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SMITHFIELD, N. C,, July 4—
AP)—At least five persons were
killed in a head-on collision be
tween & bus and a dairy truck
\eut six miles south of here to
ay.
. Jajor J. R. Smith, state highway
atrol officer, said that both the
cuch. and the bus caught fire aft
sr the collison. |
He said the driver and two pass
engers of the bus were either kill
¢d by the impact or burned to
eath in the fire and that the
wver and one passenger in the
dairy truck were killed and burn
ed. Names of the victims were not.
lable immediately. |
A quick-thinking farmer, Hales
< obably prevented a greater
.08s of life. |
e farmer rushed to the crash
.cene and broke windows in the
jus enabling the passengers to get
out. About 12 passengers were on
the bus, Hales said he was told. |
The farmer, whose name was
not available, then carried some
of the injured to the Johnston
County Memorial Hospital here
and summoned the Smithfield fire
department, the deputy added. |
The hospital reported it had re
ceived four patients from the ac
cident., No details as to their con
dition were available.
Hales said ne undexstood the
bus belonged to Atlantic Grey
hound Lines.
National Roundup
Death took no holiday over the
July 4 weekend. It overtook at
least 434 Independence Day cele-!
brants. '
Of the victims, 207 died on the
nation’s jammed highways, 140
drowned and 87 were killed in !
miscellaneous accidents. I
The traffic toll climbed steadily’
toward the 290 predicted by the i
National Safety Council, }
It mounted even before millions
of automobiles clogged the roads
in their homeward trek.
The complete death total
threatened to exceed last year's!
500 for the three-day weekend. !
Texas, with 36 deaths, led all|
states in the tabulation. Michigan '
had 21 deaths by drowning. |
The state-by-state total (traffic, |
drownings and miscellaneous): |
Alabama 3 2 3, Arizona 2 8 0, :
Arkansas 8 1 0, California 13 2 3,
Colorado 1 0 8, Connecticut 6 4 0,
Delaware 100, Florida 230,
Georgia 2 0 0, Idaho 1 1 2, Illinois
117 3, Indiana 11 8 3, lowa 2 5 0,
Kentucky 3 2 2, Louisiana 3 0 1,
Vaine 013, Maryland 45 4|
Vassachusetts 3 3 3, Michigan 4 21
9, Minnesota 4 5 1, Mississippi 3 1
0, Missouri 5 T 0, Montana 3 0 0,
Nebraska 2 1 2, New Hampshire
010, New Jersey 5 4 3, New
Mexico 2 0 0, New York 10 10 9,
North Carolina 5 4 2, North Dako
“a 00 1, Ohio 7 9 2, Oklahoma 5
0 0, Oregon 3 0 0, Pennsylvania.
10 6 3, Rhode Island 3 0 0, South
Carolina 6 3 2, South Dakota 4 3 0,
Tennessee 8 4 2, Texas 25 6 5,
Utah 1 1 1, Vermont 0 0 2, Vir
ginia 7 0 2, Washington 6 2 8,
West Vrginia 6 1 2, Wisconsin 5 8
1, Wyoming 0 1 0. . |
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. MANILA, July 4—(AP)—Pres
ident Elpidio Quirino, speaking on |
the third anniversary of Philippine 1
Independence, again called for a
Pacific union as “our answer to
the threat of Red Imperialism.”
He addressed a crowd estimated
at 60,000 persons gathered to wit
ness a three hour military and
civic parade,
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4
HUSKY WHISPER
Young Hero-
Weds Girl
At Bedside
LOS ANGELES, July 4—(AP)
A wounded boy and the girl he
saved from a bandit’s attack
are man and wife today.
Tt was a far cry irom the church
wedding the young sweethearts
hel planned. instead, Alwyn (son
ny) Ivers, 19, his face swathed in
bandages, was married to little
Betty Bowen in a solemn bedside
ceremony at General Hospital.
