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Big Four
Still In
~ U.S. Flatly Rejects
. Russian’s 1-To-3
~ Berlin Control Bid
| PARIS, June 8 — (AP) — The
. poreign Ministers Conference
| taced a continued deadlock today,
. .ith Russia demanding a voice
| equal to that of the combined three
. Western Powerss in the control of
| Berlin.
; This proposal for a fifty-fifty
voice—actually one power equal
ling three—was flatly rejected yes
terday by Secretary of Statae Dean
Acheson as a device for imposing
the will of one occupying power
on the other three.
Soviet' Foreign Minister Andrei
Vishinsky had proposed, pending
the election of a Berlin city gov
ernment, that the Soviet com
mander appoint 50 per cent of the
personnel of a German commission
to run the city and supervise elec-
Vishinsky said this would be
“fair and equitable,” Acheson said
it would not, on the basis of popu
lation or any other standard, re
minding that West Berlin had two
thirds of the population. He said
also that the Soviet-sponsored SED
Party had received only 19 per
cent of the vote in the 1946 elec-i
tion, and therefore 25 per cent
voice for the Russians in the con
trol of Berlin would be genérous.
Long Speech
The Western Ministers urged
adoption of the American plan to
give Berlin’s administration the
leeway enjoyed by Vienna where
the city administration can do as
it pleases until all four of the oc
cupying powers disapprove.
Vishinsky, who spoke two hours
against the American proposal,
said he wanted to continue his
speech today.
The Soviet minister seeméd in
sistent on getting even more con
trols over local Berlin government
and larger veto power within the
Four-Power control organ—Kom
mandatura—if and when it should
be resurrected than Russia had in
the first place. :
Full Report
The deadlock in the East-West
conversations on-Berlin was re
vealed in yesterday’s session which
was fully reported to the press for
the first time since Thursday. In
three secret sessions the four dele
gations had sought to work out a
compromise settlement for Berlin.
They tried to end the situation
in which Berliners must cope with
two city administrations, two po
lice departments and two curren-
Cies.
After the Berlin discussions thel
ministers are expected to move on |
to the question of a peace treaty |
for Germany and an Austrian |
treaty. =
Yesterday, Vishinsky remarked!
that Vienna was different from |
Berlin, since Vienna was the capi- |
tal of a “liberation” nation, rather |
than that of a defeated country. .
Search For 54 Air Crash Victims
Continues In Shark - Infested Sea
5 flares
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June B.— (AP) —t—Seal‘-‘(’-ll‘l::: :&:’g P i
this nllorning io stoue Susky. Sh:rskél-r(:g‘::\g ivivlaael:;ard are believed to
nlane crashed yesterday. At leas ; gy B
have perished. SRR
U. S. B-17 bwabers dropped
the flares to aid Coast Guard andi
Navy craft press the pre-dawn
earch for some 20 persons Stll]!
missing.
Captain D, H. Dexter, in charge!
of the U. S. Coast Guard basy
sere, said he did not believe any
more would be found alive.
Twenty-five of the 27 saved
themselves by swimming to
shore,
There were 19 children and!‘
SIX crew members aboard the
chartered plane which crash
larded in a rainstorm yesterday
after radioing back it had en
gine trouble. The ship had just
set out for the United States
By last night 27 survivors and
34 bodies had been fished out of
the rocky waters where the plane’
ank. All the passengers were
Puerto Ricans.
Jerry Andrews, a Civil Aero
hautics Board inspector, who
flew in from Miami yesterday,
Was at the scene as the search
continued. A series of investiga
tions has been launched.
The plane was a former C-46
Army transport, converted for
passenger service, and chartered
by a travel agency from Strato-
Freight Inc. Most of the passen-!
2crs were bound for Miamm, Fla., |
ind Newark, N. J. I
The plane fell in deep water
Just off the coast about four
niles from the San Juan alr-i
ield,
Ruben Rivera: Quiles, 21, aj|
urvivor, said the big plane|
tarted swayfng from side wl
lde as soon as it gained altltude]
fter the take-off.
“It was shocking to see 3“1
hose mothers crying and yelling|
S soon as the plane hit the sea,
e said. i
“The children fell off their
“Ds. They seemed nearly crazy
O 20 out into the sea even
sough they could not swim.”
