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Vol. CXVII, No. 148,
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Total Of 663 Persons Die Over
Holiday Weekend; 289 On Highway
By The Associated Press
Another loud and joyous July Fourth — one that set a
record for violent deaths—passed to history today.
It was the 173rd since the nation’s founders to) *he
world they were ready to fight for independence ~s?f.@
Le S e
By The Associated Press
{. whisky bottle tossed from a
tru-k caised two automobiles to
wrash yesterday, bringing death to
yne person and injuring two.
.t happene right at the foot
of Stone Mountain, and was the
most apusual accident in a long
list whrob brought violent death
to . 3 persons during the long hali
a2y week-end,
© another unusual accident, a
wife leaned over to kiss her hus
baad on the cheek, and wound up
ir. a hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Mel
vin E. Cook were driving back to
Atlanta from a holiday in Savan
nah. He lost control of the car
when his wife kissed him, and 't
turned over twice. Mrs. Cook’s
shoulder was fractured and her
husband’s scalp was split.
NeKalb county police said the
whisky bottle tossed from the
truck smashed through the wind
shield of a passing car. It knocked
unconscious Park A. Wright of
Monroe, Ga.
His car collided with another
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. H. S.
Craham and Mrs. Joe Clark, all of
near Stone Mountain. Mrs. Cook
was killed, Wright and Mrs. Gra
ham were badly hurt. Police are
searching for the truck, wwhich
they said contained three couples.
Traffic accidents accounted for
seven of the deaths. Two Geor
gians died in a plane creash, three
drowned and one killed by a train.
Five of the deaths occurred out
sid the state.
Other Deaths
The most recent vietims:
Mallie B. Williams, 20, of
Glennville, whose automobile left
the road and crashed near Glenn
ville Monday.
Marlene Hillinax, 11( who was
struck by an automobile Monday
near Nelson.
Roy Duncan, jr., 25, of Atlanta,
who drowned while fishing in the
Corasauga River near Dalton
Monday.
Wayman Sanders.-of Valdosta,
who was struck by a train on the
Atlantie Coast Line railroad Mon=
ay near Valdosta.
Lt. John V. Manget and Lt
ndrew J. Jones (USNR), both of
tlanta, who were killed in the
rash of & naval plane at Willow
rove, Pa., Sunday.
“scaped Con
] 2
s Recaptured
MILLEN, Ga., July 5— (AP)—
. escaped convict left his swamp
de-away Sunday nigh’. and was
iptured by Millen police.
Night Police Chief E. L. Blume
nd officer V. E. Toole reported
ank Talbert offered no resis
nce when ™e cornered him in
city.
lalbert escaped from the
latesboro prison camp June 27
d had veen hunted over the
te by officers and bloodhounds.
¢ told officers he had spent most
his time hiding in swamps.
“OR TEACHERS
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DRIVER’S
INSTITUTE
A Driver's Faucation and
Training Institute for certified
high school teachers in the 29
counti s of the Northeas: Georgia
Seéction opened her today .
The courses are being afresented
‘he teachers in Memorial Hall on
the University of Georgia cam
bus. The University Department
of Health and Physical Education
1s host to the group. :
After completion of the courses
al the institute the teachers will
be certified to teach driver train
.~ and education in the various
cl2h schools, The institute is of
tered free of charge through the
orporation of the State Depart
ment of Education and the De-
Partn.ent of Publie Safety.
\bstructing is D, Edward
Weist, Center of Safety Edueation,
Neos University. Mrs. Mary
Dan Coleman of the Department
1 Education ig coordinator. Rep
resenting the safety Education Di-
Vision of the State Patrol is Lieu-
Jant E. S, Burke, gupervisor,
1, .Corportal Joe H. Lowe of the
i rtheggst Georgia Section. Ernest
B. Smith, heaqd of the University
wspartment of health and physical
v ucation, weleomed the teachers
to the school,
Early thig morning about 29
DErsons from approximately ten
(L:gumies v;vere in attendance at the
‘ourse with Moie expecied 1o
Wrrive later foflay; - ‘
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Associated Press Service
It brought from s_a“‘.gf ‘efires-"
ent national leaders ° s for a‘
rededication to thr A‘)e:iples of‘
independence = » ’fi' -edom laid
down in 1776 ~ ¥ s ‘iples which
Secretary of = {}\{ ¢ Louis John
son said & é;.fing the cold
war with C. Sunism.
