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Vol. CXVII, No. 107.
Gov't Steps
WASHINGTON, May 16—(AP)
_The Federal government step
ed into the Ford strike today in
0 effort to get a settlement.
“\Walter Reuther, president of the
10 auto workers, visited Federal
Mediation Director Cyrus S. Ching
and talked with him about the
trike. § ¥
k'l(l"o(min,‘: out of Chmg's: office,
Reuther told a reporter, in reply
to a question, thAat Ching’s a‘g‘ency
conciliation service plans to “have
a man theré today”-—meaning at
the strike negotiations in Den‘ox‘t.
The union had gasked the medi
i§ c.tion service to intervene in tl:e
! 'IKE. ¥
‘\“Flfiz'cn before that Ching told
Reuther and the Ford Motor Co.
in teleerams Friday that if they
did not make significant progress
toward a settlemert within a
“reasonable period,” he would be
obliged to enter the case in the
public interest, "“‘M
{ Reuther came here to attend a
meeting of CIO vice presidents to
day and the CIO executive board
sessions tomorrow and Wednes
v ‘
(“A conciliation service official
said Reuther “just dropped in” to
an Mhing
see Ching. |
g 100,000 Xdle
The strike-crippled Ford Motor
Co., where hardly a wheel now
turns with 100,000 men idle,
promised ‘“all possible assistance”
to any federal peace effert.
On the 12th day of the tie-up
of virtually all of its great string
of factories, however, Ford indi
cated an adamant stand against
union demands, declaring it would
resist “to the utmost.”
This preceded another negotia
tion effort today.
President Henry Ford II gave
2 qualified approval to govern
ment intervention as the strike’s
cost in wages and production spir
aled to an unofficially estimated
$50,000,000.
Ford asked Federal Mediation
Chief Cyrus S. Ching to “weigh
carefully” certain factors other
than the strike itself before he
stepped into the dispute. |
One of these was Ford’s reiterat- |
ed charge that the strike was “po
litical,” a result, he said, of union‘
factionalism.
Smoke Sereen - |
The striking CIO United Autol
Workers, who walked out May 5
on a charge of “speed-up,” have
denied Ford’s statement. In turns
the union accused the company of |
setting up a - “smoke-screen” to |
“conceal the real issues.” ‘
Emil Mazey, UAW-CIO secre- |
lary treasurer, said in a formal
statement that Ford’s charge of’
politics was “outright falsehood.” |
H rvices
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o Be Held
rr
uesday At 2
Edward Fred Huff, promineni
tesident of Bishop, died at his
home Sunday afternoon at 6
O'clock. Mr. Huff was 62 years
old and death came unexpectedly
lrom a heart attack,
Services, are to be conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'elock
om Bishop Methodis* Church
Vith the pastor, Rev. James
Griffin, Rev. J. 8, Hayes, pastor
0f Watkingville Baptist ChurCh.
Ulliciating, "Iqie body will lie in
late in the church from 1 p.. m.
until the hour for the ‘services.
Burial will follow in Bishop
‘tmetery, Bridges Funeral Home
n charge of arrangements, Pall
farers will be O, M. Branch, H.
K. Thomas, H, M. Kenimer, S.'B.
Porter, .J, L. Yearwood and Vic
or Kenimer, 3
Mr. Huff is survived by his
vile, Mrs. Addie Pearl Stroud
Huff, Bishop; daughter, Mrs.
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SCHOOL BOND RADIO
SPEAKERS THIS WEEK
WGAU at 7:15 p. m, —
Monday, Jack R. Wells; Tues
day, Rev. T. R. Harvill; Wed
nesday, R. H., Driftmier:
Thursday, H, C. “Pop” Pear-
Son, jr.; Friday, Fred Ayers.
WGAU at 7:30 p. m. to
niht. C. 0. Baker.,
WGAU at 8:30 to 9:3o—Sat
urday, High School.
WRFC at 10:30 in the morn
ing for g five-minute talk—
Monday, Mrs. John A. Simp-
Son; Tuesday, Mrs. James Wil
liams; Wednesday, Mrs. W. C.
Nowell, jr.; Thursday, Mrs.
Fred Leathers; Friday, Mrs.
K. N Mendenhall; Monday,
May 23, Weaver Bridges;
Tuesday, May 24, Mrs, Warren
Thurmend.
WRFC at 7 p. m. — Monday,
Timmy Williams: Tuesday,
Barrow School; Wednesday,
Oconee Street Sehool;’ Thurs
day, Coilege Avenue School;
Friday, Junior High School.
