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THOUSANDS SEE INAUGURATION IN CAPITOL PLAZA — This is how the
packed Capitol Plaza in Washington appeared as President Truman was inaugu
rated Thursday. He took the oath of office under the Capitol poricto at far left. This
view was made from the top of the Housc wing of the Capitol. The Senate office
building is in left background. The platform: in the center of the crowd was for pho
tographers.— (AP Wirephotc.)
Motion To }
R view Klan
ATLANTA, Jan. 21—(AP)—The
Georgia House today refused to
reconsider ite action yesterday in
killing a bill to take hoods and
masks off the Ku Klux Klan.
A motion to reconsider was de
feated 79 to 31, and the House
turned to minor legislation with
a bare majority of its 204 mem
bers on hand.
There was no debate this time
on the Klan bill, in contrast to a
two hour heated discussion yes
terday in which the secret order
was deefnded as one of the greatest
symbols “in the annals of our his
tory.”
The Hous® arranged to recess
around noon for the week-end.
Host of the Senators already
were at home. Their calendar
cleared of business, they knocked
off for the week before noon yes
terday.
Some observers had expected a
new floor fight to flare in the
House today on a substitute bill for
voter reistration. Administration
Leader Twitty safd last night,
however, this measure had beet
set for third-reading show-down
on Tuesday.
The Ku Klux Klan blow-off
came late yesterday in the House. '
The representatives heard the'
Klan called everything from a'
“glorious symbol” to ‘“masked
gangs that slink through the alleys
by night.”
Then they voted 89 to 65 to kill
a bill to outlaw hoods and masks
in Georgia.
Aimed At Klan
The measure obviougly was aim
ed at the Klan. Its author, Rep.
John Greer of Lanier, emphasized,’
however, it would have applied
with equal force to any order
;mlng hoods or masks as its sym-,
)OIS,
Earlier the House gave its ap-'
proval to the biggest Appropria
tion Bill in history—an unprece
dented total of $318,000,000 for the'
next two years.
More than $100,000,000 of the
{{“'lmsod spending would hinge,
though, on whether the people will
agree to new taxes.
The Representatives sent the big
money measure to the Senate by a
vote of 163 to 2. I
. Its two opponents, Reps. Lawton l
ifillvr of Bibb County and Adie |
”)‘demy of Dougherty called it
:am.xstw.” Miller said, “the peo
ple cannot stand this new bill and |
they will not,”
_The big contingent section also
“L’“w an objection from an admin
g‘!gi}mn supporter, Sen. Lee S.
rdom of Blackshear. :
1 ‘Fhuts too big,” said the Sena—f
or w h(:fl told of its size, |
¢ “'1(" Senators will be introduced !
10 stll another round of financing
: I“"‘“ they get back into session on
‘(‘.,",‘},(_l“‘-‘" Floor leader Spence
ooavson of Savannah disclosed
oot he will offer bills for a $20,-
'WU,OOO ports development bond is
ue “at the crack of dawn.” ]
\alional Exchange Club Names
Athenian East Georgia Member
Frank W. Hodgkinson, well
known Jocal merchant, has re
¢certly been named a member of
the National Exchange Club, and
Placed in supervsiory capacity
vver Exchange Clubs in eastern
Georgia,
The appointment, made by the
National office, places about flf-‘
'een counties in eastern Georgia
under the jurisdiction of tpe
Athenian, One of the chief ob-
Jectives is the . establishment of
"ew clubs in the district and on
'he list of prospective clubs are
SIX cities in this' area. Applica-.
tons for new eclubs are being re-
Celved e T iney can be
established, -
Mr. Hodgkinsen was very ac
tive in t?:igmabnshmm of Ex
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN TAKES THE OATH OF OFFlCE—President Harry S. Tru
mar stands with hand raised at right and takes the oath of office from Chief Jus
tice Fred M. Vinson (left) in inauguration ceremony on platform before - Capitol
Thursday. In center-holding the Bible is Charles E. Cropley, clerk of the U. S. Su
preme Court.— (AP Wirephoto )
¥ % 4
4-MONTH-OLD
OUT OF JAIL
FOR IST TIME
| ATLANTA, Jan. 21—(AP)—
. Four-months-old “Buddy” got
out of jail today.
The baby boy was born in
’ Tattnall State Prison at Reids
ville. Two life-termers under
sentence for murder delivered
him.
’ His mother has been serving
| a seven months sentence on a
bad check charge. She was giv
en probation on another charge,
, and released from Fulton tower
in Atlanta. :
“Buddy” got to be a favorite’
with the prisoners.
