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pPOSTAL INSPECTOR SLAIN IN POST OFFICE—
Postal Inspector E. M. Harkins lies dead on the floor
{ the main post office at Oklahoma City shortly after
he was shot In/the head as he leaned over vo take mail
from his BeX Bhert'y afterward police arrcsted a 65-
old man whe was booked as Joseph Donnelly. He
held @i Jeharges of murder and investigation.
Police cuoted Donnelly as saying: “Hea accused me and
qndered me and humiliated me. I had to take the law
into mv own Rands.” It was the second slaying in Okla
homa City:in’two days.— (AP Wirephoto.)
One Of Oklahoma City's
Twin Murders Is Solved
OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 13 —
(AP) — One of Okalhoma City’s
win slayings appeared solved be
vond quesizon today, but the
the other — an almost mirror im
age — was a deeper mystery than
ever. 4
Joesph Donnelly, 69, admitted
shooting down Postal Inspector E.
M. Harkins, 51, in the downtownl
post office yesterday. ]
U. S. District Attorney Robert
Shelton said he will ask the fed
eral gand jury for a murder in
dictment against Donnelly today.
Donnelly pleaded ihnocent at his
arraignment before the Y.-8.
Commission a]thoug? he repeat
edly admitted the Kkilling.
Writer Held As Fresh
S i 111 Dahl' (
.LOOS ANGELES, Jan. 13. — (AP) — A San Francisco
freolance writer i 3 held for questioning today concerning
the slaving two vears ago of Elizabeth Short, known as
the Black Pahlia.
The prisoner, Jeff Conners, 40,
is en route here from San Francis
co with Joseph Reed, Los Angeles
assistant police chief, and detec
tives. The party left San Francis
co yesterday and ‘was reported to
have stopped overnight at an un
disclosed place.
Conners, arrested at Gilroy, Cal
ifornia, near San Francisco, ‘Tu.es
day night and held for questioning
on a technical “en route” booking,
denied he ever knew Miss Short,
much less being involved in the
brutal killing. )
Detectives were led to Conners
by statements made by Leslie Dil
lon, 27, Los Angeles bellhop, who
was released yesterday after being
held on a booking of suspicion of
murdering Miss Short.
Police Chief C. B. Horrall said
Dillon told detectives he had learn
ed details of the Dahlia killing
from Conners.
Conners tfold Reed and San
Francisco officers that he knew
Dillon but hadn’s given Dillon any
information about the killing and
“I haven’t the vaguest idea why
he named me.” He said he and
Dillon met in‘a*San Francisco bar
Y 448 R °
eceipts ]
(Centirued from Yage One)
then after the amount of stamps{
necessary for this package is de
termined, the operator of the ma
chine pushes the correct buttons
and a stamp is released from the
machine. The stamp is already
wet and the operator only has to
put it on the package. Postmaster
Myers says this machine speeds up
‘{i;.lf‘ phase of the gvork considera-
Ny -
Also 2 machine was received
whereby persons desiring stamps
at night or when the office is ex
tremely busy can get them by only
placing the correct amount of
money in the machine/ “One-cent,
three-cent, and airmail stamps can
be secured from the machine at no
extra cost.
During the .past. year two men
were added to the regular force.
Their service was secured because
of the large amount of new sec
tions of the city that the office ex
lended city delivery to in ’4B.
These sections had only rural delie,
very before. iR St
A new ton-and-a-half truck was
burchased by the Post Office De-
Partment for exclusive parcel post
delivery here. g
During year the Uni
yoraity brMu‘e post office
has grown greatly said Postmaster
Myers. The branch is located on
Ag Hill. He said there is com
blete postal service offered at the
tempus station for the convenience
! students and residents living in
Police learned Donnelly’s rea
sons when they read the letter
he carried in his pocket. It was
written last July to President
Truman, but never mailed.
“I love you Mr. President. . . .”
‘lt started, and went for pages.
1t was a coniiaing recital of an
| eight-year grudge against the post
| office department.
l The letter threw no light on the
similar killing of Attorney Earl
Pruet, 16 hours before and three
blocks away in the 32-story First
National Building. No motive, and
few clues, are known to police in
i this case. Pruet’s Kkiller escaped
unhindered down an elevator.
