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GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE
Air Force Private Found
Guilty In Guam Rape Case
GUAM, May 16—(AP)—A 20th
Air Force court martial today con
victed Pvt. Herman P. Dennis, jr.,
of the rape murder of Miss Ruth
Farnsworth and sentenced him to
death.
The 20-year-old negro airman
saluted smartly when the presi
dent of the court, Lt. Col. Gerry L.
Mason of Las Vegas, Nev. pro
nounced sentence. The verdict is
subject to review by the com
manding officer of the 20th Air
Force, the Air Force Board of Re
view in Washington and President
Truman.
If the verdict is upheld, the
manner in which Dennis will be
put to death will be determined
later.
Dennis, his half brother, Pvt.
Calvert Dennis and another negro,
Staff Sgt. Robert W. Burns of Spo
kane, Wash., are accused of beat
ing and raping the San Francisco
girl last Dec. 11. Calvert Dennis
of Seguin, Tex. is scheduled to bes
tried next. l
The court deliberated one hour |
and 26 minutes. i
The airman’s counsel asked the
court not to announce the sentence
but was overruled. The defense
argued publication of the sentence
might affect the subsequent trials.
The convicted man, if he
chooses, may testify against his
half brother and Burns. The pros
ccution possibly will need Dennis’
testimony in the Burns case.
Miss Farnsworth, a Navy em
ploye seized in a souvenir shop
where she worked after hours, was
dragged into the jungle and raped
and beaten. She died several days
later in a Guam hospital. |
Demos
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housing and labor bills have been
defeated. Some friends of anti
segregation legislation want it
handled independently, and a
House ssCcommittee now is
working on a general civil rights
measure. There is doubt it will
pass at this session of Congress.
Medicine—Mr. 'Trunvan’s pro
posal for a national health insur
ance plan—special payroll taxes
and government payment of doc
tor and hospital bills—probably
will nol get to a vote urpil 1950,
and its fate is doubtful then.
Foreign Trade—The House has
voted to continue the reciprocal
trade act. Senate approval is €x
pected ‘well before the law ex
pires June 30.
Farm—Farmers are bound to
have a government price support
systemn in 1950, but what it will
be is just about anybody’s guess.
1t is not like!y to be more than a
emall part of the administration’s
new “production payment” pro
gram .that some farm organiza
tions have attacked as a subsidy
of “dole” program.
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Services For
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C. R. Blair, Atlanta, and Mrs. C.
.. Berryman, Mrs. Kenneth Eber
hart, Mrs. Weldon Fleeman “and
Mrs. Lewis Porter, all of Athens;
five brothers, Lee C. Bowden, Roy
Bowden, Guy Bowden, Thomas
Bowden and Sidney Bowden; an
aunt, Mrs. R. W. Welch.
A native of Athens and one of
the city’s most ‘popular young ma
trons, Mrs. Hamilton had lived
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(AP)—An Air Force C-54 plucked
a glider off a snow-covered cen
tral Alaska river island Saturday
midnight to rescue a University of
'Alaska professor whose plane had
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days earlier.
2 The glider thread-needled to a
landing on the tiny isue Saturday
“afternoon and its crew of three—
Lts. Robert A. Brims of Phoenix,
Ariz.,,’ anod Walter L. Clatt of
Corpus Christi, Tex., and medical
officer Capt. Charles H. Manlove,
Portland, Ore., found Prof. Bert E.
Griffen apparently unharmed. The
Seattle, Wash., geology professor
said he spent two days in his
sleeping bag as ne awaited rescue
after his plane overturned in a
forced landing.
" The Air Force officers trampled
a makeshift runway in four feet
of snow and built a pickup frame.
By the light of guttering signal
flares, Griffin and has three res
cuers were snatched into theé air
moments later by the C-54 tow
plane.
Handling the ticklish job of
playing out 1,100 feet of nylon
tow rope was Sgv. Willie C. Nor
ris, who also took part in a sim
ilar rescue of the occupants of a
downed C-47 in the Yukon terri
tory last December.
The C-54 was piloted by Capt.
George H. Wood of Battle Creek,
Mich., and Lt. Richard G. Lind.
Griffen’s plane was spotted by
an Air Force search craft Satur
day. It lay upside down en the
river island about 250 air miles
west of Fairbanks—too far from
Ladd Field for a helicopter. Air
Force officers feared the Innoko
river ice was too thin to support
even a small rescue plane—hence
the glider.
