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U. S. Funds
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27—(AP)
The U. S. treasury doors may be
less open to foreign nations than
they have been. ; :
Instead, private capital is being
emphasized as a possible source
of aid to friendly countries, in one
of two new trends which seem to
pe emergingin American foreign
slicy. <
¥ 'lrlr:'c other apparently is aimed
at presenting the United States as
2 rallying point to people all over
the worid in the cold war against
Communism.
president Truman struck the
keynote in his inaugural address
Jast week with his “bold new pro
gram’’ for developing backward
“reas of the world by private in
vestment, along with a smashing
attack against the “false philoso
phy” of Communism. .
And yesterday Dean Acheson
save fresh emphasis to this appar
ent change of pace in the nation’s
foreign policy, in his first impor
tant public statement as Mr. Tru
man’s new secretary of state.
He made it a point at his news
conference to comment on the
president’s world development
proposal, stressing anew that it
calls for private investment, and,
like Mr. Truman, accompanying
that with a sharp rap at Com
munism.
Declaring that the President
had made it clear these new de
velopments were not to be minan
ced by government money, Ache
son said: “If the proper conditions
are created, the reservoirs of pri
vate capital are very great in
deed.”
In any case, he said, such a pro
oram would require long years
and great ‘efforts on the part of
the people who would benefit, be
fore it could show any important
results. P AN
And at the.samq“f@ne Acheson
gave his explanation ‘2. ebld war
slant by attacking Comimunism as
a “basically reactionary attitude
and philosophy” under which the
individual becomes merely a
“cog in a machine.”
Like the President jhe followed
up with a comparison.
“The American view of life”
he declared, is one “which says
that the worth and dignity and
freedom of the individual are the
objectives of government.”
It is this concept of individual
freedom, with its promise of bet
ter living condition, that the Tru
man administration lis mnow hold
ing out to the world as the alter
native to Communism.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ‘27 —
(AP)—The Justice Department
said today the FBI has arrested
Sam Carr, former organizing
secretary of the Canadian Com
munist Party.
The announcement said Carr
was arrested in New York.
It described him as a key
figure in Soviei spying in Cana
da.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 —
(AP) — A multi-billion dollar
program to move as many as
1,500,000 negro families from the
South to the North was proposed
to Congress today.
The shift, as outlined in a bill
by Senator Russell (D.-Ga.),
would be on purely voluntary
hasis. The program also would
nave the way for white persons
to move from the North into
the Southern states to fill the
ropulation gap left by the Negro
migration,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 —
(AP)—The Senate today con
firmed James E. Webb as Under
secretary of State.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 —
(AP)—Eviction of tenants as a
protest against rent controls is
4 poor approach, President Tru
man said today. He added that
he does not believe landlords
will get away with it. gty
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy and warm today and
lonight with ocecasional light
fain tonight. Friday mostly
clondy with showers and be
coming colder. ‘
GEORGIA — Considerable
Cloudiness and warm this aft
“lmoon and tonight, occasional
rain west and north portions
tonight and in extreme north
portion this afternoon; Friday
showers and cooler iwem aad
north portions, turning partly
cloudy in afternoon; Cloudy
and warm in southeast portion,
showers in afternoon.
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Highest sor b P e S
Lowest .... ceve sisg wees DO
Mean ... %5 so a 0 L
Normal 7.7 ¢ ias & 48
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours ...... .00
Total since January 1 .... 4.21
Excess since January 1 .. .50
Average January rainfall . 4.26
Marjorie Lawrence In Concert Tonight, 8:30, Fine Arts Auditorium
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SIOO FLOWER FOR ILL POSTMAN—Postman Herbert
V. Kull of Columbia, S. C., has a very valuable potted
nlant in Kis hospital room. It an Azalea, the gift from
mote than 400 residents on his mail route. And attached
to the blooms are more than 100 one-dollar bills. He is
in the hospital for a bone-grafting operation to cor
rect an injury to his back. (AP Photo.
Senate Adopts House Approved
Sports Resolution; Action Slim
ATLANTA, Jan, 27— (AP)—-The Senate today adopted a House resolution exempt
ing the Athletic Department of Georgia and Georgia Tech from making financial
reports required of State agencies.