Both men were shot from be
hind.
in 15464. !
Conners added that after the
dahlia killing—Miss Short’s nude,
bisected body was found here Jan. '
15, 1947—he volunteered what he
thought would be helpful informa- i
tion to Los Angeles police; namely, |
that the night before the slaying a
girl friend of his had pointed out
the “Black Dahlia” in a Los An
geles bar.
Since Miss Short, 22, waitress
with many boy friends, was killed, l
police have questioned hundreds
of persons and have investigated
more than 50 “confessions”
throughout the nation, all of which
have been disproved.
The present investigation de-!
veloped after Dillon, from Miami,|
Fla., wrote to a police psychiatrist
here, then came here to discuss |
the Dahlia case with him, was ar
rested, booked Monday and re
leased.
Acheson
(Continued fre™ Pase One)
member of a Communist “appara
tus” in Washington which passed
on State Department secrets to the
Soviets.
The accusation came from Whit
taker Chambers, self-confessed
member of a former Communist
spy ring. Hiss has denied the
charge; he is under indictment on{
perjury charges for swearing he
never gave Chambers any secretl
information.
v Acheson probably will be asked '
also, George said, about reported
past differences as to Russia with‘
A. A. Berle, jr., a former State De
partment official. Berle has told
the House Un-American Activi-'
ties Committee that when he and |
Acheson both were in the State]
Department, Acheson favored a
softer attitude toward the Sovieti
Union.
} George reported that the Ache
son appointment has stirred un
easiness in the minds of some peo—‘
ple until he makes clear what his
stand will be sward Russia. '
TRACTOR CLINICS SET
Six district tractor mainten
ance clinies for older 4-H club
‘members and leaders will be held
in Georgia during January and
‘Febxuary, according to R. J.
[Richardson and L. R. Dunson,
‘assistant state 4-H club leaders
{for the Extension Service. = ‘
' Sponsored by the Extension
‘Service, the American Oil Com
pany and tractor companies in
‘Georgia, the demonstration clinics
will offer ccmpleteccoimje-\ in
tractor mainter?ce. . 1. John=
sen, W%F of the Ex S the
Scrvice, will be in charge of the
ograms. 40 1 : i
H Asks Congress To Give
I Po To Overhaul Gov't
‘ v - ’ -~ .
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—(AP)—Herbert Hoover asked Congress today to give
President Truman broad power to overhaul the government, declaring that present
disorder is costing the nation “heavily.” |
|~ The former Republican Chief Executive, chairman of a commission on government
reorganization, urged that Mr. Truman be granted even greater re-shuffling author
ity than that which Congress reluctantly gave President Roosevelt in 1939,
{ Under- the' old reorganization
act, which expired last March
31, Congress kept the right to
\veto changes proposed by the
'President and almost a score of
cgencies wer2 labeled “do not
touch.” |
But Hoover asserted that “the
power of the President to pre-
Pare and transmit plans of re
organization to the Congress
should not be restricted by limi
tations or exemptions.”
_ “Once the limiting of exempt
ing process is begun,” he said. “it
wil lend the possibility of achiev
ing really substantial resuits.”
The former President made
bis recommendations in identical
iletters to the Senate and House.
' The commission, he said, did
not give ‘“sweeping endorsement
tc any and all reorganization
‘plans.”
' He said Congress could keep
fits power to disapprove, while a
.“sound exercise of the Presi
dent’s discretion” would offer an
additional “sareguard against un
|wise reorganization.”
| But he stressed that general re
shuffling of “the most gigantic
business on earth” is badly need
ed.
' “We must organize the execu
itive branch to give it the sim
plicity of structure, the unity of
‘purpose, and the clear line of
'executive authority that was ori
ginally intended under the Con
stitution,” he said.
i “This commission has found
that the United States is paying
heavily for a lack of order, a lack
of clear lines of authority and
responsibility, and a lack of ef
fectvie organization in the execu
tive branch,” Hoover said.
| “It has found that great im
provements can be made in the
effectiveness with which the gov
ernment can serve the people if
its organization and administra
tion is overhauled.”
