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MINE SHAFT COLLAPSES — Kane Street in Carbondale, Pa., sags more than
twenty feet after collapse of an undergrcund mine shaft, Four persons were in
iured und 14 homes were damaged by the collapse. A warning rumble pre
coded the cave-in, waking residents and enabling them escape. (NEA Telephoto).
Dimes Drive
Headquarters of the March of
Dimes campaign reported today
that a total of $4,125.80 has been
received as a result of the con
centrated drive which ended of
ficially January 31. A final figure
is not expected until the end of
the week. !
The drive chairman, Robert G.
Stephens, listed final returns of
$1,077.04 from University sources,
$1420.45 from Athens Theaters,
and $470 from the Wishing Well
conducted by Athens sororities.
Only partial returns have been
made from other phases of the
campaign.
A partial report from local vet
erans organizations lists $177.10,
but the benefit supper scheduled
by the VFW Club tomorrow night
is expected to raise this figure.
The Negro Inter-Club Council
has reported $lB6, covering only
the returns from the benefit dance
given under their spensorship last
Friday night. |
The six county schools have
turned in a total of $286.90, while
returns from city schools had not
been tabulated this morning.
The drive headquarters has re
ceived contributions from approx
imately 65 of the 430 individuals
solicited by letter, to produce a
total of $280.70. Contributions in
this phase of the drive are still
coming in and Mr. Stephens' ex
pects them to continue through
out the week. |
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2 Fliers Killed
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On Mercy Mission
()MAHA, Feb. 3—(AP)—A mer
¢y mission in Nebraska’s blizzard
area cost the lives of two civilian
airmen late yesterday.
While dropping materials to be
used for distress signals, their lit
?lt‘ plane struck a telephone wire
and crashed into a farm house.
~ The dead were John Huff, 32, a
fur buyer, and William O’Brien,
43, an insurance man.
n‘}-i‘kv many others flying mercy
pissions from sunup to sundown,
Hm had deserted their regular
Jobs while they flew rescue and
search missions. 3
”\:hen‘ deaths brought to three
. Ayf“number of persons killed in
‘esCue and relief efforts. Earlier,
d rallroad worker died in a snow
Plow aecident.
Four Men Held
On Auto Theft
F{_‘C I.NCINNATI, Feb. 3 —(AP)—
'];,}l{i persons from Rome, Ga., are
g here on SI,OOO bond each on
","I’,'lfi(?s of auto theft.
j,,j‘“e.}' gave their names as Will-
S?‘I« C. Johnson, 21, (119 Lloyd
‘:i-/]. Carl Mullins, 22, (319 West
;\g}”h St.); Mrs. Norma, J. Sal
dreq & (R. R. 1); and Mrs. Mil
-31») McCurdy, 17, €7 ' Bast 18th
mfrhhe FBI said that police of
lm‘“‘ Y Sharonvxlle stopped the
5 at a roadblock that had been
‘\_jv up because of a jail break of
;l‘,'l‘(‘:‘.on, at Lebahon, O. After
Whi loning, they and the tfaxi in
j ich they were riding was turn
ed over to the FBI.
\\,groh“@n and Mullins said they
(,“rfn(ji‘{ers for the Veterans’ Cab
ompany at Rome. They said they
;\‘\ex.‘e returning to Robt,n::m“;;;g‘ryl
'*f}}r cab was stopped.
A he four were arraigned on au
‘Smcog)r;}; theft charges before U.
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SINKING HOUSES OVER IDLE MINE LEAVE 60 HOMELESS—Here is one of 14
houses damaged by the cave-in of an idle anthracite coal mine at Carbondale, Pa.
Earth cracked open over the mine and dropped one house eight feet into the
ground. (Wire Photo).
Program For Lions
The entire progran for the Athens Lions Club Amateur
Show to be held tomorrow night in Fine Arts Auditorium)
at 8:15 o'clock has been completed. ‘
The program committee of the
Lions Club Amateur Show has
completed all try-outs of talent
and announced the program so be
as follows: .