Tears glistened on the blond
18-year-old girl's cheeks as she
breathed the words “I do”. Sonny,
his bullet shattered jaw bound in
wires, nodded his head and man
aged a husky whisper.
The rites were conducted less
than 40 hours after Sonny had
fought and killed a masked lovers’
lane bandit who threatened his
girl. Rev. Walter Pegg of the First
Baptist church in nearby Hunt
ington Park read a simple scrip
tural service.
Sonny was shot by the holdup
ma., later identifie”’ as William E.
Brock, 18, as he and Betty were
parked on a hill Friday night
Betty told sheriff’s officers Brock
took sonny’s wallet at gunpoint
an. then said “he’d do what he
wantea with me.” She said Sonny
leaped at the holdup man and,
though shot in the scuffle, grap
pled with Brock. Betty said she
grt Brock’s gun when it dropped
and handed it to Sonny who shot
th» youth four times.
7 Holiday
Deaths
In State
By The Associated Press
Death claimed seven Georgians
in accidents this long holiday
week-end. -
Only two died in accidents
;vithln the state through this morn
ng.
Pvt. Leon G. Warkenstein, 19,
a Camp Stewart soldier, was killed
in an au'omobile accident.
J. B. Short, Jackson county ne
gro, died Friday night in a traffic
accident on a highway between
Jefferson and Gainesville.
Two fliers from the Atlanta Na
val Air station died in the crash
of a plane at Willow Grove, Pa.,
yesterday, as they took off for a
return flight. The Navy has not yet
anmounced their names.
Henry Holland, 24, of Atlanta,
w=s drowned at Panama City, Fla.,
yesterday.
Pvt. Benjawain F. Guerrero of
the Atlanta General Depot was
drowned at Lake Murray, near
Columbia, 8. C., when a boat cap
sized.
Elton Newman, 19, of Hawkins
ville, Ga.. was one of two youths
killed in a motorcycle accident
near Cleveland, Tenn., yesterday.
The other killed was Edward Car
penter of Wedowee, Ala.
Threatened
Minister
Flays Mobs
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 4 —
(AP) — A Clay county minister
who said he had been threatened
with violence lashed out at hooded
mobs from his pulpit yesterday.
The Rev. Frank Ledford, pastor
of the Ashlands First Methodist
Church, ignored the threat and
preached on “Christ or the Klan”
at regular services yesterday. He
said two men came to his home
and warned him not to go to Ash
land since the “temper of the
town” was against him.
In his sermon, the Rev. Led
ford said, "If the Ku Klux Klan
or any cother group has teachings,
actual or inferred, contrary” to
freedoms granted by the Constitu
tion, they are not Christian or
American.
The Rev. Ledford is one of two
Methodist ministers who earlier
uncovered a series of floggings in
Clay county. The other, the Rev.
Luther Brown, pastor of the Mill
ersville Methodist church, also
sald he had been threatened.
s said he wae told at prayer
meeting last Friday that he is
“pretty close to the top of the
whipping list.”
Meanwhile, Jefferson county
Sheriff Holt McDowell said in
Birmingham that he would ask the
county commission to add 20 uni
formed men to the county police
force. He said the present sher
iff’s force of 60 men is not ade
quate.
The grand jury investigation of
10 floggings within Jefferson coun
‘.ty is scheduled-tp continue fomor
row with about 30 witnesses re-
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
100 DEGREES
Heat Wave
Harasses
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Nation Today
By The Associated Press
A sun which burnt Americans
from the Rockies to the Atlantic
seaboard continued withering
New England crops today.
Temperatures in the 100-degree
range were common, and heat
marks were being broken across
the nation. Chicago, which re
corded 102.4 yesterday, expected
the same again today—and was
well on the way toward it by
mid-morning. New York also
sizzled.
But there was a faint gleam of
relief from Canada in the shape.
of a mass of cool air moving
slowly southeastward.