Oue survivar said he E"‘SS?d
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FUGITIVES CAPTURE FARM FAMlLY—Marvin Buhrman, his
wife and their baby son Garry Lee (top) were held captives for
10 hours in their farm home near West Point, Nebraska, by three
Minnesota gunmen hunted for killing a policeman. Two of the
fugitives finally fled, but another, Arthur Bistrom, 37, remained
at the Buhrman farm and surrendered. Bottom: Bistrom (left),
former St. Paul taxi driver, talks with Policeman Clifferd Smith,
head of the Minneapolis homicide squad, after he gave up. Bis
trom’s companions later were captured by a party of farmers
near Fairbury, Nebraska.— (AP Wirephotos.)
Jaycee Dance Review
Held Tomorrow Night
Colorful Costumes, Snappy Dance
Routines'‘Highlight Annual Affair
Final plans were being completed t‘oday for the big
Philpot Dance Revue to be held in Fine Arts Auditorium
tomorrow evening at 8:30. More than 100 Athens boys
and girls will appear in the Revue, which is an annual
activity of the Philpot School of Dancing and the Athens
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
A delightful program of many
snappy dance numbers and mu-|
sical selections has been set forl
the revue. Miss Dot Philpot isl
aided in conducting the school of
dancing each year by Mrs. Wed'
Barber, who has charge of the
musical direction and will be ac-|
companist for the revue againl
this year. '
The revue is the climax of the
year’s activities for the Philpot!
School, and culminates the year’s|
work for the dance pupils. Worki
out 17 life preservers but there
was no chance to launch life
rafts which the plane carried.
captain Al Cockrell of Pitts
field, Mass., a crew member, wns
among those missing and pre
sumed dead. The plane’s stew
ardess, Miss Judith Hale, of
Binghamton, N. Y., told rescue
workers Cockrell had given her
his life jacket in the sea.
Infantry Reserve
To Hear Atlanta
.
Officer Thursday
Thursday night Major William
E. Pelham, Executive Officer of
the 519th Infantry, (Res.) which
is located in Atlanta, will speak
to all Infantry Reserve Officers in
the Athens area and discuss the
possibilities of activating a TO&E
Infantry Battalion (RES) in
Athens. ¥
This Infantry Battalion (RES)
will consist of Officers and cadre,
and will be a Class “B” Unit.
They will have twenty for (24)
pay meetings per year, and will
spend two weeks in summer
training each year with full pay
and allowences for all personel
who attend.
Major Clarence W. Lung, Ath
ens Military Sub-District Com
mander, urges all interested In
fantry Reserve Officers to attend
this meeting Thursday night,
June 9, at 8 o’clock, becauße this
will be the only TO&E Infantry
Unit in the Athens Area.
The meeting will be in the ORC
Armory corner of Thomas and
Clayton Streets. ‘
HOLDUP TEAM ?
ATLANTA, June B—(AP)—Po
lice in Atlanta and the surrounding
area today sought a man and wo
man hitch-hiking bandit team who
robbed a Yellow Cab driver, then
locked him in the trunk of his
cala:
on the revue starts weeks in ad
vance, and the revue has always
been noted. as one of the city's
top activities of the early sum
mer. !
Celorful Costumes
Besides the musical and danc
ing abilities of many Athens
children, the revue features col
orful costumes for the various
dance routines.
The revue is held each year
through the cooperation of the
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CRASH SURVIVOR — Among
the injured survivors of the
crash of a twin-engined air
liner into fthe ocean off San
Juan, Puerto Rico, was Judy
Hale (above), 24-year-old
stewardess, of Binghamton, N.
Y. She spent several hours in
the sea clinging to a rock after
the plane erashed.
ATHENS, CA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1949.
Second Senate Committee
Will Probe Hd:pital Row
Probers Feel Issue Caused
By Dech s In i
y ecnman s experlence
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., June 8. — (AP) — A second
Senate investigating committee prepared to step into the
state mental hospital crisis today.
One group said last night the far-reaching upheaval at
the 10,000-patient institution probably is due to a lack of
experience on the part of the new superintendent, T. A.
Dechman.
The 10-man Social Security Board also was scheduled
to meet at the hospital today to consider the red-hot is
sues. Talmadge ordered the meeting in telegrams to mem
bers and said he is “not interested in personalities but in
giving the best attention and services possible to the un
fortunate inmates.”
The building controversy was
brought to a head Monday when
13 of the hospital’s doctors tried
to resign. They were fired in
stead. Another doctor later re
signed and two aged physicians
remained on the staff.
