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Talmadge
(alls For
Budget Cut
ATLANTA, Jan. 28—(AP)—
Gov. Herman Talmadge called on
the General Assembly today to
curb its free-wheeling hand with
ihe taxpayers’ money and slice
<49 (00.000 off the proposed state
puaget.
Talmadge spoke as legislative
leaders prepared a substitute for a
three per cent sales tax measure
to finance state appropriations.
The substitute would soften the
sales tax blow by exempting foods,
nedicines, clothing and possibly
other purchases.
The new state budget, as turned
out by the Senate Appropriations
committee, includes $108,000,000
to be paid by present taxes. Then
it tacks on a fabulous $77,000,000
in additional services to be fi
panced by new taxes—a grand
total of $185,000,000, or twice the
pudget one year ago.
Talmadge, whose will has been
law for the legislature so far, de
clared during the week-end re-
“The people can’t raise $77,-
000,000 more, nor will T advocate
cuch. There’s no need to put it in
the budget if the people can’t pay
for it. I hope a Senate-House Con
serence Committee will cut the so
called ‘contingent’ budget to my
criginal recommendation of $35,-
000,000.”
Both the pruning job and the
ales tax revision apparently
would be designed to make new
taxes more palatable. Any new
evenue measure would be sub
mitted to voters in a state-wide
referendum.
Many leaders have predicted a
77,000,000 program of additional
state services would scare the vot
ers off and kill the whole deal, in
ciuding the minimum foundation
program for education.
A resolution before the House
now calls for a vote April 4 on a
three per cent sales tax, with no
exemptions, and increases in in
come taxes.
1f staple items are'exempt from
the sales tax, leaders pointed to
other sources to make up the dif
ference in revenue—higher taxes
on liquor, gas or tobacco, or low
ered income tax exemptions.
The revenue proposals are de
signed to raise about $40,000,000.
Rep. Frank Twitty of Mitchell,
House floor leader, said the people
vught to have ~“something - more
than a sales tax” to vote on. This
would be in line with the shift to
ward liquor and gas taxes.
Deadline Sought .
Talmadge also called on the as
sembly to conclude its work with
in three weeks, if possible. That
would put the'legislature at the
halfway point this weekend, with
a tremendous backlog of work to
b 2 completed.
Taimadge predicted approval
next week of most administration
measures, leaving two more weeks
to complete the budget and
revenue measures and other bills.
The appropriations bill is slated
for the Senate floor Tuesday. On
the Senate calendar Monday are
bills for forestry protection, reg
ulation of tobacco warehouses, and
cther relatively minor measures.
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SPECIAL CHAIR
ORDERED FOR
“FAT” BAKER
ATLANTA, Jan. 29—(AP)
—C. 0. (Fat) Baker, Clarke
county representative in the
Georgia House, has hesitated
to take the floor for any
speech-making.
When he rises to speak, he
has to wiggle and shake in
order to free his more than
300 pounds from his House
seat,
The state took note and
Sympathized. A new chair
32 1-2 inches wide that will
seat two ordinary men com
fortably, is on the way from
a Buffalo, N. Y., manufacturer
Sikes Co., Inc), it cost S4OO.
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MAJOR FLOOD THREATS EASED
Federal Relief Rushed As Clear
Weather Aids Blizzard Rescue Work
By The Associated Press
President Truman stepped up
federal aid Saturday as clear cold
Weather came to most of the bliz
zard-stricken West.
The weather was a boon to ex-
Panding rescue efforts, but an ad
ditiona] hardship for hungry,
Snow-stranded livestock. - |
The cold wave, which extended
fast to the Atlantic, also relieved.
the presént threat of major floods
in the Midwest,
The President authorized De
fenge Secretary Forrestal to dip in
' funds set up for river and har
bor control to speed relief work
N the disaster areas. Forrestal
san spend for blizzard relief such
funds as are available in the mili
tary establishment,
_ The President will ask Congress
for g Supplemental appropriation
0 replace Mizoard relis? funde
Spent by the military branches. He
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Assoc
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Mass Joy Smith
Made Queen Of
Roosevelt Ball
Joy Smith, sponsored by Sig
ma Nu Fraternity, was crowned
Queen of the Roosevelt Memorial
Ball last night. The ball high
lighted the March of Dimes
Drive for townspeople and Uni
versity students.