The measrue was approved over opposit:in of Sen. Walter Harrison, who said it
would make a branch of the govermhentimnurtant than the overnment itself, and
that other that other branches of Government soon would be asking the same status.
A bill to increase the salary of
the director of the state highway
department from $7,000 to $9,000
per annum and of the secretary
treasurer from $4,800 to $7,5000
was passed in the Senate with lit
tle opposition.
The controversial Gholston
highway bill that was scheduled
for consideration today was post
poned until - next Tuesday by
agreement of Senator J. Knox
Gholston, of Comer, the author,
and administration leaders.
Highway Bill
The Gholston bill, which secur
ed the unanimous indorsement of
the highway committee of the
Senate, provides for a ten mem
ber constitutional highway board,
the members to be elected by the
General Assembly. | s
Governor Herman Talmadge is
sponsoring a House bill that
would - create a three member
constitutional highway board with
the members to be appointed by
the Governor and confirmed by
the Senate.
Both sides feared a showdown
fight Thursday because a number
of the senators were absent.
The Senate spent a long time
debating a bill to require that all
plates and bridges for Georgians
be ordered by a licensed dentist
and returned to him. Sponsor of
the bill said that improperly fitted
dental aids often cause cancer of
the mouth.
Senator Charles E. Tarver of
Cordele, told the Senate that the
bill had the indorsement of the
Georgia Dental Association.
Senator Harrison tried to amend
the bill so as to protect Georgia
veterans taking on-th-job train
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SWAPS MOTHERHOOD FOR FREEDOM
Mother Won't Fight ‘Operation Order’
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 —(AP)
—MTrs. Georgette Brucks, 21, says
she is reconciled to giving up
motherhood for freedom.
She is under court order, en
tered with her consent, to have a
sterilizafion operation as a condi
tion of six years probation impos
ed _after her plea of guilty to
manslaughter in the fatal beating
of her son, Howard, seven months,
last October.
The order includes giving an
other son, Donald, 20 months, and
a child she expects in April for
adoption. Her common-law hus
band, Donald Redman, is the fath
‘er of these children. Another son,
four years old, is with his father,
Edmond Brucks, in Ohio. The
'Brucks were never divorced but
‘separated after a few months of
marriage in 1945.
Mrs. Brucks at one time yester
day told reporters she hadn’t un
derstood that the court order of
Tuesday would mean permanent
sterilization and that she couldn’t
agree to it. Later after talking
again with her attorney, Walter
Anderson, she told reporters she
diq understand and “I won’t fight
i
Anderson said the nature of the
operation had been explained to
her before the proposal was usb
mitted to Superior Judge Thomas
|L. Ambrose, who ‘entered the
unique order.
Rescue Operations Hurried
WEATHER TONES DOWN
ATTACK ON MID - WEST
By The Associated Press
Temperatures moderated and skies were mostly clear
today in the snow-covered Western states where disaster
relief crews worked to save ' thousands of stranded live
stock and marooned ranchers and Indians.
With no heavy falls of snow
over the western plains and Rocky
Mountain region airlift operations
were increased, easing the feed
cirsis in Nevada and Utah.
But there was snow, sleet and
freezing rain over many other
sections of the country. The cold
weather eased over the sub-zero
belt although the mercury was
below zero early today in Min
nesota, the Dakotas, Wyoming and
Utah, St. Cloud, Minn., reported
-12 for one of the lowest readings.
A blanket of new snow covered
the southern New England states
and portions of, New York state.
Albany, N. Y., had white carped
of eight inches, Syracuse, N. Y.,
six inches and Burlington, Vi,
four inches. 3
Freezing rain and sleet spread
over southern lowa and north
ern Missouri during the night and
continued in parts of Kansas, Ok
lahoma, and southeastern Nebras
ka. Light freezing drizzle contin-
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1949.
Guard Fired For Sleeping
During Prison Farm Break
Convicts Had 10-Hour Start
On Police; Two Nabhed In Va.
