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Newspaper Page TextSINCH MIDDLING ...... 83%40 pm——TL T g R g Vol CXVII, No. 34. State Wide Burglar Ring Smashed Here Legislature’ Slashes Budget, Passes Rr - Registration Bill Home Rule Measure Perishes [n Hasty Adjournment Drive ATLANTA, Feb. 19.— (AP) —The Georgia Legisla ture today slasned more than $40,000,000 of the state's contingent budgel, ordered a re-registration of all voters forthwith, 2pd then adjourned without enacting home In its last jam-packed dJay, the Assembly also coin pleted action caliing for a state-wide vote April 5 on new laxes to finance the contingent budget. It sliced the expansion program {0 $45985,000, more than $lO,- 000,000 above the figure suggest ed by Governor Herman Tai madge. Put this was a drastic cut in the 877,000,000 propesed by the Senate appropriations committee, snd the $55,000,000 passed cariier by the House. The Minimum Foundation Pro gram for Education fook the pbrunt of a $7,000,000 cui,:the first attempt to reduce the pro gram. All of the contingent sec tion is dependent ‘oa new taxes. If voters approved expanded funds for schoels, rural roads, rial hospitals and welfare pay ments, the Assembly will dig in for .a special session in May to enact the new taxes, Adjournment came at 6:13 p. m,, EST, afters the Senate failed to call up a bouse-passed muni cipal home rule bill. It cgrries over to the regular session next January 16, - The regular appropriation of $108,000,000, te be financed from present tax laws, also passed both houses. In the wind-up the Senate passed a FHouse - approved bill permitling Sunday movies and athletic contests. It provides ior Sunday performancés upon . ap-: proval of a mayer and eity coun cil, or upen petition of 25 per cent of the registered voters of a city. Governor Talmadge dropped by both the Senate and House chan bers to thank the legislators. i SNOWSLIDES BLOCK RAILS FRESH COLD WAVE, FLOODS HIT WEST By The Associated Fress New snow and cold zipped into the western mountains blame siaies Seturday and flooding develeped in south eastern Nebraska. Ihe cold wave spread south and east, and was expect ¢d 0 check the melting which overspread some I£.ooo acres of farmlands with water from the Nemaha Kiver, Muddy Creck, and Pony Creek. - The weather bureau said the moved from a disaster emergency Hlissouri was near Bankfull from Rulo, Neb., to St. Joseph, Mo., and likely to spill over inthat area. Flood danger eased off in Ore son Saturday, but the relief was only temporary. New mountain Sows piled to heights offncxa}s termed “alarming,” and the Snow's Water content was was mounting fast. The snow in some reaches of the Cascade Range was nearly three times deeper than last year, When the Columbia river flooded dlsastrous]y. | Two snowslides in the Blue Mountains in Eastern = Oregon blocked the Union_ Pacific’s main line east, The road’s main line tracks had just been reopened in Wyoming, ‘ In the Willamette River Valley of Oregon, Eugene was spared from flpoq when a heavy rain- Storm veered away from the head- Waters, The river was expected to crest at 25 feet, five feet above flood level, at Salem Sunday night Or early Monday. The new chill brought sub-zero temperatures from Eastern Mon tana across North Dakota to North Dakgta to Noirthern Minne -ota, with cut bank, Mont., near the Canadian border registering % below zero, v : ; It spread into the ce\?tflal Plﬂ;nnfi PPer Mississippi Valley a Great Lakes regg.ms in modified form, dispelling mild weather of the past two days or more. Light snow fell from Central Idahd Eastwara through Montana, Northern Wyoming, the Dakotas, sor};}westem Nebraska and Orthern Minnesota. Except in M'%a and North Dakota, the new storm had a less ;GVZW effect than c%ta pameogf Tedecessors on open 5 “ations in the r%’éwﬂf drifted areag of#;le Not%&rn?lalns Maj, Lewis A. ick, in charge of fifth arm crews who have been fightinig to open roads, said he had ‘tcommended that five counties 4 portions of two others be re ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Associated Press Service As he spoke in the House, for mer Governor M. E. Thompson was seated in the visitors gallery. Talmadge praised the law makers as “the hardest working group I have 'ever seen” and thanked them for passing