Huff Services
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Robert Branch, jr., Bishop: five
brothers, Hershell, C. G. and J.
K. Huff, all oM Madison: Frank
Huff, Atlanta; and R. T. Huff,
Beaunvont, Texas; two sisters,
Mrs. John Rice, Byron, Ga., and
Mrs. A, H. Thomas, Farmington;
and one grandson.
A native of White county, Ga.,
Mr. Huff hal lived in Bishop for
thirty-eight years. He was a
member of Bogart Methodist
Church. For {wenty-one years he
was a merchant and for twenty
yvears he was assistant postmas
ter. He served as acting postmas
ter for several months.
Mr. Huff was keenly interested
in Masonic work in Watkinsville
and also in the activities of the
Civitan Club.,
here practically alf of her life. She
was a member of First Christian
Church and was active in. the
women's affairs of that congrega
tron. Member of a large and well
known family connection, Mrs.
Hamilton had a large number of
friends who were deeply saddened
by her death. She was kuown for
her devoting to ther family, her
church and hev:friends. &
DOLICE BRLOTTER
BY ED THILENIUS
RECORDER’S COURT
A tetal of 22 cases, headed by a large number of drunk
charges, and two wreck cases, were heard in Recorder’s
Courc today by Judge Olin Price.
Foremost case concerned a wreck late Saturday night
in which a car crashed into the back of a wagon on Broad
street near the Pig Drive-In. :
Two negroes, riding in the wa
gon, are recovering from injuries
in a local hospital, while two oth
ers were injured slightly. Two
men and two girls riding in the
car were not injured. The wagon
was demolished.
The driver of the car was charg
ed with reckless driving and driv
ing without brakes. After hearing
testimony by five witnesses and
the investigation officer Tom Mc-
Gahee, Judge Price fined the driv
er $10.75 for having no brakes but
dismissed the charge of reckless
driving after reasoning that the
wagon did not carry sufficient
lights.
In another wreck case, a negro
was fined $10.75 for being drunk
while a hit-and-run charge was
dismissed for lack of evidence.
The accident occurred at 1:30 Sun
day morning at the intersection of
Broad Street and Rock Springs. A
car owne dby ythe negro, struck a
parked car. The negro was ar
rested a short time later near the
scene of the accident, but Judge
Price ruled that the evidence was
not strong enough to prove that
he was driving the car at the time
of the accident.
Ten other cases were concerned
with drunk charges with the ma
jority of the defendants forfeiting
$10.75 bonds by failing to appear
for trial. In one of these cases a
negro youth was found guilty of
violating probation given him last
Friday.
Another defendant was given 10
days in the stockade, and when he
objected to the sentence was given
an additional 10 days for being in
contempt.
There were two cases of viola
tion of the parking meter ordi
nance, one person being fined
SI.OO for abusing his rights of free
parking while driving a delivery
truck and the other person for
feited a $10.75 bond for failure to
pay off several parking tickets.
MOONSHINERS CAUGHT
Officers Alan Hansiord - and
James McCurley arersted a white
man over the weekend for possess
ing a gallon and a half of non-tax
paid whiskey.
Turned over to the county was
Thomas Odel Alewine, 22.
The officers said they spotted
the car first on Lumpkin street.
They said that the driver, upon
seeing the police car, quickly
turned off Lumpkin onto Warsaw,
in wwhat seemed to be an attempt
to escape. The officers quickly
gave chase. They cornered the car
on Hull street and the driver
jumped from the car with a sack
in his arms and fled down a back
alley. Officer McCurley found
him a few minutes later hiding in
some bushes. The moonshine was
found nearby.
Also arrested as accessories in
the case were two women.
PETTY THIEF NABBED
City Detectivés Hardy and Mg-
Kinnon arrested William George
Dixon, 28, yesterday and gained
a confession from him in the con
nection with a automobile trans
mission stolen here Saturday night.
The detectives said that Dixon
admitted taking the Ford TTrans
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TIE BANNER-TERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA,
| misison from Jack Shorter, negro,
around 3 a. m. Sunday.
Dixon told the officers that he
| had tried to purchase the trans
' mission from the negro earlier in
| the week on credit, but when he
refused to sell it, he stole it.
Dioxn led the officers nine miles
out into the country yesterday and
showed thein where he had hidden
lthe transmission in an old barn.
i The transmission was laying be
| side the car which was parked at
}the intersection of Hancock and
IRock Springs, the officers said.
