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Newspaper Page Text1-INCH MIDDLIN ...... 32 1-2¢ Vol CXVI, No. 286 Palestine cAIRO, Dec. 9—(AP)—Smoul dering Arab differences over con trol of Palestine flared anew to dav. This time Abduilah, King of Trans-Jordan, was on the receiv ing end. “The issue resolved itself into a dispute between the Palestine Arab government—whose present whereabouts appears to be a mys terv—and the Palest:ne Congress, a body of delegates from Palestin jan political organizations and municipalities. The Congress claims to represent all Arab Pales tine The Palestine Arab government, which has been at odds with Ab dullah since its creation last Sep tember, announced last night it “cannot approve the Trans-Jor dan government’s reported inten tion of proclaiming King Abdullah as the sovereign of Palestine.” r'he government, headed by Haj Amin El Hussenni, exiled Mufti of Jerusalem, said such action would amount to accepting the principle of partition of the Holy Land. The Palestine Congress is a con ference at Jericho last week asked asked Abdullah to become King of Palestine. A reliable informant said yes- ! terday the Amman government would proclaim Abdullah King of Palestine on Monday. The infor mant said a new Trans-Jordan government would be formed with a Trans-Jordan premier, eight Palestinial ministers and six Trans-Jordanian ministers. ; SECOND YEAR MARSHALL PLAN FUNDS UP FOR FIRST SCRUTINY Maritime Commission Asks Truman To Step Into Shipping Disputes WVWASHINGTON, Dec. 9.— (AP) —Proposed second venr spending fer the Marshall Plan — estimated at around s4,soo,ooo,ooo—gets its first scrutiny today from bi-partisan foreign policy leaders in Congress, Senators Connally (D-Tex), who once again will head the Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich), the retir ing chairman, arranged a meeting (11 a. m. EST) with budget ex perts of the Economic Cooperation Administration. = ' The best available spending es timate for the year beginning July 1 is about $500,000,000 less than the present $5,055,000,000 appro priation for European recovery. But the figure is neither official nor final. Officials said it is sim ply “as close as anybody’s guess right now.” If economic aid ‘to China is in creased and lumped with the European spending, the total will rise. Also, ECA expects to take over from the Army the adminis tration of Korean relief, which now runs about $100,000,000 a year. Policy Talks Connally indicated to a reporter in advance of today’s talks that they would be concerned more with how Congress should handle FCA’s money problems than with the sums involved. The agency started operating last April 3. By current reckoning its present funds will run out next April 2—leaving three moneyless months before the start of the new fiscal year July 1 and ECA’s so called “second annual program.” ECA Chief Paul G. Hoffmann has said he will ask about $1,250,- 000,000 to fill the three-month gap. He has made no statements on the second annual program, except that it probably will cost less than the first year because of progress so far made. Most of the comment from mem bers of Congress on the eight month record of operations has been favorable. But Vandenberg has said the recovery program cer tainly will face a “critical show down” early in the session. He told a reporters earlier this week that in his own opinion ECA his “vividly justified its existence.” However, he said, its operations should and undoubtedly will be i‘;[’lfcted to an “exhaustive sur . Carlton Soldier Rites Set Dec. 13 Miiltary service for Pvt. Allen F. Stevens, Carlton, Ga., who was ‘lled near Naney, France, October *, 1944, will be conducted at 11 a. M. Monday, Dec. 13, in Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga. He is survived by his parents Mrs. Addie Stevens, Carlton, Ga.; O. A. Stevens, Los Angeles, Calif.; sister, Mrs. B, F. Witcher and nephew Bill Witcher, Athens. Entering service February 10, 1944, he received his basic train ng at Fort McClellan, Ala. He had been overseas six weeks when he was killed, » : He received his education at Carlton High School, Riverside Miiltary Academy, and Georgia School of Technology. He worked In Los Angeles for twelve years, later returning home to be with his nother before entering the service. ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Famad . s P } st 3 e e ‘ e £ LIRS .. e i N ikl o ¢ % . Fokah o x& RLo . BT G“i St 4 2%’@ Bik e g W%x STA , G R 3 3\%’3{‘ g eo ; T ask R o S s 2 ) ? i?{‘i e R ¥ T g R L ¢ . O ; : B S R iLt AR e MUO EREE L L eTR SR '33 E Fag A Kaeadi 2‘:;“o‘s-,;-:‘ BAR ol foo 55 e At i GRN¥3 b § : b GR R ‘ ~-:f‘ifr’ ', T Lo T ; s Al h R : SRRI R ) 3 i A o e s T a 8 o 2L B s TR : Bom o S e 0 v i e A SRI e : Srslsres g kR S R Qx}% o g s ‘ el ; R S e R R : : R e ' & el T , Bo g& S %’ o ¢ ; TN TER NG e gy SR S AR B SRS % SRR SR o R T e s T e vq‘?é-{? 5 ¢‘\i¢(‘*§:;i\’ “ g L % ’ &%%. H b o At C FLYNN PAYS FINE, LEAVES COURT-—Movie Actor Ervol Flynn (right) and his attorney, Morris Green, leave Mid-Manhattan Muagistrate's Qourt in New York aiter Flynn pleaded guilty to digorderly conduct and paid a 850 fine. He was arrested Tuesday in a disturb ance on the street and was charged with kicking a po liceman o the shin.-—— (AP Wirephot.) ‘Death Takes Mrs. R. Barton l Mrs. Robert Barton, formerly of Floyd County, Ga., passed away at the home of her son, A. G. Barton tWednesday, following a brief ill ness. ' She is survived by a son, A. G. {Barton: Athens; and daughters, [Mrs. D. L. Floyd, Athens; Mrs. iGeorge S. Davis, ‘Atlanta; and Mrs. C. J. Mullinax, Summerville; and !fourteen grandchildren. * | Funeral services will be con |ducted from the Floyd Springs !Methodist Church near Rome, Ga., Friday at 2 p.om. !State Electors . 'WI" Meet Monday ! ALBANY, Ga, Dec. 9—(AP)— i Chairman'Henry Mclntosh said to day Georgia presidential electors will meet at noon Monday in At lanta to formally give the state’s 112 electoral votes -to President { Truman. Electors will assemble =in the capitol for the task. President Truman swept the state with a big lead over states rights candi date Strom Thurmond, Republican | Thomas E. Dewey and Progressive ' Henry Wallace. The National Electoral vote will 'be canvassed officially by the Sen ate in Washington Jan. 6. “"USEFUL LOAD OF BOMBS -8,000 MILES Giant B-36 Completes Non-Stop Flight From Texas To Honolulu FORT .WORTH, Texas, Dec. 9. —(AP)—The biggest bomber, has made its greatest flight. The Air Force announced to day that its giant pride, a B-36, flew non=-stop from Fcrt Worth to Honolulu and return, break ing its own record. ; At 7 p. m. (CST) last night, 35 heurs and more than 8,000 miles after takeotf time,- the great sil ver ship tuoched down at this city’s Carswell Air Field. And ‘it had: craried. ‘‘a useful bemb load’ to the halfway mark, dropping the bombs in-the ocean off Honolulu, ' Brig. General J.' B. Montgom ery of the Strategic Air Com mand made the announcement here—after hours of official si ience. . ¢ # naE “It is the best the. B-36 has ever done, but' it was a routine training tlight—well within the the capabilities o‘} the btomber,” said the, general. “It was in ex cess of 8,000 milés.” : . Crewed by, 15 men, the ship flew {rcmm Fort Worth t¢ Hon Associated Press Service fe ) SLANDEROUS RALEIGHN. @ Det: 90~ (AP) — Hamp Kendall says he is being “slandered” by an inscription on the tombstone over Lawrence Nelson’s grave. Kendall at the turn of the century w‘as accused falsely of Nelson's murder, but the error was not rectified until after he had served nine years in state prison. He was exonerated and given $5,000 . compensation. Yesterday Kendall informed Governor R. Gregg Cherry he wanted something done about the tombstone in Lenoir cem etery. He said he was particu larly concerned with the “slanderous” part which he said reads: “Robbed and Mur dered by Hamp Kendall.” AS Tl S e ERES g SHOPPING DAYS LEFT * r_g\_\jxo“ , e\ £ o O frigsE N\ AL \\ et ; 'll‘.. k“ e N ‘*_.