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7 Injured
Ww. A (Bill) Hodgson, former
<ident of Athens and now con
o | with the government depot
W(l;%me'. Ga., suffered a bruised
ft while his mother-in-law, Mrs.
(Sgorgt‘ w. Burroughs, Ruth street,
his city, sustained a broken collar
IL‘o£l9 in an auto accident Saturday
Ng.
mOTr;e” “m-cident occurred at the
Walton county line on the At_lan,c
ta highway whnen the car driven
py Mr. Hodgson went out of con
trol, left the highway and turned
over. Mr. Hodgson was bringing
Mrs. Burroughs back to Athens
after a visit with him and her
daughter in Atlan’ta. Thpy were
taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in a
Bridges ambulance.
Atlanta Highway Accident
Bridges ambulance also answer
ed a call early Saturday morning
on the Atlanta highway a -short
distance west of Poss’ Barbecue
place where a car driven by Her
schel Williams was wrecked affer
going out of control. Mr. lellqms
was taken to General Hospital
where this afternoon his condition
was described as “good.”
Elberton Man Injured
Thomas Madison Combest of
Elberton is confined to the Athens
General Hospital with lacerations
of the mouth and minor cuts and
pruises after an automobile acci
dent yesterday afternoon. The ac
cident, which involved only his
car, occured at the forks of the
Hull and Danielsville Roads about
9 or 3 miles from here.
Mr., Combest, driving a 1940
Ford coupe, was headed toward
Athens at the time of the accident.
He was carried to the hospital by
a Bridges ambulance.
Three Persons Hurt
Jimmy F. Wilson of Greenville,
S. C., was brought to St. Mary’s
Hospital this morning after being
involved in an automobile acci
dent. Hospital attendants report
ed his condition as uncomfortable.
Two other persons were brought
to the hospital with Mr. Wilson.
They were treated and released.
Other details of the accident were
not available.
Fresh Snow
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Bars Rescue
By The Associated Press
Fresh snow blocked rescue ef
forts for starving livestoecq herds
on the Utah-Nevada ranges Sat
urday and stockmen feared losses
would be heavy.
Meanwhile, several other scat
tered sections of the country felt
the lash of winter. Bitter cold held
its grip on the northern Rockies.
Snow up to seven inches deep
blanketed Maine. Sleet coated
roads and communications lines in
Oklahoma, southern Missouri and
southern Kansas.
Unseasonably warm weather
prevailed in the Southeastern
States and more cold weather was
forecast for the plains states.
Stockmen said@ some 600,00
sheep are in distress in Utah
alone. Gov. J. Bracken Lee pro
claimed a state of emergency for
the entire state, instructing all
slate agencies to make an all-out
effort To get feed to snowbound
cattle and sheep.
FOG TODAY
ATLANTA, Jan. 22 — (AP) —
Fog will continue to blanket most
of the state through Sunday, the
weather man predicted today.
The fog covered the South since
vesterday morning, and has halted
ar travel as far as Jacksonville.
Slightly - warmer temperatures
were predicted for tomorrow.
AMERICAN DOWNED
ATHENS, Jan. 22-—(AP)—Lt.
Col. Eeldon R. Edner of San Jose,
'(ahf.\‘ an American air observer,
and his Greek pilot have been shot
down by Communist-led guerrillas
and both are believed to have been
killed,
X The Greek air staff and the U.
S. Embassy announced the indi
dent Tl)day.
i e ATHENS MANAN WOMAN OF Bvt
Weaver Bridges, Mrs. John J. Wilkins, Jr.
D. Weaver Bridges and Mrs.‘
John J, Wilkins, jr.,, have been
Stlected as “Man and Woman of
the Year for 1948” in Athens, it
Was announced yesterday by offi
((*}al.\ of the Athens Inter-Club
ouncil,
The announcement follows: .
