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{0 FEARED KILLED
IN SHIP COLLISION
Tanker Rams Cutter On N,
Coast; Fire Sweeps Vessels
NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—(AP)—Ten Coast (983 tsmen
were killed and at least 19 injured today &w fiery
erash of a Coast Guard cutter and a t%& thick fog
off the New Jersey coast, . o i
Many of their shipmates cour
ageously stayed aboard the flam
ing cutter eastwind to fight and
pring control the fire tlfl{lt threat
ened the ship’s ammunition storg.
Seventy-eight uninjured survi
vors of the crask were taken
aboard another vessel,
The collision occurred about 60
miles southwest of Barnegat light
vessel,
The 504-foot tanker Gulfstream,
which collided with the East
wind, reported she was proceed
ing to New York under her own
power with an uninjured crew of
42, Her bow was damagec.
The freighter Republic of Co
lumbia came alongside the East
wind and crewmen went aboard
to help the Cutter’s crew fight the
flames, the coast guard reported.
The collision occurred about
430 a m. (EST). At 11:10 a. m.
(EST) the skipper of a rescue
vessel standing by reported the
flames were under control.
Badly Burned
The S. S. Suzanne, one of sev
eral rescue vessels which rushed
to the scene through teh fog, took
17 injured coast guardsmen |
aboard and rushed at full speed |
for New York. Her skipper, Capt.
Frank Boyer, of Baltimore, said f
five were badly burned and the
others suffered minor burns.
Another rescue ship, the S. S.
Junior, said she had 80 survivors
aboard, two of the injured.
The ten dead were reported by
the coast guard.
The Eastwind, in the ice-break
ing service normally carries a
crew of about 120.
Plane Crashes
Meanwhile, the coast guard said
a navy fighter plane speeding to
the scene haad crashed two miles
off Little Macinpongo Inlet, N C.
A coast guard Helicopter flying’
toward the burning Eastwind was
diverted to hunt for the navy|
plane. Another coast guard Hel
icopper took off for the Eastwind.
The coast guard said the East-;
wind was hit on the starboard
side opposite the chief petty of-{
ficers' quarters. |
The crash tore the cutter so
that her ammunition magazines
were exposed and fire fighters
battled in momentary peril of
explosiocn, the coast guard said.
The Eastwind, whose home
port is Boston, was bound for
Curtis Bay, Md., when the colli
sion occurred. t
The Galfstream, owned by the,
Gulf Oil Corp., left Philadelphia !
last night for Kuwait, Persia and
other; Persian Gulf ports without
Cargo,
.
Giant Search
o . .
For Airliner .
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jan. 19.
- (AP) — Eighty planes and a
store of U. 8. warsnips, includ
g two carriers and the battle
ship Missouri, led a great search
tod: y for a British airliner down
toewhere in the ‘Atlantic. !
[he giant rescue operation ex
banded today after scanning 177"‘
M square miles of sea yester
fav for a trace of the British
South Americna Airways four
engined Tudor ‘“‘Ariel” which/
“sappeared with 20 persons Mon
- day while on a 1,000-mile I'lighti
| I'on Bermuda to Kingsten, Ja
halea,
} The search continued last
| liEht with four planes, one from
| Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and
three from Bermuda, checking
Yie area for a sign of flares from
any passengers who might be
adrift
Tke U. §. Coast, Guard 3:
Miami, Fla, estimated more than
13,000 men including 5,000 . re-
S€lve officers, were aboard the
Search armada, which included
lour cruisers, six destroyers, four
(i royer - mine - sweepers and
Other craft. i
— \
WEATHER
Partly cloudy and cooler
lonight with low of 3§ de
frees. Thursday continued
rather cold,
GEOR€IA — Partly cloudy
and eool in rnorthwest por
tion ang considerable cloud
) ness and mild with ocecas
~ '"mal rain in south and east
~ TPortions this afternoon. Part-
Iy cloudy and cooler tonight
and Thurrday, Low tempera
tures tenight gg to 38 in
north and central portoins.
TEMPERATURE
Highest .., G s wl3
Loweet .. ~ g v sBD
Mean .. 00 oin u s kaol
Normaa] " 2 s ovy
A RAINFALL
Jehes lasi 24 hours .. .. 1.88
r"nl sirce Joanuary 1 .. 394
~%CESs since January 1 .. 1.27
“riddge January rainfall, 4.26
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
']—’:“‘f Periled
By Gas Break
' RIVERSIDE, Calif., Jan. 19 —
(AP)—A break occurred today in
a 30 inch natural gas pipeline at
the nearby rural community of
Moreno and police warned its
population of approximately 250
to evacuate immediately. They
said a terrific explosion might oc
cur at any moment.