There was no rain in sight,
however, to ease the drought
situation in southern New Eng
land. Crop damage is being fig
ured in the millions. In New Jer
sey, a 43-day dry spell is costing
$500,000 daily. The total now
about $28,000,000, with potatoes
the heaviest hit.
Truck crops in the New York
metropolitan area were also hurt,
and some vegetable and fruit
(Continued on Page Eignt).
STATE WELL REPRESENTED
Christian College Is Dedicated
Led by Rev. Elmer Anthony of|
Watkinsville, countless Christians
from all over the state joined in
singing the Doxology in the initial
stages of Dedication Ceremonies
for the Christian College of Geor=|
gia at the newly erected college
building on Hull Street Sundays
afternoon at five o’clock. ; |
The notes of the traditional
Doxology pouring from the throats
of those who have worked con
tinuously over a period of years
towards the establishment of this
institution marked the beginning
of the climax of a full day’s acti
vities centering around the dedica
tion of the College which is to be
affiliated with the University of
Georgia. A
Rev. Anthony, who presided at
the Dedication Service introduced
Mayor Jack Wells. of Athens who
congratulated the Christian Church
of Georgia on the founding of this
institution.
“It is a distinct pleasure to be
here today to take part in an event
which will have far-reaching ef
fects for the people of Athens, of
the state and of the church,” said
Mayor Wells. “The commercial
values to be derived ifrom Chris~
tian College may be modest but
the intangible benefits with which
the college will endow the com
munity will be innumerable, I am
certain,” he stated. :
Mayor Wells went on te say that
“the combination represented in
this Christian College—that of the
Church and the school—cannot
avoid succeeding.” g
Rorars Speaks
President Bogers of the Tlniver
sity of Georgia expressed his per
sonal gratitude and that of the
State University and i ine soii-
ATHENS, CA., MONDAY, JULY 4, 1949,
For the first time the govern
ment and its controlled press ad
mitted that peasants in Slovakia
were organized as “minute men”
armed with clubs and scythes, to
guard their priests.
The clashes in Slovakia climax~
ed the government’s campaign
which church leaders said was
aimed at state control of the
church and the undermining of the
‘Buthority of Archbishop Josef Be
ran, primate of Czechoslovakia.
The United States is prodding
Czechoslovakia to resume talks
aimed at settling American glaims
for private property taken over by
the Czechoslovak Communist gov
ernment. The claims total about
$40,000,000.
Officials in Washington said a
recent prcgrosal through the em
bassy at Prague to get down to
business again on the stalled nego
tiations brought no response.
Italy’s 17-day seamen’s strike
ended today. The walkout had
tied up the nation’s passenger car
rying vessels at the height of the
‘tourist season.
Shipowners and union officials
gigned an agreement calling for a
200 per cent increase in pensions,
a five dollar a month unemploy
ment bonus and a definite hiring
schedule.
munity of Athens to the Christian
Church for bringing into reality
the Christian College.
He said, “I am confident that
Athens welcomes the College to
the city and the University of
Georgia welcomes the institution
as a neighbor.” Further he said,
“Wisdom does not -consist of
mathematical knowledge but of
an understanding heart enabled
to discriminate between good and
evil. The presence of the Christian
College here in Athens in affilia
tion with the University will un
doubtedly strengthen those en
gaged in the pursuit of wisdom.”
Representing the Ministerial As
sociation of the Churches of Ath
ens, Rev. J. W. O. McKibben of
the First Methodist Church com
mended Rev. Paul Howle of First
Christian Church and congratula
ted the Christian Church of Geor
gia on the completion of the build
ing and the establishment of
Christian College. “I do not know
of a better atmosphere in which
to train our ministers than here
in Athens. Thousands of students
here working in cooperation with
local churches will inspire minis
terial students who come here to
study at Christian College,” said
Rev. McKieben.
Following a prayer by Rev.
Charles Schwab, president of the
State Christian Convention, Rev.