FREE SHOW
All school patrolmen will at
tend a free show Wednesday aft
ernoon at the Georgia Theater,
Officer Emory Sanders announ
ced today.
Officer Sanders, who is in
charge of the 94 school patroi
men, said the free show had been
arranged W& Dan W. Hill, city
manager of Georgia Theatres
here. i
ARMED NEGRO ARRESTED
City Detectives Hardy and Mc-
Kinnon arrested Robert Aaron
Ford, 30, yesterday on Reese
street for possessing a concealed
weapon. The negro was found
carrying a loaded .38 calibre au
tomatic.
GIRL DRINKS OIL
Thercsa = Ann Llewallyn, 15
months old girl, is suffering in
Athensg General #lospital from
the results of driyking fuel oil
The little girl was reported doing
“fairly well.”
Her home address is Route 1.
Winterville, but she was at her
grandparent’s in Danielsviile at
the time of the accident. Bern
stein's an‘bulance answered’ the
call this morning.
Two Athens Girls
Two Athens girls, Misses Julia
Ellen Askew and Beverly Beeland,
will dance in the recital to be
given by the Dance Group of the
Georgia State Womans College at
Valdosta on May 23. Miss Askew
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Thomas Askew and Miss Bee
land is the daughter of Mr. and
Myrs. George Thomas Beeland.
Sponsoredd by the Wymodausis
Club of Valdosta, the recital will
be presented in the high school
~nditorium. Mrs. Phyllis Pier
Valente, assistant professor of
Physical Education, directs the
group. i
The entire program, with the ex
ception of one number, consists of
dances especiaily composed for the
recital. Featured on the program
will be the “Firebird” suite which
has been composed by the Dance
Group, with soloists working out
their own roles.
Misses Askew and Beeland, both
freshmen at GSWC,.are.members
of the Junior division of the'Dance
Group.
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'Services For
F. C. Thrasher
Tuesday P.M.
Funeral services for Franklin
Cleveland Thrasher, 64, will be
held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’-
clock in Bernstein’s Chapel.
Mr. Thrasher died yesterday aft
ernoon at a local hospital after a
short illness. He had been a resi
dent of the Cord Mill Community
for 20 years.
Officiating will be Rev. Newt
Saye, pastor of Edwards Baptist
Church. Interment will be in
Oconee Hill Cemetery. Bernstein
Funeral Home is in charge.
Pallbearers will be Joseph
Couch, J. F. Huff, Roy Parr, Frank
Huff. Coleman Loyd, and Jack
Landrum.
Mr. Thrasher was widely known
throughout the community, and
his friends will be. saddened to
learn of his passing.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Car
rie Carson Thrasher; two sons,
Frank Thrasher of Appalachee,
Dennard Thrasher of Athens; two
daughters, Mrs. Ernest Beale and
Mrs. Sanson Beale of Athens; three
sisters, Mrs. Bill Landrum of
Farmington, Mrs. Virgie Hicock of
Farmington, Mrs. Nathan Elder
of Watkinsville; five brothers, A.
R. Thrasher of Tifton, T. O.
Thrasher: of Bishop, Herbert
Thrasher of Farmington, Garland
Throsher ,of Farmington, Harris
Thrasher of Watkinsville; step
mother, Mrs. Sam Thrasher of
Watkinsville; and 11 grandchil
dren.
J. J. Hardman
Died In
Atlanta Today
Friends of John J. Hardman, jr.,
will be saddened to learn of his
death this morning. Mr. Hard
man, 62, died in Atlanta after an
illness of 2 1-2 years.
He resided at 248 Beulah avenue
and had lived in Athens for 50
years. He was born in Madison
county.
Funeral services will be held at
West End Baptist Church, date to
be announced later. Officiating
will be Rev. W. S. Pruitt, pastor.
Bridges Funeral Home is in charge
of arrangements,
Mr. Hardman was a member of
West End Baptist Church. He
was a veteran of World War L
His occupation was that of night
watchman at the Atlantic Gulf
Warehouise.
Pall-bearers will be announced
later.
Mr. Hardman is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Margie Witchen Hard
man of Athens; two sons, Jack
Hardman of the U. S. Navy sta
tioned in san Francisco, Califor
nia, and John Hardman of Texas;
one sister, Mrs. D, B. Chandler of
Watkinsville; and one brother, Eu
gene Hardmnan of Danielsville.
BROTHER, JAPANESE
OCCUPATION IS GOOD
TOKYO-+(AP)—Of the 400,000
fan letters received by Gen. Dou
glas MacArthur from the Japa
nese, one, stands out.