Separate containers with the
names of the co-eds and sorori
ties, fraternities or dormitori °
that sponsored the to-eds v O
placed at several places or ‘>°‘ 5
campus where students ¢ |
make contributions. The Son
receiving the most dong Fvas
declared the winner. -é‘
Taking runner-up hos s was
Mary Ann Core, sponsored by
the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.
The Roosevelt Memorial Plaque
was won by the Alpha Epsilon
Pi Fraternity, who had the larg
est contribution of all campus
organizations. Their contribu
tion totaled over SSOO.
'Homelike’ Atmosphere
In New Library Here
By VINCENT WATSON
The new Athens Regional Library, at the corner of Han
cecic and Cellege Avenue, will feature a cheerful, homelike
atmosphere blending wit hthe architectural dignity of the
remodelled ante-bellum building.
Comfortable chairs, roomy
tables, and informal browsing
rooms are some of the unusual
facilities planned for the new
building. Flourescent lighting
throughout will provide the most
comfortable night reading.
The main floor of the new build
ing is planned for adult services.
Display cases in the entry with ad
justable glass shelves will dis
play new books, books on special
subjects, and colorful paintings
and art objects.
Immediately on the right of
the front door will be the large
reference reading room designed
for studying, reading, and general
reference work. Technical books
on home decoration, plumbing,
woodworking, electricity, enter
taining, and numerous other sub
jects will be found in this room as
well as general encyclopedias, bi
ographical dictionaries, books of
statistics, quotation books, year
books, and almanacs. Business
men will find useful directories
and many other sources of infor
mation here.
Grey-Green Colors ‘
The entire first floor of the li
brary with the exception of the
small browsing room on the left
real will feature a grey asphalt
tile floor and grey-green walls
with slightly darker woodwork and
lighter ceilings. The upstairs hall
will carry out this color scheme,‘
making it a unit with the main
floor. Bookcases in all rooms have ‘
been built to fit and blend with
well spaces, with the exception of
space left to accomodate: the cir-‘
culation desk, files, and card cata
log Tue. |
he two rooms on the left of the
entrance will feature the atmos
phere of a book store or club
room rather than that of the tra
‘ditional library. The circulation
room will be fitted with a special
nine-foot modern birch circula
tion. desk. Handmade by Sam
Smith of Athens, this desk will be
specially fitted for library service.
Comfortable Chairs
The library association hopes
that citizens will donate comfor
table reading chairs to match the
circulation desk along with small
end tables to be used beside the
chairs. These furnishings will
make it possible for people to come
into the circulation room and put
their packages and books down
while reading and looking over
books and magazines in a hurry.
Light grey and yellow will pre
dominate in the walls of the small
browsing room just behind the
circulation room. The black mar
ble fireplace has been left in this
room to lend a homelike atmos
phere. It is hoped that two easy
chairs and a small sofa can be
obtained to group informalily
around the fireplace.
also sent to Congress a request for
a supplemental relief appropriation
of $500,000.
Army Bulldozer
Meanwhile, the Fifth Armyl
started moving into the blizzard
disaster area, where it already has‘
sent bulldozers, half-track weas
els, and snow plows. |
C. W. Anderson, divisional Fed
eral Works Agency engineer from
Kansas City was named to super
vise storm relief work in Nebraska
and ‘South Dakota. Maj. Gen.
Lewis A. Pick of Omaha, Missouri
River division engineer, was put
in charge of army operations in
the field.
Two Air Force helicopters,
‘brought in from Kansas, flew over
isnow-clogged Nebraska communi
ties on relief missions. The two
}helicopters will be used principally
in transporting doctors to their pa
ltients and visa versa.
