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Vol. CXVI, No. 285.
Spy Probers Stalk
2 Men In Code Leak
.
Claim Break Let
Reds Crack Top
.
American Secrets
WASHINGTON, Dec. B—(AP)—
Congressional spy hunters today
stalked two more men accused of
looting secret government files of
papers which may have let Russia
crack "America’s vital diplomatic
codes a decade ago. b
The House Un-American Activ
ities Committee hoped to. track
down the pair for questioning at a
closed-door session this morning.
Rep. Nixon (R-Calif) said the
committee is after still a third per
<on for quizzing later on. . The
names of all three, he told report
ers, were first mentioned in New
vork Monday night by Whittaker
(Chambers, admitted former Com
munist courier who now is a sen
ior editor of Time magazine.
As the spy inquiry supplies a
spectacular finale for the nearly
extinct 80th Congress, there were
other late developments:
1. A New York Grand Jury
continlued its separate espionage
investigation with U. 8. District
Attorney John F. X, McGohey
saying it is closer than ever “to a
final conclusion.” Sl 2
F. B. L Help
2. The FBI and State Depart
ment promised help to the House
committee inquiry. John E. Puer
ifoy, Assistant Secretary of State,
told reporters security regulations
have been tightened and “I would
rather think’” there can be no
more leaks of official secrets.
3. The committee made new
attempts to locate a typewriter on
which it thinks some State De
partment documents were copied.
4. It tried to find out where
the copies were microfilmed.
5. The committee held the
evening open for a possible night
session with Chambers, in case the
Grand Jury releases him.
Nixon said the three men newly
named by Chambers as part of a
transmission that fed. him con
fidential government papers all
now are off the federal payroll,
He said one used to be in the
State Department. Another com
mittee member said ‘a second
worked for the Bureau of Stand
ards. That left number three un-.
accounted for, and nobody would
talk about him.
Annual Cetton
Forecast Drops
WASHINGTON, Oec. B—(AP)
—The Agriculture Department, in
its final report of the year, today
estimated this year’s cotton crop
at 14,937,000 bales of 500 pounds
gross weight.
This figure is 229,9099 bales less
than the 15,166,000 forecast a
month ago. It compares with last
years crop of 11,857,000 and with
a 1937-46 average of 12,014,000.
Production of cottonseed was
estimated at 6,036,000 tons. This
compared with 4,681,000 last year
and 4,947,000 for the ten-year av
erage.
Yield of lint cotton per acre
was estimated at 311.5 pounds.
Last year it was 267.3 and 245.2
for the ten-year ayerage.
The department estimated the
acreage to be harvested at 23,003,-
000 acres. This compares with 21;-
296,000 last year and 22,631,000 for
the ten-year average.
New Blow Struck
in Phone Increase
ATLANTA, Dec. 8 —(AP)—
Another blow has been struck by
the Georgia Public Service' Com
mission in its fight with Southern
Bell Telephone Co., over increas
ed rates.
The commission yesterday or=
dered the company to show cause
Dec. 17 why the present rates as
put into effect by Fulton (Atlanta)
Superior Court are not “adequate
sufficient, and reasonable.”
The court was recently asked by
the company — by-passing the
agency — for an additional rate
increase.
Blow-by-blow:
On Jan. 23, the commigsion is
sued an order temporarily in
creasing rates by a total of $5,-
600,000. On Jan. 30, the company
went to court and asked that the
commission be enjoined from
blocking a total hike of $4,250,000.
