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Dr. J. C. Rogers Appointed
New University Preident
ATLANTA, Jan. 13 —(AP)—
pr. Jonathan Clark Rogers, head
of North Georgia College at Dah
lonega since 1934, is the new
president of the University of
rgia.
Ge[f[)egwxll take over his new du
ties within a few days_.
Dr. Rogers was oppointed yes
terday by the State Board of Re
gents to succeed Dr. Harmon W.
Caldwell, who recently was nam
ed chancellor of the University
System.
‘The Regents elected Hughes
Spalding, Atlanta agtorney, as
their chairman. Spalding replaces
pope Brock, also of Atlanta,
whose term has expired.
Meanwhile, Reps. John Greer,
of Lanier county, and W. K.
Smith, of Bryan county, introduc
ed a resolution in the House ask
ing Regents to build a hospital for
the University of Georgia School
of Medicine at Augusta.
If they cannot make plans to
puy or build the hospital for
Georgia’s indigent sick, the reso-
Jution asks them to resign — and
let Gov. Herman Talmadge ap
point a new board of regents who
will secure the new hospital.
Hospital Fund
The resolution said a report
should be made to the legislautre
before the end of the current ses
sion, requesting funds needed to
buy or build the hospital — au
thorized in a 1945 act of the Gen
eral Assembly. , »
A native of Richmond, Ind., Dr.
Rogers moved to Georgia with his
parents in 1897. He holds B. S.
from Piedmont College in Demo-~
rest and Earlham College in In
diana, and an honorary Ph. D. de
gree from Piedmont. He did grad
uate work at Columbia Universi
ty.
After teaching a while, Dr. Rog
ers returned to Georgia in 1909.
He seived as superintendent of
schools in Demorest, principal of
Piedmont College Academy, and
dean of Piedmont College before
going to Dahlonega. |
Dr. Rogers is married to the
former Miss Mary Floyd Black
shear, of Augusta and Athens.
They have three children, Mrs.
Robert Williams, of Gainesville;
Mrs. Edwin B. Fortson, of Barnes
ville; and Jonathan Rogers, jr., of
Eufaula, Ala, |
~ Succeeds Rogers
Ha wil' ha syrceed at North
Georgia College by ‘W. D. Young,
vegistrar and professor of history
asw dulidl stlence, wne was nam
ed acting president. Young came
to Dahlonega six years ago from
Lebanon, Tenn., where has was
dean of Cumberland University.
Chancellor Caldwell said there
was some doubt the legislature
would provide the $83,000,000
minimum educational fund pro
grom. The university system, now
given $5,170,000 each year, would
be given $10,000,000 if the educa
tional fund is approved.
He said the Assembly should be
asked for $1,000,000 additional
over the present appropriation for
next year, if the minimum fund
program is not passed. Even with
the additional million, he said it
would be difficult to keep state
supported schools of the accredi
ted list.
Spalding said he did not believe
the minimum Foundation Fund
could be enacted without the
sales tax. Regent H. L. Wingate
said he believedsa light sales ‘tax
on all items across the board
would eliminate merchant’s oppo
sition to the sales tax.
Caldwell said it was planned to
ask the Assembly to set up a
housing authority for the system.
He said school heads have asked
for new buildings costing around
544,000,000, Spalding suggested
the plan be studied and brought
up at the next session.
Regents authorized the. use of:
university land in Athens for a
new fire station serving both the
city and university. Clarke coun
ly representatives will seek a
370,000 appropriation to build the
Station. The city would operate
the station, and the state depart
ment of education would offer
short courses to firemen from all
sections of the state.
Gov. Herman Talmadge today
(Continued on Page Five.)
TALMADGE FOLLOWERS SEEKING
NEW “COURT-PROOF”’ VOTE LAW
ATLANTA, Jan. 13 — (AP) —
Georgia white supremacy advo
cates, following Gov. Herman Tal-
Madge’s recommendations, hope to
Pass a voter qualification law that
Wil withstand any court attack.
To do this, framers of a proposed
new white supremacy law drew on
the wording of a recent federal
court ruling which knocked down
Alabama’s Boswell amendment.
The Georgia law uses some of
the exacy phraseology contained in
the court opinion.. 3 ;
The Boswell amendment, which
"tquired voters to “understand and
“Xplain” the U. S. Constitution,
Was designed to prevent mass ne
-8o voting. A federal court in Mo
bile ruled the amendment invalid.
