Newspaper Page Text
{.INCH MIDWLING .... .. 334
Vol. CXVI, No. 302.
U.N. Orders
Israelites |
israel And Egypt '
Told To Halt
. .
War mmedmtely'
PARIS, Dec. 29 —(AP)—The
United Nations ordered Israeli
troops today to retire from the
Negev Desert of southern Pales
tine. The Security Council also
ordered both Israel and Egypt to,
end hostilities there.
The Council adopted a British
sponsored resolution by eight
votes with three abstentions. No
negative ballet was cast.
The United States abstained on
all sections of the resolution as it
was put to vote by paragraphs.
Russia and the Soviet Ukraine ab
stained from all . section§ except ’
the preamble and the order to
ceast fire.
The British resolution calls for |
a meeting of the Council’s seven
power truce supervision commit-‘
tee at Lake Success, N. Y., Jan. 6.
It calls for prompt formation of
the General Assembly’s three
power Conciliation Commission—
France, Turkey and the U. S.—
which 1s supposed to work out a
permanent Holy Land settlement.
The resolution, as amended by
France and Egypt, includes an‘
order to-both sides to cease fire
and obey instructions given them‘
by the acting mediator, Dr. Ralph
J. Bunche, in the Council’'s Nov
ember 4 truce resolution.
These instructed the Israelis to
retire mobile forces from the
Negev region of southern Pales
tine and empowered Bunche to
set up an an insulation zone be
tween the Israelis and the Egypt-’
lans.
The Egyptian delegate, M..
Fawzi Bey; had urged speedy
adoption of the British proposal,;
although he labelled it a luke
warm one which “errs by omis-f
sion.” He then‘'urged a provision
authorizing the U. N. to super
vise enforcement of the truce.
Fawzi said Israel ignored the
Council’s orders for 54 days and
asked: g
“What is the Security Countil
going to do aboutthis? It is high
time the Council did something '
about the situation.’ oA e l
*
Westinghouse To
- 3 -
Build Atomic Unit !
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 29 —(AP) |
—The Westinghouse Electric Cor-'
poration today undertook a gov
ernment commission to build the
world’s first atomic power unil‘
for transportation purposes.
The assignment was handed the
company by the Atomic Energy
Commission. l
Primary goal of the project Wiili
be the development of a powerl
plant for the propulsion of U. S'l
Navy ships. By means of a nu- |
clear reactor — a wuranium fur- |
nace with a functior quite similar |
to ship’s fireboses that consumel
coal or oil.
o,
French 'grcun '
- .
To Visit State ‘
|
ATLANTA, Dec. 29.—(AP)—
Governor Herman Talmadge to
day appointed eight Georgians to
welcome the French “Thank You”
train when it visits the state in
January.
The French train is being sent
to the United States by the
French government in.apprecia
tion of the “Friendship Train”
which Americans sent to Europe
last . year.
The welcoming committee will
meet at 2:30 p. m. Thursday to
complete plans for the “Thank
You” train’s visit in Georgia.
The train will include one box
car of gift items. for Georgia.
New Congress Certain To Lift
Closed Shop Ban, Solons Agree
Lewis And Maritime Contracts
Unlikely To Receive Court Test
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.
sides of the labor-managems
the 31st Congress will make
If this happens, great numbers
of workers will be brought under
contracts requiring them to be
union members in order to get or
hold their jobs.
Labor leaders are taking it-for
granted that the closed shop ban
in the Taft-Hartley Act is doom
ed. Officials of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States
say this “seems likely.”
Senator Taft (R-Ohio), one of
the sponsors of the Taft-Hartley
law, told a reporter:
“It is safe to say that the abso
lute prohibition of the closed shop
is likely to be changed.” fi
~ But Taft quickly added that it’s
impossible to predict exactly what
Congress will enact on this gen
eral subject. He hinted. he will
seak a ‘“closed Tlnion” ban as a
sub?ftitute for the clo::d spo;:{tbgl‘.
i we are : X ”'m "
closed shop, we can hardly have
Associated Press Service
© ~:'€E§-sf”l B A "\“:vf‘ ‘ ; B
R R R e e G G R L
R ; : b R
G R e | . .
