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Vol. CXVII, No. 33.
Capacity Audience
Hears Boyle Today
Outstanding Speakers Head
Third Day Of Press Institute
{al Boyle, Associated Press columnist and Pulitzer
rrize winner, speaking at the Georgia Press Institute this
morning, said that “desire for security” seens to describe
the main interest of the American people today.
State Hospital
Plan Viewed
At GPI Dinner
Attendants at the dinner last
night given by the Augusta Chron
icle for Georgia Press Institute
members heard a speech by Dr.
G. Lombard Kelly, dean of the
University of Georgia School of
Medicine at Augusta, in which he
discussed plans to bring low-price
medical aid to everyone and to
“improve medical education and
medical care in Georgia.”
Yesterday afternoon discussions
were held on “Newspaper Promo
tion” and “Women’s Interests in
Newspapers” and a forum was
held on “The Newspaper and the
Community.”
Presents Plans
In talking on the two themes,
«american Medical . Association”
and “Socialized Medicine” Dr.
Kelly presented his plans and told
how they would function and be
of benefit. ‘His speech on these
serious subjects was interspersed
with humor throughout.
Dr. Kelly’s two point plan on a
way to give medical care to every
one without regimentation of the
people or the medical profession
as would be necessary in socialized
medicine is: (1) Increase Social
Security tax sufficiently for hos
pitalization and also medical and
surgical care and appropriation of
general taxes for those not cov
ered by Social Security; (2)
Establishment of a large loan fund
for the benefit of the middle class
at a nominal rate of interest to
be repaid over a long period of
time in order to take care of
catastrophic illness which com
pletely disrupt the economic
status of some families.
He said he doesn’t approve of
socialized medicine.
Dr. Kelly declared that the
American Medical Association has
been criticized for not coming out
with a better plan than socialized
medicine, but he said this should
be a cooperative affair to get low
priced medical care for everyone
and not only the duty of the medi
cal profession.
Medical Ethies
He added that medical ethics
are intended to protect the public
and not the medical profession.
His plan for “improving medi
cal education and medical care in
Georgia” as outlined in his speech
last night calls for the re-organi
zation of the hospital system of
Georgia, with administration vest
ed in a constitutional board and
with the supervision of medical
care in all state-operated hospitals
under the direction the Georgia
Schools of Medicine.
In a brochure, “A Step Forward
in Medical Education and Medical
Care In Georgia,” given attendants
at the dinner last night it was dis
closed that “the proposed new
plan not only will not exceed pres
ent costs for medical care in
Georgia but, as a matter of fact,
would effect economies that
would, almost immediately, re
duce operating costs.”
The essential features of the
plan are as follows: (1) the crea
tion by the State Legislature of a
constitutional board to take over
the business management of all
state hospitals and infirmaries
where patients are treated at state
expense; (2) the said legislation
to entrust the professional care of
inmates of all state hospitals and
infirmaries to the faculties of the
two medical schools in Georgia.
(3) The construction and opera
tion of a general state hospital on
the campus of the state school of
medicine; (4) the requirement of
a fifth or interne year of all stu
dents in the University of Georgia
School of Medicine before the
granting of a diploma, this intern
ship to be served on a rotation
basis in the general state hospital
on the medical school campus, the
University Hespital in Augusta,
In the state hospitals and in
firmaries and in such city hos
bitals in Georgia as are approved
for intern training by the Amer
can Medical Association. . .
(5) The rotation of assistant resi
dents, residents, assistant pro
fessors and professors of the Uni
evrsity of Georgia School of
Medicine among the various state
hospitals and infirmaries.
The foregoing plan will (1)
Provide medical care for the in-
Mates of state hospitals and in
firmaries; (2) it will give more
and better training to the young
Physicians who are trained under
this plan and (8) it will produce
better trained physicians, he said.
Discussions !
Presiding over the discussion on
Newspaper Promotion” w as
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WATCH FOR A WAY TO HELP FIGHT HEART DISEASE
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Opening the third day of the
21st Institute was David L. Cohn,
Southern author and magazine
writer, who was sponsored by the
National Conference of Christians
and Jews, AYso speaking on this
morning’s slate were Robert T.