the orogram promised in his cam paign. ’ “You have enacted all the leg islation that I pledged to the peo ple during my .campaign excepi for a constitutional highway board. That can wait until ihe 1950 session, since it can not be voted on until November, 1950, anvhow.” ’ New Voter Lists | The re-registration bill wives ‘out the present list of 1,200 vot ers and sets up voter qualifica tions. Talmadge called for the measure to end what he termed bloc voting by negroes The bill originelly called {for periodic re-registration but this feature was eliminated and the nev list of voters will become a permaneiii one. Voter™ qualifications provide ihat an applicant must be able to read ’ﬁr writs t;i ﬁonsiitutic.ns es “intelligently or legibly” in the opinien of lecal registrars. If an applicant is unable to do eicher, he must answer at least ten of thirty questions deajing - with governmental set-iups. An attempt was made in the Senate to attach a rider to the tax referendum bill which would permit vcters also to decide whether they want a constitu tional highway board. status in Nebraskz. Three South Dakota counties were dropped from rescue operations Saturday. Eariier heavy snow and wind heaped more drifts in montana. There, hundreds of roads are blocked by snow. ° McGREGOR CATALOG TAKES CAKE Athens Concern Wins National Recognition; Gets First Prize CHICAGO, Feb. 19—(AP)—The McGregor Company of Athens, Ga., has been awarded first prize for its catalog on school supplies and equipment by the National School Service Institute. The Athens firm operates a large printing establishment and retail store and sells school equip ment and supplies as weil as oi fice furniture. L. E. Parmenter, executive sec retary of the Chicago Institute wired the Georgia company that impartial judges had selected the catalogue printed by McGregor as the best in the field. The judges were unanimous in their decision. . A silver cup, emblematic of the award," will be forwarded to the McGregor Company of which George H. Thornton is president. ‘Walter W. Hayes-is head of the printing department. The catalog \was prepared under the direction of G. A. Booth, secretary and treasurer of the company. LEADING CONCERN Although it has been recognized for many wyears as one of the largest companies of its kind in the southeast, the award of first Considine (limaxes 2ist Georgia Press Institute Four-Day Meeting 14 Killed In British Air Coliision - COVENITRY, Eng., Feb. 19 — (AP)—A British airliner and a Royal Air Force Trainer bomber collided at 2,000 feet in a clear sky today, killing all 14 occupants of the two planes. | Three Americans were among the six passengers and four crew men on board the transport, a British European Airways twin engined Dakota (DC-3). Both aircraft burst into flames and disintegrated in the air. Frag ments covered an area of 200 acres. Some wreckage fell only 200 yards from a hospital. ‘The Air Ministry said four RAF men in the trainer were on a‘ practice flight. The airliner was' on a scheduled trip from London to Renfrew, Scotland. Mrs. A. L. Teeming, near whose house the Dakota’s fuselage fell,‘ told reporters: \ “I was coming out of my back door when I heard a loud expla sion. I looked up into the sky and saw a billowini cl# d 'f black Parts of it scattered into thous ands of pieces, but the main body fell, twirling slowly like a syca more seed.” 5 1 The air line identified the dead Americans as Mr. and Mrs. J. £ Michaels of Chicago and Henry C. Aitken, 26, an employe of the Chase National Bank in London. Michaels, an iron and steel dealer, was here to sell serap to the government Ministry of Sup ply. ATHENS AND VICINITY Cloudy and warm with few light showers. GEORGIA — Considerable cloudiness and warm with scattered showers Sunday. Monday, partly cloudy and continued warm., TEMPERATURE Highewt ... Vil enes D 8 VOWest .. LIT T o aneD Mabs ... vl e iy ol Morail ... o o e RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours .. ... .95 Total since February 1 ... 6.31 Evcess since February ! 2.86 Average February rainfall 5.09 Total since January 1 ....10.37 Excess since January 1 ... 