Russia Bans Atlantic Pact
As Part Of West War Plans
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“vishinsky
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Jan.
29— (AP)—Andrei Vishinsky, de
puty foreign minister of Russia, is
“gravely ill from a nervous dis
order,” a member of the staff of
a Red Army sanatorium at Karls
bad said tonight.
The sanatorium is located in the
Hotel Imperialone, one of the
show places of the ancient health
resort 70 miles west of Prague.
In these two informal rooms
will be best-gellers, and other
popular recent fiction, popular bi
ography, travel, history, a section
each of mysteries and westerns,
and current magazines and news
papers. The hall bookcases will
also contain these types of books.
Paintings Display
Special facilities for displaying
paintings, many of which have
been given to the library by the
Athens Art Association, and art
books have been provided in the
refeernce reading room. Against
the sealed fireplace the top shelf
of a large bookcase will be slanted
so that it can be used for display
ing open books. Above the book
case will be a large well space
where the work of Athens artists
will be shown. The chimney brest
of eaeh fireplace as well as well
space behind the circulation desk
will be devoted to displaying local
Paintings. 3
Located in the arch connecting
the reading room and the office
beyond, the reference librarian’s
desk will make professional help
convenient to patrons. In the of
fice the library’s Georgia collec
tion and the professional collec
tion will be housed.
When completed the building,
designed by C. Wilmer Heery, will
be the most modern and functional
in, this section.
One Meaning For
Metropolitan Area
WASHINGTON, Jan, 29—(AP)
—The government is getting away
from use of a sgingle term—
“metropolitan area”—to mean
four different things. :
The budget bureau announced
today that standard definitions for
87 of the largest metropolitan
areas have been developed for use
by all federal agencies compilingl
statistical data.
Henceforth, for example, the
“Atlanta (Ga.) metropolitan area”
will mean just one thing—Cobb,
DeKalb and Fulton counties, Ga.
—7lio matter which federal agency
is speaking of it.
This system, the bureau said,
will replace the present four
definition system now in use and
“will provide a basis for compara
bility in all federal statistics which
has not been possible up to this
time.”
The first use of the definitions
wiil be in publications of the 1947
census of manufactures, which is
to apped#r within a few months,
The bureau said standard defi
‘nitions will be developed even
tually for about 150 metropolitan
areas, each having a population of
at least 100,000.
Two Nebraska National Guard
companies were mobilized for re
lief and rescue work. They will
supplement four other guard com
panies which have been on duty
since early in the month.
Another blizzard which whipped
across Nebraska Friday, set back
relief work. The storm set up new
road blocks before bulldozers
which were traveling to other
areas still blocked by old snow. At
least 135 bulldozers have been as
signed to the blizzard area and
more are on the way. .
Farther west in the Utah-Neva
da-Arizona disaster area favorable
weather aided airmen and ranchers
getting food to snow-stranded live~
stock and humans. v
Army planes dropped food sup
plies by parachute in their first
relief flights for Navajo Indians
snowbound deep in their reserva
tions noith of Wiasiow, Afiz.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GCA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1949
European Union Also Attacked
By Reds; UN Violation Charged
MOSCOW, Jan. 29-— (AP) —Soviet Russia declared to
day the United States and Britain are trying to undermine
the United Nations, isolate Russia and gird for a new wa#
through the projected North Atlantic pact.
The pact was declared to violate the U. N. charter.
‘ The western European union
likewise came under the fire of
the Soviet foreign ministry in a
white paper made public today.
A few hours earlier the West
ern European Union, made up of
Britain, France, Belgium, the
Metherlands and Luxembourg,
announced in London a decision
to form a council of Europe, in
‘which other nations will be invi
ted to take part.
~ The North Atlantic past was
proposed to link the United States
and Canada with the Western Eu
ropean Union in defense. Presi
ldent Truman has announced he
;hopes to submit the pact to Con
gress soon.