They promised he’d get ope
break — they’d never tell his
name. Nor will his birth certi
ficate record that he was born
in prison. It merely lists his
| birthplace as Reidsviile.
Lo e
.
Mountain Feud
1 .
Murder Trials
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Jan.
21—(AP)—Four men were con
_victed of first degree murder last
’night in the first major trial aris
i ing from a family feud on nearby
| Daisy Mountain.
! Judge Raulston Schoolfield
I sentenced the defendants, Joe
Coleman, 44, Tommy Frederick,
34, and Mark and Harrison Lem
ing, 22 and 23 respectively, to not
more than 25 years in the State
Penitentiary. The Lemings are
lbrothers.
change Clubs in Elberton -and
Royston, the Royston club being
the only civic club in that city.
President of the Athens club
during the first half of 1948, Mr.
Hodgkinson is intensely interest
ed in Exchange Club work and
expansion and in the activities
of the loeal Chamber of Com
-Imerce, in which he serves on a‘
|number of committees. |
| Mr. Hodgkinson and his fam
|lly came to Athens. three years
lago and he opened Hodgkinson’s.
|Office Equipment store at 145
|East Clayton sireet, The Hodg
- dginsons fqge‘;,_‘ngthodjsts and re
'side ai- oto- South View. They
have one child, a daughter,
-lLinda, who aitends Barrow
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Gala Inauguration
Leaves Capital 'Beat’
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.— (AP) —President Truman
put aside early this morning the golden moments of his
greatest day and set his administration on a course of
world leadership toward “peace, plenty and freedom.”
_That was the shining goal he
chose for himself and the nation
in yesterday’s inaugural address.-
And the first real business of
his administration was the swear
ing in of the man who will share
with him the responsibilities for
piloting a strongly anti-Commun
ist foreign policy.
Dean Acheson, who resigned a
year and a half ago as under sec
cretary, moves up ‘to the top cab
inet post of Secretary of State in
a late morning ceremony in Mr.
Truman’s office.
The chief executive himself is
settling into that office for four
more years. For, standing stright
as a string against an icy winter
wind yesterday mnoon, Mr. Tru
man took the presidential oath in
an ancient, dramatic ritual.
Ducks Hand Pumping
After that, the inaugural ad
dress, the parade, the inaugural
reception at which he ducked the
customary hand pumping, a quiet
dinner at home with family and
friends, and finally the inaugural
ball.
And he didn’t even look tucker
ed as he stayed until 1:40 (EST)
this morning to watch daughter
Margaret and thousands of other
dancers swirl around the acres of
National Guard Armory.
But not even three name bands,
taking 20-minute turns on a re
volving stage, were enough to
lure the President and Mrs. Tru
man out of their box in the bal
cony, They just brought Margaret
to the party, then chatted with
personal and official friends while
she spun awz}y. with partners like
Commander Jesse Gay, an officer
of the presidential yacht, and Ma
jor William Zimmerman, of the
Roanoke, Va., Zimmermans.
People whose a&lmes mean
something in the official, political
and diplomatic sets gathered in
the vast hall, showing off stun
ning gowns, diamonds and full
' dress black and white,
Lesser \Lizhts
And there plenty of lesser lights
who got their white ties and tails
out of moth balls or rental agen
cies.
Sweeping nervously over them
all were muiti-coiored beacons
that never stayea still. Playing for
their dancing were Guy Lombar
do, Xavier Cugat and Benny
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
BULLETIN
MARIETTA, Ga., Jan. 21—
(AP)—Fire threatened the Mar~
ietta business district today, but
was reported brought under con~
trol shortly before 1 p. m.
The biaze swepi ihTough a
milling company near the heart
of the business district, and a
thick cloud of smoke blanketed
the area. v
Fire fighting equipment from
Atlanta, Fulton County, and the
Marietta Air Base aided the
Marietta Fire Department. :
The blaze broke out at 10:40
a. m. in the Monto Shaw Milling
Company, one block off the
town square. The flames spread
rapidly to the Brumby Furniture
Company Warehouse. There
was still some threat that the
flames might spread to the furn- °
iture company, but at 1 p. m.
Firemen said they believed they
had the blaze checked.
Early estimates of the damage
by firemen placed the loss at
from SBO,OOO to SIOO,OOO.
Goodman.
The new vice-president, Alben
W. Barkley, was there, toco. He
had taken his oath of office six
minutes before the President at
ceremonies on a wide, white plat
form ereceted across the east steps
of the Capital building.