, Some of the changes would re
quire legislation by Congress,
while others could be accom
plished now by Presidential or
der, Hoover said.
“But,” he added, “many of the
most important can probably be
accomplished oniy if the Con
gress reenacts and broadens the
power to initiate reorganization
plans which it had previously
granted to the President under
‘an act which expired on March
131, 1948.”
s
Rites For W.D.
aulkner Are
Set For Friday
’ William Dewey Faulkner, 46,
well known resident of the Dan
'ijelsville Road, died in a local hos
pital Wednesday at T3O p. 1.
after an iliness of five weeks. |
' Services are to be held Friday
; from Bernstein Funeral Home
| Chapel with Rev. James Eberhart,
,pastor of Colbert Methodist
<church, officiating. |
Burial will follow in Kincaid |
‘cemetery, Colbert, Curtis Harde
{man, Howard Wood, Leon Kin
| caid, Coy Lane, Copeland Lane
land Wyatt Benton serving as |
pall-beaers. |
Mr. Faulkner is survived by his{
wife, Mrs. Carey Faulkner, daugh
ter, Mrs. Jack Williams, Athens;{
‘two sons, Lee Durell Faulkner
and Billy Lewis Faulkner, both of ‘
lAthens; mother, Mrs. O. A. Faulk
ner, Colbert; two sisters, Mrs. M.|
IN. Sailors and Mrs. M. C. Par
,son, both of Atlanta; two broth
ers, T. J. Faulkner, Birmingham,
Ala., and R. A. Faulkner, Colbert;
grandson, Jack Williams, jr.
A native of Colbert, Mr. Faulk
ner had been a resident of Clarke
county for the past five years and |
had made many friends here since
moving to this community.
Wage Boosts
’ (Continued from Page One)
{other high officials. He said pri
ivate industry is outbidding the
government for able men.
! Same View
The Civil Service Committe
[took the same view, saying ‘“the
‘present salary scale at the very
top is obsolete.” l
l Under the legislation the Pres-l
ident’s salary would be raised
from $75,000 to SIOO,OOO. The 50,
!000 expense allowance it also pro
{ vides for him would be a tax free
| and in addition to $40,000 he now
| has for traveling and maintenance
expenses.
l The vice president and speakerl
would receive salaries of $30,000‘
feach, an increase of SIO,OOO. They
'also would get SIO,OOO expense
allowances. The speaker, like‘
other House members, now has a
, tax-free expense allowance of
$2,500. r " |
Cabinet . members ~ woulds. be
raised by the bill from $15,000 to
$25,000. The pay of the heads and
lassistant heads of independnet
agencies and members of indepen
‘ldent boards and commissions
| would be sef at $22,500, 20,000 and
{517,500. Most of them now re
ceive from SIO,OOO to $12,000.
' Also included in the bill are pay
raises of $330 a year for district
~of Columbia and toxi:%n service
~ employes who were left out of a
~ general pay boost measure last
' year. - e
) e s
' The flicker cwmfiugw;ih;
; t] an‘ -by th asting out ‘
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THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
iU.S:lhitian,France
Pondering China Move
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—(AP)—The United States
was repotred today consulting with Britain and France
on a Chinese government move aimed at opening the way
to mediation by outside powers in China’s war.
| Under Secretary of State Lovett
told a new conference yesterday
| that a communication had been re
1| ceived from Chiang XKai-Shek’s
government but declined to say
I lwhat it was about.
t However, press dispatches from
1 | Nanking have reported that China
was raising the question of possi
» |ble action by one or more of the
1 | Big Four Nations—Britain, France,
- {America and Russia—to try to end
1 |the long conflict between Chinese
. |Government and Cbmmunistl
lforces. .
. These reports are in line with
» |information from diplomatic sour
_|{ces here. The Chinese evidently
have not directly suggested media
_ 'tion but have opened the way eith
_jer to suggest it or to have some na
fgtion or group of nations volunteer
f;“good offices,” by inquiring as to
‘the attitude of each of the Big
“{Four on the possibilities of a
3 :peaceful settlement in China.