Americans < generally observed
the day as a headliner for a
three-day week-end of traveling,
swimming, boating, picnicking,
baseball games, horse racing, and
just plain loafing in the shade.
The traditional firewgrks dis
plays roared and sputtered in
many communities. Thousands of
small boys nursed burnt fingers?
from their own fireworks at
home.
. Hot Weather
~ Mostly the nation was feeling
its hottest weather of the year
with a bright sun driving the
mercury above the 100-degree
mark in some parts of the north
east. Wind squalls and thunder
storms exploded over New York
and New Jersey late in the day.
Violent death set a record toll
of 663, the greatest number ever
recorded for the extended Inde
pendence Day period. This in
cluded 289 highway accident
deaths, just one below the 290
forecast by the National Safety
Council.
Secretary Johnson spoke at
Wheeling, W. Va,
Shackles Broken
“There are still shackles to be
broken in this world today,” he
said. “The grievances that the
American colonists had are the
same kind of grievanees that hu
man beings in many quarters of
the globe suffer in this modern
age.
“Only a spirit like that of our
great Declaration of Independ
ence can throw off the chains
and end these grievances.”
Speeches by many of the na
tion’s top military men followed
a similar line.
President Truman returned
from a quiet three-day cruise of
Chesapeake Bay. The White House
said he spent most of his time
studying the report of his Coun
cil of Economic . Advisers, on
which he will base his own eco
nomic report to Congress in
about two weeks.
Sidelights
July Fourth sidelights:
The Atlantic Fleet rode at an
chor in New York and thousands
of sightseers swarmed over the
ships while thousands of gailors
celebrated ashore.
At Carthage, Texas, a sheriff
set out ot do some holiday fish
ing. Accidents and law violations
kept cropping up. He investigated
four highway accidents, jailed
five “drunk drivers,” and captur
ed a “cattle thief.” He never got
near a fish. His only comment:
“I'm the tiredest man in Texas.”
A crowd estimated by police at
more than a quarter of a million
deserted the surf and abandoned
their automobiles along the high
way to flock tc the scene of a fire
that destroyed two three-story
summer hotels, 24 cottages and 19
automobiles at Revexe Beach,
Mass.
Hundreds of pleasure boats
were overturned by 50 and 60-
mile winds which swept the New
York and New Jersey coasts.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and continued
hot and humid today and Wed
nesday, with a few widely
scattered thundershowers in
aftermoon.
GEORGIA — Continued hot
and humid this afternoon, to
night and Wednesday, with
some widely separated after
noon or evening thundershow
ers,
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EXTENDED FORECAST
Extended forecast for Geor
gia and the Carolinas for the
period from 7:30 p. m. tonight,
July 5, until 7:30 p. m, July 9:
Light to moderate rainfall
next five days in scattered aft
ernoon thundershowers most of
period. Locally heavy rain in
coastal areas. Average femper
atures normal or above with no
no important daily changes.
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TEMPERATURE
Highest .00 soss sses +O-87
ROWEIE i i srie sec 1B
TR RO R |
Nabmmd L T
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. «s 20
Total since July 1 .. .... &6
Deficit since July 1 .. ... 46
Average July rainfall .... 5.01
Total since January 1....28.00
Excess since January 1. ... 48
X Presstime Bulletins XX
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The worst accidental death toll in the history of the nation’s
observance of Independence Day was recorded today. The Nat
ional Safety Council called the total “a disgrace to a civilized
country.”
Late tabulations showed a record 813 persons killed in violent
accidents during the three-day week-end,
~NEW YORK, July 5.~(AP)—The perjury trial of Alger Hiss
will go to the jury Thursday afternvon, Federal Judge Samue] H.
Kaufman anmounced today. |
A recess was taken this afternoon until tomorrow morning
when Judge Kaufmen sald there would be “a very few minutes
of testimony.”
The judge said that following testimony tomorrow the defense
would have the rest of the day for its summation.
NEW YORK, July 5.— (AP) —The Stock Market levelled off
today after advancing fractions to around a point.
The forward move—slow and cautious though it was—carried
the market a little further along in a rally which started after
prices dropped to a 414 year low on June 13,
WASHINGTON, July s.—(AP)—Senator Conally (D.-Texas)
today opened Senate debate on the Atlantic Pact with a plea for
swift approval as “unmistakable proof” that free nations will
stand together against attack.