Administration forces introduced
a White Supremacy Bill in the
Georgia Legislature yesterday to
¢urb what Talmadge has denounc
¢d as “negro bloe voting.”
The decision outlawing the Bos
"ell amendment complained that
the law diq not specify “a simple,
fair of reasonable undeut,nnd‘i’ng
;’lr e)(D_lranation" of téxien Conm;u
°n. The Georgia bill ealls for
a Suuple, fair or rem ex
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NEW PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY — Dr. Jonathan
Clark Rogers (above) was named president of the
University of Georgia by the Board of Regents meeting
in Atlanta Wednesday. He succeeds Dr. Caldwell,
recently appointed chanceller of the University
Svstem of Georgia. Dr. Rogers has served as president
of North Georgia Coliege at Dahlonega since 1934.—
(AP Phote.)
Chinese Reds Lay Down
Peace Talk Conditions
' PEIPING, Jan. 13.—(AP)—Chinese Communists have
laid down specific conditions for the beginning of nat
iiona] peace talks, a source here said today.
' He listed them as:
. 1. Removal of Chiang Kai-
Shek and Vice President Li Tsung-
Jen from office.
| 2. Scrapping of the Chinese
constitution. .
| 3. A mutual cease fire order
with both sides holding their pre
sent positions.
4, Examination and punish
lment of “war criminals.”. Chiang
jheads the Communist’s list.
{ 5. Establishment of a coalition
lgovernment with a five, three,
| four ratio—five Communist mem
ibers, three Kuomintang and four
lrepresenting ‘all other Chinese po
litical parties.
. The Communists, according to
this source, apparently did not
specify whether the Kuomintang
|referred to was the present party
ior the “Kuomintang Revolutiona
("ries” as the Reds classify Marshal
'Li Chi-Sen and other Kuomintang
. dissidents. This naturally would
be an important point for Nanking.
This same source predicted Chi
'ang would issue another statement
in which he would resign the
| Presidency and go to Formosa. He
‘said this statement might be is
“sued tomorrow.
Observers say that Nanking’s ef
forts against lecalized agreements
with the Reds obviously are aimed
at giving the government better
planation.
The court also said the Alabama
law did not define any “rule,
guide or test as to the nature of
the understanding or explanation
that is required.”
Framers of the Georgia Law
hope to get around this by speci
fying: “The rule, guide or test to
be applied by the registrars shall
not be an arbitrary or capricious
requirement but shall be that de
gree of explanation which is ex
pected from an ordinary person
‘under reasonable circumstances.”
| Legal Fire
Backers hope the bill will stand
up under legal fire because of the
wording lifted from the . court
opinion.
The measure, which is shaping
up as a major test of Talmadge’s
legislative power, calls for:
I—Wiping out the state’s com
plete list of 1,200,000 registered
voters, including about 150,000 ne
groes.
9_A new registration under
tightened machinery and proce
dure.
3 Abolishing permanent regis
tratipn lists and reguining volers
bargaining power. A 1 ocalized
peace here, another there, could
strip the government of almost all
of its remaining authority.
Meanwhile fighting continues
here and at Tientsin, 90 miles to
the Southeast. :
Headquarters of Gen. Fu Tso-
Yi, National commander here, ad
mitted that 600 Communists at
tacked Tehshengmen (Gate of
victorious peace) yesterday and
got within 300 yards of it before
they were beaten back. The gate
controls one of the important en
trances to this ancient city of cul
ture and beauty.
Army Volunteers
Too Plentiful
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 13—(AP)
—The Army, which asked for the
present draft law to keep its
{strength high, may find itself turn
iing down some voluntary enlist
|ments soon to keep from going
lbeyond budget limits.
In any case, Maj. Gen. John E.
, Dahlquist said, no men will be
drafted as long as recruits keep
lcoming at the present 35,000-a
--month rate—unless strength re
quirements change. Dahlquist is
the Army’s deputy director of per
sonnel and administration.
to register again every two years.
4—A $1 registration fee, in real
ity a revival of the poll tax which
was abolished in 1945.
s—An amendment to the Consti
tution providing that each appli
cant for registration must “ex
plain in a Simple, fair and reason
abel manner” any section of the
state or federal Constitution.
| Last Provision
~ This last provision is the one
‘which authors framed in the Mo
bile court’s language.