2.51 prize for its school equipment cat alog by the National School Ser vice Institute brings The MeGre gor Company merited national recognition. . The Associated Press digpatch announcing ' that The McGregor Company had been awarded such an outstanding honor, carrying with it the award of a silver cup and plaque points out that the company has three major depart ments, printing, retail and office and school supplies. The retail department, oldest division of The McGregor Com pany, has long been noted for the variety of the line of suppiies it sells. The printing department, in operation for fifty years, has become one of the biggest in Georgia and the office furniture and school supply departments employ a staff,of salesmen who cover several states in this region of the United States. ¢ Thei ‘telegram - in: which the award is annqunci;taws that the jucges were ‘sele€ted from out side of the membership of the Na tional School S’érvidf‘“llgtitutq, in order that complete impartiality in she choice of the winnar wanld SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GCEORGIA OVER A CENTURY ATHENS, CA.. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1949 Affair Closes With Luncheon; Sigma Delta Chi Honors Twelve The 21st Georg:a Press Institute was brought to a cli max yesterday with a speech by Bob Considine, noted au thor and svndicated columnist. ~ In his address on “The Meaning of The News” he said that he be lieved General Ike Eisenhower is “the greatest man in this country.” The Institute, a four~day meet ing attended by journalists from all over Georgia, was brought to a close with a luncheon given by The Atlanta Constitution imme diately following Consindine’s speech in the University Chapel. In his address Considine told the editors and newspaper people that the press of this nation is far bet ter than that of any other country. The famed author of “The Babe Ruth Story” and other books told of some of his varied and interest ing experiences in the newspaper field. He was introduced by Clark Howell, publisher and pres ident of The Atlanta Constitution, who said Considine is “one of the world’s top newsmen.” | Atomic Bomb ' ~_ Considine, International News Service writer, talked extensively on the Atomic Bomhb and re effects everyone. . e o He told the large audience that Babe Ruth “must have been greatest hero we’ve ever known— greater than any soldier or presi=; dent.” He said the ‘“Babe” ap+' pealed to nearly everyone, even little boys and girls that were not born until after he had quit base ball playing. ‘ The curtain was rung down on the 1949 Tastitute at the luncheon in the Georgian Hotel. Hugh Trot ti, vice-president gnd business manager of the Constitution, pre sided. He introduced various members of the Constitution staff including Ralph McGill, editor. | Brown Speaks Also speaking on this morning’s slate was Robert U. Brown, Edi tor and Publisher, who warned that rising costs of labor and ma terials is cutting rapidly into the profits of newspaper publishing. Costs of the modern daily have risen at an alarming rate faster than profits have risen, with a paper of today costing about 80 per cent more than the same pa per would have cost on V-J Day, he explained. “From an overall viewpoint, the picture is not too rosy,” he summed up. W. B. Williams of the Country Gentleman spoke on agriculture in the South. He cited agriculturai needs in the South. Following his speech the Georgia Agricultural Extension . Service Trophy was awarded to the Nashville Herald. Representing the paper was Edi- prevail. The telegram follows: “G. A. Booth, “The McGregor Company “Athens, Georgia “Congratulations!y, Your school supply and equipment catalog to night was awarded the first prize as being the best catalog in the United States in the field. Impar tial professional judges were un animous in their decision. Silver cup and plague emblematic of this award will be forwarded to you. “L. E. Parmenter, Executive Secretary ‘‘National School Service w Institute”. Tribute To Company The award not only recognizes the catalog as the best arranged of any competing in the Institute but it is also a tribute to the print ing department of The McGregor Company, where it was printed. It is done in several éolgs. The front cover i brown and blue, showing the McGregotf trade mark with the date thé company was es tablished, 1888.