LRe o & ,
BT:RRO A : S
R S : S TN
O S 5 R e o AR
R T . RS e i T gg‘@%
L B e G SeEREECET TR e i
B Lo b L S L e R e
; . B TR s
s e G W : R . B e
P E el R
B 3 SRR % R R A IR AR »:5:;'5;}:&5:5 R OASRAR 2SR e
S e G TR T e R e e
R R IR Be e e e
B 0 B L L o
e Te MR W o e e
B oW e
) 2 S 3 B e R. . e RS .
LT e ; R i "’" o R SRR S
o 52-93;5:255 ; i .w-?s?s':s.;:f*?f;vve:t-:l’?? ’x gfiwfi g
vTR et O G T S e so R TERIR @l
: R 0 s ggggiwf‘gfi e W
R eA S R RS ot iS I LR&Sk B R S BR R
RPR BeR T T Y<o R B SRR S e 3 R
Mfg’mm vt sad e 8 Signr gl e O R e
e A o e '-:~'-.~‘1:5;7.\"1'“?,1;:'::'-:-,'~.<.-.;.3:;.'a. R RIS AN '/' Tig SRR e e .Ao .}«?&‘:fif}:ii:‘ii:f'tkii";Elzi:?:-"‘?}"' RS
SR Le eI e e .R St -;=Ez§z;s£;s§z';;§-'§s:'r;:§'?§é§z::.‘...,:'::éfi?éfs‘:?
EXPLOSION SENDS FIRE RACING THROUGH FACTORIES — Three wood and
brick factory buildings are a mass of roaring flames a few minutes after an explos
ion jarred the industrial section of Cambridge, Mass., Tuesday. First estimates
placed the damage at SIOO,OOO. — (AP Wirephoto.)
Is Lt. Colonel Beaudry
Saving Of 12 Marooned Airmen
~Among Air Force Achievements
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. — (AP) — The Air Force
proudly counted among its achievements today the dar
ing rescue of 12 marooned airmen from a bleak 7,300-
foot Greenland ice cap. ;
Counterfeit $lO |
Bill Bobs Up
In Right Place
DETROIT, Dec. 29—(AP)— |
A counterfeit $lO bill bobbed |
up in exactly the right place |
for police to snatch it. :
An innocent citizen offered it |
in payment for his automobile
driver’s license. The cashier’s -
cage at police headquarters |
handles those items.
_ Police said the fake bill was l
of a type recently reported cir
culating in New York and Chi- '
cago. l
|
Slim Hope Fo |
.
P |
Crash Victims ‘
MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 29—(AP) —‘
Hope waned today for the lives of |
30 persons aboard a charter plane
which disappeared on a flight from
‘San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami.
A fleet of Air Force, Navy and
lCoast Guard planes tuned up at
dawn to resume search over the
1,200 mile air route to San Juan,‘
lthe Florida Peninsula and the|
eastern Gulf of Mexico.
| A Navy blimp at the Coa Chica‘
Naval Air Station near Key West|
lprepared to fly over the Evcr-‘\
'g]ades.
| The official passenger list, re
lleased at San Juan last night, nam
ed 25 passengers and a. crew of
[three as aboard the missing craft.
Earlier Airborne Transport, Inc.,
of New York, which leased the
plane, said two infants in arms
were aboard.
Crew members were Capt. Bob
Linquist of Fort Myers, Fla., pilot;
Ernie Hill, jrs; 22, .of Miami, co-
Pilot: and Miss Mary Burke of
iJersey City, N. J., stewardess.
__ (AP) — People on both
nt fence are predicting that
the clwsed shop legal again.
the closed union,” he said.
By “closed union,” he means a
union that bars people from mem
bership on grounds other than
non-payment of reasonable dues
or initiation fees.
Here’s how the union shop dif
fers from the closed shop: ¢
A closed shop contract prevents
the employer from hiring a work
er who isn’t a member of the un
ion. A union, shop contract permits
the employer to hire any worker
he pleases, but the wovker must
then join the union or get fired.
Under either contract, if a worker
quits the union the employer has
to fire him. - 5
| ' Business Action
l The Chamber of Commerce of
the United States, in its publica
}tion «Business Action,” says this:
“Radical changes are ineviiabie
in the Taft-Hartley law. It seems
likely that these sections of the
The hero of the New Northland !
Saga is 32-year-old Lt. Col. Emill
J. Beaudry of Manchester, N. H.
He landed his big specially
equipped C-47 transport on the
wind-swept cap yesterday and in
38 minutes was airborne again
with a dozen jubilant passengers. |
Long hours later, however, onlys!
the sketchiest details of the dra-»l
matic operation were known here.