The Meiioaires
The Melloaires, Band; Pete Lo
gan, baritone solo; Beth Akins,
specialty tap dance; Charles Mc-
Call, piano solo; The Settle Twins,
vocal duet; L. B. Berryman, folk
song; Donald Tolbert and Patsy
Rhodes, ' song with piano aceom
paniment.
Jimmy Knowles jr., tap dance;
Mrs. James Maxwell, monologue:
Betty Noell, piano solo; Laddie
Wigley, soprano solo; Sally Jones,
novelty tap dance; William Huff
and Paul Malcom, vocal duet, ac
companied by Gwendolyn Poole.
. Nathaniel Rosenthal, imperson
ations; Hazel Ivey, piano imperso
nations; Joe McKee, tenor solo;
Jefferson Playboys, string band;
Charlotte Atkins, blues song; Bet
ty June McCants, tap dance; Jane
Eberhart, toe dance and acroba
tics.
Darryl Wilson, soprano solo;
Gloria Malcom, accordian so0lo;
Gene Jenkins, novelty solos; Cliff
Collier and Hanoria Brennan,
dance tango; June Barrett, piano
solo and. Jim Griffeth, baritone
solo.
S3OO In Prizes
Master of ceremonies for the
show will be Henry Rosenthal, and
prizes totaling $300.00 in U. S.
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Priest Perishes
. . .
In Sanitarium Fire
MT. CLEMENS, Mich.; Feb. 3—
(AP)—A Catholic. Priest died in
a fire in his quarters at exclusive
St. Joseph sanitarium early today
while heroic nurses tried vainly to
have him.
The fire, breaking out at 1:30 a.
m., sent 25 other guests and the
sanitarium staff of 40 fleeing into
freezing temperatures outside.
The Rev. Father Thomas Barry,
52, of Wickliffe, Ohio, a suburb of
Cleveland, was found dead in his
bathroom. He evidently had suf
focated.
bonds will be awarded the winners
in the following order: First prize
$150.00, second prize SIOO.OO and
third prize $50.00.
The audience will help select the
winner through the use of an Ap
plause Meter which will register
the intensity of the audience ap
plause. ;
Proceeds from this show go into
the Lions Club Public Welfare
Fund.
Tickets are on sale by all mem
bers of the Lions Club, and will be
sold at the box office on the even
ing of the performance. Prices are
SI.OO for adults, $0.75 for Universi
ty Students, and $0.50 for children
under 16.
CONGRESSIONAL ROUNDUP
Cio Endorses Truman Labor Bill:
Strike Curbs Still Main Issue
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—(AP)—
The hammer an s battle over
the Truman MK - law, resumed
today with thig ion still un
answered: Can ‘dHer/, %vgrnment
undgr the propo@,fifl% ock criti
cal strikes? SRS
The Taft-Hartley Act which the
administration’ wants to repeal,
curbs such strikes with court or
ders. The Truman measure has
no such provision, !
But yesterday Attornéy General
Clark in a letter to the Senate La
bor Committee said even if the
new bill contained no specific
strike-busting clauses, the Presi
dent himself has “inherent powers”
to step in.
Meanwhile CIO general counsel
Arthur Goldberg in a statement
gave CIO endorsement to the Tru
man program. it was the first of
ficial approval by a big labor or
ganization. Goldberg, however,
qualified the endorsement by say
ing the union would make *“some
constructive suggestions to clarify
ATHENS, CA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1949,
Senate Passes $250,000
Hike In Appropriation Bill
New FFunds For Farmers Marts;
Bill Now Goes Back To House
ATLANTA, Feb. 3—(AP)—After hiking the regular
appropriation bill by $250,000 the Senate today approved
a hudget totalling $108,549,026. ‘
The bill now returns to the
House for concurrence.
Then the Senate turned to the
controversial highway bill, and by
a vote of 24 to 22 sent it back to
committee., It agreed, however, to
take up the measure Monday.
The highway bill, by Senater
Knox Gholston, proposes a ten
man board elected by the General
Assembly. Governor Talmadge
has proposed a three man board..