Firefighting equipment from
numerous cities, including River
side, Hemet and Perris was rush
ed to the scene.
REFORM BILLS ON COURTS,
ATLANTA, Jan. 19.— (AP) —Bills to make sweeping reforms in Georgia court
praciices and to strip the Governor of pow er to name Highwav Board members were
introduced in the Legislature today.
The court reform hills were sponsored by a large number of lawmakers. Senator
J. Knox Gholston of Comer offered the highway bill which would set up a ten man
hizhway commission selected by the I.egiglature.
Gholston’s bill runs counter to
the proposal of Governor Herman
Talmadge to set up a three man
board which would be named by
the chief executive.
The House received a proposed
constitutional amendment which
would repeal present provisions
that Superior Court judges and
solicitors are elected by the en
tire state.
It would provide instead that
judges and solicitors will be
elected only by voters in their re
spective judicial circuits.
Another proposed constitutional
amendment would raise salaries
for judges on the Georgia Su
preme Court and the Court of Ap
peals from SB,OOO to $12,000 per
year. The ameéndment also would
raise all superior court judges
from $6,000 to $9,000.
To give the appellate judges an
immediate increase without wait
ing for a vote in 1950 on the pro
posed amendment, a resolution
Bulletin
ATLANTA, Jan. 19—(AP)—
—A proposal to increase the
voting power of small rural
counties in general elections
won approval of a Senate
‘' committee today.
The State of the Republic
Committee voted to send to
the Senate a measure which
would extend the county unit
system to general elections.
would give judges on the supreme
court and court of appeals an im
mediate $4,000 annual allowance
for expenses.
Defendant’s Oath
Georgia’s famed provision that
defendants may take the witness
stand for unsworn statements
would be repealed by another
proposal. The bill would permit
defendants in criminal cases to
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NIGHT MAY BE CHANGED
(BS Continues Talent "Steal”;
Bing Croshy Newest Transfer
HOLLYWQOD, Jan. 19.—(AP)—Bing Crosby meves
to CBS next fall. The “Ol' Groaner” is the third prize
radio plum picked by Columbia Broadcasting System in
its talent raid on rival networks.
They’ve snatched him from
American Broadcasting Co., less
than a month after Jack Benny
switched from National Broad
casting Co., to CBS and a few
months since Amos ‘n’ Andy mov
ed from NBC to CBS.
A sudden announcement by Wil
liam S. Paley, CBS board chairman
now in Hollywood, said last night
that CBS and Crosby have reached
an agreement whereby the singer
will be heard over CBS beginning
next fall and for “an extended
period.”
It added that the arrangement
covers radio and television shows,
but no immediate television ap
pearances are planned.
Paley gave no details as to con
tract or financial arrangements.
CBS spokesmen said they were in
the dark, too. Presumably the
question of whether Bing will be
moved from his long-standing
‘Wednesday night spot on the air
would be up to his next sponsor,
}whoever that may be.
Whether Crosby will continue to
One case was heard in Re
corder’s Court by Judge Olin
Price today—but it was slight-
Iy on the unusual side.
One defendant was tried on
drunk charges. He told the
court that he had called offi
cers to come for him at his
home.
When asked why he called
the .ificers, he said:
“He didn’t want to cause a
disturbance.”
He was released and placed
on probation.
SEAT CHARGE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—(AP)
—A dozen Eastern and Southern
railroads will inaugurate a spe
cial coach seat reservation charge
February 1.
Snow — Then Bitter Cold
WEATHER LANDS 1-2
PUNCH IN MIDLANDS
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 19.—(AP)—The weather handed
the midlands a one-two punch today, following up a snow
that virtualiv paraivzed some areas with bitter cold.
The Kansas City area was hard
est hit by the snow storm which
began before dawn yesterday and
ended shortly before midnight. The
weather bureau recorded eight
inches of snow.
Public and parochial schools in
both Kansas City, Kas., and Kansas
City, Mo., were closed today. The
highway patrol reported some
highways in northwest and central
Missouri were virtually impassa
ble.
Usiana o o Mo IS o upte
jammed with
£ | fi storm-bound vis-
By itors and extra
<l © cots were set up
i in dining rooms
) /f_“,w and guest rooms.
Bt _é! o Commercial air-
Y23l line schedules re-
R 4 turned to normal
W . after some de
lays because of
COLDER the weather.