“Mr. Bridges was chosen for his
cUstanding work as president of
the Atheng Chaniber of Commerce
in 'eorganizing and revitalizing
that body to make it the most ac
live in its history, and also for
his consistent good Work in di-
Tecting the youth rogram of the
Frank” Hardeman g’hapter of the
Order of DeMolay, |
“Mrs. Wilkins® énergy and effort
Were directed during 1948 to the
Obtaining of g buildlnf and en
larglflg the activities of the Ath
0s Regional Library,
“The “Man and %oman of the
Year” activity was a project of
the Inter-Club Council for 1948,
of which Howard Benson was
thairman, A" committes was ap
lointed by Mr. Benson early in
!{94%‘10 observe the work of out
“landing citizens and make nom
{lations to the judges. This group
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Arthur J. Moore, bishop of the
Methodist Church, North and
South Georgia Conferences, will
preach at the First Methodist
Church here today at the morning
service.
The service begins at 11:15 o’-
clock. Before the Church service
I. S. Ingram, president of West
Georgia College, will address the
Tuck Sunday School Class. This
afternoon Earl Norman of Wash
ington, Ga. will speak at the clos
ing banquet.
This morning Dr. Jack Lance of
the State Board of Education was
scheduled to speak at a breakfast
held at the Georgian Hotel.
Last evening Bishop Moore was
the principal speaker at the joint
meeting of the Board of Lay Ac
tivities of the North Georgia Con
ference and the Athens-Elberton
District Lay League here.
Dr. N. G. Slaughter, conference
lay leader, was in charge of the
Saturday night affair. He said the
meeting was. held for the purpose
of bringing together the Methodist
laymen and ministers of the Con
ference and District. Presiding
over the meeting was J. Smiley
Wolfe, jr., district associate lay
leader.
In his talk last night Bishop
Moore told of the impressions and
experiences gathered on his spe
cial mission to Europe this past
summer. He lived, travelled, and
worked in ten countries of Europe
on the mission for the church.
He related some of his experi
ences in Germany and told of vis
iting General Lucius Clay of
Marietta, commander of the U, S.
occupation forces in Germany. Al
so, he spoke on the airlift.
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Fliers Rescued
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From lce Field
CHURCHILL, Man. Jan. 22 ~—
(AP)—All 11 men aboard a Da
kota transport forced down yes
terday on a Hudson Bay ice field
were removed today by a ski
equipped RCAF plane.
The ski-plane made two trips to
the ice fields, about 70 miles from
the RCAF base here, to remove
the men. The first four were re
moved shortly after noon and the
remaining seven later this after
noon.
At the time it was forced down,
the Dakota was returning from a
mercy flight to Arctic Bay, on
Baffin Island, 400 miles north of
the Arctic Circle.
The Dakota took off Monday to
pick up Harold Dunn, Canadian
Department of Transport Radio
Operator, stricken with a stom
ach ailment and an Eskimo named
Akoolimak, also ailing. Both were
brought here on the first flight
of the RCAF Norsemen rescue
plane,
KHAN’S BLESSING
CANNES, France, Jan. 22—(AP)
—The Aga Khan, spiirtual leader
of 70 million Ismaili Mohamme
dans, will give his blessing to the
marriage of his son and twice
divorced movie star Rita Hay
worth.
Aly Khan told newsmen this at
a news conference today in his
‘palatial chateau on the Riviera.
in turn requested nomination
from the city at large. The pro-1
ject was outlined by the Council
to honor the man and woman who |
through their civic activities, es
pecially those over and above the
normal routine of their business
or office, brought about civic im
provement in industry, education,
training of youth, and like.
: Committee of Judges
“The committee of judges in
cluded a representative from the
ministry of Athens, one from the
professional group, the business
group, the educational group and
of women’s activities. It also rep
resented a cross-section of the
civic clubs and organizations of
the city.
“Approximately 100 individuals
or organization made nominations
for the “Man and Woman of the
Year.” Seventeen men were sug
gested and 11 women. Almost a
third more nominations in the
form of ballots or letters were
made for the “Woman of the
Year” than for the man. = <.
