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ENDURANCE FLIERS HANDED GASOLINE—AT 80MPH—Two endurance fliers,
whe nave been droning over the southern California desert near the town of Indio
for 19 days, bring their iight monoplare down almost to runway level for a hand
ro-hand refueling that has become routine. The refueling crew, traveling at 80 miles
er hour, nands up a can of gasoline as an empty can is let dewn. The fliers, Dick
pel I g pr) .
Riedel and Bill Barris, are trying to break the record of 30 and one-fourth days of
sustained H;,n*. It was set in 1()‘{()—(:&.[) r@l‘?l'i](\t‘),)
China Reds Reported Trying
To Cross River Defense Line
Action Aimed At Outflanking
\ew Defense North Of Nanking
NANKING, Dec. 10. — (AP) — Chinese Communist
troops today were believed trying to cut in behind the
Hwal River—last government defense line north of Nan
king short of the Yangtze itself. {
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YOUTH KILLED
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IN ‘KNUCKLES
DETROIT, Dec. 10—(AP)—
“Cheater,” cried out 13-year
old Raymond Updyke, inter
rupting a game of cards with
two chums.' A few moments
later Raymond lay dead from
a shotgun blast.
As police reported it, the
tragedy was compounded of
boyish indignation, threat and
sudden fright. v
Raymond was playing
“kunckles” last night with two
newcomer boys of the neigh
borhood, Jack Themas, 14, and
his brother, Russeil, 12.
Raymond, the brothers said,
pulled a knife and threatened
to kill their pet dog in a spat
following the charge of
“cheater.” 2
“I ran to the closet of the
bedroom where ¥ knew my
stepfather had a shotgun,” said
Jack. “T put a shell in the gun
and cocked it.”
He went back to where Ray
mond sat in a chair . . . “I had
my fingetr on the trigger and
the gun accidentally discharg
ed.” Raymond was struck
full in the face by a charge
from the single - barrel, 12-
rauge weapon. Jack and Rus
sell were held for juvenile au
thorities.
FEATURES APOLLO CHOIR
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Civie Music Group Presents
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lirst Concert Here Tonight
The first concert under the auspices of the Athens
Civic Music Association will be presented here tonight in
the Fine Arts Audilorium at s:ls, featuring the nation-
A 0 Enown Apollo Boys’ Choir under the direction of
Cnlzman Cooper. ¥
The Choir is composed of twen-:
ty-three talented young boys be';
tween the ages of nine and four
leen, who have been chosen
through competitive auditions all
Over the United States. The_ or
ganization is non-denominational
and open to all boys whose‘ musi
cal talent and academic ability can
meet the requirements.
During the past ten years the
choir has put on more than 800
toncerts on Artist Courses over
the nation and has appeared with
several of the nation’s leading
Symphony Orchestras. The ag-
Bregation is without peer in the
realm of boys’ choirs and its di
ector, Coleman Cooper, is a
master of his art.
David Michael, president of the
Athens Civie Music Association,
hias requested that those mem
bers who will be iunable to attend
the concert give their tickets to
friends so that they m? enjoy the
concert, ‘e R
The program @M‘#’flm’
Apollo Choir Appears In First Civic Music Concert Here Tonight
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Government sources said the
Communists are attempting to
cross the Hwai at a bend in the
river 90 miles northwest of Nan
king. This is at a point where the
river is lightly defended.
This threat arose as the bulk of
the government armies of East
China still 'strove to break ‘loose
from two big traps north of the
Hwai.
A crossing of the Hwai in any
force would cut off Nanking from
the new base of Pengpu, 105 miles
northwest of the capital, along
with the 80,000 troops manning
the deefnses along the river.
The number of Red troops com
mitted to the operation was not in
dicated. But they would be only
15 miles—easy striking distance—
from the railway supply line be
tween Nanking and Pengpu.
(A Shanghai newspaper report
ed a Communist advance 75 miles
to the northeast along the Grand
Canal.,, a drive which might be
geared to the Red operations on
the Hwai.
(The newspaper Sheng Pao said
government troops had withdrawn
from the Grand Canal cities of
Hwaiyin and Hwaiatl, about 110
miles north of Nanking and had
fallen back 25 miles south to Pa
oying. ; =
(If true the Communists ap
peared to have a straight shot
southward to the Yangtze along a
route protected by two large lakes
—Hungtze on the west and Kaoyu
on the east.)