But before communications out
of the frozen northland failed,
word came through that the res-!
cued men were safe and appar
ently sound at Bluie West Eight'
—an airforce base in southwest
Greenland, ki "
Seven of the men ‘had been
stranded since December 9, when
their own C-47 was forced down.
Three previous rescue attempts |
resulted only in adding five more
men to the encampment.
. Jet Take-Offs ;
But at 9:30 a. m. Eastern Stand
are Time, yesterday, Col. Beawdry ‘
skillfully set his big ship down on
the cap. Thirty-eight minutes !
later the ski-runnered transport,
assisted by jet take-offs, roared
into the air and headed back to
its base 170 miles awawy.
News of the feat was cheered
aboard the U, S. S, Saipan Carry-!
ing a Navy helicopter rescue
team to the area. The 14,500-ton
carrier, which left Norfolk, Va.,
Christmas Day, had not expected
‘to launch its five “flying wind-l
mills”. on the rcocue mission be
fore Thursday noon.
Navy officials said the Saipan
will put into port at Argentia,
Newfoundland, before making the
return trip to Norfolk. -
The rescue also came before the
‘air force’s top Arctic expert, Col.
|Bemt Balchen, had a chance to
try his hand at the job. Balchen
|flew a glider-equipped C-54 from
| Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska, to
‘Greenland for the task.
| ANTITRUST VIOLATORS
l WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—(AP)
‘—A congressional committee
{ thinks business executives. who
| violate the antitrust laws should
"be put on the sidelines — like
| rowdy hockey players in a penalty
box. A unanumnous report by the
| House Small Business Committee
| says fines, and the rarely invoked
| threat of jail sentence, are not
'{ enough to keep some businessmen
lfrom creating illegal monopolies.
Taft-Hartley Act, would be wiped
off the statute books in any event:
(1) The ban on the closed shop;
(2) The provision that a majority
of employees must give their as
sent before a union shop can be
installed in a plant.”
If this happens, here are some
of the probable results:
1. John L. Lewis’ union shop
coniract with the coal operators
would automatically become legal
and the “unfair labor practice”
case against him would be drop
ped.
2. The “maintenance of mem
bership” provision in the steel in
dustry, now due to become auto
matically illegal under the Taft-
Hartley Act next April 30, would
continue in effect for another
.year, until the steel contract ex
pires Aprit 30, 1950, and longer
than that if the parties agree to
‘keep it.
3. The International Typo
graphical Union, 'AFL, would
‘again be free to demand closed
shop conditions in the printing
and, publishing industries. The
government has been prosecuting
this union for the last year or
more on charges of viglating the
t;x_‘aft-l-larfley law in this connec
ion. o
¥ w ¥
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1948
ATHENS
Awrmen Lived
” .
“Comparative
AamArY’ 0
Luxury” Life
ST. JOHN’S NFLD, Dec. 29—
(AP) — The 12 United States
airman rescued from a Green
land ice cap suffered only slight
loss of weight and said they
lived in ‘“comparative luxury”
in snow-houses, ;
An air force public relations
officer at nearby Harmon Field
today said the men built a
three-roomed snowhouse on the
Greenland cap. The house con
tained portable heaters and
electric lights dropped from
planes,
Films were dropped and the
men made a pictorial record of
their adventure. Three nights
ago a polar bear wandered to
withing 30 feet of the camp but
did not molest the men.
Christmas Day the men talk
ed to their wives at their
Greenland base over a portable
radio transmitter.
. N K
SHOCKS FELTINCALIR:
Y e B 0A A AR SAN .
® e |
Reno Communications,
®
Roads Hit By Quakes
RENO, Nev., Dec. 29.— (AP) —Power and telephone
lines were knocked down and minor highway slides
touched off by renewed earth temblors which shook Reno
heavily early today.
The shocks, apparently center-}
ing here, extended through the
Sierra into northern California as
far west as San Francisco and as
far south as Fresno in the San
Joaquin Valley.
Three quakes, the first report
ed at about 4:55 a, m., were so
severe as to knock the seismo
graph at the University of Neva
da completely awry. '
They were the latest in-a se
ries of shocks beginning MNonday
night, when Reno was shaken
seven times within a period of |
four and a half hours. :
The Bell Telephone Company
reported its iines dowr: near the
California state line about, 15
miles west of here.
