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A new paint job, plus installation of mod ern facilities has made the stockade a modern penal institution BIG FACE- LIFTING JOB NEARS (OMPLETION AT CTY STOCKADE Modern Facilities Installed; New Food Menus Qutstanding By ED THILENIUS, City Editor One of the greatest face lifting jobs peiiormed on any city puilding in recent years is nearing completion at the City Stockade—in fact it doesn’t look like the same piage it did less than a year ago. < . AR 4 ) g R ":i,:'f:-': SR £ SRR : S IO pat R ;;:g.-:.% i o b b & e R : b SRR i R L R RO T 2 R R B AT BESRRR % s L B R 7 e ?" R f S e i “% B 5 %** : b ; R G £ R e j FaEmERE e o an 0 S G Y 3 E .@ o e Baaa e R E L S DR. ARNOLD GESELL Famous Child Psychologist Speaks Here Dr. Arnold Geseli, pioneer in the study of child kehavior and for many years director of the Yale University Child Develop ment Cliniec, will = lecture on “Child Developmenrt and the On togenesis of Human Behavior” at &15 cn Thursday evening, March 16, in the University. Chapel, un der the auspices of, the University ol Georgia Chapter of the Sc ety of the igma Xi, national linnorary scientific research so ciety. The talk -will be Illustrated Witth moving pictures and should be of great interest to the public generally, Everyone is cordially nvited te attend. Dr. Gesell’s werk has brought the objective viewpoint and tnor oughness of the scientist to bear upon his study of mental devel obment in the human being. To assist him in {racing the growth of such ihings as posture, loco motion, ability to manipulate things, and adjustments to oth~ ers, Dr. Gesell has made sys tematic ‘'moving picture records f.‘imprising over 500,000 feet. of ilm, 34 Maturity Levels On the basis of these records, he has recognized 34 levels of maturity or stages of childhood beginning before birth and run ning through the frist 10 years of life. These studies indicate, then, that muech of the develop= ment of human behavior is inher ént in the individual — a direct Tesult of his inheritance and srowth—and cannot. be modified beyond certain limits by train ng. An appreciation of what these limits of training ars should increase the patience and lolerance of the parent and teacher and should soften the un- Necessarily harsh and unthinking ethods of discipline often used n schools &ind homes. c Dr. Gesell believes that a bet ter knowledge of the facts of child Jevelopment applied 0 bringing up children will help further democracy. Jln order that there would be N confliet between his ,ugpal Thursday Music Appreciation Hour and Dr, Gesell’s lecture, Hugh Hodgson has vm kindly “rvdnged to move the sict hodr UP 10 Tuesday, | Associated Press Service The Stockade committee of the city council, composed of Clyde Basham, Chairman, H. L. Sea graves and R. W. Phillips, yester day listed the improvements upon the building and grounds which 'make the Stockade a modern penal institution. The building has been complete ly repainted inside, new cell blocks put in, modern and sufficient plumbing installed. The police radio station i§ also housed in ﬂ“: ‘stockade, ‘making it possible have a policeman on duty 24- hours a day. Probably one of the most out standing improvements, from the prisoner angle, is the change in the prison food. Inmates today en ioy balanced meals, a far cry from the sandwiches and cold coffee of years gone by. ‘ Two Units The two-story building actually houses two separate units—the city prison and the stockade. Pris oners are held in the city prison on the ground floor, and if con victed are then moved over to the stockade division under the super vision of Stockade Warden A. B. Sharpe. i The prisoners, :while working out their sentences, help construct concrete blocks and pipe which are in turn used by the city in street maintenance. The prison ers also work on the stockade grounds, keeping their appearance orderly at all times. When the face-lifting first be gan, the city prison was moved from the basement to the first floor. In the basement was then installed a new and large boiler with automatic stoker which pro vides ample and even temperature for the building. All the cell blocks were repainted, new mat tresses placed in them, and the en tire place fumigated. 5 Cleaned Daily Today there is no odor in the prison. It is throughly cleaned every day by the inmates, and is kept in an almost spotless condi tion. Hot and cold showers, in tile shower cgsing, are also avail able to the ;Zisoners, while mod ern plumbing facilities add to the efficiency of the sanitary system. On the first floor of the build ing. beside cellblocks for white male prisoners, is also loeated a reception ‘room, the police radio, eating tables, and a spare kitchen.