On April 16, the commission or
dered the company to show cause
why its Jan. 23 order should not
be made permanent. On Aug. 24,
the court permitted the comgany
:;()) Ol'aise rates by a total of $4,250,-
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CHAMBERS, HISS, INVESTIGATORS — Whittaker Chambers
(upper fleft), self-styled former Communist, and Alger Hiss
(upper right), former State Department employe, have just
finished testifying before a special Federal grand jury in New
York which is investigating subversive activities. Chambers, a
magazine editor, has accused Hiss of being a Communist under
ground agent. At bottom, Rep. Richard Nixon (left), Republican
of California, reads to reporters in Washington the transcript of
Chambers’ testimony that Hiss gave him “restricted” government
documents which were relayed to a Russian agent. Rep. John
Rankin (right), Demoerat of Mississippi, confers with Rebert
Stripling, chief investigator for the House Un--American Activi
ties Committee. (AP Wire Photo). )
;Marshall To Quit
Long Recovery From Operation
' Raises Doubt In Cabinet Ranks
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-— (AP) —Doubt arose today
whether Secretary of State Marshall ever will resume
Ifu.ll-time divection of the nation’s foreign affairs. Mar
('shall underwent an operation yesterday for removal of a
kidney.
Whiie word from Walter Reed
Hospital is that his condition is
excellent, the 87-year-old cabinet
officer obviously will need a long
period of rest and recuperation.
Hence thsre is widespread |
speculation that President Tru
man scme time in the near future
will reluctantly accept his\ resig
‘ nation. } v
l' Marshall is the second leading
{ figure in the government's for
eign relations work to have un
dergone an operation within a
week. Warren R. Austin, chief ofl
the United States delegation to
the United Nations, was opcrated]
or at Walter Reed November 30.
Austin, whose surgery was de-i
scribed as ‘“minor,” is expected |
tc be away from nis duties about
a month, John Foster Dulles, 2
Repubiican foreign policy advis
er, is acting head of the Amer-‘
‘ican delegation at Paris in his
absence. : |
| Meanwhile, Undersecretary of|
State Robert A. Lovett is in
charge of overall foreign policy‘
llor President Truman during
| Marshall’s absence. Officials said
i there will be no gap in the hand- ‘
Iling of current problems. : |
Perhaps the most urgent ./,\fj
these is the China crisis. ‘
On this point authcrities are
tholding firm against: any aid
| program which would involve
|this country in China's civil war
{ There appears to be no doubt
Chinese Break Out Of Red Pocket;
New Troops Rushed To River Line
NANKING, Dec. 8 — (AP) —
Units of the government’s hard
pressed 12th Army Group were re
ported - today .to have smashedl
throught the Communist encircle-l
ment in the crucial battle for Nan
| king. o
The government military news
agency said these units had made
contact = with. other Nationalist'
troops . advancing gorthward from
'the New Hwai River defense line
about 100 miles northwest of here.
There was no_confirmation of
the report by foreign military cir
|cles. The military news agency
report had no other details.
i The bulk of the 12th has been
Associated Press Seivice
OF DOORS, PIPE 1
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 8—
(AP) —A. C. Boyle says the |
framework of a building he |
recently purchased in the
downtown section of the city
is still there, but that’s about
all.
Since Friday, Boyle said,
thieves stole the building’s
glass front door, eight inside
doors, two toilets and one
wash - basin, 50 feet of gas
pipeline, two sections of four
inch soil pipe, a partition 14
feet long and 12 feet high and
another partition eight feet
long and 12 feet high.
But the thieves'were consid
erate. Boyle said they boarded
uo the front entrance after
stealing the door.
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inuw that when Mme Chiang
Kai-shek compeltes her mission
in this country she will go home
without the assurance: of whole
sale assistance in money, arms,
technical advisers and moral sup
port which her government has
hoped to obtain. :
;trapped nearly two weeks south
’west of Suhsien, rail town 45 milesl
south of fallen Suchow, The Army
igroup, short on foed and ammuni
tion, is getting some supplies by
air. §ive g |
| Meanwhile, other Communist
columns were reported tightening
[the noose on the 250,000 govern
lment troops attempting to relieve.
the 12th Army. ' {
The former Suchow garrison,
made up of three army groups, is
trapped in a shrinking. pocket
about 50 miles southwest of Su
chow. ; |
The three Nationalist army
groups, led by German-trained
ATHENS, CA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1948,
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Court Gives
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13 Sentences
United States District Court,
with Judge Marvin Underwood, of
Atlanta, presiding, today was oc
cupied with the trial of civil cases
in the regular December term of
Federal court here. |
Judge Underwood is presiding:in
the absence of Judge . Hoyt!