Elson, chief of correspondents of
Time, and Doris Fleeson, Washing
ton correspondent.
~ War Experiences
Mr. Boyle, who won a Pulitzer
Prize for war-time reporting,
talked on his experiences during
the war and related numerous
anecdotes. He said since the war
he has been assigned to travel
around the United States and
write about post-war America.
In his travels, he said, he has
found that the pattern toward
“desire for security” may change
America and the world in many
ways.
Mr. Boyle, guest of the Macon
Telegraph-News, told the over
flow crowd that he is an optimist.
He believes that the world is be
coming better and he says that
now, “we have a real chance to
make a better world.”
. “The most melancholy fact
about the National Conference of
Christians and Jews is that it has
to exist at all, “Mr. Cohn said. He
also said, “It should not be neces
sary to have national organizations
to bring about a reconciliation be
tween men of good will after a
period of 2000 years of civilizing
influences.”
He asserted that large numbers
of people in the U. S. are corroded
by unconscious or sub-conscious
resentments springing from their
inabilities to eccupy place in so
ciety commensurate with the edu
cation they have received.
Recent Warning ;
Citing a recent warning by the
Veterans’ Administration. that the
saturation point in production of
nearly all types of professional
men is rapidly being reached, he
warned that the increasing num
ber of university graduates in pro
fessional fields may soon create
the danger of turning loose in the
U. S. a large group of frustrated
intellectuals.
Robert T. Elson, chief of cor
respondents, Time magazine, spoke
at 11:05 a. m. on “The Problem of
Interpretation.”
He blamed the failure of the
whole American press and radio
to’ estimate correctly the outcome
of the presidential election on their
failure to evaluate current social
trends which have exerted an ir
resistible pull to the left in politics
since World War 1.
“The journalistic failure illus
trates so well the perils of inter
pretative reporting,” he said. “If
a whole press can fail to discern
a political trend, how can the press
determine the crest of a depres
sion; the change in the mood of
the nation?”
“The honest answer is that we
don’t know. But if we are to give
effective reasons in answer to the
readers’ why, then we will have
to keep on reminding ourselves not
to think in cliches. Explanatory
reporting can only be truly suc
cessful if it is preceded by true
inquiry.”
- At noon today, Doris Fleeson,
noted Washington correspondent,
addressed tne Press Instilute. Her
address was followed by a lunch
eon at the Georgian Hotel spon
sored by The Atlanta Journal.
Editor Wright Bryan presided.
The second annual Armed
Forces Public Informaticn Sym
posium was held at 2:30 this aft
ernoon. An evening session will
be held for. National Guard and
U. S. Army and Air Forces Re
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MERCURY PLUNGES BELOW ZERO
New Cold Blast Checks Floods,
Snow Slides In Stricken West
By The Associated Press
Colder weather helped check
the rash of floods and snow
slides in parts of the Pacific
Northeast toaay as a new blast
of snow and winds punched wea
ther-Gregory Wyoming.
Lower temperatures in the
flooded inland areas of the paci
fic Northwest reduced the flow of
water from the rain swollen
streams and snowslides. But floods
threatened the coastal area where
temperatures were higher.
Wyoming, pourided almost daily
by snow and wind storms for
weeks, was in the path of the fresh
mass of cold air which spread in
to the Northern plains. The strong
northerly winds and blowing snow
struck the Northeastern part of
the state and re-blocked newly
cleared roads. The mercury fell
rapidly after yesterday's readings
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FRANCE HONORS MISSISSIPPI GlßL—Lionel Vasse
tlert), consul general of France, pins the Medalle de
la. Reconnaissonce Francaise on Betty Jane Holder,
assistant soc‘;y editor of the Jackson (Miss.) Clar
-lon-Ledget, at a reception in New Orleans. Misz Hoider
was awarded the decoration by France for har work in
sending 7,200 pounds of food, clothing and other
needed supplics to the French village of Mouleydier.