( On the second floor is a room for white women prisoners, an other for colored women and a third for negro men prisoners. Each has its private plumbing facilities. ! ; All food for the prisoners is cooked outside the prison. The stockade official contracted with - (Continued on Page Four) BEAUTIFYING WORK ON HANCOCK BEGINS Beautification of the dirt spaces between the curbstone and side walk on Hancock avenue between Lumpkin street and College ave nue has begun. Last week the Public Wgrks Department put top soil on both sides of the street on Hancock avenue and sowed win ter grass. .The planting of shrubbery around the ‘building soon to be occupied by the Athens Regional Library was also begun last week with the help of the Public Works Department, which also made a cement walk from the curbstone at the entrance to the library building. . It was reported that the lawn in front of the postoffice building will-also be repianted soon, prob | i o i : i g S : . * G % i oo R ; BT TR ; ‘ : ] Sl i 2 i iR N CEEITN e o g ; b " T N m e ] M. . B iNk o o e A e e e Pl e SRR « il R - ( B ) g 3 ,:: 2:; ) 0% . T e B e : : . g G SR QR Py TR eße 5 § % 5 :«Q-E 2 ::33:':3'5‘;::",:;3. R i "F::ET:- ¢ o = " Gae R y t \\_,, SRRy A ¥ SBS B e e (D B i F L U g 1 %’ e.g i e i R R 2 s T i o R R R 1 Sy B SOV . LU BERL M g SR ﬁkT 8 i Erdfamiags | S e e P TR e BgIR E s . T i ONF | SRREER e F B%RRR LT Ry o ] = TS g g“"‘“ gSB R 5 11 ' A 3 1 ' ol & e 4 N W B R T RiG g e e - R S S > o eo T N e L e R % sRO R B ONP L el SR T : Se R f R 3 : g, ; "ﬁf : ;ﬁffv.j i 3 g -::"‘.‘:1" 3 » X » % 3 POLICE RADIO IN STOCKADE—Operator Roy Davis is pictured above al the racio desk 1n the city stock ade. The radio station, which was previously located in the city hall, was moved to, the prison, so that a man could be on dutv at the stockade 24-hours a day. ihe rhone at the right of Officer Davis is for radio opers tion. Other radio equipment is situated in froat of him. Reverend Max James Serves As Boulevard Baptist Pastor E—— = S . % e DT T | A 3 o i i o g 3 3 £ 3 7 L€% X - ( i iR ; 400 G%5 i S REV. MAX JAMES ably with a year-round grass that will improve the appearance of the grounds considerably. It is pointed out that this is one of the handsomest buildings in Athens and a well-kept, green-all-year round lawn set off by the giant magnolias in front of the building will make it a beautiful spot, add ing to the attractiveness of that section of the City. Grass has been planted in front of the postoffice on Hancock by the City and the public is request ed not to walk on it. Give the grass a chance to come up, it is urged. If the grass ic allowed to grow along both : sides of ihe street on Hancock it will contri bute much to the general attrac tivenase of Atheng it is declared. SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGCIA OVER A CENTURY ATHENS, CA., SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1949. REPUBLICANS SHUN DEMOCRATS COMPROMISE ON FILIBUSTER Demos Support Bid Crumbles Behind ‘Gag’ Cracking Move WASHINGTON, March s.—(ALl)—Democratic lead ers bid for—and failed to get—strong Republican support today for their efforts to break a Southern filibuster in ihe Seiate. = Dixie Democrats, riding what they think is a victory crest, kept we Senate for the sixth day from acting on a motion by Senator Lucas of Illinois, their party’s leader, to take up a rules change which ?its at filibusters. Senator Fulbright (D-Ark) held the floor during most of an abbre viated Saturday session. ~ Qutside the chamber itself, Lu Reverend Max James of Bob Jones University in Greenville, S. C., is serving as the first pastor of Boulevard Baptist Church, or ganized here two and one-half months ago. The pastor is teaching English literature as a graduate fellow in the field of his secondary concen tration at the University and at the same time is engaged in work in the Graduate School of Reli gion. 4 i . He is from Southeast Missouri, having graduated from high school in Jackson. He volunteered for cervice in the Army Air Corps in June of 1942 and was honorably discharged in July of the follow ing year. i D 3 Being licensed to preach in 1945, he served at Calvary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri In order to prepare more fully for his work he entered Bob Jones Uni versityy. While engaged in stu dent activities there he heeded to the call to go as a missionary to India. Rev. James received a B. A. de gree, magna cum laude, in June, 1948. The new Athens church now has over 65 members. THe church is located on the corner of Chase street and Boulevard. o Negro Injured As Home Burns Robert Echols, colored, was re~ ported in fair condition last night at a local hospital where he is be ing treated for