A.H.S. Senior Plzy Tomight In Fine Aris At 8 O’clock
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EISLER UNDER ARREST — Gerhart Eisler (center), fugitive
from the United States, is led off the tender Romsey at South
ampton, England, by Scotland Yard Detective W. E. Bray (back
to camera) and an unidentified man. Eisler was arrested and car
ried off the Polish ship Batory earlier on its arrival at the south
of England port. He had stowed away aboard the Batory at New
York after jumping $23,500 bail in the U. S., where two prison
sentences are hanging over him.— (AP Wirephoto via radio from
Londonn.)
BRITISH MAGISTRATE
DENIES EISLER BAIL
ee et e
LONDON, May 16. — (AP) — A magistrate in Bow
Street Court today adjourned until May 24 a hearing on
whether Communist fugitive Gerhart Eisler should be ex
tradited to America. ’
The hearing on the United States request began shortly
after Eisler arrived at Bow Street Court from Southamp
ton. He claims asylum in Britain as a political refugeg
from the United States.
The proceeding was brief. Eisler,
called the No. 1 Communist in the
United States; listened intently in
the prisoner’s enclosure while a
Scotland yard inspector testified
how he took the fugitive from U.
S. Justice off: the Polish liner
Batory Saturday night.
Eisler, apparently calm, smiled
and waved to four Communists
who paraded soiemnly before the
court with placards denouncing
his arrest
The court retused a motion by
Eisler’s lawyer that he be permit
ted to go free on bail.
In London, meanwhile, Polish
Ambassador Jerzy Michalowski
arranged to see Foreign Secretary
Bevin this afterpoon to deliver an
oral protest because Scotland yard
men lugged Eisler off the Batory
Saturday. &
Eisler stowed away on the ship
and paid his passage when he was
discovered.
A labor member of Parliament,
Reginald Paget, served notice he
would ask home Secretary James
Chuter Ede in commons today why
Britain—which traditionally has
given asylum to political refugees
—has taken a hand in the pro
ceedings against Eisler.
Eisler sat quietly in the dock
during today’s proceedings.
ON SAVANNAH RIVER
CONGRESS APPROVAL OF POWER
DAM NEAR HARTWELL IS URGED
WASHINGTON, May 16—(AP)
—Congress was asked today to
authorize a second dam on the
Savannah river as a part of the
comprehensive plan for develop
ment of the river basin.
Rep. Brown (D.-Ga.) told the
House Public Works Committee
that the proposed project near
Hartwell, Ga., is needed for power
production and flood control.
Congress in 1944 approved the
general plan for flood control, nav
igation and power on the Savan
nah river calling for construction
of dams at both Hartwell and
Clarks Hill. However, only the
Clarks Hill structure was specifi
cally authorized for construction.
This project was begun in 1946
and is expected to be completed
by 1953.
Brown earlier this year intro
duced a bill to authorize construc
tion of the Hartwell reservoir.
The project was outlined by ar
my engineers provides for a mul
tiple - Purpose dam = across the
river near Hartwell, Ga., about
67 miles upstream from the
Clarks Hill site.
Power Surveys
Brown asid in a statement filed
with the committee:
His forehead wrinkled slightly
as he watched. Eisler, described
on the charge sheet, as a 52-year
old journalist, wore a light brown
suit, a blue shirt and brown tie
and had a brown scarf draped
around his neck.
Detective Inspector W. R. Bray,
who led the Scotland yard men
who arrested Eisler aboard the
Batory, asked the court of four
men and two women to bind Eisier
over for a hearing at Bow Street
next Monday. / |
Bond Meetin
ing
For Colored
Tonight At
ight At 8
A mass meeting of colored citi
zens will be held tonight at the
colored First Baptist Church at
Pope and Reese streets for the
purpose of discussing the forth
coming bond election for Vcity
schools.
The meetiny was called by O. W.
Weaver and Ray Ware, and will
start promptly at 8 p. m. It is ex
pected that several hundred will
attend.
“Recent power surveys indicate
that the power requirements of the
area to be served by this develop
ment will greatly exceed the pow
er supply after 1950 unless addi
tional facilities are provided. For
example, by 1950 there will be a
shortage of 700,000 kilowatts, and
by 1960 a shortage of 1,700,000
kilowatts.
“Hartwell will have an installed
capacity of 177,000 kilowatts and
will help to overcome the serious
power shortage which now threat
ens.
“Hartwell will regulate the flow
at Clarks Hill so as to make possi
ble the conversion of 73,000,000
kilowatt hours of energy at that
installation from secondary to pri
mary or dependable energy. The
net benefits from power alone will
run over $5,000,000 yearly.”