Secretary of State Ben Fortson,
who administers present registra
tion laws, said the program would
cut the state’s voting list more than
half.
An anti-Talmadge leader, Rep.
Charles Gowen, declared the pro
posal “would set Georgia back half
a century” and “pave the way for
machine control of the state for
many years.” :
“Talmadge forces also set out to
curb the political strength of cities
and couch the vote power in small
rurai couniies by appiying the
lCounty Unit System to General
elections. It now applies only to
Primaries, LR
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, CA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1949
Acheson
Goes Under
Microscope
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13—(AP)
—The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee today put the micro
scope on Dean Acheson’s appoint
ment as Secretary of State.
Acheson was called to give pub
licly his views on American foreign
policy—and particularly on Com
munist Russia — at a committee
hearing to which the entire Senate
membership was invited.
The hearing gave Acheson an
opportunity to tell the nation what
course he will follow if he steps
into the job which Secretary of
State Marshall is leaving January
20.
The general feeling among Sen
ators even before the hearing
opened was that Acheson will be
confirmed by the Senate, possibly
next week.
Senator Taft of Ohio said the
Republicans have taken no official
stand on the Acheson nomination.
He added it will not be discussed
by the GOP policy committee,
which Taft heads, until after the
committee hearings.
Senator Connally (D.-Tex), pre
siding at the hearings as commit
tee chairman, kept a tight check on
the proceedings.
Although the entire Senate body
was invited to attend, Connally
said non-committee members will‘
not be given the right of direct
questioning. They will be per
mitted to relay questions through
Connally.
Two witnesses other than Ache
son will be questioned, Connally
said, but he declined to name them
in advance.
Senator George (D.-Ga.) said
the committee decided on public
hearings to give Acheson a chance
to answere “rumors and charges”
that he once advocated a “soft”
policy toward Russia. George is a
committee member.
It’s only fair that Acheson
should have this opportunity,”
George said, “and that the public
should know his position.”
George said some Senators also
felt Acheson should be questioned
about his association as Undersec
retary of State with Alger Hiss, a
former State Department employe.
Hiss was accused by a witness in
a House Un-American Activities
Committee hearing of being a
Reverend Curtin Conducts
Mission At Catholiec Church
| During this week a Mission is
being held at St. Joseph’s Cath
lclic Church. The Mission is being
conducted by the Rev. Joseph A.
'Curtin, 0. M. 1, of South Geor
gia. The services are held every
ievening at 6:¢o o'clock and con=
ltmue at the same time on Thurs
lday, Friday and Sunday eveuings.
Father Curtin expressed nis
'appreciation in the name of
'Father Donovan, the pastor, for
the excellent attendance at this
mission. He expressed ‘his grati
tude particularly to the students
of the University for their large
representation every evening.
Last evening Father Curtin de
plored the ineffectiveness of re
ligion today in the life of the
world and in the life of the indi
vidual. He said, “Religion today
has become in so many cases a
matter of mere emotion and va
gue feelings. The whoie intellec
tual life of man has been trans
ferred to the reals of business
and science and religion is left
with the possession ¢f hymns and‘
Mother’s Day. The world has for
gotten that religion is a science‘
that must be stuided and learned,
and that religion as expounded‘
by the Catholic Church is the
highest expression of the mind of‘
man. Satan has achieved his
greatest triumph over religion
when he led men to reduce relig
ion to a matter of emotion. The
modern man pays his best tribute
tc religion today when he says
that it makes him feel good in
side.” .
Father Curtin said, “That the
feeling of goodness inside a man
is best achieved by alcoholic bev
erages and has nothing to do with
religion. Religion appeals to the
mind of man to change his life
and change the world., Most of
the moral failures of today are
not due to a lack of good will but
to stupidity. The modern man
who solves the problems of bus
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Considerable cloudiness and
continued cold tonight and
Friday,
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
to cloudy and continued cool
this afternoon, tonight anfd
Friday, becoming a little war
mer Friday afternoon.