—AP Phetn)
TALMADGE SIGNS BILL TIGHTENING
STATE NEWSPAPER LIBEL LAWS
ATLANTA, Feb. 18.—(AP)—Governor Herman Tal
ma lge today signed a tightened newspaper libel law and
urged the Georgia Senate to slash its contingent appro
priation bill by $42,000,000.
Is o special message to the Senate just before the ap
propriation mezsure hit the floor, Talmadge declared the
present contingent budget of $77,000,000 “is more than
twice the recommendation made by me in my budget mes-
sags.
The contingent section provides
for vast expansion in state school
funds, and rural roads, hospitals,
welfare payments, and other serv
jces. It hinges upon approval hy
the people in a referendum of new
taxes to finance the program.
“I do not believe that the peo
ple of Georgia can stand addi
tional taxes in the sum of $77,-
000,000 nor will I ask that they
do so,” Talmadge said in his mes
sage to the Senate. i
“It is my urgent recommenda
tion that -you reduce the figure to
substantially the recommendation
made by me in my budget mes
sage.”
Sen. Lee Purdom of Blackshear,
chairman of the Appropriations
Committee, said he still, would
urge the Senate to drop the con
tingent appropriations section
completely until a definite course
on new taxes is charted. ,
Meanwhile, the Legislature
moved toward another compro
mise on a major measure. Edu
cators said a controversy over vo
cational ‘funds.in the Minimum
#oundation for Education program
has been compromised by taking
out any floors for any section of
the school program. Then if ap
propriations do not fulfill the com
plete proposed $83,000,000 founda~
tion program, funds for each ac
tivity would be cut proportien
ately.
Registration Bill
‘Another controversy which
must be settled before scheduled
adjournment tomorrow centered
about the administration’s re-reg
istration bill. A Senate-House
conference committee amended it
to make a new registration of all
voters permanent. Sen. Spence
Grayson of Savannah said he
would fight to keep in the bill a
provision for periodic registration
every four years.
The Senate slated the budget
bill for action today with one Sen
of above freezing.
The storm moved into Montana
and North Dakota and the mer
cury plunged to below zero in
some areas. It fell to five belew at
Lewistown, Mont., and dropped 29
degrees in six hours at Minot, N.
D. the cold wave was headed for
the North Central States and the
U. S. 'weather’ burgad said tem
perafures would. drop to 15 below
in Northern Minnesota tonight.
Temperatures were much high=
er over the central states and sea
sonable in most other sections of
the country. The only rain. beits
were in Washington and Oregon
and along the Central and West
coast, :
The rains in western Washing
ton and Oregon left many high
ways flooded. Snow slides blocked
roads through passes in the Cas-
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, CA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1949
ator planning to use it as a club
against Agriculture Commissioner
Tom Linder.
At the same time an amend
ment to strike the entire $77,000,-
000 contingent section of the
$185,000,000 monetary measure
was in the offing.
The amendment has been drawn
and provides that the section hing
ing on the raising of new funds be
struck out until the people have
voted on whether they want new
taxes. Such a vote would be cast
on April 5 under pending legisla
tion.
A Senator who asked that his
name not be revealed planned to
insert into the appropriations
measure a proviso that Linder ean
not use the Farmers’ Market Bul
letin to.air his political yiéws.
Such a stipulation Was contained
in the 1931 budget and specifically
stated that the Market Bulletin be
used only for publishing market
notices, .news and quotations for
farmers.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy and cooler with rain
this aftermoon and tonight,
continuing through Saturday.
GEORGIA—CIoudy and mild,
occasional rain beginning this
afternoon, rain and cold tonight
and Saturday.
TEMPERATURE
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Lowest ... v a 8
MEBN - o vses Sien vivm 4DY
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RAINFALL
inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since February 1 ... 5.36
Excess since February 1 .. 2.12
Average February rainfall 5.09
Tctal since January 1 .... 942
Excess since January 1 ... L 72
cade mountains. But transconti
nental trains resumed service
through the Washington Moun
tains. The colder weather in
Northern Idaho temporarily halt
ad the slides that threatened the
mountainous area.