Anthony recognized the twelve
members of the Board of Trustees
of Christian College, and the
numerous people who contribute
to the construction of the
building in various ways, i -
ing the contracter, architact and
dersnrator.
Keys Delivered
- The keys to Christian College
World
xNewsx
Roundup
Czechs Call Reds
Hand; 17-Day-Old
Italian Strike Ends
By The Associated Press
Czechoslovakia’s Communist
government apparently has been
forced to alter its tactics in the
Church-State fight. It has run up
against violent defiance from de
vout Catholics in Slovakia.
Now the government has become
touchy about criticism in the West
ern World -of its treatment of the
Roman Catholic Church., Cabinet
miniglers have left the impres
sion the government is ready to
make concessions.
Prime Minister Attlee has
blamed a rash of unofficial strikes
in Britain on Communists. He
said they are trying to disrupt the
nation’s recovery.
America’s new Ambassador to
Moscow, Alan . Kirk, presented
his credentials. He told Presiderit
Nikolai Shvernik he would work
toward increasing friendship be
tween the United States and the
Soviet Union.
Navy Vet Shot
In Roadhouse
WAYCROSS, Ga., July 4—
(AP)—Herbert H. Davis, 22-
year-old Navy veteran, was shot
to death Saturday night in a
roadhouse near Waycross. Homer
Thomas, 35, proprietor of Thomas’
Camp, has been charged with the
slaying.
Deputy Sheriff J. H. Walkers
and Georgia Bureau of Investi
gation Sergeant John - Wolfe
quoted Thomas as saying he shot
Davis in self defense.
Sheriff Erwin Johnson said
Thomas called his office shortly
before the shooting to report a
fight between Davis and another
man. When the officers arrived,
Pavis was dead.
The camp operator told police
he shot Davis when the latter
came behind the counter to at
tack him with a beer bottle.
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Barring a honeymoon as “a ridiculous custom,” heir
ess Beulak Louise Overell and her husband, Robert
Cannon, 28-year-old policeman, settled down to domes
tic life a few hours after their marriage in Los Angeles,
Calif. Beulah wae acquitted in 1947 of the slaying of
her parents, killed in a mysterious yacht explosion.—
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Bar - Hotel Strike
Fails To Close Reno
BY ED OLSEN
RENO, July 4.—(AP)—"Gee, this is better than a car
nivak”
A 10-year-old bystander thus summed up the first day
of a general culinary workers’ and bartenders’ strike in
this biggest little city in the world. i
One of the largest Fourth of
July crowds in history suddenly
found itself outside looking in
when most restaurants and bars
closed yesterday noon. Negotia
tions broke down between the cul
inary and bartenders union and
the Reno Employers Council,
The union members want wage
increases of $1 to $4.50 a day and
union recognition for hotel service
workers. :
When negotiations ceased, the
union withdrew its members from
restaurants and bars. The em
ployers Council countered by or
dering its members to close.
The unions were sericus and so
was the Employers Council.
But most everyone else had a
delightful time,
Millionaires and room clerks
took over the jobs of the absent
bartenders—mixing drinks with
utter disregard for the usual ratio
of liquor and mixer. Mostly, the
drinks were heavy with liquor;
light with soda.
A Citizen’s Emergency Commit
tee set up tables in downtown
Powning Park to feed the thous
ands of tourists. Food was brought
in by the truckload from the closed
restaurants, where the committee
purchased it.
“All you can eat for 50 cents—
where can you do better?” Blared
loud speaker trucks roaming the
streets. In four hours, 4,212 per-
building were delivered to Rev.
Anthony by G. M. McCaskey, local
contractor and member of First
Christian Church, who built the
College structure.*
Dr. Robert W. Burns, pastor of
Peachtree Christian Church of At
lanta, delivered the Dedicatory ad
dress. He read numerous messages
from all over the state and nation
congratulating the Christians of
Georgia on Dedication Day for
Christian College. There were
messages from Bishop Moore of
the Methodist Church, Stuart R.
