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BROOKLYN’S MORNING AFTER — A woman walks past buried automobiles
along Clinton Avenue in the Brooklyn burough of New York after the storm that
left 19.5 inches of snow. These cars were among the many surface vehicles immo
bilized by the snowfall. The middle of the street is the only passable roadway for
the woman enroute to a subway statioh.— (AP Wirephoto.)
NEW YORK CITY BRACES
FOR NEW SNOWSTORM
Workers Clear.
.
Airports, Roads
.
Of Heavy Drifts
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—(AP)—
Dark, snow-bearing clouds swept!
over the metropolitan area today
as New Ycork finished digging{
out from,a 19.5 inch ‘blanke't—J
third heaviest snowiall in the
city’s history. :
The Weather Bureau said in an
early bulletin ‘that the snow
might begin this morning. Ear
lier, the Bureau predicted a light
snow for this afterncon and eve
ning.
lln its latest bulletin, however,
the Bureau said present indica
tf%ns still pointed to a light-,sao\ar-i{
fall. - .4 T
About a score of deaths in thel
northeast states were blamed on
the storm which brought the sea
son’s biggest snowfall to many
sections Sunday and early Mon
day.
Most transportation lines were
running on time, or nearly so,
2nd the metropolitan area’s three
major airports were in operation
again.
The snow, which fell here for
20 hours, had turned to deep
slush’ in many places — princi=-
pally heavily-traveled thorough
fares—and a:freeze threatened to
impede the work of 20,000 snow
removers.
Effects of the storm were noth
ing Ilike those: of the record
snowfall of 25.8 inches last Dec
ember 26 and 27, when cleanup
crews and some transportation
systems were caught unprepared.
Service 'on sogme suburban
commuter lines stilk/was less than
pertect today, but! the ranks of
the snowbound were slim.
‘The weather-wear Pacific
Northwest shook off the effect
today of a storm that brought a
record snowfall to lower British
Columbia, closed Washington’s
mountain passes and tangled
traffic as far east as Montana,
A return to normal was expect
ed as soon as Stevens Pass, across
the Cascades in northern Wash
ington, is cleared of ice and snow
that rumbled onto the highway
in a 112 mile wide avalanche
Sunday.
Last Constitutional Tie Between
Eire And Great Britain Severed
Ireland Will Celebrate First
“Independence Day”’ Next Spring
DURBLIN, Dec. 21.— (AP) —Eire became a free and
independent republic today. Ireland’s centuries-long and
often bloody struggle for freedom came so a peaceful end
as President Sean T. O’Kelly signed Eire out of ihe Brit
ish Commonwealth. ;
O’Kelly approved ‘a bill of the
Irish Parliament repealing the
external relations act which had
empowered the British King to
accredit Irish diplomats.
The act was the last slender
constitutional tie between Erie
and the British crown and com
monwealth.
The repeal actually becomes
effective on an “Independence
Day” which Prime Minister John
A.- Costello’s government is ex
pected "to proclaim early in the
spring. .
The delay will give the two
nations time to work out a new
alightment of economic and poli
tical relationships.
The English conquest of Ire
land began with an invasion in
1169 and was helped by a rift
nmong Irish chieftaine But it ran
into stiff resistance.
The Irish fought for @wedom
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NINETEEN-INCH SNOW STORM STRIKES NEW YORK-—Nineteen inches of snow
covers New York City in a storm that extended over mosi of the northeastern
states. Here’s a view of New York’s Times:Bquare ‘with the white mantle rapidly
turning to dirty ruts under the churning traffic. This view looks south with Broad
way at the right and the Father Duffy monument at the left. The city mobilized
thousands of workers to remove the snow.._(AP Telephote.)
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SANTA CLAUS
MUST GET
HAIRCUT TOO
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec.
21 — (AP) — Three-year-old
Victor Lecroy is as big a man
as the next one when it comes
to getting a haircut—or he was
until yesterday.
Hle howled something fierce
when his mother put him in a
chair in a downtown barber
shop. No sir, he yelled, no more
haircuts, period.
“I don’t need haircut,” Victor
blured. “Him need one worse.”