Flood worries were growing in
the Western snowbound area. The
federal geological survey report
ede that the Misséuri river ice
packs are the hkeaviest on record.
‘But in Nebraska a crop statis
tician said a moisture reserve left
by the snow will mean green pas
tures and a rich hay crop in the
cattle country. =
‘At Lincoln, Neb., a farmer told
a legislative committee:
“We want to thank the army for
coming up and opening the roads.
but I think we’ll need the navy
to help bring us out.”
Linder Promises To Begin
Work On Marketiaxt Week
Singing Bandits
WS o &
W g 0 Dnnkem 9
Take Cash Easily
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18—
(AP)—Music undeniably hath
charms.
S measat a 5 o SoStESEEOtE, 3
well-dressed young man walked
into a quiet bar last night, or
dered a drink and sat down at
the piano. Soon he began fto
play and sing most melodiously.
The other patrons and the man
ager, Robert H. Rosen, called
for more.
“With a voice like that,” said
Rosen, “you ought to be able to
make a lot of money.”
The youth agreed. And to
prove the point, he and his com
panion produced guns, took $240
from the cash register and left,
humming softly.
Russian Roulette
Fatal Game To
Georgia Soldier
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 18—
(AP)—A game of “Russian Rou
lette” resulted in the fatal shoot
ing of a Fort Warren soldier,
the public information office an
nédinced yesterday.
The soldier was listed as Pvt.
Aubrey C. Allen, 18, of Atlanta,
Ga., a 2 member of an air police
squadron.
In playing “Russian Roulette,”
the participant places one cart
ridge in a reveolver and spins the
cylinder, then points the wea
pon at his head and pulls the
trigger. .
Fort Warren authorities said
an investigation of the sheoting
is being made.
Allen is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Agnes E. Boyd of
Atlanta.
CASTRONOMICAL FEATS CONTINUE
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Michigan Student To Match
6 - 9 egeo ®
Eating’ Ability With Hog
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 18.—(AP)—A University of
Micliigan jumor said today that he would try to outeat a
nog. &
Liie contest is scheduled for Saturday between Paul H.
Smich, an engineering student, and Broadview Perfect
Lsd, a four-months-old hog.
Both will weigh in ‘as light
heavyweights —at 165. pounds.
Smith hopes to match pound fcr
pound of food with the hog un
til the animal calls it quits.
.~ The hog will eat ground oats,
corn and wheat and wash it
down with milk snd water. Smith
plans to eat from a regular break
fast menu for the first hour and
’then switch to more sustaining
{oods, such as steak, potatoes and
Philly Cabs
Running Again
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 18 —
(AP)—Taxicabs returned to the
Philadelphia street scene today as
the city’s transit strike went into
its second week with faint hope
of an early settlement.
As Philadelphia’s millions went
to work and school this morning,
taxis of the Yellow Cab Company
and independent operators were
rolling for the first time since the
drivers walked out Tuesday.
The striking cabmen began
drifting back to work last night
after officials of the AFL-Taxi
Drivers Union ordered its mem
bers to end their walkout pending
formal negotiations.
-Negotiators in the transit strike
were not as successful.
There was no announcement of
further meetings of the Philadel
phia Transportation Company and
CIO - Transport Workers Union
after a session last night brought
the opposing factions within six
cents of settlement.
Foot-weary commuters gleaned
faint hope, however, from two
developments.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Tells Group
Of Plans To
Push Project
Commissioner of Agriculture
Tom Linder yesterday told a del
cgation of legislators and Athens
citizens that construction of the
Northeast Georgia Farmers Mar
ket will begin:here some lime next
week.
The delegation which conferred
with the Commissioner was com
prised of Speaker of the House
Fred Hand, Mayor Jack Wells,
Millard Seagraves, chairman of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
Market Committee, Senator
George Brooks of Oglethorpe
county and Representatives Chap
pelle Matthews and C. O. Baker of
Clarke; Barber, of Jackson; Col
lier of Oglethorpe, Whitworth of
Madison; Gerrard of Wilkes; Bris
coe of Walton; Tampling of Mor
gan; Campbell of Oconee and Ben
nett of Barrow.