first, second, and third degree burns received Fri day afternoon when fire destroyed his house on the Tallassee Road. Echols reportedly poured a quantity of fuel oil into a lighted stove and the stove exploded, severely burning him and scat tered flames about the room. His home was burned ta the ground and the house next door was par tially destroyed by the fire. Sev eral of his children, playing in the yard, escl;ped injury. | cas and Senator MecGrath of Rhode Island, the Democratic Na tional Chairman, proposed a com promise to Republicans after a meeting with a score of northern and border state Democrats. ] _ln effect, they offered this ‘guarantee to the Republicans: ~ If the GOP ;supports a move to force a vote on the pending pro posal to let two-thirds of those present gage debate at any time, the administration will oppose let ting fewer than two-thirds have that power. McGrath said this was offered to try to convince Republicans that if they go along they won’t run into an administration effort to cut the two-thirds down to a majority. Thus the leaders cut the ground from" under President Truman’s position that a simple majority of those voting ought to be able to curb debate. ~ Lucas said previously he doesn’t want debate shut off by the af firmative vote of less than 49 of the 96 senators. McGrath sided with Lucas, despite the President’s position. But the Republicans weren’t in a reciptive mood. Senator Ferguson (R-Mich), an advocate of a debate gag by two thirds, said he doesn’t think the compromise plan will change any Republican votes on the first is sue that they may arise. That would involve an expect ed ruling by Vice President Bark ley that a debate-limiting cloture petition — which may be filed next week — could gag the pres ;gt. tdabate if two-thirds support=- % At the heart of the argument is a technical point. Directly at is sue before the Senate is the mo tion to consider the proposed ghange in rules. Previously pre siding officers have _held that cloture cannot apply to a motion, If Barkley holds that it can, a majority could override him. Senator Wherry of Nebraska, GOP floor leader and one of the authors of the rules change reso lution Lucas is trying to call up, wmnnounced he would vote to re verse any such ruling by Barkley. His statement brought to 44— only five less than the needed ma jority if all the senators voted— the dumber of those who have said they would vote to override a Barkley ruling of this nature. Of this group, 20 are Republicans and 24 Democrats. Athenian’s Brother Dies Word was received here last night of the uncxpected death of Louis Mars, youngest brother of Mrs. Weaver Bridges of 425 Clo verhurst in Athers, in Philadel- phia, Miss. Mrs. Bridges was visiiing her mother in Philadelphia when her brother was suddenly taken ill and died Saturday anight. Ila mother remains critically ill. ATHENS AND VICINITY Fair and warmer today. G E O R G I A—lncreasing cloudiness und continued warm Sunday and Monday. Showers Monday and over north portion Sunday aftcrnoon er night, TEMPERATURE PlEnest . . L IR TONRET . s e ewi PRBIBE~. (5% s Sr e T WOMBAL i T RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00 Total since March 1 .. .. .G 0 Deficit since Mairch 1 .... .93 Average March rainfall .. 5.27 'fotal since Jenuary 1 ....11.12 Excess since January 1 ... .26 STATE FREES EX - BAD BOY FORREST TURNER ATLANTA, 'March' 5 —(AP)— The state today freed the No, 1 bad boy of Georgia prisons, For rest Turner, on his promise to go straight. For Turner, who pyramided a 3 to 5 year sentenee intn a 94 vear stretch, it was the end of a six year effort at self rehabilitation, In 1934 Turner was sent up for automobile theft as a 19-year-old youngster. From there on out he made life miserable for police in and out of Georgia. Eight times he slipped or slug ged his way out of prisons, some times alone, sometimes in com pany with other prisoners. And svery Hme he sock it on the lam, Truner found himself in deeper water. A couple of times he found himself exchanging shots Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area Father At 70, Mother At 11; All In Georgia ATLANTA, March 5—(AP)=- In one recent year, 54 'Georgians DECcAmi€ ialneis av iU years of age or more. The oldest mother was 53 and the oldest father’ 80, the State Department of Public Health said today. The year was 1946, latest for which figures are available. : Georgia’s youngest mother mother that year was 11, the yvoungest father 13. Fourteen fathers were 15 vears old or less and 888 girls becames mothers in 1946 at age 15 or younger, One couple consisted of a father 74 and a mether 16; an other( of a father 75 and a mother 21, FLOODS ON RAMPAGE IN MISSOURI VALLEY MISSOURI VALLEY, lowa, March 5.