An investigation into the mass break of nine negro con
viets from the Clarke county Prison Farm earlier this
week has vesulted in the discharge of the guard on duty
that night, Capt. R. L. Estes reported today.
Meanwhile, two more of the
convicts have been recaptured in
Virginia. Two of the prisoners still
remain at large. Elmernurst Coun
ty authorities in Virginia, notified
Capt. Estes that Reese Ransom
and Bernis Nesbt were arrested
last night while attempting to
break in a building.
The investigation also brought
to light that the convicts made
their break for freedom early
Sunday night instead of early
Monday morning as previously re
portegd.
Bus Ride
Several of the escapees told
prison officials, upon recapture,
that they made their break “way
fore midnight.” One of the con
victs, Melton Jinnings, said that
he escaped shortly after 8 p. m.
ued in central and northwest
Texas.
Rain started again today in the
flood sections of southern Illinois
where some 1,000 families already
have been drvien from their
homes. Rain also fell in Arkansas,
Tennessee and western Kentucky.
Memphis reported a fall of 1:40
inches.
Temperatures were around nor
mal in California, and in the Pa
cific northwest there was a freez
ing drizzle in northern Oregon
and light snow in eastern Ore
gon and eastern Washington. Most
of the south had mild tempera
tures. The country’s highest read
ing on the U. S. weather map was
80 at Jacksonville, Fla.
In the western stor marea more
funds were available for the big
relief job and further allocations
were expected. President Truman
made another $200,000 available
to HRelp relieve suffering in the
blizzard-swept states. Earlier he
had allocated SIOO,OOO.
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By ED EHILENIUS, CITY EDITOR
Sunday nignht, flagged a bus out
side of the city and was in Chat
tanooga, Tenn., by 5 a. m. Mon
day morning.
This was approximately the
time the break was discovered.
Jinnings was arrested by City de
tectives in Chattanooga around 10
a. m. Monday.
Columbus Campbell, who sur
rendered to state patrol officers
outside the County coure house
Wednesday night, said that he
didn’t leave the prison until after
midnight. He reportedly said that
was asleep when the others left.
This statement led prison offi
cials to believe that the prisoners
escaped in small groups.
Capt. Estes said in his opinion
the guard on duty fell asleep ear
ly Sunday night and didn’t awak
en until early Monday morning
when the break was discovered.
Capt. Estes further said that when
questioned the guard said that he
had checked the outside of the
building during the night.
Sheets Were Wet
But the prison warden refuted
this statement by saying that the
bed sheets hanging from the sec
ond floor of the prison could have
easily been seen by anyone in the
yard, since the two flood lights
are trained on that end of the
building. *
Ruthermore, the sheets were
“very wet” when ‘examined
around 6 a. m. Monday, from the
heavy fog, further supporting the
belief that the prisoners made
their break before midnight.
These facts explain how the
prisoners were able to spread out
so easily. Thurs far three states
have been represented in the
manhunt. With only two still at
large, two were captured in Ten
nessee, one in North Carolina and
two in Virginia.
The convicts had almost a 10
hour start before authorities be
gan their search.
Still at large -are Charlie Sar
gent, serving two 12 months sen
tences for larceny and Jack Hills
man, serving four to six years for
attempted murder. Authorities
consider these two as the most
dangerous of the nine escapees.
Nesbt was serving two sen
tences of five to ten years for at
tempted murder, while Ransom
was serving three to five years
for auto larceny.
Veteran Pension
Proposals Made
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27—(AP)
—Veterans bonus and pension re
guests totaling billions were made
to Congress today by the veterans
of Foreign Wars. |
The proposals were advanced at
the start of hearings by the House
Veteran Affairs committee on
pension legislation for all veterans
of World Wars [ and iil.
Omar B. Ketchum, VFW legis
lative director, laid before the
committee a pension program he
said was designed to place the ve
terans of the last two wars on the
same footing now enjoyed by
Spanish American War veter: s.
This provides a monthly pension
of S9O at age 65, and non-service
connected disability benefits
ranging upwards from S2O a
month according to the degree of
disability.