TEMPERATURE
Higheoet .. .5 aavawY
SUNNPNIRE: oo bl LTR
MRRE 5 s i
INDRIEERL o o G e
RAINFALL :
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since January 1 ... 2.26
Excess since Januaray 1 .. 43
Average January rainfall. 4,26
Fair Position
Quick Senate Approval Seen
On Hike In Presidential Pay
Wage Boosts
For Other
Heads Slower
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13—(AP)
—Administration leaders were
confident of whipping through the
Senate today a bill hiking the pay
of the President, vice president
and speaker of the House.
Salary boosts for other high
government officials may be slow
er in coming, despite a plea from
President Truman for prompt ac
tion.
The bill, as approved by the
Senate civil service committee,
would increase the President’s
pay by $25,000 and give him a
new $50,000 expense allowance. It
carries smaller raises for the vice
president speaker and other top
executives.
Senator Lucas of Illinois, assis
tant Democratic leader, said in
advance he will “feel compelled”
to ask that all except pay in
creases for the President, vice
president and speaker be dropped
from th\e bill at this time.
He said this is because House
committees have not been organ
ized and the bill can be taken up
quickly in the House only under
procedure that would permit one
member to block consideration.
Senator Wherry (R-Neb), mi
nority floor leader, said he had
been told that the House “served
notice” that all it would consider
now was pay raises for the Pres
ident, vice president and speaker.
Good Backing
Senator Flandgers {R-Vt), one
of the authors of the.bill, said he
thinks the whoie bill could be
passed in the Senate. The civil
service committee, of which he is
a member, voted 10 to 1 for it.
“I am afraid that if it doesn’t
go through now,” he said, “that
it will take weeks and months”
to lift the salaries of all except
the top three.
Mr. Truman, without mention
ing his own salary, has asked
quick approval of salary raises
for members of his cabinet and
(Continued On Page Five)
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REV. JOSEPH CURTIN
Weather Gets Back On Course; Mercury Rises
By The Associated Press
Storm warnings were lowered
over most of the nation’s map to
day as temperatures moderated
and generally fair conditions pre
vailed.
There were only a few precipi
tation belts. Some rain fell in the
valleys and along the coast in
Southern California. There was
more snow in the mountains. The
rain and rising temperatures indi
cated a melting of most of the
snow which had hit the normally
snow-less area the past four days.
Snow falls were reported by the
U. S. Weather Bureau in northern
Michigan, scattered sections of
northern New England and in New
York State.
But the storm-harrassed areas of
some southwest and south central
states still felt the effects of a
three-day ice storm.
In the Pacific northwest, a
breang?wn of the Northwest Elec
trical ‘PPower Pool still threatened.
Streams in the inland 'mountain
sections are choked with ice after
a week of severe cold but there
was hope of rising temperatures.
However, the mercury dropped to
five below zero at Eaphrata, Wash.,
today.
Power conservation measures!'
have been taken by industries and |
resideoes in the power-short area
of Northern Idaho, Washington and
Oregon. They are receiving aid
from plants in Utah, Montana and
Southern Idaho where there isl
normally a surplus.
In many Missouri and Kansas
communities, hard hit- by ice
storms, communications and elec
tric service were on a limited basis, !t
Parsons, Kans.,, a city of 17,000
still was without electricity. Otherl
latge Kansas cities which suf
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‘of Grand Rapids, Mich., waits for his frozen assets to
melt. Gietzen sent a telegram to a customer dunning
him for an unpaid bill and asked if his assets were
frozen. As a result a check for $20.89 in payment was
sent enclosed in the center of a 100-pound cake of ice,
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‘4B Receipts Of Post
Office Set New Record
Amount Totals $219,788.54;
Nine Per Cent Increase Over ‘47
BY GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
Postal receipts here hit an all-time peak during 1948,
reaching a total of $219,788.54, which marks the second
time in history of the local post office that the receipte
have gone over $200,000. :
This record amouut,iglcludes on
ly a small per cent of the receipts
on Moina Michael Day, when the
sale of the special stamp honoring
The Poppy Lady was opened here.
The receipts thig past year
amounted to a nine per cent in
crease over 1947, tfiq only other
year when sales weint;over $200,-
000. As usual, December was the
biggest month for the post office.
Receipt Comparisons
In comparing the receipts of
1907 with the receipts of 1948
Postmaster J. H. Myers found that
in ’O7 the office had a sale of
$39,499.98. He said the receipts
were fairly consistent from that
time until 1935 when a steady in
crease began. There has been an
increase since '35 he said.