It was the closest call the Tal
madge forces have had yet.
WEATHER
ANTHENS AND VICINITY
Increasing cloudiness today
with rain tonight and Friday
with little change in tempera
ture.
GEORGIA — Cloudy and
cool this afternoon with rain
beginning in west and south
portions; rain and continued
cool tonight and Friday with
somewhat higher temperatures
in north portion.
TEMPERATURE
Hlghest . ... . . iii i iv 0%
Poast ... o i
NIBBY. . iR
Norinal ... ... iiviy an. 2%
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 “hours ..... 0
Total. sihce Feb. 1 .... ... 311
Deficit since Feb. 1 ...... .43
Average Feb. rainfall .... 5.09
Total since January 1 .... 4.17
Deficit since January 1 .... 1.03
' certain provisions.
The administration plan couples
repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act
with revival of a modified Wagner
Act. Deadline on committee hear
ings on the plan has been set for
February 10.
From every indication AFL lead
ers feel they have a bargain pack
age in the administration’s pro
posed new labor law.
Several said privately today
their main concern now is getting
it approved in Congress without
too many changes.
On the other side of capitol Hill,
the House Labor Committee con
tinued hearings on the Minimum
Wage bill. A plan to tie the Na
tional minimum pay to living costs,
allowing wages to fluctuate with
cost of living, won some support
today.
The new version of the bill, also,
has been expanded tc take in some
farm workers. This was urged by
CIO and AFL witnesses earlier this
week. The wage boost, itself,
The House devoted most of the
morning to minor activity.
Before final passage of the re
vised budget, Senator Crawford
Pilcher of Warrenton, introduced
an amendment * miting the state’s
‘emergency funu ove regular ap
propriations to $ ,000.
The $250,00¢ »dditicn to the
House approved measure was to
provide a total of $500,000 for State
farmers markets.
The Pilcher amendment was
aimed at the situation which ex
isted during the administration of
Governor M. E. Thompson. Be
cause of a failure by the previous
legislature to approve an appropri
ation bill all surplus funds went
into the emergency treasury.
* As a result the Thompson ad
ministration was given some $40,-
000,000 which could be spent for
any department .
Pilcher said his amendment
would permit surplus funds to ac
crue and would leave the spending
of such money to the General As
sembly.
“This amendment,” he said,
“simply returns control of appro
priations to the Legislature where
it belongs.”
Some Doubt
State Auditor B. E. Thrasher, jr.,
said there was still some doubt in
his mind as to whether the state
would even raise from present rev
enue sources the amount contained
in the regular budget. Emergency
funds are drawn from surplus. The
state auditor yesterday said he be
lieved the appropriation figure
“highly dangerous.” :
In event revenues do not ap
proach expectations, the available
money will be split on a percent
age basis.
A bill to legalize horse and dog
racing, which was estimated to
vield $12,000,000 in revenue for
the state and cities was introduced
in the Senate today.
The Senate agreed to take up the
contingent section of the appro
priation bill next week.
A bill to legalize horse and dog
racing, which was estimated to
vield $12,000,000 in revenue for
the state and cities was introduced
in the Senate today.
Debate or the Minimum Foun
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World’s Hottest Document i
R e SR W, VT ARSI
WASHINGTON, Feb. B—(AP)—Lawmakers took a
guarded look today at “one of the hottest documents” ev
er assembled on atomic energy while they debated wheth
er more atomic information should be made public.
The “hottest” label was pinned
on the atomic energy commission’s
top-secret quarterly report by
Commission Chairman David E.
Lilienthal. @ The Senate-House
committee on atomic energy went
would be from 40 cents an hour to
75 cents or sl.
Housing Bill
Public hearings on a new hous
ing bill occupied the schedule of
the Senate Banking subcommittee.
Hearings may take about two
weeks, Senator Sparkman (D.-
Ala.) said the complex legislation
to provide for low-rental public
housing, slum clearance, rural
housing and housing research may
have to be broken down into sev
eral piec s, but said that presented
no major difficulties.