\\‘ § g, 3 A RN BN Gk L 2 e oA AN L - ) / » Pu-,‘“"“:. - Py < $ MY NNt j}\"”/ sy ‘A'E;' N - ‘g%msm;&s SEALS olulu by way of San Diego, Claif,, and returned via San Francisco. “From San Francisco, it did noet fly direztly to Forth Worth,” said Montgomery. “It flew to the east of Forth Worth and then re turned.” It was a Pearl Harbor Day flight that began about 8 a. m. (CST) December 7. Staggers Dmagination Built te carry 10,000 pounds of bombs 10,000 miles, the super bomber staggers the imagination of the public and the men who fly it. It's’ as big as three five rocm houses and it's 67-fcot tail i as high as a four-story build ing. It has groaned into the air at its full gross weight of 28,000 pounds. No other plane ever toted such a loed. Its amazing wings siretch 230 feet—almost ihe length of a foot kall ficld--and they flap lazily in flight. And the ’36 is so long— -163 feet—its crewmen. use a_lit tle seonter '3ll rails to zip from nose to WL o usl Liigdaans i Bl Ensher. Boxines, ... . SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY That brought an angry flare back from members of the House Committee on Un-American Ac tivities who in the past 10 days have turned up allegedly stolen secret State Deparument docu ments and say they ere about to cxpose the people who stole them. * Rep. Nixon (R.-Calif.) said that in the light of evidence the committee has uncovered *“the President’s statement is a fla grant flaunting of the national interests of the people.” | Siience Treatment ’ And it is apparent, he told re porters that the only way the facts are going to bhe uncovered is through the committee. Nixon said the President, “by continuing to obstruct the com mittee is helping to keep the {acts about the 'stealing of Am erica’s top secrets by the Com munists from the Amercian peo ple.” ~ Acting Chairman Mundt (R.- S.D.) said that it was inconceiv able to him that’' Mr. Truman would repeat the red herring re mark, “lf{ he considers the investiga tion a red herring,” Mundt said, “I challenge him to authorize us to publish the documents in toto in the press. The State Depart ment says they are so startling that to release them even now would imperil -the national secu rity. If this is a red herring let’s publish them.” : Clark Duty Mr. Truman’s remarks were to a news conference and were made in response to questions. He said that so far as the stolen documeants are concernecd, Attor ’_qu‘ggg_eralwmark will see that the Taw S"enforeed. = #° In summary, Mr. Truman’s ex pressec nttitude toward the com mittee’s activities was this: if the committee members were in dead earnest about protecting the ‘country, they wouid have turned what they have found over to Clark rather than making head lines with it. He still thinks the hearings are a red herring and that politics are a motive in the Republican dominated committee’s actions. 4 The red herring charge is one Mr. Truman first flung back dur ing the campaign. He contended then that the purpose of the hearings was to -divert attention from what he called the G. O. P. Congress’ failure to deal with the high cost of living and other problems. House Action Mr. Truman did not elaborate on his description of the commit tec 'as a dead one. When repor ters tried to draw him out on that, he told them to see Rep. Sam Rayburn (D.-Texas), who is expected to ke Speaker of the House in the new Democratic controlled Congress. The plain implication appeared to be that| Mr. Truman does not believe the House will continue the commit tee’s life. On that, Mundt commented: “If I can sense the feeling of the American people it won’t be dead after Congress votes on its activities.” ‘ Other developments surround ing the spy inquiry: | Six pusher engines shove the superbomber along at better than 350 miles per hour. Hours before the Air Force made its announcement, there were unconfrimed rumors of an historic flight. \ But air officers over the nation remained = mum. Montgomery, based at Offult Field, Omaha, Neb, mede the {irst announce ment to the Associated Preses in Dallas at 12:47 a. m. (CST) to