Dixie Senators Claim Rights -
Betrayal By Democratic Heads
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13— (AP) jpredicting “a pitched fight” in
—Southern Senators said today|Democratic ranks, called it “illog-
Democratic leaders are “playing|ical” to jeopardize a major'part of
right into the Republicans’ hands” |the President’s program “by mak
by charting rules changes aimed at |ing a lot of people angry.” :
passage of a Civil Rights program.| Senator Holland (D.-Fla.) said
Several of the Dixie Democrats |the matter is “shaping up to a
said in separate interviews that|battle royal.” The Democrats, he
such action would create party [said, are “courting disaster—play
frjcgon which might endanger |[ing right into the Republicans’
President Truman’s entire legisla- |hands.” : :
tive program. Senator Stennis (D.-Miss.), a
The Senate Rules Committee has | Rules Committee member, said he
before it five proposals to make it will testify aaginst the proposals.
easier to end filibusters —the |He also rapped the administration
Southerners’ main weapon against |for “greatly jeopardizing” its oth
lsuch Civil Rights measures as anti- (¢ legislation. ;
lynch, anti-poll tax and fair em- The Rules Committee, headed by
ployment practice legislation. Senator Hayden (D.-Ariz.), plans
“T think it is a great mistake to to start public hearings on the gro
press this issue at the beginning of |posed changes January 24. Only
Congress,” said Senator George |[Senators will testify.
(D.Ga.). “Itis very likely to bring| ‘Under present Senate rules, ar
about a,state of confusion on the [guments on a bill may be ended by
Democratic side which will not|a two-third vote. But there is no
make it any easier to secure good |rule to keep a Senator or group of
legislation.” Sepators from talking as long as
Senator Sparkman (D.-Ala.), they wish on any other matter
which may be before the Senate.
j—_—
!Assembly Studies Bills To
| Curb State Treasure Power
ATLANTA, Jan. 13 — (AP) —!
A Talmadge-dominated Legisla-f
'ture today considered two bills
‘which would curb the powers of
State Treasurer George B. Ham
ilton, long-time Talmadge foe. {
One of the measures already has
won committee approval and prob
ably will get its second reading to
day. The other bill was in the
lower chamber.
The Senate bill would create a
board of depositories to designate
banks as state depositories and to
Igovern the deposits. The board
would be composed of the Gov
lernor, the auditor and the Comp
troller General.
Senate floor leaders said the
measure was not aimed at Hamil
ton, but it nevertheless stripped
him of some of his authority. At
present the Governor picks the
banks to hendle state deposits, but
|the treasurer decides how much
money each bank will be given.
. The other measure affecting the
treasurer’s office would take away
Hamilton’s duties of Housing Di-|
rector and invest them in a Hous
ing Board. The Housing Board,}
like the depository group, would be
composed of the Governor, the Au
ditor and the Comptroller General.
Hamilton is a Talmadge oppo
nent of long standing, both of Her
man and his late father Eugene. !
During one of former Gov.
Eugene Talmadge’s terms, Hamil
ton was carried bodily from his
loffice by National Guardsmen act
ing on the Governor’s orders.
|Hamilton had refuséd to give'
|Talmadge any money because the
Legislature failed to pass an ap
propriation bill.
Talmadge had Hamilton carried
from his office, blew the doors oif |
‘the State vaults and got control of |
the money. - '
} Weekly Music
Program Is
|Set Tonight
| The first program of the Uni
versity of Georgra Music Depart
ment’s Series will be presented
tonight, at eight o’clock in the!
| University chapel. - The ptozram
{will feature selections chosen from
' |audience request of last fall.
{ The program wi& be of a variedl
|nature, drawing m almost all
fields of salon music, and will fea
ture faculty membcrs and students, |
-{under the direction of Mr. Hugh!
| The program will consist of 'cel
| Some answer may be sent to
‘| Nanking by the State Department
lin a few days, but indications are
|that no step will be taken by
| Washington without careful check
ing from London and Paris.