Some busses and trains were de
layed also.
The storm was rapidly moving
northeastward out of the midwest
early today although it still was
snowing in parts of lowa, Illinois
and Wisconsin.
Temperatures headed downward
over much of the midcontinent.
The coldest weather of the win
|ter season appeared in prospect for
record his show, as he has done
with ABC, or return to live broad
casts is another question so far
unanswered.
Radio row speculated that Paley
had a change to get Crosby, made
a fast deal while the opportunity
was there and is leaving details for
later consideration.
The announcement came the
same day the latest Hooper ratings,
announced in New York, showed
that CBS now has seven places in
the top 15 Hooper-rated programs,
NBC holding five and ABC three.
ABC’s Walter Winchell tops the
list, CBS’ Jack Benny and Radio
Theater are second and third, re
spectively, and NBC's Fibber Mc-
Gee and Molly is fourth. "
. Another top entertained who
might go to CBS is Edgar Bergen.
He left NBC in December and said
he was retiring from the air until
next fall. It has been strongly
rumored in the trade that when
he brings Chariey McCarthy back
on the air it will be over CBS,
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
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BEAUTY SAVED HER—"Too
pretty to prosecute!” That was
the reason given Dy Associate
City Counselgr Roy A Fish of
St. Louis in asking for dis
missal of careless driving
charges against 23-year-old
Jean H. Klein (above), a dress
designer. Besides, he said, wit
nesses were lacking. The judge
dismissed the case.—(AP Wire
photo.)
the northern plains and north cen
tral states for the next couple of
days. The cold wave accompanied
by strong northerly winds swept
southward through the northern
plains and across the Mississippi
Valley.
The mercury plunged to new
low marks for the season in some
communities. Low marks included
25 below at Minot and Pembina,
N. D.; -20 at miles City, Mont.; -15
at' Willmar, Minn., and -10 at Min
neapolis.
The high reading “forecast for
North Dakota today was 5 to 15
below and lows of 20 to 30 below
weer predicted tonight. Tempera
tures of near zero are expected to
hit Chicago tonight.
_Dickinson, N. D., reported 21
below zero at 5:30 a. m. (EST).
Chadron, Nebr., had 18 below. The
mercury also hovered around the
zero mark in parts of Oklahoma,
Missouri and Kansas.
At Topeka, Kas., hospitals moved
some patients into corridors to
make room for persons injured in
falls on slippery streets and side
walks.
Thousands of homes in St. Louis
were without electricity last night.
Falling tree limbs, coated with ice
by a freezing rain, snapped elec
tric company wires throughout the
city. Many telephones also were
out of order.
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KLAN - UNMASKING LAW
SUPPORT IS URGED HERE
Local Solons
Asked To
Yote For Bill
A declaratoin urging
Clarke. county’s representa
tives in the Legislature and
i the senator from this dis
trict to support the proposed
law un-masking the Ku
Klux Klan today had the
support of a majority of the
rmembhers of the Athens Bar
Association.
The resolution also urges cther
citizens to telegraph Senator
George D. Brooks, Lexington,
representing the 50th District,
and Representatives Chappelle
lMathews and C. O. Baker of Ath
ens, representing Clarke county
{in the General Assembly, to \fote‘
|for the proposed bill, action upon}
which has heen deferred until the
latter part of this week. |
“We. the undersigned members
of the Athens Bar,” the resolu
,tion declares, ‘“hereby endorse
the blil now pending in the Leg
islature for unmasking the Ku
Klux Kian.
“We feel that there is no legiti
mate place in organized society
for an organization whose' mem
bership is kept secret, and whose
members are masked or other
wise disguised while joinirg in‘
public parades and assemblies,
‘Ask Support 1
“We respectfully ask that our
representatives in the Legisl:\.-l
't_ure. and the Senator - frem this
District, cupport the 2bove meén
’tioned bill, as well as eny other
consiitutiornal legislation designea
0 make illegal masked barades
and assemblies, and fraternal or
ders with anonymous member
ships
~ “We also urge all citizens of
Clarke county to jcin, by tele
grams and otherwise, in urging
our representatives and senator
tc support the legislation above
mentioned.” 4 gty
| James Barrow, Abit Nix, Rob
ert G. Stephens, W. L. lErwin,
John L. Greer, Blanton Fortson,
H. A. Birchmore, Rupsrt A.
Brown, Hubert M. Rylee, Fred A.
Birchmore, DuPree Hunnicutt.