—(AT') —Caught in the flood waters of two ice-jammed streams. this western lowa town of 4,000 persors tonight was without gas and on a stricty limited drinking water ration. - An estimated 250 families num bering about 1,000 persons have been evacuated from their homes since waters from the Boyer River to the East and South overflowed here yesterday and Willow Creek on the west went out early today. Evacuees wearing all they could save and with children hanging: to their sleeves tonight told sto ries at Red Cross disasters centers of narrow escapes. Before starting to recede, the flood waters swept swiftly into mr-lying residential districts in southern and wes MW“ of town after d?kes were' broken. “If no one had awakened us,” said Mrs. Leo Torgerson, “we’d still be down there. We could hear the ice popping and cracking as the water pushed toward our house, snapping off fence posts.” The Torgersons fled in their car with their two children. High water was causing anxie ty — and at least one death — in other parts of the state, too. Ger ald Perrin, 10, drowned when he fell into a swollen creek near Denison. Directly north of Missouri Val ley the Floyd and Big Sioux Riv ers were spreading over lowlands as warmer temperatures and dy naming operations broke up ice jams. 5 7 | Several streams in southwest Towa flooded highways, knocked cut several bridges and caused precautionary measures to be tak en by eommunities in that area. At Missouri Valley, hit by the worst flood in its history, eight persons were overcome by gas while doing rescue work. Water ran up to the saves of an estimated 75 homes for a time, Two blocks of the business section were fglooded. The water reached WHAT ABOUT IT? Q. Why does heart disease concern me? A. Because disease of the heart and circulation are the greatest cause of death in the United States—accounting for one death a minute. They are responsible for one out of every three .deaths. They strike all ages and kill more people than the 5 other ‘eading causes of death — ecancer, sceidents, ne phritis (kidney disease), pneu monia, tupervuivsis—oomnined, Since heart disease is the na tions’ number one public health problem, you and your family must learn how to fight it. Help fizht heart disease. Send your contribution to Gordoa Dudley, with pursuing police. He resorted ’mostly to robbery, sometimes kid napping. Turner was never hit, but just outside of Atlanta in 1942 his brother, H. L. Turner, was killed. One time Turner found himself trapped by police in a cabin near Augusta, To the detectives who helped locate him, he later sent word from a prison cell: “Tell ’em they're good cops, but I hate their guts.” At this point Turner had work ed his way into the elite of the criminal class known as the “Eight Ball Gang.” All were class ed as incorrigibles. So adept were the eight men at gsoaping that thay waere lkant in solitary confinement much of the time, or under care of heavily armed guards. | FBI NABS COUPLE ON SPY CIHAISGSEGS; NEW YORK, March 5.-—(AP)—A Russian engineer on the United Nations staff and a young woman employe of the Justice Department were accused today of spying on U. S. defense secrets. They were arrested after TBI agents had stalked them through husy New York streets. Soviet Ambassador Alexander S. Panyushkin promptly went to the State Department in Washington and demanded the Russian’s re lease. The State Department said merely it was looking into the matter. ) The 27 -year - old government worker, Mige Judith Coplon, was accused of taking secrets from a maximum depth of about four feet in front of the city hall where rescue operations were directed. Tonight flood waters had reced ed an estimated foot in town after dikes tc the south of Missouri val ley were opened. . BERLIN, March 5 —(AP). The Soviet Union served no tice tonight it will net recog ‘mize nor accept the Western German state now being form ed under the guidance of the United States, France and Bri tain, . The notice came in a leiter from Marshal Vassily D. Soko lovsky, Russian commander in Germany, to General Lucius D. Clay, U. S.. military goveraor. The letter bitterly attacked the United States’ restitution poli cies in Germany and gave no indication there will be any softening of Russia’s cold war against the West. i After listing scores of Soviet claims against properties in Western Germany, Sokolovsky gave the warning about thc proposed Western Germany state, Cigarette Price Law Opposition .