A return of bad weather ground
ed the Air Force, which had been
cbunted upon to help in extricat
ing the four government army
groups encircled in two pockets
north of the Hwai.
cert is as follows:
Now Let All the Heavens Adore
Thee, Johann Sebastian Bach; O
Holy Child Who Came to Save,
Johann Sabastian Bach — The
Choir.
Come Unto Him, George Frede
ric Handel—John Rogers.
Lo, My Shepherd is Divine —
Joseph Haydn; Sanctus (Imperial
Mass), Joseph Haydn—The Choir.
O Holy Father, Camille Saint-
Saens—Mac Steinmeyer.
No Candle Was There and No
Fire, Liza Lehmann; The Shep
herd’s Story, Clarence Dickinson—
The Choir.
Intermission. :
Have You Seen But A Whyte
Whyte Lillie Grow, Old English;
The Echo Song; Orlando di Lasso
—The Choir. ;
Trio from “The Magic Flute,”
%Volfgang Amadeus Mozart—Solo
Tio.
Lullaby, Wolfgang Amadeus
‘Mozart; Precious Wee One, Jose
~ (Continued On ilage Two)
Associated Press Service
CLEAR, COLDER
Cold as it might have seem
ed to Athenians last nith and
early this morning, ne new
records were set by the sink
ing mercury, the United
States Weather Bureau report- '
ed today. i
The mercury %
in Athens ther- | CRICKADEE |} \“'
mometers drop- - §
ped "way down | Lo DF <3
to 29 degrees ‘ - gl
during the col- /fi =
dest hours last M B S
night and Ath- |~ -gfi?@ .
ens was blank- Q 2 \
eted with a "L@ w
white coating _ SNG4
of frost early 5 .
this morning. CLCEC?ED?FD ”
But a search of
the records showed that the
same day last year yielded a
temperature of 26 degrees
—three degrees colder than
Athenians experienced this
morning.
More cold weather is on the
way, forecasts show with Ath
ens and vicinity expecting
colder weather tonight, Satur
day, and the rest of the week
end.
Buchheister
Services In
Maryland Sat.
The funeral of Mys. J. P. Buch
heister, age 22, will be held in
Baltimore, Maryland, Saturday,
December 11 at 2:00 p. m. ' Mrs.
Buchheister died Thursday in a
Baltimore hospital where she had
been ill for several days. . -Before
her marriage in December of 1945
she was Miss Dora Bridges of Ath
ens, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jeff Bridges, 345 Bloomfield Ave
nue. .
Mrs. Buchheister graduated
from Athens High School and at
tended the University of Georgia
where she served as one of the
Georgia cheer leaders. She was
a member of the Methodist Church
and in her student days she was a
very active member of the Wesley
Foundation student council. Her
husband will be remembered* as
having been in the Navy Pre-
Flight School at the University of
Georgia during the war.
In addition to her husband and
parents Mrs. Buchheister is sur
vived by a young son, John P.
Buchheister, Jr., a sister, Betty Joe
Bridges and a brother, Robert N.
Bridges, both of Athens. The fam
ily has many friends here who ex
tend their sincere sympathy.
” . 1
Messiah” Be
Presented Sunday
The University of Georgia mu
sic department will present Han
del’'s “Messiah” in the Fine Arts
Auditorium Sunday at 4:30 p. m.
Presentation is under the general
direction of Hugh Hodgson. Harris
Mitchell will conduct, assisted by
Byron Warner, Donald Morrison
and John Berggren.
A chorus of 124, the University
of Georgia Little Symphony and
four soloists will combine their
talents for this Christmas presen
tation. Soloists will be Mrs. Dan
Hodgson, Mrs. Mildred Johnson,
‘Byron Warner and John Berggren.
SERVING ATHEMS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, CA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1948.
3 NEGRO HOUSES MYSTERIOUSLY
BURNED AFTER TOOMBS:SLAYING
.
Letter About Fires Revealed
As Grand Jury Probe Begins
BY PERRY MULLEN
I.YONS, Ga., Dec. 10.—(AP)—A special Grand Jury
investigation into the November 20 ambush killing of
pegro Rebert Mallard got underway here today at 10
a.m.