KLAN CASE
ATLANTA, Jan. 27 — (AP) —
Frank Bettis promised startling
rédvelations today on ‘“whether a
hooded order or decent, law-abid
ing citizens shall govern Fulton
county.”
Concert Star
Here Tonight
Marjorie Lawrence, dramatic
soprano of Metropolitan Opera
and concert fame, has arrived in
Athens with her husband, Dr.
Michael King, and her accompan
ist, Charles O’Neil, for her con
cert to be presented at 8:30 o’'clock
tonight in the Fine Arts Audito
rium.
Brahms Lieder and a Wagneri
an excerpt from “The Twilight of
the Gods” will highlight the in
teresting program.
From Chicago, Berlin, London
and other cosmopolitan centers
press comments are favorable.
Such remarks as “Marporie Law
rence triumps.” “Marjorie Law
rence Held Her Listeners Spell
bound,” are the usual captions
following her appearances.
Reserved seat tickets will bé
available at the box office for
$3.00. Balcony (unresearved) will
be SI.BO and SI.OO.
Following the concert a recep
tion will be given in honor of Miss
Lawrence at Lucy Cobb on Mill
edge avenue.
Even With 17
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Children, Still
Pays Incomie Tax
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 27—(AP)—
Mr. anc! Mrs. Carl Sc haeffer like
children. and it is j nst as well
they do—-they have had 17 of
them. :
Two-day old Job n Michael is
the youngest. One <«<hild, a girl,
died when she was five weeks
old.
Schaeffer, 48, an electrical
contractor, says his business is
so good that even with 16 chil
dren “I still have: to pay some
income tax.”
Grocery and 'clothing bills
don’t worry the Schaeffers. “It
doesn’t cost muchi more to feed
one more and in ' a family this
size everyone tikes hand-me
downs as a matter of course,”
the father said.
And for housitig—“it doesn’t
get too crowded in our 14-room
house. We even have a public
address system ti» keep tab on
them.”
Financial Aid Sought
University Observes
164th Birthday Today
The University of Georgia observed its 164 birthday to
day, with new President Johnathan C. Rogers calling for
increased financial support of the institution. .
President Rogers cited the bril
liant past of the University but
pointed out that “a modern uni
versity cannot live on tradition.”
He further stated that the pre
sent financial embarrassment of
‘the university is a challenge to the
people of the state, and said he
felt sure the challenge would be
answertl" AT el
The text of President Rogers’
Charter Day statement follows:
“Today is charter 'day on the
Athens campus and Georgia’s state
University is 164 yedrs old. Bril
liant has been its past and illus
trious are the achievements of the
thousands of men and.women who
hail proudly their alma mater.
“The future of .the University
rests with the citizens of the state.
Enrollment has increased so rapid
ly that present financial support is
utterly insufficient. I Dbelieve
Georgia and her citizens need ful
lest service from the University’s
schools, but without increased
revenue the level of even present
service is threatened.
“A modern university cannot
live on tradition. Cash is needed
of the magical wealth-creating
power of higher educatjon is to be
felt in our ‘Empire State.’ The re
lationship between education and
personal incomes, state wealth and
progress is direct. Those states
which invest the most generously
in higher education have highest
incomes and greatest wealth.
“The present embarrassment of
the University of Georgia is a chal
lenge which I confidently believe
the citizens and state officials will
meet.”
ITALIAN BOBBY-SOXERS RIOT
Power-Christian Wedding Draws Cons
ROME, Jan. 27—(AP) — Linda
Christian and Tyrone Power were
married today—in a wedding that
would stack up against the best
of Hollywood’s camera extravan
ganzas.
Screaming thousands of "’{ifosi,"
e R e Of Sohte.
soxers, staged riot scenes around
the littel church of Santa Frances
ca Romana where the film nota
bles said “I do.”
Mounted police were called out
to ring the church.
But all the police and all the
police horses, plus a riot platoon
in jeeps, couldn’t hold the roman
tic crowds back. ;
They broke through the lines as
Linda arrived 15 minutes late.
They screamed “Linda! Linda!” as
the stariet, resplendent in white
satin with an eight-yard long train, ‘
entered the church.
