {or a
long time since, Marshall must.re
port, all efforts at mediation of
the crisis to get the Soviet block
ade of Berlin lifted have now fail
ed.
2. FRANCE Vs. GERMANY —
While it has not yet aroused pub
lic alarm, State Department offi
cials have become deeply concern
ed over increasing French resis
tance to the Anglo-American plan
to boost Western Germany pro
duction under the European Re
covery Program. An estimate of
this situation would appear to be
essential to a broader evaluation
of the outlook for greater political
unity and recovery throughout
non-Communist Europe.
3. MILITARY ALLIANCE -—
Marshall brings to Washington the
latest information on exactly what
the Western Europeans want in
the way of a military alliance with
|the United States. Week-end re
ports from London said they want
!a fifty year pact but will be con
tent with indirect promises of
American support in place of an
absolute pledge to go to war in
'event of attack.
. 4, LEND-LEASE—Work on this
project for the military strength
ening of Western European coun
tries is not so well advanced as on
the more general alliance under
taking. However, proposals for a
peacetime lend-lease system seem
cértain to compose one of Mr, Tru
‘man’s chief -fereign - policy prob
lems for the next session of Con
gress.
5. GLOBAL STRATEGY
AGAINST COMMUNISM — In
Marshall’s view, one of the most
“difficult and constant problems in
foreign policy is to maintain a
balance between demands abroad
and resources at home.
checked in at the tourist camp.
“Our investigation showed be
’yond a doubt,” said Gilbert, “that
Miss Stphens left Atlanta Oct. 26
—six days before Manners was
found dead. When he wax found
he could not have been dead more
than 15 or 20 hours.”
Coroner’s Report
The Fulton county Coroner’s of
fice report of Manners’ death said
he was found beside a bed, com
pletely nude, ‘and attributed his
death to a “massive cerbral he
morrage.”
But, the report continued, no
chemical analysis was made after
the findings of a “complete autop
sy 4
A sworn statement by Miss Ste
phens, who was questioned some
time after the death, declared she
met Manners in June, 1947, while
'while she. w;s working as !L‘ beauty
‘operator in Wfi&; They
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