“It was planned originally to
honor the persons selected at the
TO Peiping
NANKING, Jan. 22—(AP) —
Peipin% made its long-expected
separate surrender deal with the
Communists tonight even as the
rickety Chinese government
sought a nationwide peace at al
most any price.
Gen. Fu Eso-Yi’s North China
headquarters announced a cease
fire had ended the 40-day Red
siegro Peiping and that some
U"r‘?,fi Tu’s 125,000-man army
O ceady begun an agreed
N .1 out of the city.
% bipartisan liaison office is to
‘manage civic affairs during an
unspecified period until the Com
munists can take charge.
Terms previously reported in
cluded removal of Fu's name
from the Communists’ “war crim
inal” list.
The Communists had threaten
ed Peiping gingerly through the
siege, declaring they did not want
to destroy that intellectual and
spiritual center of China. A more
practical reason probably was that
they wanted it intact for their
capital.
No such consideration was
shown towards Nanking. Despite
the departure of President Chi
ang Kai-Shek — at least partly
meeting one of their demands —
the Reds gave no indication they
would make concessions to the
frenzied pleas of Chiang’s political
heirs.
(The Reds are in position mili=
tarily to enforce a flat surrender
on their own terms, A Commun-~
ist broadcast heard in SarL Fran
cisco said Chiang’s retirement was
an American-instigated stunt and
“all indications” were that Nank
ing ‘“has no desire for genuine,
Democratic peace.”)
With Chiang in reluctant re
tirement and all north China
gone— except for isolated Tsing
tao and Tailyuan —the disinte
grating nationalist regime was
trying frantically to end the civil
war on some terms short of total
surrender.
Acting President Li Tsung-Jen
appointed a five-man delegation
to try to negotiate with the Com
munists, and his cohorts poured
out a series of statements and tel
egrams.
All evidently were designed
either to gain a -settlement or —
barring optimistic possibility—to
damn the Communists with the
public for continuing the three
year war. ot
Shao Li-Tze, former ambassa
man of the peace delegation.
Members are Gen. Chang Shih-
Chung, Gen. Huang Shao-Hsiung,
Peng Chao-Hsien, and Chung
Tien-Tsing.
MAGNIFICENT GIFT
Valuable Camellia Collection
Is Presented Memorial Garden
The University’s Landscape Ar
chitecture Department was the
recipient of a magnificent gift this
week in th form of forty-four
large camellia plants. These beau-~
tiful winter-flowering shrubs
were donated by Mr. and Mrs. T.
J. Smith of Mcßae, Ga., for use
in the Founders Memorial Garden.
Several years ago Mr. Smith, a
leading business man of Mcßae
and an alumnus of the University
of Georgia, started growing cam
ellias as a hobby. Through the
years he has assembled what is
considered to be one of the finest
collections of species and varie
ties of camellias 'in the world.
Flowers from this collection re
ceived sweepstakes awards in the
camellia shows held in Atlanta,
Macon, Marshallville, and Colum
bus last season. He is widely
known -as a camellia ex
pert, being Life Member No. 1 and
one of the founders of the Ameri
can Camellia Society. He was one
of the first qualified acecredited
judges of this Society, and has
served as its treasurer from the
time of its organization. The an
nual meeting of this Society will
be held in Sacramento, Califor
nia, in March.
Mrs. Smith, an accomplished
musician, is also a camellia en
civic dinner which the Athens
Chamber of Commerce holds each
year during January or February.