As emergency crews were
rushed out to determine, the ex
tent of the break, company offi
cials said heavy electrical charges
in the circpits indicated high
;voltage power lines had fallen
across them.
Long distance circuits linking
Reno and San Francisco were not
affected. 1
Rock Slides Ao
The highway department at
Sacramento, Calif., reported that
minor rock slides occurred on U.
S. Highway 40, main transconti
inental highway to the east over
the California Sierra.
The highway remained open,
however, after Reno authorities
requested California highway
crews to put mountain snow
plows into acticn to clear the
pavement of debris.
Reno had seven quakes Mon
day night with resulting disquiet
‘among the population of 40,000
I ¥ ¥ 4- * »* | * ‘
RAINFALL GREATEST HERE THIS
'YEAR SINCE 1929 "WET SPELL’
’ With two more days after today
jto go, 1948 has already recorded
|the greatest excess rainfall here
since 1929, United States Weather
Observer E. S. Sell said today.
Despite the fact that there is a
deficit_in the rainfall for Decem
ber of 2.16 inches, as compared
to the average of 5.08 inches, the
total excess for the year stands
lat 15.87 inches, Mr. Sell said.
The veteran weather observer
|said the total for the year so far
is 64.51 inches and the last time
he remembers this mark being
{ beaten was in 1929 when 75 inch
| es of rain was recorded for an ex-
A cess of approximately 25 inches.
Rookie Pilot Feared
Lost Near \era Cruz
.
Extensive Search Underway
-
By Mexican Army;Hope Wanes
i By ED THILENIUS, City Editor
A faint ray of hopé for rookie pilot Vincente Improta,
miissing for three weeks along his 7,000-mile flight {rom
here to Buenos Aires, feaked out of Mexico today.
~JIB 91} JO UOIBIS IAISUIIXD UY
sey ajnoa snopaezey siy Juoe syao(
BIDA 3J91 ®joaduwu] jeyj) paeasdl
Cruz, Mexico, Dec. 3. He has not
been heard from or seen since.
The Mexican Army has launched
a widespread aerial and ground
search in that section, but none of
the search parties have reported
vy clues.
a}t appears certain that the
youthful Argentine Naval inspec
tor was forced down somewhere
3ar the coastal city. His tiny blue
ag silver Ercoupe had a radius of
only 750 miles and air officials fear
that he may have crashed at sea,
since no plane crashes have been
r&orted in that section.
However, army officials opine it
is possible for Improta to have
crashed landed his ship in some
wooded area and the wreckage bas
not been spotted.
Sea Crash
The searchers feel that two pos
sible outcomes hang in the balance
either Improta perished in a crash
at sea, or was kilied or badly in
jured in a land crash and was not
able to summon help. In either
event the outcome appears dismal.
The only possibility for his be
ing alive is to have landed near
‘some remote house or village and
is being nursed by the inhabitants.
However, parts of the area is den
sely covered in jungle and moun
tainous country and thinly popu
lated.
g Wall of Silence
&mprota left here Nov. 30 and
had estimated the trip would take
16 days, putting him home in time
Itor Christmas.
, Several-days after his scheduled
ggrival time, & check was started
along his route. A blank wall of
Atomic Research
InU.S. Lagging
Says Scientist
BRUSSELLS, Dec. 29—(AP)
—A Communist newspaper to
day quoted Beligan Scientisi
Max Cosyns as saying that Bel
gium is ahead of the United
States in some fields of atomic
energy research.
The newspaper “Drapean
Rouge” said that Cosyns, who
is known as a Communist sym
pathizer, made the statement in
an interview.
Cosyns is head of the Brus
sells University Atomic Energy
Research Center and has been
assistant to Prof. Auguste Pic
card in the latter’s recent deep
sea expedition.
but only very minor damage.
Today’s first temblor was pre-~
ceded by a rumble.
' At approximately the same
‘time, shocks were felt in a large
‘area of northern California’s Sac
ramento Valley and very lightly
in San Francisco.
Windows Broken
Marysville, almost due west of
'Reno and approximately 80 miles
away, felt the quake at the same
|time. Police reported hundreds
were awakened by the temblor
and that some windows were
ibroken both in the downtown
and residential areas.