The jury convened just a few
minutes after Maltard’s widow,
Amy James Mallard, and two
other youthful negro witnesses to
the slaying, Angeline Carter, 13,
and William Tim Carter, 18, ar
rived, accompanied by two Geor
gia Bureau of Investigation agents.
Just prior to their arrival Ed
itor Ralph McGill of the Atlanta
Constitution made public an anon
ymous letter charging that three
negro houses were burned down
gbout 15 days after Mallard’s mur
er.
The widow, McGill, and Joseph
M. Goldwasser, Cleveland, Ohio,
business man, have been subpoe
naed to appear before the jury.
Goldwasser, a member of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, en
tered the case in the interest of
“goodwill and justice.” He obtain
ed a statement from Mrs. Mallard
purporting to name the murderers.
| Letter Contents
The letter to McGill said it was
written “because us colored are
afraid to say anything here.”
It was dated Dec. 6 and con
tinued:
“We are scared. Last Tuesday
night John Baker’s place burned
up and last night two more color
ed places burned, W. M. Lockey
and Mose Brazios places on the
same street. They say we are too
close to white folks.
“We have lived here for years
and we do not have no place to go.
We do not know what to do. We
have no rights. Help us if you can.
God knows we do not bother the
white folks.”
Toombs county Sheriff R. E.
Gray said an investigation showed
the two houses which burned the
same night were destroyed by fire
which started from defective wir
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Cause Unknown
The cause of the fire in the Ba
ker place, said the sheriff, was
unknown.
Sheriff Gray made the original
investigation into the Mallard
murder. News of the slaying did
not leak out of the county for four
days.
McGill said in his editorial col
umn that it was doubtful if any
action would have been taken if
newspapers had not dug out the
story.
The widow herself was charged
with murdering her husband and
was arrested after his funeral in
Savannah, but was released with-~
out bond in the custory of her at
torney. She later signed a war
rant charging William L. Howell,
a 32-year-old white farmer, with
murder.
5 in Custody
Howell was on eof five men who
surrendered when reports circu
lated that Mallard’s widow might
name men she accused of the slay
ing. Two of the five were releas
ed when'the woman failed to pick
them out in a line-up. The other
two, Roderick Clifton, 36, and
James Spivey, 24, remained in
custody pending the grand jury’s
action.
T. Ross Sharp, attorney for the
men, said they all denied any con
nection with the shooting.
The widow blamed “Ku Kluk
ers” for killing Mallard. County
officials, however, absolved the
Ku Klux Klan.
Accounts of the ambush slay
ing drew Joseph Goldwasser,
Cleveland, Ohio department store
owner, to the state as a “friend
of justice.”
Goldwasser visited the Mallard
widow at = Savannah, obtained
a statement from her and deliver
ed it to Gov. Herman Talmadge in
Atlanta.
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BY LUCR EE HUDGINS »
Chapter 4 |
DANNY COMES TO SANTA
LAND
Flournoy, the evil elf, disappear
ed from Santa Land but he left
behind a great shadow of fear.
“I'll pay you back for this,”
Flournoy swore when Santa ban
ished him from the land.
What could he mean won
dered the Santa Land folk? How
could he hurt Santa if he could
not pass the invisible wall Santa
had laid about his land?
Santa seemed as calm and jolly
as ever. Though he felt fear, sud
den and cold in his heart, he did
not let his little workers know.
He patched the poor Queen Fairy’s
wings with glue and tape and
promised her she would soon be
able to fly as well as ever.
Capitol Hill
Segregation
‘Laws’ Flayed
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—(AP)
—A committee of civic leaders
from all sections of the country
said today the treatment of ne
groes in Washington is a blot on
all America’s reputation for free
dom.
A-9- page illustrated report said
that segregation is practiced more
consistently today in the nation’s
capital than it was a half centu
ry ago.
Citing case after case of segre
gation of negroes in housing, jobs,
thaters, restaurants, churches,
parks and plagrounds, the docu
ment said:
“If Horatio Alger had a colored
face, he would have a hard time
in the capital today. He would
first be judged, not by his merit,
but by his skin.”
The report said visitors from
other countries assess American
promises to take a lead in develop
ing the equality of man by what
they see in Washington. It de
clared:
“Few Americans can appreciate
what a shock Washington can be
to wisitors from abroad. It is to
them, even more than to most of
us, the symbol of America.”