Oglesbee of the Presbyterian
Church, Senator Richard Russell,
who participated in the ground
breaking ceremony for the College
here last July 4, Thomas Anderson,
Moderator of the Congregational
Churches of Georgia, Dean de
Ovies of the Episcopal Church,
Dr. David Marx, oldest Rabbi in
the state of Georgia by pcint of
service, and numerous other edu
cators, church officials and digni
taries throughout the nation. z
“God has been with us in the
years of preparation for the es
tablishment of this college,” said
Dr. Burns. “The eyes of the multi
tude and the eyes of God are on
us on this great day.”
Paying tribute to Rev. Elmer
Athony, Dr. Buzns said, “To him
is due a large measure of the
credit for the founding of this col
lege and for its dedication today,
one year after ground was broken
for this purpose.” :
The college building, according
to Rev. Burns, will house eighteen
students this fall. The building is
axtremely well-equipped for tis
purposes and no stone was left
unturned to secure the best serv
(Continued on Page Eight)
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
sons took advantage of the offer
last night and the lines were still
forming.
A big Western barbecue was put
on at Washoe Horsemen’s Park
southwest of the city.
City buses gave free rides to
that park and the throngl there
took up square dancing when the
barbecue was over.
Still others ate free sandwiches
and coffee distributed by gambling
clubs and bars,
At Old Virginia City, heart of
the fabulous Comstock lode, happy
bartenders posted signs:
“Reno has no food, no whiskey,
no wimmin.” (Sic).
Legalized prostitution was out
lawed in Reno earlier this year.
If some tourists were lcavin&'the
city because of the food and drink
tieup, just as many others were
taking their places.
A Chamber of Commerce Hous
ing Committee was still appealing
to private homes to take in guests.
The emergency eating facility
functioned again today, starting
with breakfast.
In some bars the striking bare
tender turned customer, demand
ing “pink ladies,” “orange blos~
soms” and other fancy concoctions
to befuddle the makeshift barmen.
Often the patrons joined in the
fun but about all they ever got
was their whiskey straight or di
luted with water or bottled mixer.
.
2 Killed In
Plane Crash
LAMAR, Colo., July 4.—(AP)
—Two men were Kkilled today
when their light plane crashed
on a ranch 12 miles northeast of
Lamar. The craft smashed nose
first into the ground.
Wilbur Pottorf, 25, was killed
instantly and his uncle, Orville
Pottorf, 28, lived about 10 min
utes after being pulled from the
wreckage.
Orville Pottorf was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pottortf on
whose ranch the crash occurred.
His nepehew was visiting here
from California (town unavaila
ble).
Relatives said the men recent
ly returned from working in the
Kansas wheat fields. The plane
belonged to Orville.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and continued
rather hot tonight and Tues
day. With isolated thunder
showers in the afternoon and
Tuesday.
GEORGIA - Partly eloudy,
not much temperature ehange
this afternoon, tonight and
Tiuesday wiin 8 few scaiiered
afternoon showers or evening
thundershowers,
TEMPERATURE
T i viahia B
LOWMR ... . iviin svilß
DR hii s i sesinein eiR
BRI ... e
: RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .01
Total since July 1 .. .. .. .26
Déficit since July 1 .. ... .30
Average July rainfall ..,. 85.01
Total since January 1 ....28.00
Excess since January 1 .. 64
HOME
EDITION
Bill Cut
Sen. George Urges
Drastic Slash To
Stay Out Of ‘Red’
WASHINGTON, July 4—(AP)-2
A drastic slash in four money bills
—including Marshall Plan and
military funds—was proposed to-~
day by Senator George (D.-Ga.)
as the only “practical” way %o
keep the government out of the
red.