However, this dinner has been
postponed until April for this
year and the committee of the
Inter-Club Council has not de
cided whether to postpone the
public honor or to hold a separate
dinner. Bhis will be announced
later after a conference between
the committee for the 1948 and
1949 Council.
“Besides his work with the
Chamber of Commerce and the
DeMolays, Mr. Bridges is con
tinuing his correspondence with
many Athenians and Universijty
students who served with the
Armed Forces, During the war
he wrote letters of news to hun
dreds of young friends scattered
throughout the world. Today, he
is still an unofficial adviser to ex
Gls in Athens and at the Univer
sity. Many problems to the youth
of the community have been set
tled by the understanding and
contacts of Mr. Bridges, the com
miitee feil in making its selection,
Popular as an after-dinner speak
er, he has given unstintingly of
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THEY MET ON BUS—AND WED ON ONE—Romance
developed after Ray L. Woods, 48, strcet car operator,
and Miss Palma Farr, 26, drug clerk, were introduced
to each other on a bus. And so they decided to be mar
vied on a bus. Magistrate Thomas Gabbert (left) per
forms the wedding ceremony in St. Louis. The bride
and bridegroom are in the center. Beside Woods is his
best man, K. E. Peters, and at right is Mrs. Emily Maier,
matron of honor. About 1,600 people gathered around
the bus and watched the wedding.— (AP Wirephoto.)
14 . .
Civic Hall Suit
Postponed;
Seek Adjustment
Due to negotiations now being
carried on by committees repre
senting the City and the Cham
ber of Commerce, hearing on a
suit against the City over posses
sion of Civic Hall and due to
have been heard before Judge
Clark Edwards yesterday at El
berton, was postponed.
Howell C. Erwin, jr., one of
the attorneys for the directors of
the Chamber of Commerce, the
plaintiffs, wrote Judge Edwards
asking that the hearing be peost
poned until some time in Febru
ary, due to the efforts now being
made by the Chamber of Com
merce and the City to adjust
differences concerning the build
ing. City Attorney Bob Steph
ens concurred in the request for
pestponement.
thuysiast. She is a National Accred
ited Judge and an Accredited
Judge of the American Camellia
Society. She is a charter member
and former president of the Lyo
nia Garden Club of Mcßae and
has for many years been active in
garden club -work. At the present
time she is serving as Chairman
of Horticulture on the Board of
the Garden Club of Georgia.
In presenting these camillias
for use in the Founders Memorial
Garden, Mr. Smith said, “We wish
to assist in the splendid work our
University’s Landscape Architect
ure Department is accomplishing‘
in training the young people of
Georgia and the South to be crea
tive artists in this field and in
making all the people of the state
more conscious and appreciative
of outdoor beauty. Georgia is
is blessed with a climate which
makes it possible for it to become
one of the most beautiful sections
of the world. Guidance by prop
erly trained landscape architects
can play an important role in such
a development.”
According to Hubert B. Owens,
Head, Landscape Architecture De
partment and Director of the
Founders Memorial Garden since
its beginning in 1939, this dona
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his time at public meetings.
Michael Stamp
“Although sponsored by the
Allen R. Fleming American Le
gion Post No. 20 and its Auxiliary,
the Miona Michael Memorial
Stamp issuance was made possi
ble greatly through the efforts of
Mr. Bridges. He headed the com
mittee to make arrangements for
the pre-release sale of the stamps
at the local post office and of the
program honoring the founder of
“Poppy Day.” ;
In the selecting of the “Woman
of the Year” the concensus of the
judges was very much in line with
the expression of one of the civic
clubs in nominating Mrs. Wilkins:
“Athens is witnessing the com
pletion of a $55,000 home for the
Regional Library, which had its
beginning in a vacant store room
gp Broad Street with about 300
onated books. :
“Mrs. Wilkins founded this or
ganization, Athens’- first public
library, and has pulled this worth
‘whfie project to completion by
‘unselfish devotion to the public
good.”
S. S. Agents
Crack Down
On Smugglers
FRANKFURT, Germany, Jan.
22— (AP)—Secret Agents moved
today against a massive smuggling
ring reputed to include American
service men and civilian employes.
The U. S. Air Force said the
smugglers have done a “multi
million-dollar” business in preci
ous metals, currency, precision in
struments, ball bearings and other
‘valuables.