~ Eugene A Epting, 0.. J. Tolnas,
James L. Hawkes, Howell C. Er
win, George Burpee, Preston M.
Aimand, Carlisle Cobb, Guy B.
Scott, Jake B. Joel, Broadus Coile,
Fred A. Gillen.
F. C. Shackeiford, Vane G.
Hawkins, Frank C. Pinkston,
Thomas H. Milner, jr., John E.
Griffin, Claude Mahaffey, Howell
C. Erwin, jr., Henry H. West, J.
T. Middlecrocks.
Several attorneys were out of
the city this morning, or could
not be contacted, and these will
be given an opportunity of cign
ing the petition upon returning
te their offices.
An effort to “indefinitely post
pone”- action on the anti-Klan
bill, “ which proponents claim
would have killed it, was defeat
ed in the House of Representa
tives after a heated debate yes
terday. The vote was 78 to 72
against posiponement. The souse
adopted the request of Rep. John
Greer, one of the bill's authcrs,
to defer action until Thursday
when a substitute will be pre
sented.
Representative Chappelle Mot~
thews yesterday voted against the
motion in the House to kill the
Klan bill and in favor of bring
ing it to the floor on Thurscdav
Clarke’s other reperesentative; C.
O. Baker, is in Washington for
tle inauguration.
Where the original anti-Klan
measure prohibited any mask
wearing whatsoever in public or
private, the substitute ineasure
would exempt Christmas - cos
tumes and the wearing of dis
guises by children under 15 years
cf age. Embodying some suggest
ions from Kep. Muggsy Smith, of
Fulton, who was drafting similar
bills, the substitute measure
would prohibit masked organiza
tions or persons from holding
demonstrations on public prop
erty, or on private property
without consent of the owner.
| Rejected Request
Speaker Hand said sonie House
members had told him the pre
vious night Kl'ar Grand Dragon
Green wanted the bill delaved.
Hand said he rejected a request
that the bill not take its regular
turn on the calendar. When Hand
called the bill up for debate,
Greer asked it be delayed until
Thursday. Greer told newsmen
he had been informed the Klan
was asking House members to
kill the bill
Reps. Bobbic Lee Cook of Chat
tooga county, and Julian Bennett
of Barrow county, led the fight
against the anti-IClan measure.
They charged that anti-Tal
madge members of the House
were “bringing up petty bills to
cause dissension.”
Rep.. Bernard Nightingale of
Glynn county, countreed with
the question as to wether they
meant fa imnlv that Coverncr
Tslmadge was against the anti
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SOUTHERNERS REACH WASHINGTON FOR INAUGURATION — Governor
James F. Fclsom of Alabama and his wife (top) arrive in Washington to attend
the inauguration of President Truman Thursday. The Governor waves his broad
brimmed hat igvasponse to greetings. Boltom: Governor Herman Talmadge’s Geor
gia delegation reaches the capital on a gpecial train and is greeted by Rep. James
C. Davis, Georgia congressman. Left to right: James Peters of Manchester, chair
mar. of the Georgia Democratic Executive Committee; Mrs. Eugene Talmadge, the
Governor’s mother; Governor Talmadge. Mrs, Peters, the Governor’s wife, and Rep.
Davis.-—— (AP Wirephotos.) e
Georgians
Arrive For
Inauguration
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—(AP)
—More than 100 Georgians—head
ed by Gov. and Mrs. Herman Tal
madge—are here to participate in
President Truman’s inauguration.
Georgia will be represented in
the parade Thursday by a float
depicting the Little White House
at Warm Springs, Ga., where Pres
ident Roosevelt died.
The Governor was accompanied
by his mother, Mrs. Eugene Tal
madge, eight members of the
Georgia legislature, and state and
party officials.
Talmadge said he would visit
capitol hill today and lunch with
John McClure, Washington attor
ney and a distant relative,
Later he will attend an inaugu
ral committee party at the home
of John Daniels, a presidential
electors dinner and the ball of the
| Georgia State Society.
Talmadge said he will return to
Atlanta Thursday night.
Give Verdict
McAfee Case
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA, Jan., 19
—(AP)—Mrs. Betty Mcafee goes
on trial today for the razor slaying
of her husband, £dgar McAfee.
Audrey Logan was convicted of
murder yesterday and sentenced to
life imprisonment. The two were
indicted for murder after McAfee’s
death last Oct. 10.
Both contended that McAfee
slashed his throat with a safety
‘razor blade and bled to death.