Hartwell, he said, would save
$50,000 a year in flood control
damages. “This will make it pos
sible to reclaim for productive
agricultural use thousands of acres
now subject to almost annual
flooding,” he added.
Minimum Flow
Also, Brown stated, Hartwell
would increase the minimum flow
of the river below Augusta, Ga.,
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, CA., MONDAY, MAY 16, 1949,
Tornadoes, Hail Storms
Strike Texas Panhandle
Crop And Property Damage
Heavy; 4 Dead, 63 Injured
BY WILLIAM C. BARNARD
AMARILLO, Texas, May 16. — (AP) — A skipping,
whipsawing tornado chewed up a four-square mile area
in southern Amarillo last night, killing four people. About
65 were injured.
It was the first destructive tornado in the 62-year-old
history of this Panhandle capital of 102,000 people. ;
Dawn found Red Cross and
volunteer workers still picking
their way through acres of sham
bles. It looked as if a big kitchen
mixed had dipped in, stirred
everything up, and then spewed
it around.
Although many sections of
Amarillo were hit, the tornado’s
most destructive blow fell on the
southern area dotted largely with
new homes of veterans. A near
cloudburst — and hailstones as
large as a man’s fist—added to
the damage. ¢ .
Ambulances and Highway Pa
trol units funneled into Amariiio
from a 200-mile radius, bringing
injured to the erowded hospitals.
Red Cross people flew in from
St. Louis. |
To property damage here may
be added heavy loss to crops, in
the wheat-rich Texas Panhandle
—that part of the state which
juts up to the north, bordered by
New Mexico and Oklahoma. Hail
such as fell here would destroy
the enar-ripe wheat—but smash
ed communication lines made it
difficult to discover the extent of
the hailstorm.
Three carloads of pigs, smash-l
ed free from their freight-car
prisons, rooted in the wreckage‘
here. Curious sightseers thronged
streets already littered with
tossed rooftops, smashed cars,
shredded lumber and toppled
trees. Some rooft#ps had been
blown a mile. i o
Night rescue work was carried
on by the light of cars, ambu
lances and trucks. Elgitricv power
},mm‘._“, Tot .- kb
~ Four identified dead ‘were:
Mrs. Lois Martin, 30.
Eva McPherson, 56.
George McPherson, 67.
Mrs. Charles Maserang, age un=
known.
Cars by the hundred massed at
the edge of the storm’s handiwork.
One person on the edge of the
throng was heard to cry:
“Let me in there, I have a home
in there.”
The twister seemed to hit first
on 28th street. It moved south.
Roofs left houses in the whirling
wind and trees were uprooted and
laid on their side,
Crop Damage
A record wheat crop is matur~
ing in the panhandle, and it was
feared the accompanying hail and
downpour might have caused
heavy crop damage. |
First reports from an ambulance
driver that 25 to 50 persons might |
have died in the swift blow did not |
materialize.
One hospital had 34 known in
jured and another had 29. Most
suffered cuts and bruises but some
were unconscious. !
Louis Nordyke of the Amarillo
Globe-News said officials at the
Tradewinds airport in Amarillo
1o insure a more dependabie chan
nel for year-round navigation be
tween Savannah and Augusta.
The 56,000-acre lake created by
this dam would provide recrea
tional facilities within easy access |
of Elberton, Atlanta, Greenville, |
Athens, Spartanburg and Ander- |
son, he said. ]
Others expected to ask the com- |
mittee this week for immediate |
authorization of the Hartwell pro
ject include members of Congress
from South Carolina and Georgia
and the following:
Former Senator Wilton E. Hall,
of Anderson, chairman of the
Hartwell Project Committee for
the two states; L. S. Moody, secre
tary of the Augusta, Ga., Cham
ber of Commerce; Former South
Carolina Congressman Butler B.
Hare; Louie L. Morris, of Hart
well, Ga.; South Carolina State
Senator Edgar A, Brown, of Barn
well; Henry Ethridge, T. S. Mason,
Lee Carter, Mayor Wilson Page,
and Carey Skelton, solicitor gen
eral, all of Hartwell; and Mayor
Frel West of Abbeville, S. C.;
Mayor W. C. Johnston of Ander
son, S. C, Z. W. Meeks, Frank
Brownlee and Dick Meeks, all of
Anderson.
‘ reported 45 planes were destroyed
and that two hangars were flat
tened. Damage there alone was
estimated at $200,000. Nordyke
said Massey-Harris, biggest farm
implement dealer in the pan
handle, reported another $200,000
damage. Most of it was in badly
needed wheat combines and other
harvesting equipment.