“Him-" his mother queried.
“Who’s him?”
“Santa Claus,” the boy re
plied firmly. “Him need one
worse. Don’t see him here.”
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Liquor Trial
GAINESVILLE, Ga., Dec. 21 —
(AP)—Defense attorneys for Sher
iff Farris Brewer and three others
charged with operating a bootleg
liquor business were expected to
call a federal investigator to the
stand today.
in 1598, 1641, 1649, and 1690.1
Then the Rebels went under-i
ground for more than 100 years. |
They rose again in 1803, 1848 and |
1867.
But it was the bloody rebellion of
1916 and the Guerrilla War of
1919-1921 which finally broke
British autority. The rebellion
was planned by the citizen army
and the Left Wings of the volun
teers and Sinn Fein. The actual
fighting, which was chiefly street
fighting in Dublin, lasted a week
after it broke out on Easter Sun
day 1916. Fifteen rebels were ex
ecuted. .
Guerrilla War
In the Guerridla War that fol
lowed, Britain used the hated
black-and-tans in an effort to
hold her position. (Their name
lcame from the color of their
uniforms). In 1918 Britain passed
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
VANISHES INTO THIN AIR
Pilot 6 Days Overd
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By ED THILENIUS, City Editor
Vincente Improta, rookie pilot who attempted a 7,000-
mile flight from here to Buenos Aires, apparently has
vanished from the face of the earth.
Six days overdue at hi% desti
nation, and unreported along his
hazardous route, the youthful Ar
gentine Naval Inspector is feared
either lost or forced down in some
remote spot.
Repeated checks by the Argen
tine naval commission in Buenos
Aires have failed to turn up a sin
gle clue as to the whereabouts of
the pilot and his small plane.
Further investigations are being
made to see whether or not Im
prota made it out of the United
States. His last scheduled stop in
America was Brownsville, Texas.
From there he was scheduled
to fly, in short-hops to such coun
tries as Mexico, Guatemala, El
Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, Panama Canal Zone,
Colombia, Ecuador, Chile and Ar
gentina.
Improta left here November
a military service bill which ap
plied to Ireland. It was never en
forced but it rekindled independ
ence fervor. |
The Irish fought against Brit
ish authority wherever it raised
its head. The counter-terrorism
and activities of the Black-and-
Tans greatly helped the revolu
tionaries for they created a hatred
of Britishy rule where it did not
exist before and strengthened it
where it did.
The Sinn Geiners won the 1916
election, and, meeting in Dublin
as the Dial (National Assembly),
passed a declaration of independ
ence.
British public opinion forced
Prime Minister David Liloyd
George to enter into negotiations
with the then president of the
Dail, Eamon de Valera. In De
-Icember 1921 a treaty was signed
igiving Erie the political status of
the Dominion of Canada. .
For 20 years Eire poundered the
desirability of walking alone,
outside the empire. But the final
step —the repeal act — was not
introduced in the Eire Parliament
until last Nov. 17. A prabable
factor in the delay was the hope
that the six northern counties
might jin in a united Ireland. But
today the so-called protestant
| counties remain steadiast with
Britain: ' : s .
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1948,
U. S. Fears Police Action”
May Slow Anti-KRed Drive
Dutch Slash Transport Lines,
Capture Republican Centers
Dutch troops appeared today to be cutting at will across
transport lines of the Indonesian republic in central Java.
Holland called the fighting ‘‘pelice action” against ter
rorists.
The Indonesians asserted from
Rbadapore and Paris that heavy
fighting had broken out again in
Jogjakarta, the Republican capi
tal which Dutch Airborne troops
captured Sunday. Most ranking
Indonesian politicians and the na
tive commander -in - chief, ‘Gen.
{ 30th, and estimated that his trip
'would take approximately 16
days. He had hoped to be home
in time for Christmas.
. Improta spent six months in
.Athens inspecting planes at the
’Ben Epps Airfield, which were
purchased by his government.
The planes were crated here and
shipped to South America.
While here Improta gained a
majority of his flying time which
admittedly was less than a 100
hours. It was his first major
cross-country flight.