S3OO IN PRIZES
Spots Still Open On Lions
Club Big Amateur Program
Several good spots remain open
on the Lions Club Amateur Show
program to be presented in the
Fine Arts Auditorium February
4, final auditions for which will
be held Thursday night in the
Georgian Hotel, Charles McClure,
in charge of securing talent for
the big show said this morning.
All amateurs who wish to fry
their luck at one of the three big
prizes, $l5O in bonds for first
place SIOO in bonds for second and
SSO in bonds for third, are invited
to call Mr. McClure at 446 so he
can assign them a time to appear
for an audition tomorrow night.
First audition will be held at 7:30
o’clock.
While 2 number of acts have
been accepied for the big show as
the result of Tuesday night’s au
dition, Mr., McClure pointed out
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
GALA INAUGURATION
FESTIVITIES BEGUN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.— (AP) —Gayv and carefree
thovsands poured inte Warhington today in a holiday
mood for Harry S. Truman’s Presidential inauguration
tomorrow. )
Open House Set
Tomorrow For
Teen-Age Center
The new teen-age center in
the Memorial Park Clubhouse
will have open house Thursday
and Friday evenings, from 8 to
10 p. m. This will be for adults
—parents and other interested
in the development. At that time
the operation of the club for
teen-agers will be explained,
and visitors may see the entire
facility which has been develop
ed.
Saturday night will be the
gala opening for the young peo
ple. A swell program of movies,
dancing, games and refresh
ments has been planned with
everything free except refresh
ments. All high-school teen
agers are urged to come and
learn what the club is and will
be, as well as to just have a fine
time. Club memberships will be
on sale Saturday night but will
not be required until the fol
lowing weekend. This facility
will be available to others than
teen-agers for conventions, par
ties and club meetings.
that so far no impersonators, vio
linists, jitterbugging couples have
put in an appearance. There are
other spots open also, Mr. Mc-
Clure pointed out, in addition to
those just named. Therefore, any
one possessing talent would do
well to contact Mr.” McClure &t
446 before tomorrow. night for
further information.
The auditions are. open, to stu
dents at the University, as well as
townspeople and wives of student
veterans who have talent are also
invited to competd. " % * ' vt e
The three winners will be se
lected by the audiénce on the'ba=
sis of applause measured by an
applause meter such as is used
on a number of the big radio tal
ent shows. .
Proceeds irom tne show: wiii go
to the Lions Club Welfare Fund
for charitable purposes,
They came in a stream of special
trains, by plane and automobile to
pay tribute to the one-time farm
boy whose mother once gaid he
“plowed the straightest row of
corn” in all Jackson County, Mis
souri.
The best guesses are that 500,000
to 750,000 people are headed for
Washington.
There was one jarring discord
thrust into the Democrats’ happy
affair late yesterday—the Senate
deefated a bill to waive the 20 per
cent federal tax on all grandstand
parade and inaugural ball tickets,
This was the Democrats’ first de
feat in the new Congress.
But the sting of this Republican
maneuver was eased by a message
to the President from Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey, the defeated GOP pres
idential candidate.
Dewey wished Mr. Truman
‘“good health and divine guidance”
in congratulating him on his forth
coming inauguration. And the
President replied that “good wish
es such as your strengthen me for
the tasks that lie ahead.” s
At the White House, Mr. Truman
fanned the jubilee spirit by sign
ing a bill giving a Thursdav-Fri
day holiday to federal workers in
the Washington area. This gives
them a four-day weekend for the
festivities. g
Weatherman Helpful
Even the weatherman was help
ful. He promised no rain or snow
when Mr. Truman and Vice Presi
dent-elect Barkley of Kentucky
are sworn into office at noon to
morrow on the platform at the
steps of the capitol. Just winds,
a cloudy sky and the temperature
at 38 to 40 degrees.
The President was in good phy
sical condition for the inaugura
tion grind. His physician, Brig,
Gen. Wallace H. Graham, an
nounced he weighs 174 pounds—
only four pounds over his best
weight.
Mr. Truman got started on the
inaugural events last night at a
dinner given by the Truman-
Barkley Club. Today’s schedule
started with a lunch by the Fin
ance Committee of the Democratic
National Committee. Later in the
afternoon he and Mrs. Truman will
be the honor guests at @ reception
given by Gov. and Mrs. Forrest
‘Smith of Missouri.
After the reception, a quick
change to white tie and tails for a
dinner at the Mayflower Hotel (7
p. m., ES.T.) with the presidential
eieciors. And fthen to a gant
“gala,” a musical show-concert in
the National Guard Armory,