In the treaty, he said, “the free nations of the North Atlantic
area lay before the nations of the worid a noble declaration that
no armed aggressor, no swaggering congueror, no military
despot shall invade the North Atlantic area.”
sl St e T eL R L ee L s
Senate Approval On
Storm Warnings Over Related Arms
Program Bring Talk Of Compromise
WASHINGTON, July 5.—_(AP) —The Atlantic Pact
went before the Senate today with all signs pointing to
swift approval.
But storm warnings raised over the related European
arms program brought talk of a compromise under which
only France—in addition to Greece and Turkey—would
get military supplies from this country.
~ Senator Taft (li.;Ohio), who is
against the proposed $1,450,000,000
arms outlay, told a reporter he
might be willing to provide mili
tary aid to France but thinks the
other security treaty signers don’t
need it badly now. ¢
“There-may be some reason for
sending military supplies to
France to help build up its army,”
the Ohioan said. “The French place
great dependence on theit army
and it might help their morale, but
I don’t think the other treaty na
tions particularly need that kind of
help now.”
The State Department apparent
ly intends to delay sending its
arms request to Congress until the
Senate completes action on the Se
curity Treaty. LUGE e
Chairman Connally (D.-Tex.) of
the Foreign Relations Committee
opens debate on the pact today.
Connally will be followed to the
firing line tomorrow by Senator
Vandénberg (R.-Mich.), also a
backer of the treaty. The pact
would link 12 nations into a mu
tual defense system designed to
offset possible Communist expan
sion into Western Europe and the
North Atlantic areas.
Apparentiy less than a dozen
Senators oppose ratification, which
requires two-thirds approval of
those voting.
Taft said he will speak later in
the week in favor of the pact, but
expects to discuss the arms pro
posal at the same time.
Senator Watkins (R.-Utah), has
charged that instead of the $1,130,-
000,000 earmarked for the 12
treaty signers in the over-all arms
program the first year cost will be
much greater.
He contended that the expense
of replacing equipmnt shipped
overseas would be many times the
$1,130,000,000 figure.
Senator George (D.-Ga.), chair
man of the Senate Finance Com=
mittee, said that if the arms pro
gram were added to the $1,811,-
000,000 deficit the treasury incur
red in the year ending June 30 the
two would represent an increase
of about $3,000,000,000 in the na
tional debt.
IN “VALLEY OF THE MOON"”’
Mystery Man Sought In Double
Murder And Mountain Assault
SONOMA, Calif., July S—(AP)
—A nearly nude woman ran down
a mountain road and incoherently
sobbed out a story of assault and
violent death in a mountain home
in Jack London’s idyllic Valley of
the Moon.
A picnic party she reached in
her wild flight yesterday called of
ficers, who found two men dead
inside the home. They began a
sarch for a mystery man she knew
only as Hank.
The two dead men evidently had
been clubbed with a four-pound
stone pestle once used by Indians
to grind grain. It was found bloody
and hair-covered, outside the
house.
Chief Criminal Investigator An
dy Johansen of the sheriff’s office
identified the victims as Peter 4.
Jensen, 55, owner of the house and
chief landscape gardener of the
Sonoma State Home; and Peter J.
Flint, 31, newly - commissioned‘
Merchant Marine Lieutenant of
Richmond, Calif. (
Flint, member of a Sonoma Val
ey tzaumfil which dated fifi the‘l
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ATHENS, CA., TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1949,
Solon Urges
U. S. Economy
Safeguards
WASHINGTON, July 5—(AP)—
Senator Sparkman (D.-Ala.) said
today that President Truman ought
to renounce his anti-inflation pro
gram and chart plans instead for
“gafeguarding us against a skid
ding economy.”
The Alabama lawmaker said he
“wouldn’t be a bit surprised” if
Mr. Truman takes both those steps
in submitting his mid-year eco
nomic report to Congress. The re
port is expected soon.
“I think we now are definitely
out of the inflation period and
have arrived at a point where we
should be thinking about plans to
prevent deflation,” Sparkman told
a reporter, He added:
“I don’t share the fear of many
people that we are headed for de
pression and devastation. I be
lieve, in fact, that we simply are
leaving behind us a period of ab
normally high war and post-war
productiion and getting back to
normal peacetime production.”
Sparkman said this procedure
“ijs bound to be accompanied by
some shock and maladjustment,”
but that “we are going to have a
good, sound economy for a long
time to come” if the public’s nor
mal buying demands are met.
But he said it is “only good
sense to be prepared”’ for any
serious economic setback.