Davis, who is ill. Appearing for
the government are Assistant Dis
trict Attorneys Reese Watkins,
Macon, and James H. Fort. Dis—|
trict Attorney John W. Cowart is
attending another session of fed-l
eral court in Thomasville.
Cases disposed of thus far in
the term, in all ‘'of which pleas
were entered, include : . !
John Henry Harper, negro, Ath- 3
ens, one year and a day in the)
penitentiary on a liquor violation
charge. '
Clifford Sheets, negro, Athens, 2
years on probation on a liquorj
charge.
Ralph L. Payne, white, Athens,
one year and a day, but sentence
suspendid and given two years on
probation. {
Alice Clarke, negress, Athens,
one year and a day in the peniten
tiary on a liquor violation charge. i
Thomas C. Partain, white, Elbert
county, two years on probation for
liquor law violation. ‘
Earl T. Trotter, white, Elbert
county, two .years on probation on
liquor law charge.
Mrs. Edna Maxwell, white, El
bert county, two years on proba
tion for liquor law violation.
Roy L. Johnson, white, Ogle
thorpe county, six months in jail
and S3OO fine on liquor law viola
tion.
’ Fleming Jewell, negro, Ogle
thorpe county, two years on pro
bation for liquor law violation.
Thelma Johnson Crow, white,
Atlanta, year on probation for
forging government check.
Leroy Mitchell, negro, Clarke
county, two years on probation on
liquor charge.
William Thomas Sanders, white,
Clarke county, two years on pro
bation on liquor charge.
Clenton R. Bales, white, Clarke
county, two years probation on
liquor law violation.
The court was to dispose of the
case of Purcell Johnson, negro,
Franklin county, who has pleaded
guilty to a liquor charge, in. this
morning’s session.
Cabbie Held
For Murder
ATLANTA, Dec. 8 — (AP) —
A taxicab driver was jailed on
suspicion of murder today in the
death of his stepson by asphyxia
tion night,
The 12-year-old boy,.John Mar
vin- Morris, was found dead in th
ehome of his mother, Myrs. Grace
Ashley. His sister, Hazei Morris,
‘9, is in a critical condition at a
hospital.
| | The girl was overcome by gas
land was found lying on the floor
| near the bed where her brother
lay, Detective J. M. Pack said.
T. E. Ashley, the children’s step
father, and their mother had been
separated since August, Pack add
ed. The Ashelys were married
June 26.
Pack quoted the mother as say
ing she had separated from Ash
ley, “because he had attempted to
molest” her daughter.
Pack said that Ashley had “con
tinued to carry on a romance with
the mother, however, and fre
quently met her after got off
wokr.”
The officer said Ashley told him
he met Mrs. Ashley yesterday af
ternoon at her office and occom
panied her home. When they ar
rived there, they smelled gas, he
continued.
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Widow Postpones
. .
Governor Visit
ATLANTA, Dec. 8 — (AP) —
Amy Mallard, widow of a slain
negro, did not come to Atlanta to
day for an expected interview
with Gov. Herman Talmadge.
Warren R. Cochran, secretary of
a negro YMCA, said he expected
tn spnr] a rar tn Sp‘,’z\r\v\qh far hoar
““in two or three days” and that
Sue nopeu 10w waul laudause
| then.
| . Her primary purpose in want
ing to talk with the Governor was
to ask for protection in returning
to Lyons, the scene of the ambush
slaying of Robert Mallard, to
jswear out a murder warrant,
| Cochran said.
Chiu Ching-Chuan—one of the,
'Nationalist’s most respected field
commanders — was bearing the
brunt of the Red attacks.