Diplomats consider it a specula
|tive possibility that Moscow’s
opinion on the China situation is
|also being sought by the United
|States and possibly by the other
western powers.
| It seems likely that none of the
|western nations would want to
make a move in China which
Jwhich bring it into direct conflict
Jwith any pending Soviet move
|there,
| As far as the United States is
concerned, officials apparently do
Inot intend to put this-government
lin position of taking responsibility
|for any future action of General
|issimo Chiang, whether directed
toward making peace cr continuing
the war.
e e e e s e e
| W. R. Johnston
*
'Dles Thursday;
Ys
Burial In N. C.
uria n . o
William Russell Johnston,
widely known resident of Wat
kinsville, died at his home
Thursday at 1 a. m. after an ill
ness of several months. Mr. John
ston was 64 years old. ;
Services were conducted Thurs-'
day afternoon at 4 o’clock from
Bernstein Funeral Home chapel
with Rev. D. M. Joiner, Christian
Church pastor, officiating. ~,
The body was taken to Ruffin,:
N. C, of which Mr. Johnston was
a native, for interment. |
He is survived by his wife,
Mis. wluays nodges Johnston;,
,daughter, Miss Sara G. Johnston,
‘Washington, D. C.; step-daughter,
}Mrs. John Hungerford, Waycross, !
Ga.; sister, Mrs. Bert Bennell,
Winston-Salem, N. C.; brother,
John A. Johnston, Reidsville, N.
C.; aunt. Mrs. P. B. Johnston,
Reidsville, N. C.,, and 'several
nieces and nephews.
Mr. Johnston was a resident of
Watkinsviile * for twenty-three
years, being a member of the
Methodist Church. For a number
lof years he was Central of Geor
gia agent and telegraph operator
at Watkinsville, retiring just re
cently. He was a chartel member
of the Watkinsville Civitan Club
lamd was a Mason and Shriner.
iOne of quiet demeanor, Mr.
Johnston was among Watkins
ville’'s best known and most ad
mired citizens . i
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which will include the Saint-Sa
ens’s “Swan”, the Evening Star
from Wagner’s Tannhauser, and
the “Bumble Bee” by Kronold. .
Mr. Hodgson will play the Rach
maninoff Prelude in C-sharp Min-'
or, the Adagio movement of the
Beethoven Moonlight Sonata, and
'his own transcription of the Lieb-|
stod from Wagner’s Tristan and
Isolda. Miss Despy Karlas will
tjoin him in several two pianok
numbers, which will include thet
{Turkish March for Beethoven’s:
(Ruins of Athens, and the Liszt
‘H\g&arian Dance No. 2.
. er grtormers will be Miss
Francis Woodruff, clarinetist, Mr.
| Warren Little, Flutist, and Mr. Joe.
I McKee, tenor, who will sing "My
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|
Governor Urges |
State To Keep ‘\
*
Georgia Green
ATLANTA, Jan. 13.—Terming
the condition of Georgia’'s wood- |
lands an important factor in “the
economic stability” of the state.
ELKS January
WHITE SALE!
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
FACETOWELS 6 for $1
BATH TOWELS 5 for $1
BATH TOWELS 3 for $1
BATH TOWELS 2 for $1
BATH CLOTHS
el Y 15¢ as 19
PACIFIC SHEETS
ema
e 198
a 2 0L A
ket IR .
PAGIFIC PILLOW CASES, Reg, 49¢ 3 for 1.00
PLONS "Mt || WS
100 4P.1.00 || 10°each
s|| s|| e
Yabin | 100 || RS
GALLANT-BELK CO.
Athens’ Leading Department Store
Governor Herman Talmadge has
officially proclaimed ithe week of |
- February 20-26 as “Keep Geor
‘gia Green Week.”
The chief 2xecutive urged “all
Georgians to become active par
ticipants in the KEEP GEORGIA
GREEN program in order that
cur state can go forward anad be
come more prosperops.”’
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Dr. J.C. Rogers
\ (Continued from Page On;e)
{terme dthe appointment of Dr.
Rogers as president of the Uni
versity of Georgia ‘“a good
lchoice.”