Mayor Wells and Mr, Seagraves
both said today that the legisla~
tors from surrounding counties
were very much enthused over
the market and pointed out its
value to this section of the state.
They agreed that Athens is the
logical place for the Markeét and
urged Commissioner Linder to be
gin work on the building at the
earliest possible moment. The
Commissioner promised ta hagin
construction next week.
The Farmers Market, one of
several being built at different
points in the State, was proposed
for Athens year before last by
Mayor Wells and the Junior
Chamber of Commerce endorsed
the proposal, appointing a special
committee comprised of Mr., Sea
graves, Howell C. Erwin, jr., and
B. R. Bloodworth, jr., to raise
funds for purchasing the site on
the Athens-Atlanta highway. The
Market site is comprised of about
six acres of land and is ideally
Land ¥s Bought
~ The Market was promised sev
eral months ago by Commissioner
’Linder when he addressed a group
of businessmen and farmers from
adjoining counties at the Clarke
county court house, The Com
missioner said if the site was made
available the State would build
the Market. As a result of such
a jproposal the money was raised
to buy the land and the deed was
presented the State by a delega
tion of Athenians in Atlanta sev
eral months ago.
It:is declared that location of
one of the State Farmers Markets
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vegetables. .
The contest climaxed a growing
series of gastronomical feats on
the campus. ‘One student ate 48
oysters and a second bested him
by eating 76. A girl student ate
12'3 hamburgers, falling half o
’burger short of the intercolliegi
ate record. 5
Dr, Warren E., Forsythe of the
University health service called
the exhibitions “disgusting and
silly” and remarked:
“You could go and get a hog
that could eat more than that.”
Smith said he would try to
prove Dr. Forsythe wrong.
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FIRE DESTROYS LUMBER COMPANY—-Firemen battle a wonden faetorv fire that
wiestroyed the Argenta Products Company plant at Kastport, Maiue, after acid and
*nther chemicals, stored in the plant, ignited. Twelve persons escaped injery and
damage was set at more than $225,000.— (NEA Telephoto.)
German Woman
Loses Skirt In
Busy Street Car
HAMBURG, Germany, Feb.
18.—(AP)—Street cars crowd
ed in your town? Feel some
times you e iosing your lAL Of
coat in that jam?
A conductor in a Hamburg
sireet car cesaed his fare col
lecting job for a minute to hol
ler to the passengers: ‘“Anyone
lost a skirt?”
He held the garment daintily
between thumb and forefinger.
A young lady quickly check
ed underneath her coat. She
* blushed, buttoned up her coat,
i shrieked, grabbed the skirt and
i jumped off the car,
Paul 1. lton
Will Speak
Here Tonight
Paul I Ilton, noted Biblical
archaeologist will speak tonight
at the Temple, Jackson and Han
cock Sireef, under auspices oi ihe
B'nai B’nai Hillel Foundation at
the University of Georgia and of
Congregation Children of Isreal.
The general public is cordially in
vited to hear this celebrated speak
er.
Mr. Ilton’s address will immed
iately follows the regular Sabbath
Eve services of the Congregation,
which begin at 8 o’clock. And af
ter the lecture, there will be a re
ception in Mr. Ilten’s honor in the
Stern Community House, adjoin
ing the Temple, under auspices of
the Sisterhood.