‘ “The U. S. S. R., must take into
consideration the fact that ruling
circles of the United States and
Britain have entered upon an
openly aggressive course of pol
icy, the final purpose of which is
‘establishment by force of Anglo-
American world domination,”
the white paper said.
“It is apparent to everyone that
a plot is being carried out pres
ently against the United Nations,
inasmuch as it — even though in
only a small measure -—— hinders
and holds back aggressors and
their policy of aggression and un
leasing a new war.
“In view of this situation, the
Soviet Union must more firmly
and more insistently fight against
the undermining and wrecking of
the United Nations by aggresive
elements and their followers.”
The statement said Russia must
see to it that the U. N. is not by
passed, ‘“‘as so often happey}s.” i
The United Nations, it said,
should value its authority more
dearly when the question arises
as tv who is “conducting an ag
gressive policy and unleasing a
new war.”
(The United States, Britain and
France charged before the U. N.
Security Couneil in Paris last fall
that Russia’s blockade of Berlin
menaced peace. Debate failed to
get action. The Big Four finally
agreed to neutrals’ proposals that
a neutral economic committee
study Berlin’s dual currency sys
tem, which. Russia said was to
blame for the blockade).
The Russians again accused
British and United States leaders
FLORIDA OFFICIALS ANGRY
TOURISTS BYPASSING
GEORGIA SPEED TRAPS
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., Jan. 29— (AP)-—Because of
alieged speed traps in Georgia, the Jacksonvilie Turist
and Convention Bureau is deliberately routing auto traffic
awav from that state.
“These speed traps are strictly a
racket, said Manager Frank Win
chell. “The Georgia State High
way patrolmen participating in
them turn the motorist they catch
over to a Justice of the Peace or
sheriff and leave the matter of
justice entirely up to the local of
ficials.”
Cars traveling to the West and
Mid-West are routed via highway
U. S. No. 90 through Alabama to
avoid Georgia, Winchell said.
Those going north are forced to use
highway 17 through Georgia, but
motorists “are cautioned to be on
the alert for the traps” while in
that state.
~ “We will continue this practice
of routing traffic to miss Georgia
until speed traps engineered by
that's state’s -highway patrol are
stopped,” Winchell added. *“We
hate to deprive the legitimate mer
chants of this additional business,
but it is our job to give out honest
information on road conditions and
other matters affecting tourists.”
Meanwhile, the Florida State
Chamber of Commerce today asked
Gov. Warren to stop speed traps
that have been reported operating
in some of Florida’s smaller com
munities.
Harold W. Colee, executive vice
president, said a copy of a resolu
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and colder Sunday.
GEORGIA — Considerable
cloudiness and continued cold
Sunday and Monday, oc
casional rain over south por
tion Sunday, rain likely Mon
day, probably mixed with sleet
over north portion.
TEMPERATURE
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DEPHD X o vy waviinennes 48
POTNY . o i sin 889 :
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RAINFALL ‘
Inches last 24 hours ...... .00
Total since January 1 ..... 4.61
Excess since January 1 .... .45
Average January rainfall . 4.26
of trying to start a new war, of
practicing an economic boyvecott of
eastern Europe and of breaking
treaties. .
The United States and Britain,
it said, do not want to conclude
peace treaties with Germany and
Japan.
Crackdown On
; .
Smuggler Ring
‘ BERLIN, Jan. 29—(AP)—Brig.
;Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf,
famous police official, today took
charge of a drive to crush a smug
gling racket which has mushroom
ed in Western Germany.
} _Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U. S. Mili
tary Governor, announced he had
‘assigned Schwarzkopf, his Deputy
Provost Marshal, to find and plug
‘the loopholes through which $200,-
000,000 worth of goods is smuggled
across the border annually.
Schwarzkopf is a former head of
the New Jersey State police.
The U. S. Air Force has an
nounced a series of arrests of per
sons of various nationalities.
French police, it said, arrested
ghree Americans in Austria yester
ay.