Martial Law
The critical nature of the battle
was reflected by a government
order extending martial law to the
Wuhan area of Central China.
This includes the big city of Han
kow, Wuhan and Hanyang.
The government also was rush
ing all available reinforcements to
the Hwai River defense line.
But battle reports everywhere
seemed to toll “too late” for the
frantic efforts to stave off a Com-=-
jmunist aitack on the capital of
$30,000 Fire Strikes
Big Univ. Dairy Barn
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Lack Of Water
Hampers Cit
Fire Fight ;'
ighters
BY (GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
Using the modern version
of the bucket brigade Ath
ens firemen readily brought
under control a $30,000 pre
dawn fire that completely
demolished the second story
of the huge University of
Georgia dairy barn today. .
This is the second time fire has |
struek a deadly blow at the Uni-f
versity dairy. In 1936 the entire
structure was demolished and a
number of animals were killed. ‘
In fighting the fire, which was
of undetermined origin, two sac—i
tors played an important part, in
fact, may have been the differ
ence between the heavy loss and
just another {ire which could
nave been brought under control
with undue damage, according to
Prof. H. B. Henderson, head of,
the University Dairy Department.{
Professor Henderson said the
only water available at the scene
of the fire was from a 3-4 inch
garden hose, making the water
supply woefully lacking. A water
meain“has been promised for sev
eral years by the state but has“
never been provided, he said. |
Use Garden Hose |
- Lack of water forced the Uni
versity dairy staff to haul water
in milk cans in a trailer pulled
by a_ tractor from Lake Kirota, a
{ull hali-mile away, to supply
'the firvemen. And as it was, with
ronly the garden hose stream to
jcom@at the flames, firemen gave
out of water between tirips from
ILake Kirota to the fire, Alsc, due
to the small hose, there was lit
tle pressure.
The second factor was the ab
sence of a paved road leading to
the structure, Prof. Henderson
g;lid_» This also has been grom
ised ,for several years the
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['been paved, the dairy head said.
‘Prof. Henderscn said that one of
)the fire trucks slipped off the
muddy road into a ditch and
never was able to get to the fire
at all.
The firemen did gocd work
with what they had te work with,
Prof Henderson said, and they
were aided greatly by hlep which
was recruited in the vicinity of
the building.
The fire fighters were sum
mened avout 4 o'clock this mor
ning and on arriving at the
scene, after two trucks of ths
three answering the call had got
ten stuck in the practically im
passable rcad, they found that
the entire wooden roof - covered
with composition shingles was
afire. The rooi collapsed, throw
ing blazing wooed on the concrete
;floor of the second story.
This concrete floor saved the
first floor from considerable
damage. Wooden doors and par
uwons were cdamaged on the
first floer. It was likely that wa
ter had injured some feed and
that some equipment was hurt
}on the first flocr. Lok
Hay Worth SI,OOO
About SI,OOO worth of hay was
stored iz the burned part of the
barn. The first blazes were dis
covered in the top oi the barn by
’Heardsman Clark Chandler after
‘he had been at work about 30
minutes. He said one group of
cows was milked at midngiht and
‘he shift left about 2 o’clock ,
‘with the next group of cows tc‘
be milkad between 3:30 and 4
o’clock
~ He said he didn’t discover the
fire until after they had begun
putting silage out. This was
about 4 o’clock, he reported. Si
lage was stored in three of the
four silos on ecither side of the
barn, but was expected to be
|sal‘e because oi the fire walls be
itween the barn and the silos.
|University crewmen got the few
calves that were on the first floor
born out before any damage was
done to them.
H. B. Henderson, head of the
(Continued On ragze Two)
Chiang Kai-Shek’s government.
(In Chankhai, an almost hyster
ical wave of rumors swept over
the metropolis saying American
Marines would be landed there to
maintain public order. U. S. Con
sel General John Cabot denied
such plans.)