Twelve of the doctors last night
rejected a re-instatement offer of
State Welfare Director Jack For
rester. One, Dr. T. H. Chestnut,
said he was forced to accept the
offer because he had just learned
his wife must undergo a serious
operation. Another was not pre
sent at the meeting.
Stick Together
Dr. T. G. Peacock, former medi
cal superintendent and spokesman
for the ousted doctors, said Chest
nut was released from his pledge
to stick with the group. The others,
he added, are -sticking together
as we planned from the first.”
State Sen. Henry Wililams of
Baldwin County said a special
Senate Welfare Committee would
launch an exhaustive investigation
of affairs and conditions at the
hospital. He said the probe may
take several days and will include
testimony from hundreds of hos
pital employes.
“If conditions are such where 13
(SIC) tcilloctors ;toctors ’c;nz work
&rrlg; that need g%fgntion,"'@il
liams added. “We're going to find
out what the facts are and bring
them to the attention of the Gov
ernor and the Welfare Commit
tee. It is our duty to let the facts
lbe known, and when they are
known we can expect action from
'either the Governor or the Gen
eral Assembly.”
i Probable Mistake
Another Senate committee vis
l ited the hospital yesterday and re
ported Forrester “probably made
'a mistake” in appointing Dechman
'May 1 to head the huge mental
hospital.
’ The three-man group said Dech
man, a federal official for many
years, “is not qualified for the
position due to the lack of previous
training.”
Headed by Senator-Physician W.
R. McCoy of Folkston, the com
mittee blasted Dechman’s action in
removing nurses, attendants, ther
apy and other functions from con
trol of the doctors. The membersl
tefimed it “illogical and impracti
cal.”
The report also said it is impera
tive that the administrative and
medical departments are entirely
separate.
These matters were ironed out
yesterday when Forrester ordered
a dual - administratorship at the
hospital.
Snake-pit Conditions
The committee also found “that
general reports published by the(
Georgia press (citing ‘“‘snake-pit” |
conditions at the hospital) are
true.” '
In his offer of re-inste‘ement '
Forrester excluded Dr. Peacock '
and Dr. R. W. Bradford, former
clinical director. Rejecting the of- |
fer, the dismissed doctors said they I
will discuss the matter only as a
group. Dr. Peacock added: |
“We know they have tried spe
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Southern Mutual Officers
Re - Elected By Directors
Judge Blanton Fortson was re
elected president and treasurer of
the Southern Mutual Insurance
company and E. E. Lamkin was
re-named secretary by the direc
tors at their annual meeting yes
terday.
The directors met at the close of
the annual convention of policy
holders which re-elected the
board as follows: Howell C. Er
win, Blanton Fortson, Jacob B!
Joel Madison G. Nicholson, Eu
gene L. Hill, E. E. Lamkin, Will
iam L. Erwin, Robert V. Watter
son, Harvey Stovall, Hugh H.
Gordon, jr., Athens; Clark Howell,
Atlanta; Charles H. Phinizy, Au
gusta; D. Abbott Turner, Colum
bus; Broadus E. Willingham, Ma
con and Hugh Stephens, Savan
nah. .
Roy T. Scoggins was re-elected
auditor; Carlton N. Mell, assistant
auditor; Mrs. Fredonia H. Davis,
| otfice assistant; Mrs. Claire L.
Rutherford, office assistant: War
ren Pledger, building superin
tendent.
Judge Fortson reported at the
policyholders convention that “the
lfirst year oi the Company's sec-
BULLETIN
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., June
B—(AP)—The huge, 10,000 pa
tient State Mental Hospital,
under investigation again after
an upheaval in the medical staff,
was described today as being in
fested wiih rats and roaches.
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Dixie Coal Operators
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Seek Bargaining Point
Southerners May Ask Lewis For
Lowest Wage Scale In Industry
BLUEFIELD, W. Va., June B.— (AP) —Southern pro
ducers may ask John L. Lewis’ contract bargaining team
ltl(])gl‘::t’f:n a lower wage scale than the rest of the soft coal
Operators were expected to add
to the proposals they already have
&At before the United Mine
orkers in contract negotiations
here. There were indications a bid
to bring back the old southern
pay rential ‘Mmight be among
the new ones.
A fight over the union’s SIOO,-
000,000 a year welfare and pen
sion fund also was in prospect in
the closed sessions. Under the
present contract, which runs out
June 30, operators pay 20 cents
on every ton of coal to support
the fund. akadl
President Joseph E. Moody of
the Southern Coal Producers As
sociation has hinted the operators
may ask an end to the SIOO-a
--month pensions paid for out of the
fund, although he hasn‘t said so
flatly.