The Americans were identified
only as civilian employes of the
war department, picked up in
Innsbruck after disappearing last
week from their jobs at Karlsfeld.
The announcement said they were
found “in an area where cigarettes
were being unloaded from a rail
car.”
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Crewmen Roit;
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Murder Captain
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 29—
(AP)—Crewmen of the tiny sloop
Antonio Carballo were ageused to
day of tossing their captain and a
life raft overboard while the ves
sel was near the African coast.
The complaint charging mutiny
was filed by the vessel’s owner. It
was lodged against the crew when
the sloop arrived at La Guaira
from Tenerife, Canary Islands.|
Venezuelan security officials are
investigating the case.
tion condemning this practice is
being mailed to the Governor.
The resolution declared: ‘“Be
cause of the lack of courtesy and
over-zealousness in the enforce
ment of speed laws, there is being
created a deep feeling of antago
nism among our tourists.
“We respectfully ask the state,
county and municipal administra
tions to exercise discretion and
common sense in enforcing the law
toward the end that adverse criti
cism to our state and to our peo
ple be eliminated.” !
Director H. N. Kirkman, of the
Fé)lrida Highway Patrol comment
ed:
“We are constantly hammering
this into our patrolmen and will
continue to do so. If you hear of
anything to the contrary in regard
to any members of the highway
patrol, I will appreciate your pass
ing it on to me.”
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Record Bomb
L.oad Lifted
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29—(AP)
—A United States B-29 bomber
carried 42 tons of bombs aloft to
day—greatest bomb load ever lif
ted — and dropped them on a
California bombing range, the Air
Force announced.
The bomb load consisted of two
guided missiles.
The two bombs, without explo
sive charges, were dropped sud
denly.
Board Of Education
Leases 'Air’ Property
A lease ofia portion of Ben Epps airport, including the
use of four buildings, was approved, by the Athens Board
of Fducation at the regular monthly meeting for January.
Approval of the lease was given |
by the board so that the Veterans’ |
Training department of the Athens
High School may expand its
facilities in the field of aircraft
and engines training. |
A report that one piece of prop
erty included in the site for the
proposed new high school fronting
on Milledge Avenue has been pur
chased outright was @lso made at
board meeting. Other purchases
are in process of negotiation. |
Trainees in the Veterans Train
ing department at high school will
now have opportunity to wark
with “live” aircraft at the newly
leased property, and by receiving
their training and instruction
there, will increase the number of
veterans who may enroll in the
high school division.
Increase Enrollment
Enrollment in the aircraft train
ing depzrgnenti will I.>robabl§ci be
increased from its present capacity
of 40 to an apmxgfioso LI))t 1.0%
students by this improvement,
board members said.
The leased property includes
four buildings, a maintenance
hangar, dope room, boiler room,
and engine run-in room, and area
adjacent and adjoining the air
port ramp that may be required
for the parking of airplanes be-!
longing to the school and cars
used by trainees and personnel
connected with the school.
Further action on the lease will
be taken probably within the next
few days and the lease will be
signed by board members.
Visit Other Schools
In addition to the purchase of
property for the proposed new
high school, board members also
voted to visit and inspect several
new high schools over the state’
for the purpose of seeing new im
provements and progress in other
cities. Superintendent Fred Ayers
‘will accompany members on some
of the trips.
1 Much work has been done on
the school grounds at Oconee
Street School and Barrow School,
with grading operations being
completed at the West Broad
'School now, board members were
‘told in a special report. .Plans are
being made for further improve
'ment at each of the other schools.
Al standing committees set up
}by the board last June were
‘abolished by vote of the board,
ond it was decided to operate as
a committee of the whole in the
future, in keeping with the modern
practice of administration. In all
probability the chairman will ap
point any special committees for
special purposes.
Two new teachers were elected
by the board. Mrs. Geneva Cook
Wilson was named to replace Mrs.
Ann Kidd Coley, resigned from
Two outstanding business men
today are serving as new directors
of the Athens Y. M. C. A. Elected
to the Board of Directors recently
were Fred B. Leathers and D. D.
