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Vo!l. CXVII, No. 109.
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ity Bus
Strike l
SEVEN-DAY PERIOD }
SET TO IRON OUT
CONTRACT TROUBLES
Bus drivers of the Athens City
Lines have voted in favor of a
seven-day waiting period while |
negotiations for a new contract
can be worked out with company
ofticials, it was announced today.
The union’s present contract ex
pires at midnight tomorrow. ‘
Robert Fitzpatrick, president of
the local branch of the Amalga
mated Association of Street, Elec
tric, Railway and Motor Coach
Employees of American Union,
said all drivers favored the wait
ing period. :
Mr. Fitzpatrick said that the un
ion had offered its new contract
to the bus company on March 15 |
put had not received an offer. ‘
“we voted for the seven-da_v|
waiting peried, so that the public |
could have plenty of warning in
the event of a strike,” Fitzpatrick
said.
“If we cannot reach an agree
ment by the end of the seven-day
period, our only alternative is to |
go on strike,” he continued. |
The Athens City Lines company
is owned and operated by W. MI
Shelton, who could not be reach
ed for comment on the matter. l
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Liquor Cases |
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In City Court
Hoyt Jordon was fined s7so]
and put on probation for 18|
months after being found guilty |
in City Court yesterday of pos- |
cessing and transporting non-tax|
paid liquor. {
Joe Strick\and was found guil-|
ty of transporting, but not pos-|
sessing liquor. At the reguest of
the defense = attornéy sentence|
was postponed.
J. F. Brown 'pleaded guilty to|
the charge of possessing liquor|
and was fined $750 and put on|
12 months probation. i
Will George Dixon was fined|
SIOO and put on 12 months pro-|
bation after pleading guilty to a|
charge of larceny.
Leatus Dailey was fined $43.50,
for improper tag registration. b
Goods Are Re-Styled
ATHENS MILL FIGURES
INMARKET WIDENING
New styles of finishings for cotton goofl‘ds’]made by,-fi-th"
ens Manufacturing Company are régaraea as prou,vmg,
opportunity for expanded uses of cotton and increase l
business possibilities. e R
This opinion was voiced at a
luncheon here attended by officers
and members of the personnel of
the manufacturing company at a
local hotel and Arthur B. Cooke,
of New York, sales manager for
the Athens concern.
Shown for inspection were sam
ples of the new types of finishings
applied to goods made by the
company. The samples were of
women’s dress goods and tables
and other linens designed for ser
vice in hotels, restaurants and
other large institutions. The com
pany manufactures a large varie
ty of goods and Mr. Cooke feels
tnat the new types of weaves will
greatly help develop cotton and
rayon uses.
In addition to Mr. Cooke, at
tending the luncheon were Presi
dent E. G. Dudley, General Man
ager D. D. Quillian, H. T. Gilbert,
G. R. Carnes, P. W. Robertson, W.
J. Shortt, J. M. Mutrray, D. A.
Watson, T. B. Sullivan, D. P. Ar
nold, Patrick Emerson, R. L.
Towns, J. W. DeLong, C. G. Hill,
D. F. Dalton G. W. Edwards, J. D.
Spradiin, G. W. Nichols.
“We were very glad to hear M.
Cooke’s statement as to the possi
bility of the new types of weavas
opening up a greater market for
the consumption of cotton and
rayon goods,” General Manager
Quillian said, “because cotton is
one of the basic commodities in
the south and its welfare has a
great deal to do with the general
welfare of our people in the south.
As more and more markets for
cotton are made available, it, of
course, means more money for the
south, better education and bet
ter living standards. It is most en
couraging to hear the opinion of
an expert such as Mr. Cooke, who
keeps in close touch with the mar
ket, and our company is indeed
happy that goods made in an Ath
€ns plant may help lead the way
to something benefial not only to
the people here but to the entire
section.”
Mr. Quillian also said that W.
E. Vinson, representative of an
insurance company with home of
fices in Boston had recently held
a forum discussion with the man
ATHENS AZND VICINITY .
Fair with liftle change in
temperature through Thursday.
GEORGIA — Fair and ©o6-
tnued warm this . afternoen,
tonight and Thursday, _ _ _ _
ATHENS BANNER-HERAILD
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¥ . » « Big Victory at Poiis
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YOUNG BRIDE
SUES IN-LAW'S
FOR $50,000
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.,, May 18
—(AP)—A bride 15 years old
has placed a $50,000 price tag on
the affections of her teen age
husband she met while baby
sitting—and she wants her in
laws to foot the bill.