It is also believed to be the
|longest flight ever attempted by
such a small plane. -
He was flying his own blue and
silver Ercoupe, which he purchas
ed here. With the exception of a
spare gas tank, the plane carried
no special equipment. It has a
maximum speed of 140-MPH and
with the spare tank, a radius of
700 miles.
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Pilgrimage Set
In Holy Land
JERUSALEM, lec. 21—(AP)—
A roundabout route has been ar
ranged to enable Christians to
make the traditional Christmas
Eve pilgrimage from Jerusalem to
Bethlehem, the birthplace of
Christ. ’
A United Nations communique
last night said Jews and Arabs
seeking a means of permitting the
pilgrimage had agreed to open op
posing lines between old and new
Jerusalem for 24 hours.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Clear to partly cloudy and
warmer tonight. Wednesday
fair and mild.
GEORGIA—Fair and a lit
tle warmer this afterneon and
tonight. Wednesday increas
ing cloudiness and mild, fol
lowed by rain Wednesday
night. -
TEMPERATURE
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Mortonl ... . “ho 88
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
40tal gince Dee,'l . .. 201
Deficit -since Dec, 1- .. .. 1.27
Average Dec. ranfall ... 508
Tolal since January I ...0%12
Excess since January 1 ..16.76
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Soederiman, are in Dutch custody.
The Indonesian spokesman at
the United Mational sessions at
Paris said he heard Jobjakarta had
been recaptured. The Republicans
said 52 parachute troops had been
killed in their capital and that
armed revolt had flared against
the Dutch in a dozen Javanese
places.
American annoyance with the
Netherlands was plain. Officials
in Washington said the Dutch “po
lice action” may have dealt a body
blow to efforts to curb Commu
nism- in Southeast Asia and may
result in disorders the Reds can
exploit. g
~ = UN Complaints
“‘The United Nations “Security
Council is to hear complaints to
morrow from the U. S., India and
Australia against the Dutch. Prime
Minister J. B. Chifley of Australia
satd his delegation will ask an im
mediate cease fire order, enforce
able by economic or other sanc
tions.
A Dutch communique said ma
rines have captured Toeban, Re
%&%fiun port on the north-shore
of ‘Java, and moved into the out
skirts of Bodjonegoro, a road cen-
Ete%“?fi miles southwest.
% Dutch soldiers took Pati in a 30
mie advance from the ald demar
cdtion line. The town is on the
‘coastal railroad 75 miles west of
Toeban. Other troops took Bojo
*,.lili, inla%‘a’teway to Soerakarta,
~second ranking Republican!city.
' China Collapse
Nationalist China moved closer
to utter collapse.
Pro - government newspapers
said Tientnsin, the major indus
trial center of North China, is com
gely Jisolated. The advancing
ommunists -had town 10 and 17
miles from the city.
Peipine. the mai~ eitv i tha
North, was cut off eompletely.
Nanking was brought even closer
to the fighting. The Communists
wiped out two trapped Army
groups and whittled down three
others that were caged.
‘With ¥the miiltary chaos was
political instability. China has
been without a cabinet for a month
but Chiang Kai-Shek togk no ac
tion on a list of ministers handed
him by Premier Sun Fo.
Food Trains
Roll Tonight
DAYTON, 0.. Dec. 21--fAP)-
Christmas food trains loaded with
farm produce from 13 states for
the hungry overseas start rolling
tonight.
The food collected through
Christion Rural Overseas Program
(CROP), were loaded in Colorado,
Indiana, lowa, Kansas, Nebraska,
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Ohio,
‘Washington and Wyoming.
Two Perish In
Philadelphia Fire
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21 —
(AP)—Flames swept a section of
the Westminster Hotey in down
town Philadelphia today, killing
two guests trapped on the third
floor. Two other guests and a
fireman were burned.
Ninety-five persons escaped the
blazing inferno. They were
aroused by a man who ran
through the upper floors wearing
nothing but shorts and shouting
the alarm.