+ ng is wﬂ a type that provides a 100 effect making it ‘easy to rur through the pages because Dﬁ tor A. W. Starling. Costume Party Friday night the Savannah Morning News-Evening Press en tertained at a costume party. Earl i’ier a dinner for members of the Georgia Collegiate Press Associa tion was held. ~ Friday afternoon and evening the Second Annual Armed Forces Public Information Symposium was held. That afternoon three discussion groups were also held. In the Armed Forces. Symposi um the servicemen told their side of newspaper stories then the journalists told theirs. After the talks the Gardner Advertising Company feted the persons with a dinner then sessions were held on publicity for recruiting pur poses. Initiated into Sigma Delta Chi, honorary journalism fraternity, were Bert Struby, Macon Tele graph-News; Bryon C. Anglin, Stewart-Webster Journal, Rich land; Carl Broome, Brantley En- Vidalig Adv@nce; Jack -R. Horn ady, #Kings BFeatures ‘‘Syndicate, New ¥ork Gty; Jim Chism, Pel ham dournal; Ch&?j Coleman, United Press, Atlanta: \ Carl Routitree, Dawson News; ‘Ward Greene, King Features Syn dicate, ,New York City; Stanley }’m:k{%n, Qarroll County Geor gian, Carrollton; Julian F. Gran g’er, .United Press, Knoxville, enn.; L. L. Patten, Lanier Coun- | ty News, Lakeland. FUNDS FOR RESEARCH NEEDED NEIGHBORS HEADS HEART CAMPAIGN Organization of an Athens Heart Association with Dr. J. B. Neighbors. jr., as chairman, opens the way fer local citizens to contribute to the research program: now being mapped for the purpose of finding the key to heart dis eases which hitherto have baffled medical science and caused more deaths than any other bedily ailment. Associated with Dr. Neighbors in conducting the Athens and Clarke ° county solicitation of funds are Gordon Dudley, fto whom contributions are 1o be Isent; Julian Cox, Fain Slaughter, |lvﬁiton Leathers and Max Mich ael. The local group will be as sociated with the Georgia Heart Association which is affiliated with the American Heart Asso ciaftori. Cason J. Callaway is national sponsor representing Georgia, and James V. Carmich-] ael is state campaign cnairman for Georgia | . To Conduct Research | The fuinds raised in Athens and other = communities in Georgia will be apportioned upon a basis of g‘l:out seventy percent for use in this state and the balance to be #sent tc the American Heart Association. The national office will devcte more than haif of the funds - it receives to research in thg‘ causes of the diseases of the heart and bloced vessels. Three mffior ‘diseases — rheumatic fe v (forerunner of rheumatic heéart disease), high bslood pres~ s and hardening of the corc nary arteries — cause more than nifiety percent of all heart dis ease, yet the causes of these three are still unknown. Research into the causes is expected to pavs e way for measures of preven ion and cure. ‘Re ntly Doris Lockerman, in [AR*article published by The At ifanta Constituiion, commented on i#he aims of the Heort Cantpaign &8 follows: i ™The ' costume jewelry of the jloment is a little red plastic Weart that is as timely as the Muk Perfection camellias that' afe worn so proudly these days i St is & reminder, of course, hat the wearer is an enlisted sol dier in the battle against heart _ “Y¥immy Carmichael, who ad G.H. Thornton Is Paid High Tribute ’ George H. Thornton, a director of the Athens Y.M.C.A. for over 25 years, is today serving the or ganization as a Director—Emeritus for life. The Board of Directors recently appointed Mr. Thornton, one of Athens best liked citizens, to the new position. Ned Hodgson, also recently appointed a Director Em eritus for lif,e and Mr. Thornton are the only two men ever to be given this honor by the local (‘YY’; Mr. Thornton, president of the McGregor Company and resident of 453 Hill street, began serving the “Y” before World War I when he took an active part in many community-wide drives for the benefit of the organization. This was before the establishment of the Comunity Fund, which in cludes the “Y” as one of the se veral benefitting organizations. During his long length of faith ful service he has been active on many committees of ﬁ Bm rd of ‘Rotary Club and has recently been made a Deacon Emeritus for life of the First_Baptist Church. He has been a on since 1913. ; ~ Mr." Thornto %g?"has lived in Athens since “he Was six years old, is married to the former Miss Lottie