It is ffom Masashige Takahashi.
He approved the Allied occupation
commander’s work so enthusiasti
cally that he wound up asking
McArthur to become his brother.
There no record of MacArthur’s
reply.
| The lower Yangtze valley of
China is one of the most densely
populated areas in the world.
Youths Shot Defending
Dates From Mad Gunman
PORT COLBORNE, ONTARIO
May, 16 —(AP)—A Buffalo, N. Y.
youth was killed and another ser
iously wounded yesterday while
trying to defend their girl com
panions at a moonlight picnic
against an armed man.
Police saiua today ihey are hold
ing George Szendry, 28, of Hum
herstone, Ont., in connection with
the crime and will charge him
with murder .
Investigators tell this story:
A man accosted Harold Snetzky,
18, Richard Josepii, 19, and the
two girls as the four were leav
ing a beach picnic early Sunday.
“I want the girls,” he told the
four young people from Buffalo,
N. Y. :
Then, without warning, he
flashed a gun and shot Snetzky
through the head. A second shot
pierced Joseph's chest.
The two girls, Lydia Luisi, 16,
and Geraldine Fiorito, 18,
screamed with terror. But they
had been the last of the beach
party to leave lonely Pleasant
Beach on Lake Erie.
Smokes Calmly
While Snetzky lay dying and
Joseph writhed in pain, the gun
man put the revolver in his belt,
sat down in the sand and lit a cig
arette. He puffed away paying no
attention to the moans of his vic
tims.
The girls helped PJoseph to his
feet. As they did so, the gunman
jumped up, threw away his ciga
rette and pressed his revolver
against Lydia Luisi’s head. He
muttered:
“You girls come with me,”
Grabs Gun
Joseph, bleeding severely, lur
ched toward the girls.
“You're not going to take them,”
he told his assailant, “I'm going
with them.”
With his strength ebbing, Jos
The Executors of the Estates of . W. and Louis Camak have au
thorized this office to offer the following property for sale: ;
1. 151 Clayton Street. Brick building next door to Kress, oc
cupied by Haygood's Shoe Store and Martin Bros. Shoe Shop.
2. 425 Hill Street. Large, two story, Colonial home. Corner lot.
3. 595 N. Milledge Avenue. Frame bungaow.
4, 587 N. Milledge Avenue. Frame bungalow.
5. 565 N. Milledge Avenue. Frame bungalow.
6. 279 Meigs Strect. Old Camak homeplace, over 100 years old.
Two story, brick, full basement. Land consists of almost full
City block. Located in rear of High School.
7. 424 W. Hancock Avenue. Large, one story dwelling.
8. 347 S. Milledge Avenue. Large, two story, frame dwelling
with lct running through block.
9. 343 N. Hull Street. Frame store building. Business section.
10. 347-351 N. Hull Strect. One story, brick store building. Busi
ness section,
11. 369 N. Finley Strecet. One story, frame dwelling.
12, 385 N. Finley Strcet. One story, frame dwelling.
13. 393 N. Finley Strecet. One story, frame dwelling.
14. 546 Pulaski Strect. One story, frame dwelling.
15. 552 Pulaski Street. Two story, frame dwelling. Vacant.
16. Fifty acres heavily wooded timer land on north side of Jeffer
son Road, just beyond Plantation Pipe Line storage tanks.
17. 340 N. Newton Street. Colored dwelling,
18. 369 Mecigs Street. Colored dwelling.
19. 349 Meigs Street. Colored dwelling.
We invite you to inspect the above property and we will be glad
to submit your offer to the Executors of these estates for their con
sideration. All offers are subject to the approval of the Executors
and subject to the confirmation and approval of the court. Offers
will be taken either for cash or on deferred payment plans. For
further information, call or see
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eph snatched the gun from the
| attacker’s belt and fired two shots
ithat went wild. He dropped the
| gun. The assailant fled as Miss
» Luisi picked it up but the weapon
; jammed as she tried to fire.
| Despite his wounds Josepr drove
|half a mile to a farmhouse for
‘help. Police and medical aid were
'summoned. The youths were tak
ien to a hospital where Snetzky
died a few hours later.
Police said they found Szendry
in an unoccupied summer cottage
near the scene of the shooting.
POLISH GIRLS RUN TRACTORS
’ EBLING, POLANL —(AP)—
| Sixty. Polish girls, employes of
state-owned farms, are learning 1o
operate tractors in the area of this
Baltic port. !
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