The ball was one of the climax
events of the inauguration festi
vities.
Georgia Float
A Disgrace,
Talmadge Says
ATLANTA, Jan. 21—(AP)—
Georgia’s float did not appear in
the inaugural parade in Washing
ton because, Gov. Herman Tal
madge, said “it was a disgrace
“to the state.”
That, reported the Atlanta Jour
nal’s Ken Turner, was not the
only sour note for the Georgia del
gation to dwell on during their
stay in the Capital City. |
When Gov. Talmadge’s car.
passed the reveiwing stand in
which President Truman was'
standing, he passed unnoticed by
the chief executive who had his
back turned. {
During the parade, said Tal
madge, he got “some cheers from
white people” and “boos from ne
groes.” |
- The governor said the decision
to remove the float from the pa
rade was agreed to by Lee Trim
ble, secretary of the Warm
Springs Commission.
Talmadge asserted that the
float was poorly built and did not
“satisfactorily represent Georgia.”
The governor also pointed out
that the truck bearing the float had
two flat tires.
Following the parade, the Gov
ernor and Mrs, Talmadge attend
ed the inaugural reception where,
said Talmadge, he received a
:‘iwarm' greeting” from the Presi
ent. .- o e B -
Gov. Talmadge’s party passed
up the inaugural ball since it
conflictetig:rith their schedule de
parture Georgia. Gov. Tal
madge is due back in Atlanta to
ld-y- & i
ATHENS, CA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1949,
Norris said Walden used the
wrench apparently to remove a
lattice-like steel net on the out-
Side.of the bars and to pry an
other bar to one side. The saw
wasused to cut one bar.
Trigger-Man Walden
Escapes Gi;nn Jail
J
Negro Trusty
Admits Aiding
In Bold Break
!
. BRUNSWICK, Ga., Jan. 21.—
(AP) — The convicted murderer
Dave Walden sawed and wrench
ed his way out of the Glynn
county jail last night, said police,
with tools provided by a negrc
trusty.
County Policeman W. H. Norris
said the trusty, Roger Johnson,
admitted orally that he gave
Walden an 18 inch wrench for
$lO, but said Walden already had
a steel hacksaw.
The Texas-born desperado,
after breaking through the win
dow of his second floor cell, sadi
Norris, apparently sgiid down a
drain pipe. ;
. Walden, under life sentence ior
the 1944 murder of Johnny Frank
Stringfellod, thus gained a 10
bour start on pursuers.
Johnson, said Norris, had been
charged with aiding anad abet
ting ‘the escape of a felon. John
son is serving a 90-day sentence
for pointing a pisto lat another.
) Saws Bars
- Hew Walden got the saw still is
a wystery.
alden was convicted last fall
as one of two trigger men in the
Stringfellow murder. He was
brought to Brunswick to be tried
for the murder of his wife, Pa
tricia Ann Walden, also in 1944.
" His case, however, has been
gfii‘nued until the May term of
- Walden’s partner in_ both cases,
Johnny McVeigh, was in a Separate
cell and did not escape. McVeigx,
also sentenced to life for e
Stringfellow slaying, was convict
g yqn%gtday of the murder of
alden’s bride of a few-days.
Removes Locks
County Police Chief W. H. Nor
ris said Walden was in his cell
when Jailer Homer L. Brown
checked at 9:30 p .m. Between then
and another check at 7 a. m., Wal
den had remeoved the locks from a
steel lattice covering a window,
and had sawed through one bar.
Then he went through an opening
eight inches wide, and apparently
climbed down a drain pipe. °
They said he had no visitors
since he was brought to the Glynn
County jain Jan. 5 from Tattnall
State prison at Reidsville. During
the trial of McVeigh the first four
days of ‘this week, Walden was
(Continued on Page Five.)
Do You Know?
That because you support the
Junior Assembly projects, this
organization has been able to
bring medical care to nearly
2,000 white and colored chil
dren?
That last year, the Assembly
spent $153.00 for ceod-liver oil,
and $692.25 for milk for needy
children?
That approximately 4,000 fill
ings have been put in the teeth
of the schol children since the
opening of the Dental Clinic in
19417
That the Assembly, by an
agreement with one of the Ath
ens Hospitals, makes possible the
delivery, for a nominal sum, of
its white Pre-Natal patients in
the Hospital, wjth five days’
care?
That the Assembly, in all of
its clinics, works in cooperation
with the Board of Health and
under the direct supervision of
Dr. W. W. Brown?