Months of secret inquiry pre
‘luded the international crackdown
‘by Air Force and Army criminal
investigation agents, and civil pol
ice of France, Italy and other
countries.
Blazing gunfire Thursday night
betwien U, & troodps and Czech
guards on the border near Sch
irnding, Germany, apparently is
connected = with the crackdown.
'German police firing on a smug
gler’s truck as it sped to the border
were shot at by the Czech border
patrol. U. S. troops rushed to the
scene and exchanged more shots
with the Czechs. The case has
been sent to high diplomatic levels
to be threshed out.
Air Force spokesmen said traps
weer set—and sprung—on smug
glers at exit roads along the West
German frontier. There was no
indication how many arrests re
sulted, but the spokesman said the
smuggling plot has wide ramifica
tions.
One man alone reaped a harvest
of $40,000 from his illegal traffic,
the announcement asserted. Just
a week ago Gen. Lucius D. Clay,
U. S. Military Governor, said
$200,000,000 of goods had been
smuggled from the allied zone an
nually, This is about a third the
value of lawful exports.
4 Killed In
Plane Crash
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Jan, 22.
— (AP) — A National Guard
plane with four aboard crashed
near Fort Eustis today and all
these aboard apparently were
killed, state police reported to
night. 7
Fort Eustis said Army Trans
portation Corps divers had taken
one body from Skifif Creek, into
which the plane plunged. Diving
operations for other bodies ceas
ed with darkness.
The dead were not immediate
iy identified State police report
ed the plane came from Byrd
Field, Richmond.
The Army spokesman said an
Army tug went to the scene after
the crash was reported by eye
witnesses. The tug found the
plane and called for divers, he
said. The body was subsequently
found.
Do You Know?
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That Health Department
nurses are always in attend
ance at the clinies, with Junior
Assemmbly members keeping
r;c?ords and assisting as need
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That three Pre-Natal Clinics
per month are held for colored
women?
That 617 visits by white pa
tients, and 921 by colcred have
been made to the Pre-Natal
Clinics?
That all Pre-Natal patients
are given calicum, irom, and
cod-liver oil?
That the Dental Clinic pro
vides care “or school children
Deiween the ages of ¢ and id
whose teeth would otherwise
~ be neglected?
Offensive
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Is Hinte
LONDON, Jan. 22— (AP) —
Western defense talk, various
news from the Soviet bloc and
hints of a possible Communist
peace offensive showed c¢onflict
ing currents tonight in the trend
of East-West relations. :
Responsible diplomatic sources
in London said the five-nation
Western European alliance has
asreed’ on 2a common defense
line stretching from the Dutch
sea coast to Switzerland. Scandi
navians talked over a common
defense policy in Copenhagen.
Soviet Russia’s indication of
her intention to attend the inter
national wheat agreement confer
ence opening in Wasnington Wed
fnesday might be another straw in
‘the wind of an effort to convince
the world of her peaceful aims.
lßussia passed up .he 1947 con
ference,
} President Truman said last No
vember, “I think that if we could
discuss with the Russians our
mutual interest in agriculture, it
would not be difficult to discuss
cur dfferences in other fields.”
‘ Other factors which interested
observers were Russia’s decision
‘to admit a New York Times cor
respondent to Moscow, where the
’paper has net been represented
for almost § yeer, and recent
speeches by leading Communists
of France and Italy on the theme
war was not inevitable,
There has been a series of
trade agreements recently be
tween Soviet satellites and west
ern nations. Diplomats in London,
however, said these probably re
sulted frem: economic necessity
rather than from a change in
Soviet policy.
From one after another of the
satellites came reports that the
Communist rulers of Eastern Eu
rope are tightening their anti
capitalist front. |
In . Copenhagen,. government
leaders from Denmark, Norway|
and Sweden met to discuss a
common Scandinavian defense
policy.