~ ATLANTA, March 5— (AP) — Opposition to the cigarette price gzi law passed by the recent 'gﬁature appeared to be grow in% among lawmakers. eps. Walton of Fulton, Lewis of Hancock and Covington of Floyd said they intend to push for the measure’s repeal next Jan uary. Several representatives said they did not understand what the ef fects of the bill would be at the time they passed it. Little Princess Stars In "Snow White’ Monday A rollicking, peigrant musical nraduetion of | “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’’ sponsored by the Athens Shrine Club. No. 1. will be presented in a matinee at 3 o’cock and an evening performance at 8 o’clock in Fine Arts Auditorium Mondayv. Staged by an outstanding New ork company, Grimm’s well-loved fairy tale will feature Celia, vet eran of coperetta roles in Naughty Marietta, Blossom Time, and The Vagabond King, as Snow White. Celia was first established as a favorite of nationwide audiences because of her singing and dancing with a touring company in the title role in “Alice In Wonder land.” Little Princess As the little princess driven from her palace by a wicked Queen, Celia finds refuge with a company of seven dwarfs in their ‘home deep in a forest. As she lies in a glass coffin in the forest after having eaten apoisoned ap ple given her by her jealous god mother, Snow White is rescued byl Prince Charming. Featuring a bailet corps in sev eral colorful dances, the musical attraction will be given against a background of brilliant costumes and scenery designed by a noted choreographer, Hill Bermont. Seven Dwarfs Particularly popular with other audiences in such cities in New (Continued on Page Four) Department files for delivery to Valentine A. Gubitchev. F. B. I. agents arrested them to gether last night. : The account awakened echoes of the spy stories told to the House Un-American Activities Commit ‘tee last summer by {'liss Elizabeth ‘Bentley and Whittaker Chambers, both confessed couriers for Com ‘munist espionage rings. t Miss Bentley in particular de seribed elandestine meetings with government employes on street corners and elsewhere at which she said she was given secret da ta. Full details of her story were not revealed and no prosecutions have resulted so far. 4 Gubitchev, 32-year-old engi neer who has been working on plans for the permanent U. N. headquarters under construction here, was held on SIOO,OOO bail at his arraignment. He was suspended immediately from his U, N, post. Wilder Foote, director of the world organiza tion’s press 'department, said he would not come under U, N, im munity. . b $20,000 Bail Federal Judee Simon H. Rifkind ;set bail of $20,000 for Miss Cop~ lon although the government sought $50,000. Her attorney de clared that documents found in her purse were not important and ‘were “planted.” ~ These documents, the Justice Department said in its Wash‘i;xigtan announcement, were “typewritten summaries of information ab stracted from confidential docu ments involving security data and restricted information.” The Department indicated Miss Coplon had been watched closely for some time and .said there had been other “clandestine meetings” between her and Gubitchev. Miss Coplon, a dimunitive brun ette who smiled and appeared at ease at her arraignment, came under suspicion as the result of a routine government loyalty check, the Justice Department statement indicated. b It added that as soon as the FBI reported her “suspected affilia-. tions,” Attorney General Tom Clark “insured against the misuse of restricted information coming into t,he possession of the depart ment.” However, government authori ties would mﬁomme'nt on the as sertion of Coplon’s attorney that the documents were “plant ed.” Nor would they discuss the worth of the papers. The arrests were considered likely to furnish fuel to congress men and others who have pro tested that spies and subversive agents might get into the United States through U. N. affiliaions. The specific charge against the couple is conspiracy to commit es pionage. to remove government documents relating to the national deefnse and conspir%to defraud lthe government of impartial services @f Miss Coplon. Hopkins Rites Set Here Today Mrs. Virginia Lee Hopkins, prominent Athems woman, died at her home on the Jefferson Road yesterday afternoon aftéer a brief illness. Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Central Presby terian Church, with the Reverend C. C. Shafe officiating. & . Pall-bearers will be Jack Mich ael, B. R. Bloodworth, sr,, D. Ed wiiliams, A, D. Saar, ‘V B. Moss and Dick Weil. 3 The remains will be taken to Pulaski, Tenn., Monday, for inter ment there, and will lie in state inn the Central = Presbyteria Church from 1:30 o'clock until the time of the service, Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Holman, Athens; three sons: G. B. Hopkins, Raven, Ark.; W. E. Hopkins and James R. Hopkins, both of Athens.. a - (Continued on Puge Eight).

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