Wolfe Named Scout Council 49
Prexy; Bloodworth Made Treasurer
Hugh Henry Honored; Athens
District Receives Many Awards
BY GEORGE ABNEY; JR.
JEFFERSON, Jan. 21.—J. Smiley Wolfe, jr., of Athens,
was re-elected president of the Northeast Georgia Coun
cil, Boy Scouts of America, at the annual meeting held
here in the high school cafeteria last night.
Elected Vice Presidents were Dr.
A. R. Van Cleave, Demorest, and
T. G. McGarity, Elberton. Harold
Brooks of Chicopee was named
Council commissioner while B. R.
Bloodworth of Athens was reelect
ed treasurer. Harry Purvis, Cor
nelia, was elected to serve as Na
tional Council representative.
The new officers, who will serve
throughout 1949, were nominated
by a committee headed by R. E.
Williams, Gainesville, He gave
the report of the nominating com
mittee and the group approved all
of the gelections, $
MET ON BUS,
WED ON BUS,
HONEYMOON °??
0
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21—(AP)—
Ray L. Woods and Palma Farr
first met on a bus. Then they
were married on a bus.
And today the couple was
honeymooning — on a bus, of
course,
They were married by a mag
istrate last night in a well pub
licized ceremony. The carriage
took place on a public service
bus parked behind a drug store
where Miss Farr, 26, worked.
A crowd of 1,5000 persons sur
rounded the wvehicle.
Woods, 48, had been married
three times previously. ' This
was the bride’s second marriage.
The couple left for New Mexi
co on their honeymoon trip.
Bus riding doesn‘t come nat
ural to Woods. He’s a streetcar
operator,
Meat Prices Far Down
From ‘4B Record Highs
BY WILLIAM FERRIS :
CHICAGO, Jan. 21.— (AP) —Meat on-the-hoof isn't
the four-legged gold it used to be.
Prices of both hogs and cattle
are far down from the record
highs made last year. And live
stock experts agreed today that
the slump in the past few weeks
has been much more than just
“seasonal.” ! / |
Take hogs, for example. For a
time lasfi&dyear ~hogs were the
“black d” of the Mid-west,
‘bringing fabulous prices. Hogs at
'Chicago hit a top of $31.85 a hun
dred pounds last August. Yester
day' the best price was $21.50.
. The same story applies to. cat
tle. Average cost of slaughter
steers at Chicago this week was
estimated by Agriculture Depart
ment experts at $23.75.a hundred
pounds. That compared with an
all time high last july of $36.85.
What’s behind the price drop?
“Too Many Critics”
Mark Pickell, secretary of the
Corn Belt Livestock Feeders As
sociation, said, ‘“there are just
too darn many of the critters
coming to market.” He said he
thought it puéi take from 30 to
60 days to ‘;L _»;ug" the present
market glut. ™
Pickell predicted then curret
price decline several months ago,
when he magde the flat statement
“that prices ar coming down.” He
admitted today the drop in live
‘stock prices was “more than'l ex
pected; I made a good forecast,
but not enough of it.” -
In hogs, Pickell ‘said one factor
[was the sharp break in lard
prices. Lard is now selling below
the former OPT ceiling. He said
it was backing up in cold storage
warehouses and was one reason
packers were lowering their bids
l for live hogs.
H. M, Conway, market analyst
for the National Livestock produ
cers Association, said some cattle
feeders were a “little panicky”
and therefore had started to send
their cattle to market. He said he
thought the price slump was
greater than justified by the sup
ply situation.
“We were headed for some
price decline, but it has been
greater than a seasonal slump,”
Conway said. He added he expec
ted the market to come back in
the next 60 days, and then to ease
off again around May and June.
This, he said would be the normal
seasonal pattern.
Agriculture Department mar
keting specialist offered as one
reason for the cattle selling a de
partment report of last Thursday.
Chief Scout Speaks |
At the fifteenth annual Council
meeting Dr. Elbert K. Fretwell,
Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of
America, was the principal speak
er. He said, “Scouting is funda
mentally a volunteer movement.”
The Chief Scout added, “About one
half of the registered Boy Scouts
in the world are in the United
States.”
Dr. Fretwell, who has been in
Scouting for 32 years, told the
large audience of leaders from
over the entire Council that there
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CHIANG LEAVES
(HINA CAPITAL
Sudden Departure Rumored As
First Step In Retirement Plan
BY HAROLD K. MILKS
NANKING, Jan. 21.—(AP)—Chiang Kai-shek handed
over the reing of government today to Viee President Li
Tsung-Jen and flew south ostensibly to rest.