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Barkley Mum On
. -
Filibuster Stand
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27—(AP)
—Vice-President Alben Barkley
was silent today on what his stand
will be in the fight over the fil
ibuster. i
His decision can have a heavy
bearing on the course of the bat
tle over debate rule changes bit
terly opposed by southern sena
tors.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Congress Studies
Little Man Bills
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27— (AP)—America’s little man
had his inning in Congress today. 6
Lawmakers devoted much of their schadule to bills that
weuld boost his minimum pay, provide low-rent houging,
and give pensions to veterans.
Rounding out one of the busiest
days of the new session of Con
gress, other groups studied the
tariff act, the filibuster, com
munism, a Republican party policy
shake-up, nominations, and air
power, :
The minimum wage law started
to run its thorny course before the
House Labor Committee.
The proposed bill would rajse
the national minimum pay froin
40 to 75 cents an hour, or maybe
$1 if business was good enough
to justify that rate. This boost in
pay would help probably 1,500,~
000 workers.
Husband Held In
Beauty Slaying
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 27—
(AP)—The hammer slaying of a
‘red-haired Wu’efitegf M
found nude except for a shower
cap, led to the questioning of her
husband today by sheriff’s officers.
The body of Mrs. Anne Stewart
Cather, 23, her skull crushed, was
found in her boarding house room
yvesterday. A few hours later the
husband, Fred Cather, 28-year-old
draftsman, was arrested at San
Jose, Calif. A Sacramento pilot
said he had flown Cather there. He
was returned here last night,
Deputy Sheriff Harvey Hutchins
quoted Cather as saying, “My mind
was blank; I beat my wife up; all
I saw was red.”
Grand Jury
Calls J. Peters
NEW YORK, Jan. 27—(AP)—
J. Peters, once described by Whit
taker Chambers as head of the
Communist underground
in America, has been subpeonaed
by a federal grand jury here, it
was learned today.
Chambers, former Communist
courier, was on hand again today
to testify before' the jury, which
is investigating alleged subversive
activities and Cornmunist espion
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’ The new legislation, backed by
the administration, also would
cover about 5,000,000 more work
[ers than are now protected under
the current law. The new workers
iare employes in laundries, hotels,
chain stores, seamen and others.
j Three multi-billion dollar hous
ing bills are before Congress, but
low-income Americans will bene
fit regardless of which passes. All
call for public housing, slum
clearance, farm homes and re
search to cut building costs, They
differ on public’ housing.
.~ Housing Units
The administration wants 1,-
000,000 new units built in the next
seven years. Two Republican bills
offered today as substitutes reduce
this total,
A Senate bill calls for 600,000
public housing units in six years,
the House 810,000 in the same
period. Republicans argue their
measure would not cost the gov
ernment as much money as the
administration proposal, and at
the same time encourage private
construction.
The House Veterans Affairs
Committee turned its spotlight on
the pension proposal, and gave the
bill top priority to hearings.
Someé 18,000,000 veterans of
World Wars 1 and II would be
eligible—about 3,500,000 of them
within the next 10 years-—for %60
a month pension at the age of 60.
The bill also provides additional
disability pay ranging from S2O to
$l2O a month. The plan would cost
the government billions of dol-
Ta¥s. “The lowest estimate is 15 bil
lion, the highest 40. :
Voluntary Curbs
Democrats pushéd for speedy
Senate action on the first part of
President Truman’s anti-inflation
program—a temporary seven
month extension of voluntary con
trols over scarce commodities, Re
publicans want to extend the bill
13 months, but yesterday lost the
first round of arguments when the
Senate Banking Committee voted
them down 8 to 2. The administra~
tion hopes later to seek mandatory
controls. The GOP is against that.
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“Sally’ Listens
To Own Records
WASHINGTON, Jan: 27—(AP)
—“Axis Sally”” landed today on the
receiving end ot some of her war=
time broadcasts from Germony.
The broadcasts brought Maine
born Mildred E. Gillars, 48, to
trial in U. S. District Court on a
treason charge. :
The jury already has heard four
witnesses from Germany testify to
Miss Gillars® activities for the Ger=-
man- overseas radio during the
war.