The highlight of the local post
office during 1948 and probably
in the history of the office was
Moina Michael Day, November 9.
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TEMPERATURES RISE AND FALL IN DIFFERENT PARIS OF COUNTRY-—
The beauty parade, beside a hotel swimming pool under a warm sun, in Miami
Beach, Fla., in contrast to the removing of the cold white stuff that covered the
bleachers, in Pasadena, Calif. The bleachers were used .in the annual Rose Bowl
game, in the.California city.—(NEA Tele photo.) o
tered heavily included Pittsburgh,
i Coifeyviiie, independence and
‘Chanute.
There were thousands of wire
breaks in the two states and also
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
States was permitted to sell stamps
on this day except the Athens of
fice. All covers mailed on this
day were marked with a “First
Day of Issue” cancellation. Sixty
three extra workers were neces
sary to put stamps on the envel
opes and cancel the covers from
stamp collectors and other persons
over the U. S. and in other coun
tries. i
During Christmas an added force
of 40 persons was necessary to
handle the delivery.
Postmaster Myers said that be
sides increased stamp selling busi
ness during the past year the office
has done increased business in pos
tal savings, money orders, parcel
post, and registered mail.
Parcel Post Machine
During 1948 a new machine to
speed up the handling of parcel
post packages was received by the
office. First the parcel is weighed
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in Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas,
The Scuthwestern Bell Telephone
Company estimated damages of
$1,825,000 in the five states.
. The mercury was below zero in
3 Air Force
Men Confess
Guam Murder
GUAM, Jan. 13.—(AP)—Three
negrd U. S. Air Force men were
charged today with assaulting
pretty Ruth Farnsworth, former
WAC, and leaving her uncon
scious in the jungle to die.
A lie detector and a recovered
smock broke the month-old mys
tery. ;
The American Governor of
Guam identified the aeccused as:
Private Calvin Dennis, 26, of
Frederick, Md.; Private Herman
Dennis, 20, Indianapolis (a rela=-
tive at that address said Dennis
enlisted from there but actually
lived at Belton, Texas);* Staff
Sergeant Robert W. Burns, 32,
Spokane, Wash.
Calvin and Herman are broth
ers, The three are accused of kid~
naping, assalut and murder.
Miss J‘!)'ams'worth, P 2%, ‘of San
Franciseo, was seized last Decem
ber 11 in a jaude shop where she
was working part time so she
.could buy a trousseau for her
| merriage next April to a Marine.
She was knocked unconscious,
carried out to 2 jungle apd as
saulted. A searching party of sol
diers and Marines found her
‘there 12 hours later. She died
December 13 without recovering
}consciousness.
Lt. Commander James T. Hac
kett, assistant chief of Guam po
lice, said the brothers confessed
their part in the crime after a
lie detector trapped Herman.
Then, Hackett said, Miss Farns=
worth’s frock was found in a
weapons carrier of which Calvin
Dennis was the driver. The torn
garment was under the seat.
Hackett, a Chicego police ileu
tenant yn leave with the Navy,
said Hefman Dennis later led of
ficers to a point near the jungle
spot where Miss ’Farnsworth’s
sendals® previoasly’ had - been
found. i 4
There, atier crying out not to
be asked te go further, Herman
reenacted the crime, Hackett as
serted.
Wallace Lawyers
Seek New Trial
ATLANTA, Jan. 13 — (AP) —
Two attorneys for John Wallace
say they will seek a new trial on
the basis of new evidence uncov=
ered in Meriwether county.
The wealthy Meriwether County
dairyman was convicted of murder
in the death of William (Wilson)
Turner- in Coweta County. The
Supreme Court of Georgia has up=
held the conviction. -
Gus Huddleston, Greenville, and
A. L. Henson, of Atlanta, said yes
terday they would seek a new trial.
The motion will be filed in Cowe
ta Superior Court before trial
Judge Samuel Boykin.
The two atterneys said they also
wil® fine in U. S. District Court a
petition for a writ of habeas eor
pus on the grounds they “did not
get our day in court.”
They said Justice L. C. Grove
was replaced for Justice J. H.
Hawkins during their arguments, .
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ing today and it was near zero in
northern New England. It was -7
at Bozeman, Mont., for one of the
lowest readings, Lo ;