Heading the 87-member “Na
tional Committee on Segregation in
the Eation’s capital” is Dr. George
N. Bhuster, president of Hunter
College, New York. Other mem
bers, include Methodist Bishop G.
mFy Oxnam, publishers Mar
teld and Palmer Hoyt, ac
tors Melvyn Douglas and Helen
Hayes, labor leaders James B.
Carey and Walter Reuther, Sen
ator-elect Hubert Humphrey, (D-
Minn), and Mrs. Eleanor Roose
velt.
The gorup’s study was conduct
ed by a staff headed by Dr. Joseph
D. Lohman, University of Chi
go Socialogist.
The report said a negro at the
beginning of this century could
eat in any restaurant, sleep in any
hotel, attend any theater in Wash
ington, but now “the situation is
almost the reverse.”
Bulletins
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 —
(AP) — Congressional spy in
vestigators today got a story
that the now famous pumpkin
papers lay hidden for 10 years
in the dumb waiter shaft of a
Brooklyn house.
It was related by Nathan L.
Levine, Brooklyn lawyer and
nephew of Mrs. Whittaker
Chambers.
BIRMINGHAM, Aia.,, bDec.
10—(AP)—The ranking Na
taional Guard officer in Ala
bama said today that if mem
bers of the Alabama football
team do not attend guard
drills they will be discharged
and turned over to their draft
boards.
NANKING, Dec. 10 — (AP)
—President Chiang Kai-Shek
tonight extended martial law
to all China under Nationalist
control, except for the far
western provinces and Formo
sa.
Then he said, ‘“Come now,
everyone gegfito work for we must
put the bounce in 2000 bouncing
balls before sundown.”
But before the fairies could re
turn to work Danny and the Snow
Man arrived!
“Fancy that—a snow man who
walks and talks!” cried the fairies
when the Snow Man introduced
himself.
“My!” said Santa admiringly.
“What a fine toy you would
make!”
~ “Sir,” said the Snow Man with
dignity. “I could never be tucked
away in a Christmas stocking —
I am too large. And I could never
‘be placed before the Christmas
fire—l'd melt away. So please do
;not think of me as a toy.”
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COUNTESS AND POODLES HEAD FOR NASSAU—
The Countess of Kenmare (center) arrived from Eng
lard aboard the SS Queen Maryv with “her daughter,
Patricia Cavendish (right), niece Judy Lindeman, gnd
the Countess’ poodles. The latter relax on the Countess’
$24,500 mink coat. All arz enroute to Nassau.—{(NEA
T=lephto.)
Third Red Spy Suspect
Located In Wisconsin
Secrets Of Friendly Nations In
Data Stolen From State Dept. File
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.— (AP) —Vital military se
crets of friendly nations furned up today among stolen
government papers uncovered in the House Un-American
Activities Committee’s spectacular Red spy hunt.
They involve such things as
British battleships, Chinese com
bers and strategic war materials
from the Argentine.
And as the committee scrapped
furiously with the Truman admin
istration over how 'the spy probe
should be run, it spotted suspect
number three out in Apperton,
Wis.
1t ordered him to show up for
a hearing today.
The man has been described to
the committee as a former employe
of the National Bureau of Stand
ards. The Bureau tests some of
the government’s most secret wea
pons and miliiiary devices, ‘
The committee got the man’s
name from Whittaker Chambers,
a Communist courier. Chambers
has testified that while he was in
the Red underground before the
war, government workers fed him
secret documents for transmission
to Russian 'agents.
He has named Alger Hiss and
Henry Julian Wadleigh, both for
merly in the State Department, as
two of the suppliers.
Hiss, now head of the Carnegie
Foundation for International
Peace has denied all.
Wadleigh, now unemployed and
Already Surpassed ‘47 Sales
LOCAL MERCHANTS ANNOUNCE
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BRISK
By ED THILENIUS, City Editor
Christmas shoppers in Athens and vicinity geemed to
be heeding the sezcsonal adage of “shop early and avoid
the rush.” ‘
! A survey of local stores today
i revealed that Yuletide sales are
continuing at a brisk pace and in
some instances- exceeding last
yvear’s giant turnout.
‘ Local merchants report, that
| buying has been especially heavy
| during the week-ends when most
| of the out-of-town shoppers flood
| the stores.
| The past two week-ends the
flow of traffic, on downtown
I streets has stead}ly increased, with
| police reporting a traffic log last
jweek almost comparable to the
’football Saturdays.