His final intentions were not
clear amid a weélter of rumnors
and statements -— some officiai,
some unofficial—that he was re
tiring as president. :
Chiang himself was to issue a
statement later, probably tonight.
An official announcement said
he would visit his native place
at Fenghua in Chekiang prov-
MILLION AIRE
BARGAINS FOR
“PEN” MONEY
SHANNON, Eire, Jan 21.—
(AP)—~Milton Reyneolds, Chi
cago fountain pen millionaire,
went broke at Shannen Airport
last night,
Caught without a cent in
hand, he sold ‘cigarette lighters
and fountain pens to waiters
and poriers to raise money for
cable fees and incidentals.
Reynolds took off today after
a trip to Europe to sell six fac
tories to.a Swedish syndicate.
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Dean Acheson
Begins Duties
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—(AP)
—Dean Acheson takes over as
Secretary of State today the task
of translating into action, in Con
gress and around the world, the
four-front anti-Communist for
eign policy to which President
Truman has committed his second
term,
roremost among his major tasks
as successor to retiring Secretary
George Marshall will be the devel
opment of a plan for stimulating
the flow of American private capi
tal into foreign investments.
Mr. Truman’s inclusion of this
point in his inauguration speech
indicates that the administration
has reached a major turning point
in its foreign financial policies.
While the European recovery
and other announced aid programs
will go ahead as scheduled, offici
als expect increasing stress on the
use of private capital abroad and
a decreasing use of direct Ameri
can government financing,.
Congress was frankly puzzled
over the possible methods of guar
anteeing American investments
abroad. How the lawmakers will
finally react apparently depends
on the form in which Mr. Truman
presents ‘his plan in this connec
tion.
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ince. The $500,000 four-engined
plane in which he had been ex
pected to flee Nanking remained
at the field
The official announcement gave
no reasor for Chiang’s departure
but said in “accordance with the
constitution Li Tsung-Jen will
act for thé presidenc during his
\absence.”
Usually Visits Home
Chiang and. Madage Chiang,
who is now in the United States,
usually pay a visit to his native
home just before the Chinese
new year (January 29). This
gives Chiang an opportunity to
leave Nanking without making a
clear break, which many factions
are seeking as a prelude to peace
with the Reds.
Official sources said they were
certain his departure wsa intend
ed as a move to permit the peace
group to seek a negotiated set
tlement of the civil war under
the leadership of Li.
No word came immediately
from Li himself. It was learne?
reliably he agreed to take over
the presidential duties only after
receiving assurances that the of
ficial. seal and other implements
of authority would be given to
him.
Chiang left behind a statement
‘which. . rone efficial source said
contained no direct reference to
his retirement but said he was
leaving = Nanking because he
needed a rest after many strenu
ous months of work.
~ Whatever . the purposes of
Chiang’s departure, it ;s an im
portant step teward peace for
China. i
Feared Chiang’s Anger
Many oificials, including some
high military Jleaders, have hes
itated to campaign actively for
an end of hostilities and a nego
tiated conclusion of the civil war
becanse they feared Chiang's
anger.
With the- president out of the
way, then temporarily, it is be
lieved here those who are cam
paigning for a settlement of the
war will find littile opposition
from the “bitter-enders” who
have advocated a fight to the
end,
A reliable source asid that
Chiang avoided the wuse of the
word ‘‘resignation” in his state~
ment, yet to be released and dis
‘ributed amcng the Chinese peo=-
ple.
Instead, this source said, Chiang
referred to his leaving the capi
tal as a “withdrawal from duties
and responsibilities I have held
for 20 years.”
Actually, observers said, the
halfway measure of his flight
today represents his oldest polit
ical trick. Many times in the past
Chiang’ has walked out from a
scene of disagreement @mong his
followers—never finally, formal
ly quitting but threatening to—
and always his followers have
been forced to beg him to return,
cften tearfully.
Just one thing is different
now. That is the desperate set of
circumstances of the Communist
victory on the fields of civil war.
\
; ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy and mnot much
. change in temperature to
' night and Saturday, Warmer
Sunday.
GFORGIA — Cloudy with
occasional iight rains this
afternoon .tonight and Sat
urday, Continued cool this
afternoon and tonight, slight
ly warmer Saturday.
EXTENDED FORECAST
Georgia and the Carolinas:
Temperatures will average
rather mild for seasom, 4 to 6
degrees above normal, Rising
temperatures Saturday and
! Sunday. Mild Monday, colder
. Tuesday and Wednesday.
| Light precipitation tonight
and Saturday, and again
about Tuesday,
Sl et
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