Line Damages
Tornadoes hit elsewhere in the
panhandle. They knocked out
telephone and telegraph lines, but
the- damage at places except
lAmarillo was believed light.
| State Highway Patrol units from
| Lubbock, Plainview, Fort Worth
and Wichita Falls came to assist
in rescue work. Gov. Beauford
Jester’'s office at Austin called for
blood plasma.
South Amarillo was a scene of
twisted, grotesque wreckage.
The twister missed the giant U.
S. Helium plant, located in the
direction from which the twister
came.
Ten or more cars of a moving
! Santa Fe freight train were also
blown off the track. |
It was suddenly still, just before
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STUDENT KILLED, 3
INJURED IN WRECK
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FRANKLIN, N. C., May 16.— (AP) —An automobile
left the road and plunged 400 feet down the side of a
mountain yesterday, killing one University of Georgia stu
dent and injuring three other persons. :
The automobile jumped an em
bankment at Lookout place on a
mountainous road between Dillard
and Highlands. Tommy-Swann *of
Covington, Ga., was killed. He was
the driver.
Other occupants of the car were
listed by Dr. Ed Angel of Angel
Hospital at Franklin as:
Henry D. Williams, 23, of {303
Park Ave.) Savannah, Ga., who
received cuts about the face and
head.
Eloise Molder, 17, of (1150 S.
Milledge avenue.) Athens, Ga., a
fractured left arm.
Carolina Rose, 23, of Valdosta,
Ga., factured ribs and cuts about
the arm. .
Miss Molder is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Molder of Athens.
She is a freshman in the Univer
sity of Georgia, and graduated
from Athens High School in 1948.
Williams is also a student of the
University. Registrar officials said
they had no record of Miss Rose
as being entered in school at Ath
ens.
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Double Shooting
i
At ‘Possum Lake
LAWRECEVILLE, GA., May 16
—(AP)—A double shooting left a
wife dead and her husband criti
cally wounded was under investi
gation today by Gwinnett county
Sheriff W. H. Hutchins.
Sheriff Hutchins said the shoot
ing took place at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John McCartney near
‘Possum Lake on the Athens high
way early Sunday night.
Investigating depuities, said
Sheriff Hutchins, found Mrs. Mc-
Cartney, 40 dead and McCartney
with a head wound.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Clear to partly cloudy and
continued warm tonight and
Tuesday with scattered thun
dershowers late this afternoon.
GEORGIA—Ciear 1o partly
cloudy and warm this after
noon, tonight and Tuesday
with scattered afternoon thun
dershowers occurring mostly
over north portions. ¢ |
TEMPERATURE
Highesd . i ser, 084
DoWest S o i w 8
Mean..‘........,.....‘72 J
NoPar ..y v soo |
RAINFALL }
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since May 1 .. .... 1.56]
Deficit since May 1 .. ... .20
Average May rainfall .... 3.54|
Total since January 1 ....22.53|
Excess since January 1 .. 1.73]
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Death, Misery,
Confusion In
Tornado Area
BY 808 FOIGHT
AMARILLO, Texas, May 15.
— (AP) — T've just returned
from one of the most horrify
ing sites in my epperience.
With a captain of the Ama
rillo fire department I rode out
to the scene c¢f the destruction
caused by tornade which hit
Amarillo tonight.
It took wus 12 minutes to
drive four blocks.. Water was
fender high at the intersec
ticns, almost choking the en
gine of the fire captain’s car.
But the biggest obstruction
to reaching the scene were the
hundreds of idle curious, Traf
fic was at a standstill. I saw
destruction and misery and
death,
I helped lift the body of the
voung woman from the debris
that was a short time before a
bedroem. She was limp but 1
could still feel life because in
side that bedy a baby strug
gled for life.
I stepped on a piece of board
sticking up from the wreckage
of another house, My weight
acted as a counterbalance and
the weight uplifted the last
piece of furniturs tanding up
right. It was a cuina cabinet.
The owner said “Shucks, there
goes the one last dish left.,” -
Services For
Mrs. Hamilto
s. Hamilton
To Be Tuesday
Mrs. Cor’ne?ia Bowden Hamilton,
members of one of the city’s best
known families, died at a local
hospital Sunday night at 7:40 o’-
clock after an illness of several
weeks. Mrs. Hamilton was 36 years
old.
Services are to be held Tuesday
morning at 11 o’clock from First
Christian Church with the pastor,
Rev. Paul Howle, and Dr. J. W.
O. McKibben, pastor of First
Methodist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Oconee Hill
cemetery, Bernstein Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements. Pall
bearers will be James Kenney,
Robert Marbut, Hugh Marbut,
Howard Marbut, Drew Thompson
and H. F. Wilkes.