day. Montgomery happened to be in Fort Worth, and after several calls from the AP nad his own phone check with Washington headquarters, he chuckled ang sgid: “I can’t tell you everything, bat I'll tell you what I can.” The flight was not a record for distance. In October, 1946, a Navy Lockheed Neptune patrol bomber flew from Perth, Austra lia, to Columbus, Ohio, 11,236 ‘The Air Force hopes to stretch the '36's bombing range to 12,000 T R S WA S ik Vg ATHENS, CA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1948, Bitter Government Battle Flares Over Spy Hearings . Truman Restates Red Herring - $ o 9 Charge; Says Committee ‘Dead WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-— (AP) —President Truman again called the Congressional spv hearines a red herring today and said the committee conducting them is a dead one. 1. The committee has been told so far that the State Department has found 65 documents which could be released now without (Continued on Page Seven) Bulletin WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 — (AP) — Congressional investi gators said today they have found one of two men accused of supplying secret govern ment documents to a Red spy ring 10 years ago. Acting Chairman Mundt (R --SD) of the House Un-Ameri can Activities Committee said the man was located in the metropolitan area of Washing ton. FAMED APOLLO CHOIR M First Civic Music Concert Here Friday The {iret concert under the auspices of the Athens Civic Music Association will be heled ‘on Friday night in the Fire Arts Auditorium at 8:15, and will feature the well known Apoile Choir under the direction of Coleman Cooper. The Apollo Boy’s Choir holds an unique position. among major mus ical organizations of the country. Exquisite tone quality, flawless vocalism, delicate harmony, and well disciplined musicianship have led critics to agree that this ag gregation is without peer in the 'realm of boy choirs and that its director, Coleman Cooper, is a master of his art. Dr. Glenn Dillard Gunn of the Washington Times-Herald recent ly wrote ... “Among organizat ions of this kind, the Apollo Choir is unexcelled. The purity, fresh—‘ ness, and unforced beauty of the voices; flexibility, range, and res |ponsiveness to slubtled expressive inflections are in every way re- I markable.” 4‘ \ 23 Young Boys | F The Choir is composed of twentay‘i -three precociously talented young }boys between the ages of nine and fourteen. They were chosen‘ through competitive auditions and] represent many states. The or ganization is non - denominational, therefore open to any boy whose musical and academic ability can meet the requirements. During the past ten years the Choir has filled over 800 engage ments on Artist Courses. It has appeared with several of the nat ion’s leading Symphony Orches tras and over all the major radio networks - including the Great Artist Series sponsored by the Bell Telephone Company. Climaxing the organization’s professional act ivities are appearances at the Waldorf - Astoria and Town Hall in New York; the White House and National Art Gallery in Washing ton; the Bach Festival in Winter Park, Florida; and joint recitals with such celebrated singers as Gladys Swarthout, Helen Traubel, ‘and Frances Yeend. The organization has no finan cial resources except its concert proceeds and unsolicited gifts from friends who recognize the ‘value of music as a builder of character. Boys who held scholar ‘ships while members of the Apollo Choir have later been awarded 'highest honors in their respective ~ (Continued On kage Two) ff:_‘\,.,.\f 2 BY LUCREC(:E Cq.