President Truman’s request for
broad powers to reoragnize gov
ernment agencies is set for House
debate Monday if the House com
mittee on executive expenditures
finishes its work on time, majority
leader MeCormack (D.-Mass.) said
today. Chairman Dawson (D.-Ill.)
agreed. But there were hints that
certain curbs may be injected into
whatever measure materializes,
For example, certain governmental
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Husband Halts
Wife Painting
By Court Order
CLEVEIAND, Feb. 3—(AP)
—When a housewife in War
rensville Heights began some
painting around the house, her
husband sought a restraining
order. He didn’t like the smell.
And besides, Peter T. Kuni
gonis, 35, told common pleas
Juie Samuel H. Silbert
vesterday, “she doesn’t know
how to point.”
“His wife Betty, also 35 re
torted: “He’s not home enough
to be bothered by the smell.”
She said “the house looked
so drab that I deciced to bright
en things up.”
But the judge asked her to
lay aside the paint brush until
an investigators from the domestic
relation bureau can make a
firsthand inspection.
Key Witness |
Called In
“Sally’ Trial
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—(AP)
~—Federal Judge Edward M. Cur
ran ruled today “hat a German
actor may ftestify as a key witness
in the “Axis Sally” treason trial
despite his refushl to take an
oath on the Bible.
After the ruling governnient
presecutors cglled George Schnell
to the witness staad.
Schnell, wha played the role of
father in a Nazi propaganda
broadcast called “Vision of Inva
sion,” already had “affirmed”
that he would tell the truth un
der penalty of perjury.
Under the Judge’s ruling,
James J. Laughlin, chief counsell
for Mildred E. ‘Gillars, 48, got
permission to cross examine
Schnell as to his beliefs. Miss
Gillars has been identified as the
chief character in the melodra
matic portrayal of the horrers of
an American landing in Europe,
beamed to U. 8. soldiers in Bri
{ain.
‘behind closed doors to discuss it.
At the joint committee’s open
‘hearing yesterday, Senator Mc-~
Mahon (D-Conn), the group’s
chairman, wound up in wide dis
‘agreement with several other sen
‘ators over whether the public
should be offered a closer view
of America’s atomic progress.
~ McMahon started it by suggest
‘ing to Lilienthal that the commis
sion should make known the size
of the nation’s stockpile of atomic
‘weapons. McMahon said he would
like to “get everything out in the
open that I can.” .
But two other committee mem
bers said there’s too much out in
the open now. They called instead
for censorship of the atémic com
sion’s reports by top U. S. intelli
gence officials.
McMahon had called Lilien
thal’s attention to certain news
paper headlines telling of a new
“super-bomb” — headlines based
on the commission’s fifth semi
annual report, which was made
public.
Lillienthal said the repdrt mere
ly stated that “substantial im
provement” had been made in
atomic weapons.
Senator Tydings (D-Md), who
heads the Senate Armed Services
Committee, and Senator Connal
ly «(D-Tex), chairman. of the
foreign relations committee, said
somebody besides atomic officials
shold get a look at the commis
sion’s reports before they are
made public.
Suggestions of a super A-bomb,
Tydings declared give the Amer
ican people an ‘“exaggerated”
viwpoint and encourage other na
tions to hurry their efforts to
catch up with the United States
in atomic development. J
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
72 Warshi
arships,
30,000 M |
30, en
Hit By Order
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 —(AP)
The Navy said today it will have
to lay up 72 ships, including 15
top-line fighting vessels, and cut
its strength by 30,000 men to meet
President Truman’s 1950 budget. |
Secretary of the Navy Sullivan
said three essex-class carriers,
nine light cruisers and three anti
aircraft cruisers have been pick
ed for inactivation.
In a letter to the chairmen of
the Senate and House armed ser
vices and appropriation commit
tees, Sullivan said the navy plans
to start reduction at once.
In addition to the cuts in ships
and men, Sullivan said the navy
must reduce its air strength by a
small percentage — some 400:
planes out of more than B,ooo—
— shut down a-dozen small air
stations.