Mrs. Eugenia Holland Brendle
filed a suit yesterday charging
Dr. and Mrs. Luther A. Brendle
with alienating her 16-year-old
husband’s love and affection.
She said her marriage in Jan
wary to Luther, jr., resplted from
his courtship while she was ba
by-sitting with his nine-year
old sister and five-year-old
brother. ;
After the marriage, the young
bride said in her suit for $50,000
damages, she and her young hus
band set up housekeeping and
lived happily until Luther’s
parents stepped in and lured him
back home. i
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agement ana supervisors Ot fAth=
ens Manufacturing Company of
safety methods of operation. The
forum was one of the affairs reg
ularly scheduled by the company
and illustrated by motion pictures
to teach those attending the best
and safest methods of production,
looking to a continued reduction
in the possibility of mishaps and
also for more efficient operation.
These in turn teach the methods
to those working in their various
departments.
“As a result of these forums
and illustrated lectures, we be
lieve much good will some, Mr.
Quillian said, adding he feels that
the end of the quarter now ap
proching, will show a continued
improvement in the matter of safe
and efficient operation in the
manufacturing plant here.
Vet Reports
KKK Attack
LaFAYETTE. Ga., May 18.—
(AP)—A 26-year-oid war veteran
said he was flogged by 20 men
in Ku Klux Klan regalia who
accused him of drinking too
much and not taking care of hisl
family. ’
“I thought they were going to |
hang me,” 4. C. Stoker related in
giving details of the Monday
night beating. |
He said the wxen held a noose;
around his neck while they lash
ed him. Several of the mob fired*
shots and shouted ‘hang him* |
and “shoot him,” reported Stoker,l
a carpenter and the father of
three small children.
Mrs. Stoker said her husband’s
undershirt was soaked with
blood when Le reeled back into
the house after the assault.
The young veteran said his
wife and children were left in
tears when the men took him |
from his home. |
“I have never and will never
spend any money for whisky
when it takes food and clothing
from my family,” Stoker declar
ed. “The Klan has undertaken a
big job ii they want to beat up
everybody that takes a drink.”
Sheriff Weymon Harmon said
he was investigating the inci—.
dent. Twenty persons have been|
whipped recently by mobs in|
nearby Georgia and ']‘\ennessee‘
counties, : #
FDR, JR.
WINS AT
N. Y. POLLS
NEW YORK, May 18—(AP)—
Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., first of
the late president’s five children
to seek elective office, has launch
%d his political career by giving
ammany Hall a sound licking.
The 34-year-old lawyer, bear
ing one of the most potent politi
cal names in the nation’s history,
captured more votes than all three
of his opponents in winning yes
terday’s 20th Congressional Dis
trict special election.
Roosevelt collected 41146 votes,
31,037 on the Liberal party ticket
and 10,109 under the four free
doms party banner.
His three opponents got 39,726
distributed- this way: Municipal
Court Justice Benjamin Shalleck,
Democrat, 24,352; William H. Mc-
Intyre, Republican, 10,026; Dr.
Annette T. Rubinstein, Alp, 5,348.
His jubilant supporters, toasting
him at rallies throughout the dis
trict last night, chanted “next
stop, Albany —the governor’s
manion” and ‘“‘the next governor
of New York.” His father was g.ev
ernor two terms, vaulting from
there to the White House.
One enthusiast demand “when
are you going to run for govern
or?” The new congressman, third
of the Roosevelt sons, responded:
“I can answer that very simply.
I have only one ambition and that
is to serve the people of my dis
trict and my country to the ut
most of my ability.”
The Tammany Hall candidate,
Shalleck, given the Democratic
nomination denied young Roose
velt, was his chief rival in the
election.
FDR, ir.. centered his campaign
fire on the ancien t Manhattan
Democratic organization, just as
his father had battled Tammany
in his first political job as a state
senator more than 35 years ago.
In turn, the Democratic organ
ization denounced young Roose
velt as an interloper in the dis
trict and as a pl y%?y;’ttying to
trade on his fqt&i; hame. The
Republicans also # attacked him,
and the American Labor party
lashed him bitterly. .
Go Ahead Sought
in Housing Plan
WASHINGTON, May 18—(AP)
—Defense Secretary Johnson to
day asked Congress for autority
to go ahead with a $623,125,582
housing and building program for
the armed services. He said the
ueed 18 “eritical.”
Simultaneousiy, a presidential
conmmittee reported that in many
places, “servicemen are forced to
pay penthouse rents for chicken
coop homes in the slum areas that
have been up near military instal
lations in recent years.”