\./ HUDGINS { (For PMS. Dec. 9) Chapter 3 SANTA MAKES AN ENEMY Santa Land, as you must know, is a very busy place. Only think how hard and long the Santa Land folk must work to make toys for all the girls and |boys of the world! Of course, jaround Christmas time, the place {gets busier than ever and some times the little folk don’t have time even to eat their dinners (though they always manage ﬂﬁ eat dessert even if they hav .time to eat carrots and broccoli!) ' Now one day in December when Danny and the. Snow Man were on their way North, Santa Claus sat at his desk reading let ters from far away children. “Here’s a letter from Johnny ,Marshall,” he exclaimed. “He Iwants an orange colored bicycie!” CHINESE ADMIT HEAVY LOSSES FROM RED TRAP * * * 3 ATHENIANS ON COLLEGE WHO'S WHO Three Athenians are among the twenty-eight University or Georgia students that have been elected to membership in Who’s Who in American Col leges and Universities. They are Alice Chandler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Chandler of 635 West Clo verhurst avenue; Abit Massey son of Mr. and Mrs. Dyar E. Massey of 125 Wilcox street; and William Poole, 198 Hall street. * * # Poss Rites To Be Held At ’ Fri 3 p.m. Friday Mrs. Hugh Poss, member of one of Clarke county’s best known families, died in a local hospital Thursday morning at 6:40 o’clock. Mrs. Poss was 89 years old and had been iil for the past week. Services are to be conducted Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock from Bridges Chapel with Rev. Bud Shaw, pastor of Commerce Prim ative Baptist ‘Churc¢h, assisted by Rev. T. R. Harvill, pastor Prince Avenue Baptist Church and Rev. G. M. Spivey, pastor- -of Young Harris Methoedist Church. | Burial will follow in McLeroy cemetery on the Tallassee Road, pall-bearers being Bob Poss, Ed win Poss, Carl Poss, Dan Poss, Jeff Poss, and Willie Rumsey. Mrs. Poss is survived by three sons, R. E, Poss, S. J. Poss, and A. L. Poss, all of Athens; a daugh ter-in-law,. Mrs. .Cleve Poss of Athens; two brothers, J. L. Mc- Leroy and George McLeroy, both of Athens: {en, grapdchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. A native of Clarke county, Mrs. Poss had resided in this commu nity the greaser part’ of her life. She was descended from family lines long prominent in this sec tion of the state, groups which have been active and influential in the improvement and develop ment of this community over a long period of time. A member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Mrs. Poss was widely known universally loved and her death is a cause of sadness to the many who knew and greatly ad mired her. UNIVERSITY SPENDING ATLANTA, Dec. 9—(AP)—The University of Georgia spent more money for instruction last fiscal yvear than ever before. Santa turned to Mrs. Claus. “Now why would it have to be orange please tell me?” Mrs. Claus was darning a hole in Santa’s knit hat. “Perhaps be cause he has an orange sweaterr,” she said soothingly. “And wants it to match.” “Poof!” cried Santa. “We have red bicycles, blue ones, black ones, even a few ones. Why should I have ¥§¢ dut and do a special paint ust so this Johnny Mar ‘¢dan match his sweater? I won’t'dg it." That’s all. I won't do it A\\sivsy s Mrs. Claus just sat there darn ing and smi to herself. She knew perfectly\well Santa would do it. He always ‘did. He had to have —always—just exactly the right gift for each child who re {Opntinuen an Pasa Kiv) Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area 16th Army And 2 Other Units Reported Wiped Out By Reds WANKING, Dec. 9. — (AP) — Government military sources udmitted today Chinese Communists have ‘inflict ed heavy cacualties on three encireled army groups on Nanking’s approaches. They said the 16th Army group was believed to have been virtu ally wiped out. The 16th and the other two groups garrisoned Su chow until last week, when they withdrew southward in an effort tc relieve the trapped 12th Army group in the Suhsien sector. The military sowces, said the groups had reorganized and now |are resuming attacks in an -at tempt to break through the Reds. They described the Communists as suffering heavy losces also. Much depends upon whether the forimer Suchow garrisen can join the 12th at Suhsien — 45 miles south of Suchow—and both ferces fall back to the new Hwai River defense line, 105 miles northwest of the Chinese capital. One-Third Loss g Neutral military. observers es timated the former Suchow gar= rison has lost one-third of its strength cince abandoning. the base to the Reds December 1. The groups ‘have 'been reported (o l(-mbody %2 combat strength of ‘[llo.ooo. althouzn the garvison— including rear echelon personnel —was placed’ at 250,000. (Neither side has reperted whether any sizable numbers of trr)ogs were captured in the fall eof Suchow. Haov.ever, pilots fly ing the last plones in the Suchow airlift said governmeni - seldiers crowded the airfield in wild ron fusion shcrtly before the city ‘was captured.) . 