Although the majority of re
ports listed their sales as betier
than last year or recent years,
most merchants feel that the buy
ing peak has yet to be reached.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
living at nearby Vienna, Va., was
a witness yesterday. He refused to
say whether he had or had not
slipped secret. information from
the State Department.
Wadleigh said he might inerim
inate himself by answering ques
tions on that point. !
Touchy Subject
Chambers has yielded to the
committee some of the papers he
obtained, in the form of photo~
graphs or copies. Most of them
tame from the State Department
and are dated 1937 and 1938.
It is known that they contain in
formation on such touchy subjects
as the backbone of her fleet.
The placing of Chinese orders
for bombers in France.
T he. size of Chinese troop
movements during her war with
Japan.
Argentine sales of large guanti
ties of linseed oil to the Germans
at fancy prices. Linseed oil is a
strategic war material.
Germany was getting ready then
to move against Aystria. Some of
the papers deal with the Austrian
Anschluss and with other behind
the-scenes maneuvers in diploma
cy and international politics.
The majority feel that tomorrow
will show an increase in week
end sales, while the greatest rush
is expected next week, with a last
minute spree expected on the 23rd
and 24th.
The downtown business section
has completely taken on its
Christmas appearance. Spectular
window displays may be seen ev
erywhere, while hundreds of Ath
enians go window shopping night
ly under the canopy of lights over
the streets.
Merchants also report that buy
ing to-date has been well rounded,
with no great demand being plac
ed on any special items. Electrical
appliances, furniture, clothirg,
jewelry, etc., are high on the de
mand list. v
Home
Edition
Rescue Crews
Seek Bodies
In Explosion
TOPEKA, Kas., Dec. 10.—(AP)
—Eight men were killed and 17
injured in a series of blasts that
shook a huge power and light
plant near this state capital for
almost 45 minutes yesterday.
Rescue crews still groped
through debris today seeking
other possible victims.
The explosions occurred in the
Kansas Power and Light Com
pany’s mair plant *and left To
peka, a city of 90,000, without
electricity for several hours.
Hospitals were forced to oper
ate on an emergency basis, ele
vators were stalled in downtown
buildings and many shops and of
fices closed early. No serious ac
cidents were reported, although
traific was snarvied at busy in
tersections whan signal lights
went out. Theaters were blacked
out,
Fire Follows
Fire broke out during the ex-~
plosions which rocked a large
area.
The plant is in the little town
of Tecusen, five miles east of
nere,
The exact cause of the explos~
ions had not been determined
but several workers reported
they had smelled gas in the
‘building.
. The explosions pulverized
concrete and twisted and ripped
heavy steel. The plant's base
ment was badly wrecked. The
external walls of the structure,
a part eignt-story and part five
story building, were not damaged
although most of the windows
were blown out.
Approximately 150 men were
working in or near the building.
Sixty of them were power plant
employes. The others were con
‘structlp;n men w,vrk&zg on a new
addition.
Al the dead were from Tope
ka, They were identified as C. A.
Allensworth, Arthur Danlene,
Alphonse Bryant, Charles Miller,
Roy Ha‘mby,;zj W. Freel, C. H.
Rodenbaugh and Albert Sheahan.
Eyewitness Account :
L. R. Beaver, 20, a plumber,
gave this account of the blasts:
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair through Saturday.
Cool this afternoon and
slightly colder tonight with
low of 26 to 28. A little war
mer Saturday afternoon,
GEORGIA — Fair, windy
and rather cold this after
nooun. Clear, slightly colder,
with frest tongiht, with low
st ftemperatures 26-23 de
grees in extreme north, 28-30
in central portion, and 30-36
degrees in extreme south
portion, Saturday fair, be
coming slightly warmer in
afternoon.
TEMPERATURE
Highest ¥ « Sihdaa aneie oD%
Lowest: . o v Laain s
Meéan 2 i Rl s
Normal: e 450 siv ik
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since Dec. 1 .. ... 1.32
Deficit since Dec. 1 .. .. .20
Average Dec. rainfall ... 5.08
Total since January 1 ...63.43
Excess since January 1 ..17.32
Food markets report a slight
trickle in Christmas dinner buy
ing, with merchants pointing out
that most housewives wait until
Christmas week before doing any
serious shopping for the Yuletide
dinner.
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