POST OFFICE SWAMPED
Athens Stores Brace For Shock
Of Last-Minute Overflow Crowds
BY CURTIS DRISKELL |
Athens Christmas shoppers be
gan loovking to the end of lheir
Yuletide preparations today, and
the dozens of department stores,
dime stores, and other establish
ments obligingly began to get
ready for the last mad rush.
Most of the stores usually fre
quented by Christmas shoppers
are planning to stay open later
than usual at least one night this
week for the eonvenience of pa
trons, a check-up revealed this
morning.
Department stores will keep
their doors open for business un
til the usual time all week, with
one planning to stay open until
seven o'clock all week and an
other making tentative plans to
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FLYING BULL FIGHTER IN LIMA — Mexican bull
fighter Kl Vizeaino is tossed for a loss in making his
debut in the Acho Plaza at Lima, Peru. Things look
pretty bad for El Vizeaino at the moment, but he wasn’t
even mjured.— (AP Wirephoto.)
Dies In High Plunge
Probers Say Former State Dept.
Worker Handed Out Secret Data
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—(AP)—A former State Depart
ment official, listed in Congressional 'testimon‘v as one of
six persons in the department who allegedly handed out
secrets for Red spies, died last night in a 16-story plunge.
Laurence Duggan, 43, an ex
pert on Latin-American ‘affairs
who served in the State Depart
ment from 1930 to 1944, dropped
to death from a window of “his
Manhattan office as espionage
probers planned to question him.
The medical examiner’s office
said the circumstances of his
death were “undetermined pend
ing further investigation.” Police
said Duggan ‘“either jumped or
fell’—the usual preliminary re
port pending inquiry.
Rept. Mundt (R.-S.D.), acting
chairman of the House Commit~
tee on Un-American Activities,
revealed in Washington that a
witness had named Duggan in
secret testimony as one of six
people in the State Department
who another person had sadd
passed out confidentail informa
tion.
Duggan died on the eve of the
scheduled appearance before a
spy-hunting federal grand jury
of Francis B. Sayre, former As
sistant Secretary of State, whose
office secrets allegedly were
filched, accroding ot testimony in
another phase of the inquiry.
’ IIE President
At the time of his death, Dug
gan was president of the. Insti
tute of International Education.
The Institute, devoted to promot
ing international understanding
and the exchange of students
among | varjous nations, was
founded with aid from the Car
negie Endowment for Interna
tional peace.
The president of the Carnegie
Foundation, Alger Hiss — also a
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] Dime stores will remain oper ,
lunfil six each night, and seven
to’clock on Christmas Eve, with
Ithe exception of one that will
istay open until seven each night.
i Clothing stores don’t plan tc
iextend their hours except during
!the latter days of the week when
' several plan to keep later hours
than usual. Shoe stores are plan
ning to remain open until six, but
will receive customers later Wed
nesday, Thursday nad Friday
pights, if the crowds seem large
enougnh to warrant staying open.
Jewelers will stay open later
than usual Christmas Eve, but
the majority will ciose at 6 or
6:30 during the week.
" Mail Reaches Peak
Meanwhile, the mail situation
" hac reached ite peak. reported
i Postmaster J. R, Myers this mor
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
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SOVLA a 1
BY LUCRECE HUDGINS
THE MOUNTAIN OF WITCHES
“Mrs. Thump is a witch” ex
plained Santa while Danny’s face
brightened with brand new hope.
“A very nice witch. As a matter
of fact, all witches are nice if you
get to know them. Now Mrs,
Thump can massage your leg and
make it well.
“To get to her take my sleigh
and reindeer. But hurry for you
must be back in 24 hours so that
I can make my rounds on Christ
mas eve.”
No need to tell Danny to hur
ry! He was out of the house and
headed for the stables like a deer
himself-—that is, a deer with a
crippled leg—and this time he was
sure that ‘all would be well.
As for the Snow Man well, he
hobbled right along beside Danny
—more wearily, to be sure, but
cheerfully just the same. “But I
hope it’s cold where this witch
lives,” he mumbled to himself.
He and Danny climbed into the
sleigh and Santa, standing beside
them cracked his long black whip
above the heads of the eight rein
deer. “Away you go!” he cried.
And away they did go—over
the fields of Santa Land, through
the forest, and across the frozen
lake. .