All three expect bids to enter
the North Atlentic defense pact
with, the pariners of the West
ern European alliance — Britain,
France, the Netherlands, Belgium
and Luxembourg, |
337 CLINICS WERE HELD i
City And County Health
Department Has Good Year
The past year was one of the best in the history of the
clinical and educational phases of the Athens and Clarke
County Health Department.
A total of 337 clinics with an at
tendance of 9,142 persons were:
held during 1948. The typhoid,
diptheria, and smallpox clinics are
conducted by the Commissioner of
Health, assisted by the Public
Health nurses. |
The Health Department prenatal,
well-baby, and dental clinics are
under the sponsorship of the Jun
ior Assembly of Athens. There
were 51 prenatal clinies held dur
ing 1948 with a total attendance of
552, The medical and dental pro
fession cooperate with the Depart
ment in the operation of maternal,
baby, and dental clinics.
Extensive Work
The department carried on ex
tensive work in school, infant and
pre-school and adult health ser
vices.
Besides the number of clinics a
large amount of work has been
conducted by the department in
local schools. By means of indi
vidual conferences, classroom
health talks, public addresses, and
newspaper articles, the local
health 'program is presented
throughout the year to the citi
zens of Athens and Clarke county.
During 1948 almost 20,000 visits
were made to the offices of the
Department and there were over
14,000 telephone calls besides many
personal conferences, offices com
‘munications, and bulletins.
It was stated in the annual re
port of the Department of Health
that this work could not have been
nearly so successful without the
cooperation of school officials,
principals, teachers, civic organi
zgtlions and City and County offi
cials.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy and coel with oc
casional light rains through
Monday,
GEORGIA — Considerable
cloudiness and mild Sunday
and Monday, considerable fog
and drizzle at night and in
early morning,
TAXES-CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—(AP)
—Majority sentiment appears to
have developed within the Senate
Finance Committee against in~
creasing federal taxes.
This sentiment apparently is
based onthe belief of members
that congressional appropriations
for the next year can be held to a
level where the government can
pay something on'the $252,000,000,-
ggg ’rtiational debt without any tax
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THE END OF A $5,000 JOY RIDE — Four beys from
Cleveland, Ohio, are in jail at Heflin, Ala., at the end
of a five-day cross-country spending spree. Seated be
side Sheriff Ewell Norton is Jack Chambers (left), 12.
Standing, left to right: Roy Talbot, 16; Bob Henson,
16; Kenneth Beyer, 13. Young Beyer is holding the
money that remained from the $5,000 he said was
taken from his grandfather’s home in Cleveland.— (AP
Wirephoto.)
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Bootlegger's
Do gs Bite
Nosey Sheriff
PHENIX CITY, Ala. Jan. 22—
(AP)—Dog bite has been added
to the oceupational hazards of
Russell County Sheriff Ralph
Mathews Jr.
The sheriff was digging in a
pile of refuse at the home of
Willie Fluellen, Negro, seeking
contraband whiskey when he
was attacked by two dogs.
The result: Physicians cau
terized three wounds made by
the dogs’ teeth.
Another result: Fluellen was
released under S3OO bond on
charges of possessing several
gallons of illicit whiskey and
violation of Alabama liquor
laws .
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Air Mysteries
MIAMZ, Fla, Jan. 22—(AP)—
The disappearance of iwo pianes
in the past month with a' total of
52 people aboard went into the
records today as unsolved myste
ries.
Search for a missing British
South American airways plane
with 20 aboard ended officially
last night. The hunt for a charter
airliner carrying 32 persons from
San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami,
was abandoned less than two
weeks ago.
Coast Guard air-sea rescue
headquarters said no trace of the
British Ttdor “Star Aeriel” was
found after a vast search by Coast
Guard, air force; Navy and Brit
ish planes as well as surface
craft and two U. S. Navy Task
forces.