30.000 Casualties The . estimate of government casualtics seems to tally with a Communist broadcast last night. The Red radio said more than 30,006 troops were lost to the three army groups. { Qualified Nationalist sources continued to make no claims to support government irformation agency reports that the 12th Army group had broken out of eneirclement near Suhsien and joined with troops from the; Hwai River line. | . . These sources said Red units are attempung to cross the Hwai some 4i miles northeast of Peng pu, where the river makes a wide northern bend. It was expectec the Reds, if they can cross the stream, will try to cut the rail road south of Pengpu to preven;‘ reinforcements from reaching the defense line. ’ ‘ CARIBBEAN CRUISE. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9—-(AP)1 ~—The: Battleship Missouri heads an impressive fleet that will putl to sea next January on a Chrib-J bean training cruise. 2 ;i B - . 4 ” am | s, : | &gy Pl o S e ) § ~” Dl G R S v ORI o R ; SRR R e R v B i T N B SRR e s R e g T G R s 3 5 L R A Ce e . aiad”” S ae &W«?‘?” TP ; S N R R b, ¥ i ST L ‘“W i%) & . S SREE R, 0. SR RS Se s CRTEEDIEROR. W .. ’ R MR e R e . SRR e g .“".«;': ﬁqﬁ, 4 T o # 1 ‘;j: %'\ 4 N s O R e ¥ TEREERY. TR o R e ! A R W TR S 9 o T R Ffee e RTR T T N % Bet TR A R R, DR & Y e U aOR NI e fAt SR T i L W%)‘nﬁr@?}( R.% e . o R - & % <t of oo > e IR @ A g a SR o ;A o TR VIR g R 3 '&n‘“ et R R SR - bt Qi GENERAL CHIANG’S SON. FEARED TRAPPED— Colone! Chiang Ching-kue. son of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, may be antong the 250,000 Nationalist troops trapped by Communist forces in the Suehow area. A tank corps commander, he is ir Nanking (right) talk ing o a vetoran durvine the Suchow campaign. Home Edition G ‘Grocer Held In Murder Of of > old Wife, Children ’ HAMPTON, S. C,, Dec. 9(AP)— IA coroner’s jury today ordered a 41year-old grocer held on charges of murder for beating his wife and two children to death with a base ball bat last night. Dr. J. A. Hayne, jr., who exam |ined John B. Bowers in jail last ’night shortly after the battered, bloody bodies had been fotind, said he had recommended to So licitor Randolph Murdaugh -that he defendant be taken to the State lHospital for the insane at Colum bia for examination and observa tion. Dr. Hayne testified that Bowers told him: *my wife was piofting to have me killed,” and added that he didn't know why he had slain i the children, Wayne, 7, and San dra, 4. Solicitor Murdaugh said Bowers twice has been a patient at the State Hospital. Murdaugh said he would recommend that { Bowers be returned to the asylum, Pt . R L ' 'Endurance Fliers 'Refuel From Jeep , INDIO, Calif., Dec. 9 — (AP) — Endurance fliers Dick Riedel and .Bill Barris, up . in the air since Nov. 20, started out refueling their ship by dropping to 30 feet and then pulling the gas up with a rope. - WEATHER ATHENS AND VICINITY Clear and mild this after noon. Fair and cooler tonight and Friday. GEORGIA - Clearing and mild this afternoon, Fair and cool tonight. Expeet little . lemperatvre change in ex treme north portion. Friday fair and cool. TEMPERATURE Highest %25 Savs i » O "LIOWeBL L iyt G R Mean ..o abed e st o, o Normal ¢, 7 ioive. .48 RAINFALL: Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00 | Total since Dec. 'l'':. ... 1.32 | ¢ Deficit’ since Dec, 1 ... .. .04 | Average Dee. rainfall ... 5.08 ' Total since January 1 ...63.43 1 Excess ‘since January 1 ..17.48

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