Moody is on record in favor of
a fund to take care of need and
distress of employes, but only
“when that need and distress re
sults from or occurs during the
course of empiloyment in our
mines.”
UMW negotiators, headed by
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Clear to partly cloudy and
continued hot tonight and
Thursday with slighi chance of
afternoon thundershowers to
day and again Thursday.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and rather hot today, tonight
and Thursday. Scattered after
noon thundershowers Thursday
and in south and central por
tions today.
TEMPERATURE
BN . o 8
LA .. oy
Mesw ... .20 il
Normal .. ; Gk iR
3 RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total sinpe June 1 .. .... .23
Defjcit. since June 1 .. .. .78
Average June rainfall .... 4.13
Total since January 1 ....25.50
Excess since January 1 .. 1.83
ond century (it observed its cen
tentennial last year) has been sat
isfactory in every way,
Our losses have been the small
est in amount in many years, and
after setting aside a dividend of
33 1-3 per cen to our policyhold
ers, $52,000 has been added to the
Company’s Reserve for contin
gencies.”
The Southern Mutual, erganiz
ed in 1847, has assets of $2,377,-
391.98. The Company last year
increased its insurance nearly sl,-
000,000 bringing the total to S6OC,-
216,617.00. Since its organization
it has received premiums amount
ing to $28,199,542.73. It has paid
policy holders a total of $9,573,-
397.19 for fire losses and paid
policyholders $12,712,236.71 in di
vidends since organization.
At yesterday’s session of the
policyholders they adopted a res
olution expressing regret for the
absence of Bolling S. Dußose Ath
ens agent for the Company, who
always attends the annual con
vention. The resoluticn extended
to Mr. and Mrs. Dußose, both of
whom were injured in an automo
bile wreck, hope for an early re
covery. ;
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ENGAGEDTO
LOS ANGELES, June 8 —
(AP)—lt will be a June wedding
among Southern California
orange blossoms for Florida’s
Governor.
Gov. Fuller Warren's engage
ment to Miss Barbara Manning,
blue-eyed, blond Los Angeles
socialite, was announced yester
day by her mother, Mrs. Ward
Plunkett. The wedding will be
in Westwood Community Meth
odist Church on June 26,
It will be Warren'’s third mar
riage and the first for Miss Man
ning, 23.
The pair met last September
at a party when Warren was
here on a citrus inspection tour.
She attended his inauguration in
Florida last January.
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‘Secretary-Treasurer John Owens
in the absence of Lewis, have not
‘said when they will get around to
‘making their own proposals.
Shorter ghy
But they are expected to in
clude demands for a bigger wel
fare fund royalty and a shorter
work day.
The operators haven't closed
the door on the royalty boost but
promise to fight any cut in pro
ductive time. In fact, they have
asked elimination of the present
half-hour paid lunch period.
The SCPA has asked these
other changes in any new con
tract:
Elimination of the clause that
says miners need work only when
“able and willing” and of the pro
vision for memorial shutdowns to
mourn mine dead.
There have been hints that in
place of the “able and willing”
clause which has resulted in wild
cat strikes, the operators may ask
restoration of fines against miners
taking part in unauthorized walk
outs.
The mine workers in turn have
indicated they might swap the
memorial period clause for op
erators support of a new federal
mine safety bill, now pending in
Congress.
TO SHOW ORNOT TO SHOW
Stars Debate Use Of French Suits
By 808 THOMAS
HOLLYWOOD, June B—(AP)—
To show or not to show.
That is the guestion facing mii
lions of American women now that
hot weather is approaching.
Whether ’tis wiser on the beach
to suffer the stares and glances of
other sun-lovers by wearing a
French bathing suit. Or to stick
to the non-revealing models.
The Riviera-style bathing suit
invaded these shores some time
ago, but its popularity has been
greater among male observers than
female wearers. This summer will
probably tell whether the scanty
panties will be accepted in the U.
S.
For opinions on this momentous
question, I asked some of the style
setting glamor- girls of Hollywood.
Here is what they say:
Barbara Stanwyck—“lf I had a
figure like Esther Williams’, I'd be
glad to wear a French bathing suit.
She’s one of the few girls who
could look terrific in them. But
they’re not for me—no, sir!”