Surviving Mrs. Hamiliton is her
husband, James William Hamil
ton; two daughters, Gayle and
June Hamilton; five sisters, Mrs.
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ousing Victory
Party Leaders Strive To Give
Truman Major Triumph This Week
WASHINGTON, May 16.—(AP)—Democratic leaders
hope to hand President Truman this week, at least, one
major victory in hig program. This would be in housing.
The House tentatively set a vote for Thursday or Fri
day on the administration’s multi-billion dollar housing
bill. It calls for a far-flung program of slum clearance,
low-rent public housinig and t':i_rr_n housing :ai(l.s._ _ .
House passage would head the,
legislation toward the President’s
desk. The Senate approved it
April 21 by a top-heavy 57 to 13
vote.
However, there still is a possi
bility the measure may be de
layed in the House Rules Com
rittee. Moreover, Republicans
and some Democrats are expected
to try to amend it on the floor.
Meanwhile, other parts of Mr.
Trumans' program still hit rough
or slow going.
In the first four and a half
mapths of this Congress Mr.
Truman has seen passed only one
major bill based on his donvestic
legislative proposals of the 1948
political campaign. That one,
continuing rent control, was not}
quite what he wanted, in a num
ber of ways.
Now, with only two and a half
months remaining before Con
gress is supposed to adjourn, here
is about the way other portions
of his program are getting on:
Taxes—Economy blocs on both
sides of the Capitol are crying
for slashes in government spend
ing—instead of tax boosts. Mr.
Truman wants a $4,000,000,000
tux.cincrease. If Congress. gannot
balance the budget by economy,
it may try to find means of get
ting more money in the treasury
in the fiseal year beginning July
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Aged Texan Ready To Spend $5,000
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To Beat Danielsville Speed Case
DANIELSVILLE, Ga.,, May 16—(AP)—A man who said he is
Col. Zach Miller, the wild west showman, has been held in jail
since last Friday as the result of too fast a trip in a truck, Sheriff
Pat Coile said today. :
“This fellow,” the sheriff said, “swore he’d rot in jail before he
paid a dime.” ; .
Danielsville is a town of about 400 population in Northeast Geor
gia. It is the county seat of Madison county. The jail is a small
building near the courthouse.
The sheriff gave this account of what happened last Friday:
Two state troopers clocked a 1949 (Ford) panel truck going
north on U. S. Highway 29 at 65 miles an hour. The maximum
speed iimit is 55 miles per hour. The troopers halted the truck
after a chase of six or seven miles.
The passenger in the truck said he was Miller, the owner of the
101 ranch, which was mace ramous by “Buffalo Bill” Cody. He
said his home was in Valley Mills, Texas.
Miller said the driver of the truck was 2 man he’s picked up on
the trip, and was just driving for him,
Miller protested vigorously when the troopers charged the ariver
with speeding. Then the troopers found the driver had no driver’s
license.
The troopers charged Miller with permitting another persen to
drive his vehicle without a license, a violation of Georgia law.
The driver, who gave the name of james Cobert, was charged with
speeding and driving without a license.
“Miller refused to stand trial,” the sheriff said. “He refused to
piead guilty. He refused to give bond. He said he’d spend $5,000
to beat the charge.”
T s -+ * * *
. Labor—There are behind the
scenes effort to find a compro
mise, following House defeat of
the first effort of administration
forces to repeal the Taft-Hartley
law. No date is set yet for a new
showdown in either House. The
problem is to find a way to deal
with national emergency strikes.
This involves decisions on
whether to use injunctions, plant
Iseizm‘es, or both. !
Social Security — The House
Ways and Means Committee now
is working on a bill. Indications
lnow are that it is disposed. to
write one to Mr. Truman’s liking,
going well along the way with
.18 requests for extension of old
age insurance to many millions
' more persons, and boosting ben
efits. But this bill may get
caught in a session-end legisla
tive logjam.
Education — The Senate has
‘approved a bill providing $300,>
VO,OOO in federal aid to schools.
Democratic leaders think it has a
good chance of passing the House,
too. The House Education and
Labor Committee has put aside
the bitter labor issue temporarily
tor start public hearings on the
e
’ter stopped such legislation eal_'ly
in the session. Efforts to write
anti-segregation amendments into
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Benedict, 20, of Sparta, Wis.; in the road:
Larry L. Mitchell, 19, of Wilton, Wis., (left) and
Harsld G. Haugstad, 21, of Black River Falls,
Wis. Benedict and Haugstad were killed.—(AP
Wirephoto,) g
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