And he said “a general reduc
tion in the scale of activity at
naval shore establishments sup-;
porting the fleet, including em
ployment levels at naval ship
yards,” will be necessary.
Under the President’s $15,000,-
000,000 military budget for the
next fiscal year, the navy was
given $4,600,000,000. This year it
had nearly $5,100,000,000.
Sullivan said the following cut
back would be made in man
power:
Navy enlisted strength, 21,700.
Marine Corps, enlisted, 6,605.
Navy and Marine officers, 1,195,
~ He listed the following ships for
the maothball fleet: .......: .. v o
The carriers Princeton, Antie
tam, and Tarawa; the light Crui
say Province, Little Rock, Hunt
ington, Portsmouth, Dayton, As
toria, Topeka, Duluth and Atlan
ta; and the anti-aircraft cruisers
Fresno, Oakland and Tucson.
He said the Fresno, the Dayton
and Duluth already have been or
dered to the reserve fleet.
Tmphibious Craft
In addition to the major types
Sulivan reported pians to lay up
31 amphibious craft, five patrol
vessels, four destroyers mine
swwepers and 17 auxiliary and
small amphibious vessels.
The over-all strength of the ac
tive fleet will be reduced by only
24 ships, however, Sullivan point
ed out, since it will add seven new
vessels, and reactivate some de
stroyers, a light carrier and small
craft and two submarines.
The navy’s operating aircraft
will be cut from the present 8,183
té 7,765, Sullivan said.
Sullivan listed the following
nine stations to be shut down:
~ Naval air activity, Naha, Okin
iawa; Naval air facility, Adak, El
‘eution Islands; Marine Corps aid
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ARIGAIL ADAMS HAS JESSEL’S RlNG—George Jes
sel and Actress Abigail Adams have not set a date forj
wedding, but she has let it beknown in Charlotte. N. C,,
that she js wearing the engagement ring of the humorist
and Hollywood film producer. She visiting her mother in
Charlotte. Jessel and Miss Adams are shown at Holly
wood party last year. (AP Wirephoto),
Mome
Ecdition
NEW YORK, Feb. 3—(AP)—
An alleged burglar got so en-
Grossed in a bottle of whisky
and a television show ina house
that he got caught.
Police said Frank Magalino
awoke in his Brooklyn home to
find an intruder watching a tel
evision show in the front room
rownstairs. Seeing Magalino, the
intruder was quoted as saying:
; “Pm leaving as soon as the
program’s oven’ :
But by that time, police were
on the scene. They booked Jo
seph Motyka, 46, on a burglary
charge.
'Powell Rites
Held Today,
4:40 O’Clock
: ooc¢
Mrs. Frances Davenport Powell,
one of Athens’ oldest residents,
died at her home at 840 Hancock
Avenue Wednesday night at 8
o’clock. Mrs. Powell was 93 years
old and had been in failing health
for. several years, though she was
seriously ill for only a few days.
Services were .to be conducted
Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
from Bridges Funeral Home
Chapel with Rev, J, W. O. McKib
‘ben, pastor of First Methodist
Church, officiating. Burial was to
follow in Oconee Hill cemetery,
grandsons of Mrs. Powell serving
as pall-bearers.
She is survived by four daugh-.
ters, Mrs. H. G. Thrasher and
Miss Florence Powell both of
Athens, Mrs. W. R. Long, San
dersville, and Mrs. J. G. Hollis,
Newnan; one son, W. D. Powell,
New Orleans, La.,, and a number
of grandchildren and great-grand
children.
A native of Oglethorpe county,
Mrs. Powell was the daughter of
the late Dr. and Mrs. William Da
venport; one of Oglethopre coun
ty’s best known couples. She had
been a resident of this city for the
past fifty years and was the sister
of the late Mrs. Charles N. Hodg
son of Athens.
One of this community’s oldest
citizens, Mrs. Powell had been a
member of First Methodist Church
since moving to Athens. During
her long residence here she had
formed a large circle of friends
who are deeply saddened by her
death. For the past several years
she had been confined to her home
because of illness and her advanc
ed age. 3