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GEN. CLAY COMES HOME, DECORATED BY
TRUMAN—Gen. Lucius D. Clay (left) of Mariet
ta, Ga., is decorated by President Truman for his
work as American military governor in Germany.
He receives a sepond oak 12af cluster in leu of a
{hird Distinguished Service Medal. Watching,
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, CA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1949,
New Floods, Tornadoes
Hike Texas Death Toll
Seven Drowned As Flash
5 .
Floods Strike Ft. Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas, May 18.—(AP)—Flood waters
that inundated great sections of Fort Worth receded to
day, leaving behind the body "of a seventh victim and =
crippled drinking water supply.
The swirling flood that covered residential, business
and industrial areas in the Trinity Valley areas here in
jured 30 persons and left an estimated 13,000 homeless.
'The homeless spent last night in public shelters or with
relatives and friends.
At dawn, weary searchers,
working the flooded area in boats
and afoot, found the body of a
man identified by police as John
B. Fawks near the animal cages
in Forest Park . 1
The newest drowning increased
the toll for three days of turbu
lent weather in Texas and Okla
homa to 14 dead and more than
118 injured.
The count was seven drowned
and 30 treated at hospitals here,
mostly for shock and exposure,
five dead and 83 injured from a
tornado at Amarillo Sunday night;
one dead and nine injured from
twisters in Oklahoma, and one
dead and at least 12 injured in
west Texas tornadoes.
Grandimother Killed
Nine of the injured in Okla
homa were watching a softbail
game at Meeker, Okla., last night
when a tornado dipped into the
crowd.
An elderly grandmother was
killed by a twister that struck
near Spur, Tex., last night and &
tarmer in Oklahoma was killed h¥
a tornado that bounced into the
Sooner state from Stratford, Tex.
As Fort Worth struggled back
to normal it faced this situation:
Areas west; north and east of
the business district under water.
All schools closed and the north,
east and west sections of iown cut
off from downtown for automobile
travel and isolated from city bus
transportation. e
Snarled traffic, blocked high
ways, power line breaks, a flood
ed water plant, a water supply
that officials -say will take three
davys to make normal.
Water in this big cattle shipping
center was an acute problem. Res
idents were warned not to drink
it unless it had been boiled. Free
typhoid shots were available to
those who had drunk ‘“‘questiona
ble water.”
They lined up with buckets, bot
tles and other containers for
drinking water at commercial
firms with private artesian wells.
And sellers of bottled drinks re
ported a run on their beverages.
Two 500 gallon water puritica
| tion units were sent here from the
Army’s Camp Hood. -Dailas, 30
miles to the east, sent eight 1,500
gallons water tank trucks to shut
tle drinking water. :
Dallas itself watched the biggest
flood since 1908 swelling in its
Trinity River lowlands. A crest of
48 feet is expected today, 20 feet
above flood stage.
But the ‘flood at Dallas thus far
was confined between 60 feet le
ves . In the farm areas below the
city, howeve:r, a 4& foot crest
would spell ruin for hundreds of
j acres of farm crops.
‘ Residents in communities south
of Dallas were warned by police
that water might back up and
flood dozens of homes.
Fort Worth, which estimates its
metropolitan population at more
than 300,000, was one of the hard
est hit by the storms.
Approximately 1,000 of the
homeless were quartered in the
city’s Will Rogers Memorial coli
seum. Others were living in
schools, club houses, the city rec
reation building and the Carswell
Air Force Base gymnasium.
Police patroited the flood areas
to prevent looting. ,
Soft Drinks
left to right, are House Speaker Sam Rayburn,
Vice President Alben W. Barkley, Mrs. Ciay, and
Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Gen. Clay is
retiring from the army and will return to Mariet
ta' (AP Wirephota)
J. J. McCloy
Given High
German Post
{ WASHINGTON, May 18.—(AP)
~President Truman today ap
&linted John J. McCloy to be
United States High Commission
er for Germany.
- McCloy is resigning as Presi
dent of the World Bank to take
on the assignment.
«The White House said the res
ignation will become effective no
later than July 1. <
It also said that McCloy will
take under “early advisement”
development of plans for the
transfer of responsibility for
non-military aspects of Unitea
Sttaes occupation of Germany
from the Army to the State De
partment and the Economic Co
operation Administration. s |
“This transfer will take place
on or about the time of the es
tablishment of the German pro
visiona! government, the an
nouncement said.
Self Government |
The United States, Britain and
France have 'made plans to give
the Gernvans in their occupation
zones a large degree of responsi
bility for governing themselves.