George told reporters he favors
a bill proposed by Senator Me=~
Clellan (D.-Ark), and backed by -«
62 Senators, which would order
President Truman to cut 5 to 10
per cent off appropriations made
by Congress.
But the Georgian, who heads the
Senate Finance Committee, said .
he fears such a measure never will
clear Congress and get the ap
proval of the President. Mr. Tru
man has poked fun at the legisla
tors for asking him to cut funds in=-
stead of doing it themselves.
“The only practical way to get
any economy and avoid a big de
ficit this year is for the Senate to
‘ cut the big money bills that still
are to come before it,” George
gaid. =
He noted that about $27,000,000
of the budget for the current fiscal
year, which ends next June 30, is
tied up in the Economic Coopera=
tion Administration, Armed Serv
ices, Independent Offices and In
terior Department money bills.
Wield Economy Knife
Members of the Appropriations *
Committee have indicated they in=
tend to wield the economy knife
on these remaining measures, es
pecially since the government
turned up with a $1,811,000,000 de
ficit in the year ending last Thurs
day.
“If the Appropriations Commit=
tee cuts those expenditures, I think
the Senate will uphold the com=
mittee,” George said. “Further
more, I believe the necessity for
| economy is such that whatever cuts
i the Senate makes will be sustained
'in great part by the House.”
| Georgia said a 5 per cent cut in
proposed spending “would practie
lcally give us a balanced budget”
| for the year.
| The Senate-House Committee on
Revenue and Taxation, of which
George is vice chairman, has esti
| mated that the government’s reve
nues in the current year will fall
| about $2,000,000,000 below what
| they were in fiscal 1049,
The committee has estimated
| that if economies aren’t made, the
| treasury will go another $3,000,~
1 000,000 in the red.
George said a pickup in business
| might help the government out of
i its financial difficulties.
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Rites F T
Rites For C. T.
1 White To Be
!On Wednesday
Services for Cincinnati Taylor
White, member of the Merchang
Marine for the past seven years,
will be conducted Wednesday,
afternoon at 4 o’clock from Come
munity Church in Pendergrass,
Ga., with Rev. W, F, Lunsford, of
Atlanta, officiating.
Burial will follow in Communie
ty Church cemetery, Bernstein
Funerai Home in charge of are
rangements. Pall-bearers will be
Oscar Hanson, Reuben Echols,
Horace Few, Hillsman Linenkoln,
Harold Gilbert and Joe Jackson.
Mr. White is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howell P,
White, Pauline, 8. C.; two sisters,
Mrs. Steve A. Turnell, Athens,
Mrs, Horace Richardson, Coving
ton; grandfather, R. J. Hartley,
Pendergrass; grandmother, Mrs. Js
R. White, Spartanburg, 8. C., two
nieces, three nephews and several
aunts and uncles.
A native of Oconee county, Mr,
White was 27 years old. He
drowned at Philadelphia, Penna.,
on Sunday, June 28.
. .
Puerto Rico Will
. .
Seek Constitution
.~ NEW YORK, July 4—(AP)—
Gov. Luis Munoz Marin of Puerto
Rico said today he will seek a
constitution for the people of Puer
to Rieo “whenever the time is
right.”
The Governor arrived here
aboard the steamer Ines. It was
his first visit to the mainland since
he became the first elected chief
executive of the island last Jan. 2.
“] shall ask authority for the
people of Puerto Rico to write
their own constitution whenever
it will do the most good,” he told
newsmen. “That may be soon. It
may not be for a long time. I have
a mandate not to do it at the
wrong time.” :
Munoz Marin indicated. hows
ever, he would discuss the desira
bility of permitting Puerto Ricans
to write their own constitution
while he is in Washington. He
:ivill leave for the capital later to=-
ay.
He said he also would discuss
pending congressional legislation
of particular importance to the
people of Puerto Rico. He describ
ed the bill authorizing federal aig
for education as “very important.
While in Washington, he added,
e
or all the t p he
to our pa-pfi""