Despite the fact that the United
States Weather Bureau and the
local weather bureau is for rain
and cloudy skies and mist this
morning seemed to bear out the
prediction, it is not likely that the
twenty-year record of 75 inches
will be topped, since 10.49 inches
of rain will have to fall in the
| next two days. This, of course, is
i possible, but unlikely. However,
4948 will go down as the wettest
year since 1929.
Forecast for Athens and vicin
ity, provided from the Airport
Wether Bureau, read:
“Showers today. Fair and cool
i er tonight and Thursday.
silence concealed all ‘clues to his
wherabouts yntil today when the
report from Vera Cruz turned up.
Conflicting and confused reports
from Mexico shroud the date the
army search began.
Improta spent nearly six months
in this city inspecting planes for
his government which were crated
at the Ben Epps airport. He ac
quired nearly all of his flying time
while here, which admittedly was
lecc than a hundred hours. While
here, he purchased the Eccoupe.
The tiny plane carried no special
equipment with the exception of a
spare gas tank. It was equipped
with a two-way radio.
FILIBUSTERS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—
(AP) — Senator Knowland (R.-
Calfi.) proposed today that the
sew Senate risk an early filibus
ter to ~nd ftilibusters.
CHINESE MILITARY LEADERS
IN EMERGENCY CONFERENCE
® I .
Nation’s Future May Be Decided
In Strategy Huddle; Fighting Nil
NANKING, Dec. 29. — (AP) — From all corners of
China today came Nationalist military leaders to talk
war or peace with, Chiang Kai-shek. :
The aging president, urged by many to quit, called the
conference. It probably will start tomorrow. On its decis
ion may rest the future of Nationalist China, beset on the
north by conquering Communists.
Even as the vxrlords, generals
and leaders arrived in Nanking, a
government source revealed that
a Red underground organization
was hard at work only two miles
from the, capital.
‘A hint that Chiang, or his Na
‘tionalist leaders under a new chief,
would carry on the fight came late
in the day. Gen. Chen Cheng,
former Army Chief of Staff, was
appointed governor of Formosa by
the executive Yuan (council.)
} His appointment, plus thelfact‘
the Navy and Air Force have
moved some of their headquarters
units to the big island off the coast
half way betweén Shankhai and
Canton, might Presage flight of
}Chiang's government there if Nan
king is attacked. '
North of the Yanktze it appeared
almost all over for Chiang’s men.
A few pockets held out, notably in
Peiping and Tientsin, and Gen. Tu
Li-Ming’s Red - surrounded force
50 miles south of Suchow. None
seemed to have any chance of get
}ting out.
' Nanking was filled with rumors
of peace. One source described
the forthcoming meeting as a “roll
call” of those National leaders who
still - retain personal followings
either military or eivil in order to
determine the feasibility of con
tinuing the war with the Com
)} munists.
Looking For Aspirin
FILM ACTRESS DENIES
ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE
NEW YORK—Faye Emerson
Roosevelt denied yesterday she!
tried to take her own life, and|
said she and her husband Elliott
were “very happy together.”
The beautiful blonde actress|
said she accidentally slashéd her
left wrist with a razor blade’
while hunting for aspirin in the
medicine chest.
The New York Journal Ameri
can quoted the actress: “My
friends will all tell you that I’ml
the last person in the world who
would attempt something lik e‘
that; my husband and I are very!
happy together.” !
The newspaper, reported this as
Mrs. Roosevelt’s version of what |
took place after a Christmas part- |
ty in the Roosevelt ‘“‘dream !
house™ at Hyde Park:
“There were eight adults be- |
sides Elliott and myself at Christ- ]
mas dinner” she said. The chil-:
dren were in another wing of the |
house. Elliott, Frankiin and my
self were sitting around_having a
conversation. We don’t see Frank
lin very often. Elliott is very fond
of him. :
“] had a headache and I went
to the bathroom for aspirin. I
reached into the medicine chest.
My left wrist hit a razor blade.
“I cried out and pullet the
blade out with my riggt hand. $n
so doing I'cut mu finger. I lost a
sortain amount of Blssd and sols
a certain amount of shock so theyl
advised me to go to the hospital.” |
Read Daily by 35,000 People In ~ ‘hens Trade Area
F o
g G
By L e
1 : L
, e
e G
; W st
b .. o F N QLo .