Mr. Ilton brings to America
from Palestine a rare collection
of archéological treasurés —the
devoted labor of the last twenty
years. The Bible itself was his
most helpful source when he be
gan his fascinating work of ex
cavating and collecting some twen
ty years ago. Guided by Biblical
frontiers, he traveled through
Palestine, Trans-Jordan and Syria
making discoveries of objects from
the time of Abraham, King Solo
mon and Jeremiah to the destruc
tion of E}he Second Temple. He
found Egytian, Babylonian, and
Hebrew gold jewelry in forgotten
Arab villages and coins in the old
City of Jerusalem aecreted deep
in hidden walls, He devoted much
time to Jewish family life as far
back as 3,000 years ago and has
a large collection of gold, glass
and stone jewelry with which
Jewish women -adorned them
selves. In his travels Ilton be
came very familiar with the cus
toms and social structure of pri
and acquired a wealth of colorful
legends there from. During the
last five years, traveling has been
at times rather dangerous, but
his travels have always been re
warded with the discovery of pre
cisius his torical objects. :
In an exciting lecture, Mr. Ilton
discusses and displays the most
interesting pieces from his coi
lection of 1650 items. Every
item, apa rftrom its his his
torical import, tells an intrest
ing personal legend full of secrecy,
mystery and sometimes humor.
Qutstanding in his collection
are—the Cuneiform Letter dated
i2’ooo B. C. E. with the first in
scription of the word JU-DA . . .
the Stone Seal inscribed with“Za
[dok Naphtali” in Proto-Semitic
)language, probable language of the
Ten Commendments, dating from
itime of Exodus and found at Si
[nai itself—and some of the most
perfect antique jawelry from the
ltime of Abraham until 400 C. E.
including the only gold philoso
| pher Thucydides.
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One Is Killed
And Ten Hurt
In Accident
Mrs. Roy Carroll, 38, of Jeffer
son, was killed and her husband
and five children were injured
last night near Jefferson in &
head-on automaohile colligion with
another car rushing a negro
woman to a doctor.
The negroes, Essie Cooper, 40,
had been injured a few minutes
earlier when struck by a truck.
She was picked up in a car
driven by Hamp Williams, 26.
In the car with Williams were
Henry Lee Shields, 13, and C. D.
Kidd, 30. All are negroes.
The four negroes were brought
to Athens General Hospital where
attaches said this morning their
condition - was not considered
cerious pending reading of x-rays.
Mr. Carroll and the five chil
dren were rushed to the hospital
in Commerce. Attaches there this
morning said Mr. Carroll’s condi
tion was considered critical while
Betty Ruth Carroll, 12, and Gazelle
Carroll, 8, were reported in good
condition. Harley Carroll, 4, sus
tained a broken leg. Condition of
Roy Carroll, jr., 6, was serious
last night but he had not been re
examined by his physician this
morning when the hospital was
contacted by telephone. Theé con
dition of Montine Carroll, 16, was
serious, but not critical, the hos
pital said. e
Beverly Hills
Home Bombed
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb.
18. — (AP). — The home of the
owner of famed Ciro’s night
club was wrecked early today by
a bomb hurled into a front bed
room. No one was hurt.
The “blast shattered: windows
of homes nearby, including those
of such famous neighbors as
James Roosevelt, Carmen Miran
da, and symphony conductor
Bruno Walter.
H. D. Hover, owner of the Sun
set Strip hangout of movie stars,
‘told police that he smelled pow
‘der soon after the blast. He said
he and a Filipino houseboy were
asleep in the rear of the eight
room home.
Police Officer Myron Kilgore
kaid bomb fragments were found
at the scene but that the type of
bomb had not yet been determ
ined.
Hover said he was unable to
give any niotive for the deed.
The police later announced the
arrest of a truck driver who they
said had dynamife combplete with
sfuses on his truck. He was arrest
ed about two blocks from the
scene of tihe blast but Kilgore
said he collapsed at the station
‘'house before he could be ques
tioned.
Sally Defense
Wiitness Turns
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18—(AP)
—A defense witness shouted from
the stand today that “Axis Sally”
threatened Americans in a Ger=-
man prison camp in 1944.
The witness, Gunnar Dranks
holt, a Northwestern University
student, had been called as a gov
ernment witness but was not put
on the stand by the prosecutors.
James J. Laughlin, chief defense
attorneyy, put Drangshold on the
stand to ask whether Mildred E.
(Axis Sally) Gillars, 48, told him
she represented the Red Cross.
Miss Gillars is on trial for treason
charges. s