(Vice Admiral G. C. Crawford
of Black Mountain, N. C., ranking
U. S. Naval Officer in Shanghai.
told a news conference he had no
knowledge of any plans to bring
‘Marines to Shanghai for any rea
son. He added that the Navy’s
attention is directed only toward
‘possible emergency evacuation of
Americans and not to maintain
‘order or guard property.)
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COMMUNIST EJECTED FROM BERLIN ELECTION RALLY — A Communist agi
tator, one of five who attempted to interfere with the Social Democratic party elge
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tion rally held in the British sector of Berlin, is forecibly ejected from the meeging
by German police after the lrate crowd pummeled him severely. Berliners turned
out in large numbers o elect a non-Communist city. assembly despite Russian and
Communist attempts to keep them from the polls.— (NEA Telephoto.)
Tax Reduction Plan Takes First
Step; Firemen, Police Ask Bonus
Total Bill For City Employes 3
Would Be Approximately $35,000
First step in a tax-reduetion’ program for Atheniany
next year was made last night by Mayor and Council
when a recommendation by the Finance Comniittee for a’
ten percent cut in business license fees was unanimously
adopted. -
The other steps included in the‘
proposed tax-slash plan. for 1949,
as outlined to the Finance Com
mittee recently by Mayor Jack R.{
Wells, includes a reduction in the
ad valoreth tax rate and accep
tance of lower valuation for auto
mobiles. |
The latter two proposals will nOti
be taken up until the January
meeting of the Mayor and Council
when the over-all budget for the‘
City is presented by the Mayor‘
ana the tax rate is fixed. The
business license schedule for 19491
is adopted in December in order
'that the city business office can!
‘begin collecting license fees on the
basis of the 1949 rate on the first
of the year. |
Reduction of SIO,OOO |
The business license fees for
this year will amount to approxi
!mately SIOO,OOO, so a ten-percent
}reduction will amount to a savings
of SIO,OOO next year for all types
of business requiring purchase of
’licens,es. T
' Council last night referred to the
Finance Committee a petition by}
policemen and firemen for a
Christmas bonys amounting to
$120.00 each for this year. Coun
cilman Bob Seagraves of the First
Ward advocated action on the pe
tition last night, declaring that if
the firemen and pplicemen are to
get a bonus for Christmas it should
‘come in time for them to enjoy it.
Mayor Jack Wells opposed the
yroposal, declaring that the City
financially cannot support a bonus
at this time and that certainly a
bonus should not be given by the
City unless it includes all em
ployes of the City of Athens, in
cluding school, health, recreation
and city hall employes. This does
not include day laborers. A bonus
for each on the basis of the amount
asked by the firemen and police
men -would amount to around
$35,000. ;
Mayor Wells declared he broke
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Parfly cloudy and slightly
warmer this afternoon with:
rain. Thursday cloudy with
rain.
ot orion
GEORGIA — Mostly cloudy
with little change in temper
atures through Thursday.
Showers in south portion,
rain in north portion tonight
and Thursday with scattered
showers in cxtreme south
portion this afternoon.
TEMPERATURE
Highest <4 ~ ... ..60
Lewey ... oo 89
Mean .. .." iad sans 3an.A
Dorint .. .. viiiiaen o 9
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .33
Total since-Dec 1+ ..~ ... 1.32
Excess since Dee, 1 .. .. .11
Average Dec, rainfall ... 5.08
Total since January 1 ~.63.43
Excess since Januaray 1..17.64
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
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LOAD OF CORN,
HUH? YES SIR,
ONTHECOB!!!
ATLANTA, Nov. B.—(AP)
—Seeing 1 heavily loaded
car of arcient vintage-mov
ing down an Atlanta street,
two radio patrolmen moved
in to take in tow what they
susected was a load of boot
leg whiskey,
To the question, “Whatcha
got there?” the driver with a
straight face said: -
“I'll have to tell you gen
tlemen the truth. I've got a
load es corn.”