The “Star Ariel” left Hamilton,
Bermuda, Monday morning on a
five and one-half hour flight to
Kingston, Jamaica. It was on a
regular flight from London to
Kingston and was last heard from
an hour after takoff, flying at
18,000 feet. )
The charter airliner wvanished
on Dec. 28 after radio reports in
dicated the craft was within about
50 miles of Miami. Seaches cover
ed a vast area of sea and land.
BEQUEST IN OLD SAFE :
Hospital Memorial Now
Reality After 28 Years
" By VINCENT WATSON
After 28 years the memorial be
quest of the late Mrs. Patrick H.
Mell, jr. is today a reality.
A beautifully furnished room in
Athens General Hospital, marked
by a bronze plaque, is a living
commemoration of her father, the
late William N. White of Athens.
Discovery of the bequest which
lay locked for three decades in an
old safe belonging to Dr. Mell, a
former president of Clemson Col
lege, was recently made by his
brother and executor, E. B. Mell.
Mr. Mell found the safe combina
tion accidentally while sorting
‘through some old papers left by
his brother.
l .in Old Safe
-Inside the safe were the written
bequest and pass book on an At
lanta savings bank in which Mrs.
Mell had deposited savings bonds
Home
Ecditron
‘Dud’ Shell
Explodes,
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Killing ¥our
HOPE, Ark., Jan. 22— (AP)—
Explosion of a shell which prov
ed alive instead of a ‘“dud” kill
ed four persons operating a pri
vate salvage enterprise near an
inactive army proving ground
here today,
Three others were injured se
riously.
State police said the dead and
injured had been removing un
exploded shells from a restricted
area of the southwestern proving
ground reservation, pulling out
the powder and selling the cart
ridges for scrap metal.
An Army demolition squad
which is removing wunexploded
shells from the area so that it
might be returned to former own
ers published a warning four days
‘ago for persons.finding such shells
to notify authorities and not to
tamper with them.
The dead were identified as:
Herbert Worthey, 31; Felton
Hartsfield, 28; Melba Jean Wor-~
they, 16, and Mary Emma Wor
they, 12, the latter two sisters of
Herbert Worthey.
Injured critically were wqr
they’s wife: another sister, Jenina,
11, and Robert Bain, about 19.
The explosion occurred at a
salvage pile on the Worthey prem
ises about a mile from the prov
ing ground, which was used dur
ing the war to test various types
of ammunition. State police said
there were about 100 shells in the
pile but that apparently on one
shell exploded.
State police said the shell which
exploded was carried off the.res
ervation by Enouch Worthey who
was not hurt.
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Climax Nears In
.
Palestine Talks
RHODES, Jan. 22—(AP)—The
next 36 hours will ;see the end of
Isreali-Egyptian armistice talks
either in success or failure, an au
thoritative source said tonight.
As the deadlock which has ham
strung the meetings dragged into
its third day, a source close to the
Isreali delegation said his country
might modify its position “because
Isreal wants this conference to
succeed so she can deal with the
other Arab states.” Apparently
this is known to the Egyptians.
The deadlock has hinged, con
ference circles said, on a Jewish
refusal to evacuate territory taken
in two recent offensives.
The Egyptians are known to be
anxious for peace but "are in
search of a “face-saving” device
which will conceal their army’s
actual defeat from the people of
Egypt.
So far as is known not a word
of those talks has appeared in the
Egyptian press.
to be used for the memorial after
her death. -On.receiving the prin
pipal and interest amounting to
S4OO from the account, Mr. Mell
presented a check for the amount
to the General Hospital for the
purpose of furnishing a room in
memory of her father, as specified
in Mrs. Mell’s bequest.
William N. White, a former Con
federate soldier, was born in New
York state November 28, 1820 and
died July 14, 1867. He was a resi
dent of Athens for many years, for
d period editing the Southern Cul
tivator, an agricultural newspaper
published in Athens and was au
thor of a popular gardening book
of that day,’ “Gardening for the
South.” His home on Milledge
Avenue, surrounded by extensive
grounds, was adjacent to the pre
sent Mell home there, and was a
social center of its day. s