Quillian.
Mr. Leathers, 280 West View
Drive, is in charge of the roofing
department of L. M. Leathers Sons.
He is married and has two sons,
Frederick, 16 and Chester, 12.
~ This new director is a member
of the First Baptist Church and is
chairman of the Executive Com
;mittee that is organizing an Opti
‘mist Club here.
Mr. Quillian, 649 Cobb street, is
general manager and treasurer of
Athens Manufacturing Company.
lHe has previously served the “Y”
as a member of the staff and as a
director.
He is married and has two chil
dren, Dan, 20, and Carol, 14. Mr.
Quillian is a former member of
Athens City Council, is a director
of the National Bank of Athens,
and a member of the Rotary Clubs
He is a member of the Athens City
Board of Education and .f the
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Heart Disease
Greatest Cause
Of Deaths Here
Fatal heart disezzes took the
greatest toll of life among Ath
enians during 1948, Health De
partment officials have revealed.
A total of 301 local citizens
died during the year with 59 of
that number succumbing to heart
attacks. Taking the second high
est toll was cerebral hemorrhage,
which accounted for 36 deaths.
Deaths caused by cancer
amounted to 33 while coronary
occlusion took 25 lives and pneu
monia accounted for 22 deaths.
Five persons died in automobile
accidents while five were killed
in non-auto accidents.
Resident deaths numbered 301
while non-resident deaths to
talled 131. There were 37 various
causes of the 1948 deaths here.
Bv CURTIS DRISKELL
Barrow School, and@ Mrs. V. E.
Taylor was appointed to replace
Mrs. Gene Lorendo, art instructor
at junior and senior high school,
also resigned.
The dates of March 0 and 11
were designated as Spring holi
days for the Athens Cit¥ School
System by the board.
Tax Collector
Plan Proposed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29—(AP)
—Housewives and farmers: be
prepared to become tax collectors
—as well as taxpayers—under
President Truman’s proposed ex
pansion of the social security pro
gram.
Servants and farm workers,
even the once-a~week cleaning
}woman and the seasonal ' apple
picker, will be among the 20,000,-
000 earners added to the social se
curity rools if Mr. Truman’s pro
gram becomes a law.
A stamp book plan has been de
vised to Garner the “payroll” tax
from domestic help and their em
ployers.
Self-employed persons—wheth
author, cobbler or operator of a
popcorn stand — would make
their contributions along with in
come tax returns.
J. Donald Kingsley, assistant
federal security administrator,
told a reporter today that FSA
has developed what it considers
“simple and workable” plans to
collect the tax from those it is
proposed to add to the old age
pension coverage.
Switch Asked In
German Control
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29—(AP)
—The Army, appealing to Presi
dent Truman, wants the adcinis
tration of the U. S. zone of Ger
many turned over to the State
Department as soon as possible, it
was learned tonight.
Army Secretary Xenneth C.
Royall urged the switch in a for
mal recommendation to the White
House.
Neither the White House nor
State Department, however, wants
to rush through any quick change
in the American setup in Germa
ny, a political and economic bat
tle ground in the cold war.
General Lucius D. Clay report
edly is again pressing officials
here to be allowed to retire as
miltary governor, but President
Truman is represented as anxious
to keep him on the job a while
longer.
Responsible officials said dispo
sition of Rayall’'s. proposal will
turn largely on the advice to be
given President Truman by Sec
retary of State Acheson.
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Reds Want
Arrests,
Then Peace
~ NANKING, Jan. 29 —(AP)—
‘The Chinese Communists insisted
‘today that arrest of Generalissi
mo Chiang Kai-Shek and other
government figures on the Red
list of “war criminals” must pre
}cede any peace talks,
~ Since Chiang and almost all
others on the list long since have
gone south, it is impossible for
acting President Li Esung-Jan to
comply, even should he wish.
The Communists demanded a
prompt reply, but there was no
official public reaction. Acting
President Li, inside his strongly
guared home, was the only re
sponsible official left in the capi
tal. Not a single cabinet member
could be located.