Bo R B
e R SR e i
W e L S “s 4
Sl e o
B R e
be. o oco R '
L ; A ~<~ o w«& AR \4 MA' B 2
LOST IN MEXICO — Vincente Imvrota, Argentine -
Naval Inspector, is pictured above as he prepared to
climb into his tiny plane and take off en a 7,000-mile
trip from here to Buenos Aires. The rookie pilot was
last reported in Mexico, where he left the airport at
Vera Cruz December 3. A widespread search has
failed to reveal his whereabouts. — (Photo by Thile
nius.)
New E ian |
ew Lgyphan
Premier |
] ni
Urges Unity
J
CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 29—(AP)—
A new premier took over today the
reins of government dropped by
the assassinated Mahmoud Fahmy
Nokhashy Pasha. He urged Egyp
tian unity for the struggle in Pa
lestine. o
‘ The new premier is Ibrahim Ab
del Hadi Pasha, who was chief of
the Royal Cabinet. He is expected
to'carry out Egypt’s policy toward
Israel much as Nokrashy Pasha
would have done. ‘
The cabinet was readjusted.
' Hadi Pasha is a middle aged
' lawyer who has held both parlia
'mentary and ministerial positions.
|He was sentenced to death as a
iyouth for his revolutionary politi
cal beliefs, but was released under
la political amnesty in 1924. He
helped Nokrashy Pasha form the
Saadist Party, now dominant in
the Chamber of Deputies; after a
| split of the Wafdist Party in 1937,
l King Farouk made the appoint
ment.
! . -'j:;”‘,i-:,:": ;
O «g;wf L 1
7v' : G z'g ‘ 5
R e £
FAYE, ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT
oo o Btill Happy!
Home
Edition
BEHEAD 33
S OSSRV
Death Given
Nine More
Jap Officers
YOKOHAMA, Deec. 29—(AP)—
Death 6n the gallows was decreed
today for nine Japanese officers,
including three generals, for the
beheading of 33 American fliers.
Seven of the airmen were killed
after Emperor Hirohito .broad
cast his surrender speech.
Sixteen other Japanese were
assessed prison sentences ranging
from five years to life by a U. S.
Eighth Army Commission. Seven
other defendants in the mass trial
were acquitted. :
Witnesses testified , the U. S.
airmen were decapitated after
they were told their executions
were in retaliation for the atomic
bombing of Hiroshima and Naga
saki.
~ Eight were put to death on Aug.
‘ 10, 1945, and 17 were beheaded on
Aug. 15 — Just four hours after '
’Hirohito broadcast his surrender
'speech. Many of the 33 were used
'by the Japanese as archery and
SLTRD practice targets, witnesses
at the trial testified.
| Condemned to be hanged were
Lt. Gen. Isamu Yokoyama, com
' mander of the western army; Maj.
Gen. Kyusaku Fukushima, assis
'tant chief of staff; Maj. Gen. Ssho
'shin, chief of the western army
legal section; Col. Kiyoharu To
'momori, Capt. Yusei Wako, Lt
Hiroji Nakayama, lit. Kentaro
"I‘oku and probationary officer
Masahiko Marazaki.
1 Bomber Crashes,
‘ .
'Burns; Four Dead
|
| DETROIT, Dec. 29—(AP)—A
Michigan National Guard B-26
!bomber plane, fighting rain and
|sleet, crashed and burned six
miles from its base last night.
‘ Four men, including three air
lforce personnel and a guard offi
cer were killed.
' The bomber, about to complete
a routine navigational flight from
McDill Field, Fla., exploded as it
crashed. i
‘ UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 29—(AP)
—New House Democrats — and
( many old-timers— are . shving
away from a seat on the un-Amer
l ican Activities commitiee. . A vet
eran of five terms saisd today the
kparty‘s leadership may have to
“draft” the fifth Democratic mem
| ber when the committee majority
| switches next week.
i
. WEATHE
!
'
ATHENS AND VICINITY
' Showers today, Fair and
colder Thursday, continued
cold Friday.
GEOKGIA — Showers and
mild this afterncon; clearing
} and colder tonight preceded
by showers in coastal area,
Thursday fair and colder,
TEMPERATURE
Highest o v dnba iBB
Powest’ Jius 0 L
Mean iy site sive goine BN
Normnagl .. oo civi il AR
RAINFALL
. Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since Dee. 1 .. ... 240
Deficit since Dee. 1 .. .. 216
Average Dee vainfall 508
| Total since January 1 ...6851
| Excess since January 1 ..15.87