Jackson of this city. ! They have two sons, George jr. and W. B. (Dub), both of whom took active parts in Y.M.C.A. ac tivities while in Athens. They both are in business in Florida now. mitted the other day he seemed to have simply quit working for a living in his fervor to help causes which have won his sym=- pathy, told about his interest in heart disease in language we could all understand. “‘A docter friend of mine came (Continued On Pag, Three) $16,000 QUOTA SET FOR THIS YEAR Five Athenians Selected To Lead (larke County Red Cross Campaign Five well known Athenians have been selected to lead the annual Red Cross finance campaign to be conducted in Clarke county March 1-15, quota for which has been set for $16,000. Serving as county chairman is Howell Erwin, .jr., with B. R. Bloodworth, jr., as co-chairman. Mre, Frank Dudley is chairman of the woman's division with Mrs. D. D. Quilian as co-chairman. Dean William Tate of the University of Georgia heads the University Divi sion, of the drive. The quota of SI,OOO is $2,000 less that the 1948 quota of SIB,OOO and it is hoped the fund will be raised well within the time limit. Seventy-two per cent of the money raised remains here for lo cal Red Cross Work, of which'there are numerous phases, with twenty eight per cent going to the nation al organization. Some of the phases of Red Cross work, local, national, and interna tional are well known, such as its war work and brilliant accomp lishments in disaster relief. Disaster Relief Athenians well remember the terrible twin-tornadoes that struck Gainesville several vears Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area Robberies Total Over $20,000;4 Men Nabbed I 4 7 6y ED THILENIUS, City Editor A collection of Indian Head pennies—neatly packed in r-lls and matked with the letter “X'-—has been crediled with smashing a statc-wide buiglar ring here. Four m:n and & woman are in the custedy of police au thorities today, following the combined work here ot GBI agents, postal inspectors, city and countv police. Authorities said that the ring, using Athens as its headquarters, has netted nearly $20,000 in a widespread series of robberies ranging from safe cracking in post offices to petty larceny of small stores. The three men arrested here were Jet Smith, 38, Jesse Kilgore, 38, and J. N. Williams. The fourth man, Frank Mayfield, escaped a police “trap here and fled to Greenville, S. C. before he was captured. Kilgore and Mayfield both gave their home addresses as Green ville, S. C. Smith" has been ledged in the Federal prison at Elberton, charg ed with post office burglary, and his bond has been placed at $5,000. Kilgore and Mayfield are under indictment in South Carolina for other robberies, while Williams is being held here for further inves tigation. Kilgore has been turned over to Habersham County authorities, while Mayfield and his wife, are being held in Greenville on an old charge of armed robbery. All four men have previous prison records. Series Spread | Police Chief Clarence Roberts said that authorities began work ing on the case several months ago when a series of robberies be-} gan spreading over the state.| After seevral small post otﬁcesl ‘were robbed, postal inspectors joined with GBI agents in the‘ matter. The break came Thursday. Sev-i eral weeks ago, the post office in Hull, Georgia, was robbed, and 1,300 Indian-Head pennies,.a col ‘of F master-Patton, ¢ g 151)“ IWete nﬁ ‘Eﬁmf be on the alert for the coins. Thursday, a local bank notified Chief Roberts that some of the ‘pennies had been deposited. The state and postal agents along with the Clarke County Sheriff’s office were notified and the authorities converged here to track down the clue. The pennies had been deposited by a local cab company. Question ing of the drivers brought further aid. One driver remembered re ceiving the pennies from a lady on South Lumpkin just outside the city limits for cab fare. House Raided Chief Roberts, Sheriff Tommy Huff, GBI Sgt. Jim Haralson, city detectives Hardy and McKinnion, made a raid on the house. The home belonged to Smith, but neither he nor his wife were at home at the time. However, Wil liams and Kilgore were there. A sack, containing some more of the pennies was found between two mattresses, while other were found in one of Mrs. Smith’s