.~ With the shift, strictly military
‘conirol will end. Commissioners
from the three governments will
deal wit.g the German govern
ment. However, occupation troops
will continue to be kept in Ger
many.
The White House announce
ment said that McCloy will be
“the supreme United States au
thority in Germany,” and added:
“Subject to consultation with
and ultimate direction by the
President, he will be under the
immediate supervision and di
rection of the Secretary of
State. He will have the author
ity to exercise all the govern
mental functions of the United
States in Germany, other than
the cemmand of the United
States occupation forces. He wiil
represent tlgz United States on
the Allied High Commission for
Germany (United States - United
Kingdom - France) when estab
lished and will exercise the ap
propriate .functions of a chief of
mission, class ‘one, within the
meaning of the foreign service
act of August 13, 1946.”
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No-Work Claims
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Rise In Georgia
ATLANTA, May 18—(AP)—Un
employment Compensation claims
in Georgia have increased more
than 16,000 since May 1 last year,
the State Labor Department re
ported today.
Ben T. Huiet, State Labor Com
missioner, attributed part of the
increase however, to the fact that
about 5,000 more persons have
come under unemployment insur
ance laws.
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RESCUERS SEARCH FOR FLOOD VICTIMS—
Voiunteer rescuers search through the west side
of Ft. Worth, Texas, for persons stranded by
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
JAYCEES URGE BOND VICTORY
A plea for passage of the proposed $1,000,000 school bond issue Tuesday, May
24th, was made today by the Board of Directors of the Athens Chamber of Com:
merce and also by members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. .
WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP
German Vote May Upset
Red 4-Power Strategy
Russia, jolted by a 4,000,000 snub in yesterday’s East
German ‘election returns, faces four power talks on Ger
many with a lot less bargaining power than she expected
to have. X : S
Air Service
Begins Here
On June 30th
Southern Airways, Inec,, will
inaugurate service at the Athens
Municipal Airport on or' about
June 30, it was announced to
day.
Clarke County Commigsioners
received today a copy of the no
tifieation of the service inaugu
ration sent ‘to the Civil Aero
nautics Board, Economic Bureau
in Washington, D. C., by the
Southern Airways, Inc., Muniq
pal Airport, Birmingham, Ala.
The Athens Municipal Airport
is located between the Augusla
|and Winterville roads, about 3%
miles east of the city. There are
‘two paved runways at the field
{ The longest of the two is 4,000
| feet.
The notification said there
lwm'e facilities available at the
airport for fuel, storage, major
‘uircrat’t and major engine re
pairs. a
‘ The airport is now under lease
l from the county to Athens A\ja
! tion, Ine. The airway service
| was previously scheduled to be
i gin here on May 1.
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1 Baptist Confab
-
| In Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 18 —
! (AP)—The Southern Baptist Con-~
vention’s Committee on Boards
announced today it would nomi
nate Dr. Louie D. Newton, pastor
of Atlanta’s Drund Hills Church,
for election to the Exeeutive Com~
mittee. ! )
Georgia now has two members
on the committee. They are Judge
Frank A. Hooper of Atlanta, and
Mrs. Frank S. Burney of Waynes
| boro.
Dr. Newton is a former presi
-Ident of the Baptist Convention.
Dr. Searcy S. Garrison, pastor
of the Bull Street Baptist Church
ih Savannah, will be nominated
for re-election to membership on
the Foreign Mission Board. Dr.
R. C. Gresham of Moultrie’s First
Church, also is a member of the
board.
Dr. J. C. Wilkinson, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Ath
ens, will be nominated for mem
bership on the Home Mission
| Board. He would ‘succeed Dr.
| Fred S. Porter, who retired this
| year as pastor of the First Baptist
| Church at Coelumbus, ¥
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
By The Associated Press
The Communists claimed a “tre
mendous victory” in the election,
but the fact that one third of the
votes went against them was a
staggering blow. It undoubtedly
iias loiced nussia (0 icappiaise
her plan of action as she ap
proaches the Paris conference.
For one thing, siie must weigh
new factors in deciding what po
sition to take on any proposal for
withdrawal of all occupation ar
mies from Germany.
Before the election the Russians
had b e e n reported as favorabling
withdrawal by botn mast and West
occupation forces, presumably
with the idea that east German
Communists were strong enough
i 0 seize control of any centrai
German government embracing
all zones.
| Another question must give the
'Russxans pause: in an area swarm
ing with Soviet troops and Red
‘spxes, how many Germans voted
| for the Communist slate, although
| actually wishing they had the
| courage to vote against it?