The victorious Communist ar
mies were idling on or near the
north bank of the Yangtze at
many points. Coupled 'with this,
the new political demands plung
ed Nanking hopes of a negotiated
settlement to new lows.
The Communist broadcast, by
an unidentified spokesman, also
angrily demended re-arrest of Lt.
Gen. Yasutsugu Okamura, last
Japanses commander in China.
‘He was acquitted of war crimes
before a Chinese government mil
itary court Wednesday.
- The statement suggested that
local surrender at Peiping Jan. 22
‘was a pattern for similar bit-by=-
bit settlements covering Nanking,
Shanghai, Canton and all other
government-held territory.
It made clear, however, that the
Reds’ 8-point surrender demand
of Jan. 14 must be met first.
Chiang Important
Frist of these eight points was
“punishment of war criminals.”
“Chiang Kai-Shek is especially
important,” siad the statement.
“The said criminal has now fled
to Fenghva, and may very possi
bly flee aboard, to hide beneath
the cloax of American or British
imperialism. v
“Therefore you must act swit
ly to arrest this criminal and not
permit him to escape. You must
bear full responsibility for this:;
if escape occurs, you will be pun
ished as a conniver, with no mer
cy shown whatsoever.”
The broadcast referred to the
Dec, 25 list of 43 “war criminals,”
but said a fuller list was now be~
ing discussed with various non
government organizations “in our
territory and yours” and would
be published soon. *
- (The eriginal Red list contain
ed 45 names. Several times since,
the Communists have referred to
43, without saying which two were
removed. The two exemptions
might be acting President Li and
Gen. Fu Tsc-Yi, the government’s
north China commander. Li’s
name has not been. mentioned
since the first broadcast, and Fu
was praised in the latest state
ment for his work on the Peiping
settlement.)
Jekyll Support
Plan Pondered
ATLANTA, Jan. 29—(AP)—
Gov. Herman Talmadge affirmed
today — rumors to the contrary
—that Jekyll Island State Park is
not for sale,
But the governor said the State
must do something to make Jekyll
self-supporting. And he endorsed
a plan to sell individual lots on
Jekyll to private persons to help
finance development of the resort
island.
Talmadge declared the island
was losing SSOO a day when his
administration took over, and the
state already had invested $5,000,-
000 to $7,000,000 in purchase, de
velopment and road-building for
Jekyll. .
. “We can’t keep throwing .good
money after bad,” he said. “The
parks department budget won’t
permit it.”
Parks Director Newton Moye
has proposed that the state sell
lots on Jekyll but keep public pos
session of the beachfront itself.
A plan to carry this out is being
drafted for the legislature.
Former Gov. M. E. Thompson
said the deal would benefit only
“pig-shot politicians” and would
hurt the park. Moye said it would
help the park and take a burden
off taxpayers.
Myrna Loy %!
. -
Under Knife way
LONDON, Jan. 20—(AP)—Film
Star Myrna Loy will enter London
clinic tomorrow for an appen
dicitis operation.
Her studio, London Film Produc
tions, said the actress had suffer
ed mild attacks for several weeks,
but deferred the operation to com
plete the filming of an English
movie, “The Case of Lady Brooke.”
$60,500 Case
.
Set On Dog Bite
PORT ANGELES, Wash., Jan. 29
(AP)—A $60,500 dog bite case has
come up in Clallam County Super
ior Court.
Charles E. Peterson filed suit
against a fellow resident of Neah
Bay, W. W. Washburn 111, alleging
that Washburn’s dog bit five-year
old Charles E. Peterson, Jr.,, in
May, 1947.
Peterson seeks a $50,000 judge
ment for disfigurement to his son’s
face and damage to his ability to
work at a gainful ‘occupation after
his maturity. A separate clause of
action asks SSOO for doctor and
hospital cost and SIO.OOO more to
cover what Peterson alleges will be
future medical costs.