Last January Mr. Truman again
called for enactment of the anti
inflation program he first out
lined to the Republican-ruled 80th
Congress in 1947. The Democra
tic-controlled 81st has cold-shoul
dered the plan just as the Republi
cans did.
The President never has aban
doned his program publicly. On
the contrary, he repeatedly has
prodded the lawmakers to act on
it.
time friend of Jensen.
, Officers issued an all-points bul
letin for the mystery man. He last
was seen driving Flint’s 1941 Buick
convertible.
In a serious, but apparently not
critical condition in a hospital here
was Mrs. Eva Paget of Berkeley,
‘Calif., 27-year-old mother of two
children. It was her story of be
ing beaten and assaulted which led
officers to the slayings.
Badly Beaten
Two San Francisea nienickere
Constance Hoover and Margaret
Sniith, told police Mrs. Paget,
wearing only a T-shirt and bleed
ing from severe blows came upon
them and hysterically told them
she had been assaultd,
They rushed her to Boyes
Springs, where a Highway Patrol
car took her to the hospital here.
Sheriff’s deputies said she told
this story:
She was vacationing with her
children at Londonside about five
miles from Jensen’s home in the
Triniti mountains, somes 45 miles |
north of San, ,F.ranpisc;o. i &zqd_-ayj
Bb, Wk Vi, i e
S9O Million Crop Damage
Estimated From Drought
. .
No Rain In 43 Days Spoils
Crops In 8 Northeast States
By The Associated Press
A scorching 43-day drought apparently has killed or
spoiled more than $50,000,000 worth of erops in the farm
lands of eight northeastern states.
Moreover, farm experts warn, the damage in the area’s
rich fruit, vegetable and dairy regions will soar to a vastly
higher figure if rains do not come in a few days.
The parched drought region
stretches from southern New
Jersey's truck crop areas up
through the dairies and farms of
New York state, and then fans
out over almost the whole of
southern New England.
The drought, which has in
flicted its searing damage for
more than six weeks, comes from
a sluggish high pressure area
that fights off potential rain
stormrs.
Until that high pressure area
is shoved aside, the drought will
last,
New Jersey’s drought damage
has reached an estimated $28,-
000,00¢. Loss in the potato crop
alone accounts for $4,500,000.
And, along with the tempera
ture, prices of fruit and vegeta
bles have been climbing,
On Long Island, the big potato
crop has suffered by $4,000000
and truck crops are reported se
verely damaged. If rain doesn’t
come soon, the potato crop may
be depleted by $5,000,000 worth.
Further north, in New York
state’s rich farm and dairy lands,
the story is the same.
Crops Vary
The general crop outlook, a
State Agriculture Department
official said, is “a mixture of
good and bad.”
The same type crop, he ex
plained, will show up well in one
region and bad in another. Con
ditions depend on soil type, time
of planting and when some rain
last hit the ground, he said.
Fruit and vegetable men in the
:xel’cl-N::v York state area mha\;e
n heavy losers, according to
‘Prof. ¥. B. Morris, ’ltategleaa_er
of county agricultural areas
Some upstate commmunities are
curbing water use for lawn
sprinkling and are closing
swimming pools. Some farmers,
their wells dry, are hauling
stream and lake water for their
dairy herds.
Milk production was reported
20 percent down in Putnam
county, in lower New York
state. Dried-up pasturage has
affected the cows’ feeding.
Miilion Dollar Rain
Prof. Morris termed storms
that hit some parts of the state
yesterday as a “million dollar
rain.”
Scattered parts of the state got
the slaking rains, while the New
York metropolitan area was
whipped by a violent wind and
rain storm that brought destruc
tion and death.
e
Air Force Seeks
1 * s
Robot Co-pilot
WASHINGTON, July 5—(AP)—
The Air Force is looking for a one
man fighter plane with a “robot
co-pilot” to help hit bombers fly
ing at ultra high altitudes and
speed.
If planners can make their pre
sent ideas come true, the pilot of
such a plane may never even see
the enemy bomber his radar
framed assistant discovers and
shoots down.
The newly-announced XF-94
radar-equipped jet fighter, a two
man plane in its present version, is
viewed as a first step toward this
goal, it was learned todayv.
had known eight or nine years,
and he introduced to her a man
she was to know only as “Hank.”
"“Hank” came to her in Flint's
car yesterday morning, told her
Flint had broken his arm, and
~asked that she go with him to the
Jensen cabin.
! Tied to Tree
On the front steps, the man
struck her over the head. De
claring, “you know what I want,”
he dragged her into the back yard
and aseaulted her, Then he tied
her to a tree with a belt, a towel
and a pair of trousers.