poc ketbooks. While investigating the house, Mr. Smith called from town, and was told to come home. He and his wife did so, but Mayfield was tipped off and fled. He later came by the house, picked up his wife, and fled to South Carolina. All persons denied the charges against them, but authorities said the pennies linked Smith to the Hull job. | Meanwhile, GBI agent Woody (Continuea On Page Two) l ago, killing more than 400 people and doing almost untold property damage. Within a matter of min utes after the disaster hit the Red Cross was on its way to the Hall county city and subsequently poured several million dollars into it to bring relief and air rehabili tation. sAthenians will also remember the tornado that struck here some twenty years ago, killing several and demolishing numerous houses. Ent what most people do not knogw is that a number of those homes were rebuilt with Red Cross money. There are many other ways in which the Red Cross helps the comunity that are not so well known as its disaster work, but are most important in the scheme of community welfare and better ment. . The local chapter carries out a program of eight definite services, in addition to any calls for emer gency service that may arise. ; Among the most important of‘i these is the Junior Red Cross, the junior membershg) of the Red Cross and the Red Cross and in schools. Through its channels the skills and services and financial Home Edition Wl G e Row e . e R e k- Boaee das G SR s T RfL A s e e A oS s A P e v ve ] i B ko . ¢ 5 A 3 o § | e 8 B 1 i S :::' o { 3 oo % 3 : T i | §. L 1 v 4 R § . ? B e i ooy % 3 R e i Be W i ’ ' 4:{ SL 4 BE A g id ) ‘;:'.,v' MAX NOAH Civitan Club Hears GSCW Music Head Max Noah, director of music at Georgia State College for Women, Milledgeville, will address the Civitan Club Monday night at its regular bi-monthly meeting in the Holman Hotel at 7 o’clock. Coming to G. S. C. W. some fif teen éydenrs ago,l Mr. l‘goah hitsl gt tracted national attention with his _ ﬁm&ﬁi‘”x“’gf&ﬂi“cﬁoir. Begin~ ning with only a few members, due to his ability as a director, !leadership and undersianding of young people, the choir now num bers over one hundred, being composed of girls from G. S .C, W., and boys from Georgia Mili tary College, also located in Milvy ledgeville, So outstanding has been Mr. Noah’s success in the field of musi cal direction, he was commis sioned by the United States gov ernment to assist in establishing a musical program among the youth of Korea, spending all of the fall quarter in Korea carrying out this assignment. While there he made several hundred slides and a mov ing picture of these peoples and their customs. It is of these ex periences he 'will speak to the club Monday night, To add more coolr to the pro gram, two Korean girls, students at G. S. C. W, will accompany Mr, and Mrs. Noah as guests of the club. (Continued on Page Eight), Tax Assessors . Meeting Monday A public meeting of the City Tax Assessors will be held Mon-~ day afternoon from 2:30 until 5 o'clock in the Council Chamber at City Hall. Purpose of the masting ic tn as. ford citizens an opportunity to dis= cuss tax matters with the asses- SOrSs. contributions of boys and girls can be dericted to end both socially and educationally sound. The pro gram is dirtceted by the teachers in the schools. Incidentally the Junior Red . @ross stages its cam paign at she same time as the senior group. Another wvital activity of the Red Cross is e Home Service program. The first responsibility of the orggg;ﬁpn,‘gis todaﬁ;‘;igt service ” w nan eir familiesnﬁﬂ veter% in meeting those needs which arise from ser vice in the armed forces. This program has been carried on in Athens since World War One in many types of need and assistance. The Red Cross’ heaviest financial expenditure is in this service. Safety Service The Safety Services provided by the Red Cross fall into three categories. One of these deals with First Aid, Water Safety and Acci~ dent Prevention. This is carried on by volunteers and Red Crosg instructors teach classes in first aid to adults, business groups, and school groups. The intsruction is available to all. Another is the swimming and (Continned On Pag. Three)

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, February 20, 1949, Home Edition, Image 1