Esther Williams: “I don’t like
them for two reasons: First and
foremost, they are just not flat
tering. Secondly, they are im
practical; you can’t swim in them.”
Joan Crawford—"] think every
thing American is better includ
ing our designers. But what I've
seen of French bathing suits looks
very interesting. Their brevity
make sun bathing more appealing
to the wearer and even more so to
the observer.”
JUDGE DIES
ROME, Ga., June 8 — (AP) —
Judge John W. Bale, 76, died early
today in a Rome hospital follow
ing three weeks illness. He had
been in declining health for sev
eral years but his condition had
not become serious until recently.
He had been judge of Floyd City
Court for 20 years.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Fla ( uni
Commission Outlines 4-Point Plan
For U. S. Schools; Athenian Member
WASHINGTON, June 8. (AP) —Twenty top-flight
educators—including General Dwight D. Eisenhower and
President James B. Conant of Harvard—said today Com
munists should be barred from the teaching profession.
They agreed too, that principles of Communism should
be taught—but not advocated—in American schools.
Their charge that Communist
membership “renders an individ
ual unfit to discharge the duties
of a teacher in this country” was
described by a National Educa
tion Association official as the
most outspoken statement on that
subject ever made by an educa
tion group of nation-wide stand
ing.
Eisenhower, now president of
Columbia University, Conant and
18 fellow members of an educa
tional policies commission made
their observations in a 54-page
report on ‘“American Education
and International Tension.”
The commission was appointed
by the National Education Asso
ciation and the American Asso
ciation of School Administrators.
Its purpose was to study the
teaching changes that might be
advisable in view of political
tensions that may “keep the
world in a state of cold war for
years to come.” .
The commission listed these
“muain lines of strategX™’ for Am-‘
erican education:
Study Communism
1. “Young citizens should have|
an opportunity to learn about the
principles and practices of «total
itarianism, including those rep
resented by the Soviet Union and!
by the Communist Party in the
United States. The study should
be accurate and objective, and!
should make use of basic official.
documents.” |
2. “Teaching about Commun
ism or any other form of dicta
torship does not mean advocacy
of these doctrines. Such advocacy |
should not be permitted in Am-i
erican schools. While we expose!
and combat subversive activities'
in this country and jgbroad we‘
must at the same timre curb re-|
actionary forces which would use.
anti-Communist sentiment as a|
club to threaten every effort to!
improve society through educa
tion.”
U. S. Principles
3. “The schools should continue
with vigor their programs for
giving young citizens a clear un
derstsading of the principles of|
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THE MOVIES FINALLY FOUND HER — Joyce Mackenzie
(above), 22, was discovered emoting with Actor Henry Hull in a
Little Theatre glay in Ho?ywood—and now Twentieth Century-
Fox studio has iaunched her on a movie career, They gave her a
iong ierm coniract. She used f{o de double duty as cashier and
actress at Pasadena Community Playhouse.— (AP Wirephoto,)
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|Economy Push
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| WASHINGTON, June B—(AP)
| —An economy drive picked up at
| least temporary strength in the
| Senate today but one of its lead
)ers observed that President Tru
man holds the whip hand.
, Senator McClellan (D-Aark)
told a reporter that most econo
lmy moves—if passed by Congress
| —probably will run into a pres
| idential veto.
] A chairman of the Senate Ex
! penditures committee, McClellan
is working on a measure auming
at a balanced budget for the new
I tiscal year that begins next
month. It would propose to trim
‘about three billion dollars from
President Truman’s original bud
get for spending just under $42,-
' 000,000,000.
‘ “That’s about the best that Con
| gress can do ‘now,,”d,ugcaei‘qfn
| said. “If the President shotild
rveto it, then that would be his
responsibility.”
| Meanwhile the Senate for the
| first time this session cut a major
i appropriations bill below amounts
voted by the House.
! It passed by voice vote late
| yesterday the annual money bill
| for the State, Justice and Com
merce Departments and the Fed
eral Judiciary, containing $671,-
1 782,281 for all. This was $12,833,-
1821 less cash than voted by the
' House.
' Part of this cash savings was
{ offset by upping contract authori
'ty—or the right to spend and ask
| Congress to pay later — by $6,-
| 100,000 to a total of $68,700,000.
| All other annual appropriations
| have been increased by the Sen
*ate as compared with House
totals.
E Senator McCarran (D-Nev),
' who served as floor leader for the
| State-Justice-Commerce bill, said
| he “hopes to see this new trend
ir\f the European Recovery Pro
gram.