Afterwards, he entered the
house, changed his bloodstained
clothes for others and left.
Finally freeing herself, she en
tered the house. She found blood
dripped all along the floor and
the two bodies beneath sheets in
beds in different rooms. She ran ‘
for help, 1
Sheriff’s deputies found the un
clothed bodies of the vietims. In |
the back yard thev found the stone ‘
oestle. and evidences carreoborat
ing Mrs, Paget’s story of being tied
{3fhs, Pacel sary of being tsd)
The storm, though, dropped
little water on the baked land.
New England’s drought area
includes the vegetable, dairy and
tobacco lands that stretch from
southern Maine, Vermont, Mas
sachusetts and Rhode Island to
Connecticut.
Prof. Grant B. Snyder, head of
the vegetable gardening depart
ment at the University of Mas
sachusetts, said losses in New
England now _ approxinrate five
to 10 million dollars. '
If there is no real rain within
a week, Prof. Snyder added, the
New England loss could approx
imate 30 to 40 millions.
The Connecticut valley region,
he said, is in the worst state in
his 28 years experience.
The famous potato-farming
region of northern Maine has
escaped so far, because the area
has had fairly good rainfall,
“Will Approve New
”..-Talmad
Taxes,”’---Talmadge
Governor Would Okay Tax Revision
If Special Session Approves Move
ATLANTA, July 6.— (AP) —Governor Herman Tal
madge said today he would approve an upward revision
of Georgia’s taxes by an expected special session of the
Legislature July 18.
He said the state is facing an emergency, adding he
would approve higher taxes only on an ‘‘emergency
basis.”
Mobile Blood
Bank Here
Only two dGuys remain before
the Blood Mobile Unit will be in
Athens to afford local citizens an
opportunity to give a pint of blood
each. The unit visits the city on
Thursday, July 7. it will be at the
University Infirmeary from 8:30 to
12:30 on Thursday morning.
Before giving blood each per
son is given a thorough check-up.
Persons between the ages of 21
and 60 are eligible to give blood.
Call the Red Cross office at
telephone number 416 or 2180 to
make an appoinment to give blood.
In case suomeone doesn’'t have a
chance to call they can come to
the University Infirmary between
8:30 and 12:30 on Thursday and
will be taken without unnecessary
delay. Anyone needing transporta
tion tc the unit should call the
Red Cross Office.
It is suggested that donors hav
ing =« morning appointment have a
Thursday morning breakfast of
black coftee with sugar, dry toast,
fruit or f.uit juices.
.
Riot Call At
.
Seaside Resort
NEW YORK,JuIy § — (AP) —
Two policemen were hurt, a girl
was shot and a riot call went out
after a youth peeled off his shirt
and strolled around a seaside re
sort last night naked from the
waist up.
The two officers said they were
knocked to the ground and beaten
when they tried to arrest James
Gibbons, 19, for wearing no shirt
on the streets of Rockaway Beach,
Queens.
A crowd of some 500 persons
milled around during the incident
and a general riot alarm went out
from police headquarters.
As the crowd closed ih one of
the officers drew his gun anc fired
a warning. ;
The bullet struck Despenia Me
‘tropole, 21, who was watching the
disturbance from a second floor
hotel room window. She was
takeén to a hospital with a wound
in the left side of her face.
One of the policemen, William
F. McDconald, was taken to the
same hospital with a fractured left
shoulder and bruises of the face
and body.
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Blisters Slow
.
Wheelbarrow Ride
BAXLEY, Ga., July 5—(AP)— |
The woman who's traveling from
Jacksonville, Fla., to Detroit with
a wheelbarrow has blisters.
Mrs Julia Rokxa St. Clair and
son Adolphius, 7, stopped off here
vesterday for treatment. She ask- '
ed for a shot of pencillin for onel
stuhborn blister that's been -pes- |
tering her. Otherw.se, both she]
and e oy, axe fine. she said, o
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
s
“FEELING FINE”
ZANESVILLE, O, July 5—
(AP) — Raymond “Demp” Em
mert of Zanesville walked
around among the living today
—proud of befig called “The
Buried Alive Champion.”
The 40-year-old unemployed
World War II veteran emerged
from a deluxe “grave” yester
day. He had been underground
Just 40 minutes short of 45 days.
“I feel fine,” he said. Then he
sat down until he could get some
strength in his legs.