“Goodness,” ' shouted the Snow
I (Continued Gp Yage Two)
ning. Yesterday was by far the
heaviest day of activity the post
office has encountered this sea
son, Mr, Myers said.
“The crowds of card- and
package - mailers couldn’t get
much bigger than they were yes
terday,” he predicted, and esti
mated the crowd to be the largest
to swamp the post .oftice this
year, o |
Last-minute packages and cards
kept the enlarged personnel nf
the post office busy all day and
part ol the night. Windows will
remain open until the usual time
Ihis week — six o'¢lock — Mr.
Myers said, but the working per
sonnel will remaip busy from
learly morning until whatever
time is necessary to dispose of
'the large amourdts pEwnal, T
Home
Edition
Death Watch
Begins Anew
For Warlords
TOKYO, Dec. 2i—(AP)—The
death watch began again today on
wartime Premier Hideki Tojo and
six other Japanese war makers.
A 13 minute conference today
between Gen. Douglas MacArthur
and his top army commander
probably determined how long
the seven condemned for war
crimes have to live.
Tight military secrecy permit
ted only vague clues as to the time
of execution. They indicated the
hangings could come any time af
ter midnight (10 a. m. Eastern
Standard Time), but possibly not
before tomorrow afternoon.
~ The Buddish priest who will
accompany the condemned men
on their walk to the gallows en
tered Sugamo Prison this morn
ing for the first time in two.
weeks 2
(General MacArthur called a
halt to execution plans two weeks
ago when appeals carried cases
of two of the condemned men to
the Supreme Court of the United
States. The Court decided yester
day it was none of its business.
That reopened the way for the
execution.)
Details Ready
The Japanese press said the
priest, Shinsho Hanayama, was
prepared to stay in the prison
“two or three nights.” o
After the 12 minute conference
with MacArthur Lt. Gen. Walton
H., Walker, commander of the
Eighth Army, who will supervise
the hangings deciined to discuss
them. Details of the execution
were completed some time' ago,
and all that remained was for
MacArthur to set the day. :
MacArthur received a copy of
the Supreme Court’s decision that
it had no jurisdiction. This clear
ed the way for notiflying the pris
oners.. , ' : @
: 24-Hour Period A
Some sources said at least 24
hours would elagse between;?%g
time the defendants were notified
and the executions. Gy s
Col. Marion P. Echols, MacAr~
thur's public information officer,
said his guess was that the hang
ings would not oceur during “the
Calendar day today.”
The army will not annotince the
executions wuntil they are over.
Correspondents again requested
permission to attend. But Mec-~
Arthur has given no .indication
heé might break the tight secrecy
he planned for the hangings and
disposal of the bodies.
The public information officer
has promised. to furnish the press
a complete written story as soon
as the hangings are completed.
Allied correspondents submittet]
a list of 70 questions they want
answered in the story. If the an
swers are obtained, the account
will cover the last moments of
Japan’s major war criminals in
finita Aatail
Bulletins
BATAVIA, Java, Dee. 21 —
(AP)~—New Dutch forces land
ed on Sumatra today and the
Dutch pressed their advantage
in java. The Indonesian repiib
lic broadcast a n appeal to its
people to carry out scorched
earth tatics “to the utmost.”
SHANGHAIL, Dec. 21—(AP)
Local aviation sources said that
Quintin Roosevelt was on the
Chinese Air Liner which crash
ed and burned near Hong Gong
today with the possible loss of
all 33 persons aboard.
The grandson of President
. Theadore Roosevelt is a vice
president of the Chinese Na
tional Airlines Corporation. It
was a UNAU C-54 Skymaster
which crashed vn Basalt Island,
10 miles froem Hong Kong.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21—
(AP) — Paul G. Hoffman said
tonay the Economic Cooperation
Administration had suspended
all recvastruction projects in-
China, It had allotted 370,000,-
000 tor that purpose,
The ECA administration told
reporters about the suspension
atter talking with President
fruman at the White House.
BERLIN, Dec. Z2l—(AP)—
The United States, Britain and
France announced today a three
power government for Berlin
without Russian participation,
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