{ Allied Hand
| The one-third “no” vote greatly
| strengthens the hands of the Uni
| ted States, Britain and France,
| the Paris meetings. They now will
| face Russia’s strategists, knowing
| that most of west German’s 46,-
| 000,000 inhabitants are against
I‘Communism and that at least 4=
000,000 east Germans don’t Jlike
| it any better. B
l Chines e Communists drove a
spearhead thruugh Shanghai’s
| “back door” almost to the’' Whang
| poo River today. a Shanghai gar=
| rison communique acknowleaged
| the thrust, but said the forc'eugi‘éf
! been wiped out in fierce fighting. -
| Encircling Reds
| Reds encircling the great city
| from the southwest. drove fto
{ Chwansha, 12 miles east of Shan=
' ghai. They then struck back west
| ward against Pootung, just )5S
| the river from the city’s»m
| Bund.
{ In South China the Reds lungfi‘
lto within 31 nriles of the lE‘ortg_“ -
Fooshow, provincial capitcl, mads=
| way between Shanghai lmli %
lton. A o) U
In New York the Bevin :
I plan to split up Italy’s prewar col=
{ onies among four nations failed
early today in the United Nations
*Assembly. g
A last-minute Latin American.
revolt brought defeat to, the
American - Supported measure
which the Slavs and Arabs had
| denounced as a “‘deal” to strength
| en British-American control of the
Mediterr.'sz-:ani # ek St
Eister Ozse’ =l.¢ 22
The British council for GeMa
| democracy promised in. London
|today to wage a xafi:“ ght' to
|the utmost limits” for fugitjve
| Communist Gerhart Eisler. - The
| group, which styles itself “com
pletely non-party,” has retained a
[lawyer so Risleny, G
flood waters of the rampaging Trinity River. Wa
ter was four to six feet Jdeep throughout most of
the city. (NEA Telephoto).
In resolutions these two organi
zations point out the need for
school improvements and urge all
citizens to support the bond issue.
° The Jaycee bond committee is
comprised of Upshaw Bentley, jr.,
Athens attorney, chairman; “Fred
Butler, Jimmy Aiken, ~ Jimmy
Hardy and Jerry Cauble.
The Chamber of Commerce res
olution follows:
“Whereas, the Mayor and City
Council of the City of Athens, at
the request of the Athens Board
of Education, have called an elec~
tion for the issuance of a million
dollars in bonds for the improve
ment and expansion of the Athens
City School System, and
“Whereas, present stMictures of
the city school system are gross
ly inadequate for the present and
prospective increased demands
upon them, and i
“Whereas, these proposed im
nrovernents have lang heen repos
& = ;AR Sy, Ao
nized by all progressive citizens as
vitally necessary if Athens is to
proride its children with adequate
educational facilities comparable
to those available in other similar
communities, now therefore = .
“BE IT RESOLVED, by . the
Board of Directors of the Athens
Chamber of Commerce, that we
heartily endorse the issuance of
these bonds for the purpose speci
fied and urge all qualified voters
in the City of Athens to go to the
polls on May 24th and vote “YES”
for school bonds.
Building A Hazard
The Jaycee resolution follows:
“Whereas, the present Athens
High School huilding is inade
quate to meet the present and fu
ture development of our educa
tiongl program; and,
“Whereas, there has never been
‘built in our generation a suitable
building for high school purposes;
-and, :
“Whereas, the present site and
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SCHOOL EOND RADIO
SPEAKERS THIS WEEK
WGAU at 7:15 p. m.—Wed
nesday, R. H. Driftmier; Thurs
day, H. €. “Pop’’ Pearson, jr.;
Friday, Fred Avers,
" WGAU at 8:30 to 9:3o—Sat
urday, High School.
WRFC at 10:30 in the morn
ing for five-minute talks—
Thursday, Mrs., Fred Lea
thers; Friday, Mrs. ¥, H. Men
denhall; Monday, May 23, Wea
ver Bridges; Tuesday, May 24,
. Mrs. Warren Thurmond,
WRFC at 7 p. m.—Wednesday,
Oconee Street Sechool; Thurs
day, College Avenue Scheol;
Friday, Junior High Sch!mt;w
Barkley Watches
Farm Re-Building
WALESKA, Ga., May 18.—
{AP) — Vice President Alben
Barkley is expected to be on
hang todav.te watch “thcv,k:ggest
thing that ever happened” to
Waleska, Ga., the home ‘of tiny
Reinhardt. College. o e
The Vice Presidént i éxpécted
to fly down from Washington to
join thousands of other ' visilors
for a giant demonstration of
what modern machisery cap do
Jor a farm in one day. .i o
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