The Zanesville man announc
ed he was ready to defend his
title anytime someone wanted
to set a new mark. The old one,
set in 1938, belonging to another
Zanesville resident, L. G. Mec~-
Intyre, who did his horizontal
hibernation in Chicago.
Emmert was buried six feet
under in & wooden easket, with
a shaft leading from his face to
the surface. Down the shaft
came his food and wine, and
thousands visited his burial place
for a peek down the shaft.
Talmadge has called for $20,-
000,000 to raise teachers’ salaries,
aid county school systems, boost
old age pensions, expand state
hospitals, build rural roads, and‘
bolster the University Systemr. |
Previously, he has insisted on
referendum approval by the peo
ple of any new taxes. The Gov
ernor indicated today the need
for state services is so acute as
to create a crisis in which the
;:;ierendum idea must be drop-
He emphasized, however, that
he still opposed a sales tax and
would veto such a measure if
passed by the General Assembly.
Administration sources have
indicated the plan for raising
$20,000,000 is & two cents increase
in taxes on gasoline, cigarettes,
cigars, beer and wine and a one
dollar per gallon hike in ware
house charges for liguor,
Talmadge has not officially is
sued the call for a special session
to meet the emergency he fore
see= but associates sgree he ob
viously is setting up the stage for
a special meeting.
The Governor will hear from a
tax revision committee Monday
on how much, if any, of the
needed money can be raised by
economy in state government.
Most witnesses before the com
mittee have only cited their
needs for more money.
Talmadge is expected to issue
the call for the Assembly to con
vene after the revision eommit
tee reports it cannot raise the
$20,000,000 by economy. ‘
He said if he convenes the
lawmakers he will restrict the
session to “financial matters” |
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EDITION
Ten Local Lassies !
Entered In Contest
Set Thursday Night
Judges for the “Miss Athens”™
beauty pageant, which will be
held in Fine Arts Auditorium
Thursday night at 8 o’clock were
announced today.
i They are Mrs. Bunnie Cox, so
cit; editor of the Banner-Herald
}Mrs. King Crawford, president of
the Junior Assembly; Miss Gwenn
west, last year’s “Miss Georgia;”
J. C. Rogers, president of the Unie
}versity of Georgia; John E. Drew
ry, dean o. the Henry W. Grady
'School of Journalism, University
‘of Georgia; Leighton Ballew, head
of the drama department, Univer
sity of Georgia.
The contest is locally sponsored
by the Athens Junior Chamber of
Commerce. The Athens winner
will receive a onc-gear tuition
scholarship to the niven!% of
Georgia orß tr(xle lquival&lnt in U, Sé
Savings oßnds and will represen
tie city in the “Miss Georgia”
contest at Columbus.
The girl winning the state revue
will go to Atlantic City where she
will vie with other state winners
in the “Miss America” finals.
Requirements
All girls between the ages c®
18 and 28 who are single are elie
gible for the contest. The contes
tants will be judged on 3 multi
point basis including such mgolntl
as charm, poise, beauty, tale
ent. To meet the talent require
ment each girl must, sing, act,
t;;l\ay a musical instruments, give &
ree-minute speech, or show
other evidence of talent.
The lfx?trmc‘ det:’dllne k” to
night. y persons desiring
a contestan? should contaet Pla
Hodgson at Hutchins-Cox~-Stroud
on College avenue or Howell C.
Erlin, jr., at the Southern Mutual
Buila.ng Immediately.
The contestants are Misses Dot=
tie Ann Addison, Marguerite Ant
ley, Mary Ann Core, &
ner, Geraldine Kesler,
drum, Claire Lewls,
Lynn, Lorene Porterfisld,
Ruth Wellman.
The Athens Kiwanis Club hon
ored the judges and contesints
with a luncheon at 1 o’clock today.
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Chinese Using * 4
Secret Air Bases
SHANGHALI, July § — (AP) ==
Nationalists may be _launching
their almost daily air raids on the
Communist-held China coast from
_secret bases in the Chushan islands
about 100 miles southeast of
l Thiss was the opinion today of
well informed military sources.
They suggested these islands are
being used as forward bases for
fighters and bombers whose home
fields are on the big island of For
mosa.
Meanwhile, the Communists
have been beaming propaganda
broadcasts on Formosa, concen=
trating on navy and air force per
sonnel.
Reliable reports from Formosa
say the Nationalist high eommand
permits only pilots having fami
lies on Formosa to fly missions
over Red territory. Thus their
return is assured.