One officer lifted the lid
of the automobile trunk, and
sure enough, 't was a load of
corn — on the cob.
“I'm_taking it home to my
hogs, it’s fattenin’ time, you
know,” the farmer explained.
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BY LUCRECE HUDGINS
{Chapter 2 - ~ :
- DANNY GETS A FRIEND
While Danny sat beside his
wonder snow man the little fairy
kissed him' on the cheek.
“Watch now, Danny,” she said,
“And - you -will. see ' your snow
man come -to life.” .
Then she unwrapped her enor
mous brown paper package and
took out a hat. It was a red peak
ed hat with the softest while fur
all around the edges and a big
plop of white fur at the very top
of the peak. : .
. Smiling,- the fairy flew to the
sniow. man’s shoulder and care
fully fitted the red hat: over the
snow man'’s head. i
“This is a lovely snow man!”
she saic admiringly. “And the hat
will make him even lovelier.”
She took @ pin from under her
wing where she had a pin cushion
and fastened the hat tight so it
wouldn’t budge at all—not unless
you tugged at it very, very hard.
Then the -fairy said, “This is ‘a
magie hat.. So leng as the snow
man wears it he will be real.”
She leaned over close to the snow
man’s ear and said. very loud so
that he would be sure to under
stand, “If you ever take off this
hat you will be just a snow man
and the hat will never make you
real again.” P W NG
With that the fairy spread her
Lwi%h&s and vanished. . oo
e next thing you know. a
oup of boys came trudging home
from the siedding hill and when
they saw Danny gitting: by the
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Edition
Election Of
C. Of C. Heads
Is Extended
Six new directors of the Athens
Chamber of Commerce will not be
declared elected until Tuesday,
December 14, it was decided yes
terday afternoon by the Eleetion
Committee. ik
The committee voted unani
mously to keep the ballot'
locked and continue the electi
for an additional week when it
developed that ballots mailed to
members of the organization on
December 1, had not been deliver
ed to some of the members:
tuntil the scheduled time forfgg
election to close at non yesterday.
In order not to disfranchise any
member because of delayed mail,
the committee decided to count all
ballots cast up until the time'?le
ballot box is opened by them at 3
p. m., December 14. No further
extension will be made, it was an
nounced.
Members of the committee in
charge of the election are, William
H. Duncan, chairman, Dan H. De
pree, Judge Arthur S. Oldham, J.
E. Wichliffe and Van Now Wier.
MYSTERY FORCE
PARIS, Dec. 8 —(AP)—Britain
told the Nnited Nation today it
had private information that an
armed Jewish force was advaneing
toward the Red Sea near Trans-
Jordan. .
snow man they shouted: A
~“Knock down the snow fi}”
}And they began hurling snow
balls. : de
Danny sprang in front ,n‘!"‘":_g,t_he
snow man and all the snow balls
hit him right in the face. gen
an astonishing thing happened:
A great round snow ball flew
through the air — not at Danny
but at the boys — landing right on
top of the leader.
The boys dropped their hands
and stared and then they turned
and ran away as fast as their
frightened legs would carry them.
Danny stared, too, and his
mouth fell open and finally he
he said, “Did you throw that?”
The Snow Man brushed some
twigs off his long white suit and
said, “I did and it was a pretty
good shot, too, wasn’t it?”
Oh, he had the most wonderful
voice! Soft and deep and warm.
And friendly. That was the im
portant thing. : ;
“Oh, my!” gasped Danny. “Then
you are my friend, aren't you?”
“Why certainly,” said the Snow
Man. “That’s what I'm here for
1 expect. But there is one thing
that bothers me and that &
didn’t explain it.. What's to be:
come of me when the sun comes
out?” 6 ‘ oki
- “You mean—?" Bl
e’ i e Srns
e tho ’ a . “You
don’t have an ice box, do you?”
Danny shook his head sadly.
“Just as well,” grunted the Snow
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