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R & 3 ERRPRReT A2y 3 ) & XL, SA s e ERTE ¢ BRI OB A ‘.; A %\ 3 Psl ko ¢ b T BO R NN s s i ot o 8 o R »'i‘%;i/: RST P Lo B R o e SN i) f R N A R IR S 3 B - s R i 3 b i é R voS SR oo R % 3 ot pL o i et R MAN COLLAPSES AFTER DAUCHTER DROWNS William Cope (right foreground at right), stands on the dock in Washington a 5 rescuers bring in the body of his 215 year old daughter, Marilyn Lee. Shortly afterwards he collapsed and lies pros Survey Flights Show Local Airport Ready For Airline Southern Airways, CAB Officials Find Athens Facilities “Very Good” Survey flights by Southern Airways and the Civil Aero nautics Board revealed today that the Athens Municipal Airport is ready for the initial step into the field of air line passenger service. i Except for minor details, which are being attended to today, the airport is prepared for the inaugural flight by Southern Airways on Friday. , A pre-inaugural ﬂig‘%t will be made tomorrow and Wednesday. Important civic officials in the ci ties serviced by ‘the new route will be carried on the flight, and will attend several .banquets. Going from Athens are Mayor Jack R. Wells and Athens Cham ber of Commerce President Tho mas M. Tillman. They will leave the local airport about 5 o’clock end fly to Atlanta. The flight or iginates in Charlotte. The group returns on Wednesday. Night Fiight Survey flights by CAB authori ties were made through here yes terday, and Southern Airways in spectors checked the local station on Saturday. Two CAB survey flights are scheduled for today one in the dayttme and another at night. Cliff Dekle, superintendent of stations and cnief dispatcher, of Southern Airways said that Athens Airport compares favorably with other stations on the route. CAB Inspector Flood stated that the local station and facilities were “very good.” One recommendation was that : passenger light be placed along the walkway. This light is being installed today along with the car @ Burial Here foday For 1 ® Ex-Athenian GREENWOOD, 8. C., Aug.—l— — services for Ralph Un derwood, 38, a native of Athens, Georgia., were ebnducted Monday morning at ten o’clock from Har ley Funeral Home chapel by Rev. J M. Shingler, : Interment followed in Oconee Hill cemetery in Athens. v Mr. Underwood died Saturday hight in Greenwood Hospital fol lowing an extended illness. He is survived by two brothers, L C, Underwood, of Athens, ami T B. Underwood of Greenwood. Son of the late C. E. Underwood. and Mrs. Henrjetta Betts U "-~- wood, Mr. Underwood for many Years was connected with the Western Union office in Athens, Where he had a large number of friends, Mr. Underwood was a member. ?‘s t'n(; Main Street- Methodist WEATHER ATHENS AND VICINITY Mostly cloudy and cool this afternoon, tonight and Tues day, with showers Tuesday. High today 86, low 66. High for Tuesday 88, b R R GEORGIA--Comlder able cloudiness and warm this alternoon, tomizht and Tues day with soattered thunder showers Tuesday and over *outh and central portions this afternooy, N‘* TEMPERATURE Highest ~.. S R i Yl‘”‘“"vest Tsan L Y .o‘.. 00'08 4‘ :‘;“En SV NRNE St inee --,8 j Norma] . wivail sinico il . RAINFALL Inches lagt 94 hours ~ ~ .00 Total sina August 1 .. ~ .00 Deficit since August 1 ..., .08 Average August rainfall . 462 Total since Janusry Lo nnndg !7_953.' "‘"‘la :ﬁm ;: aa‘” ATHENS BANNER-HERALD trate at left. The child fell into the Ana costia river as she tried to drink from a hose line on a boat where the family re sides. Artificial respiration failed to re vive her.— (AP Wirephoto.) rying out of other minor details. Foute No. 98 - J. B. Giles, manager of the lo cal station, said today that addi tions and improvements to the air port and facilities will eontinually be made in the future. With the beginning of airline rcute the first airmail service will start here, said Postmaster J. R. Myers. This route will be known as Air Mail Route No. 88. Four flights will be mad through Ath ens daily, and on each stop airmail and air express will be put on and taken off. Postmastei Myers urged Athen jans to bring siamped and ad dressed envelopes to the Post Of fice so that they can be put on the first flight. Specia’ cachéts will be placed on the first flight mail. He said that local citizens will want a rememberance of the ini tial air mail flight here and ihat they will also want their friends in other cities to have an envelope with a special cachet on it. He also added that many requests have come from stamp collectors tcpllectors and others over the na ion. . L] \ Denials In Five Percenter Probe WASHINGTON, Aug. 11— (AP)—John Maragon told repor ters today that a Senate commit tee investigating Washington “five percenters” is checking the records of a bank account he had three years ago in San Antonio, Texas. The dapper Maragon called a news conference to deny reports that he had been fired from the American mission to Greece in 1946. But he conceded the Sen atéd-expenditures committee may have subpoenaeed records of his bank accounts. Maragon, a one time Kansas City bootblack who once had a pass to the White House, told the committee in previous closed gessions, members said, that his only bank account was in Wash ington. Rent Lids Pop Off In 82 U. S. Cities CHICAGO, Aug. I.— (AP) —Lids have been popped off rent controls in at least 82 cities since local option au thority, granted by Congress, became effective on Ap‘x;iil 1 E SeE S P S o ee L LR N ol hv During the same time, Tighe E. Woods, Federal housing expedi ter, lifted restriction in 168 oth er communities but recently slap ped them back on three after rents rose sharpely. Piva states nleo have taken action under the local option provision of the 1949 reut control act toward abolishing ceilings or setting up their own systems. In Nevada a bill passed by the legislature is awaiting signature of the governor to knock out re strictions, " “Nebraska has completed action and lifting of controls there awaits notification by the (sovernor to the hcusing expediter the state’s in tention. ! The entire state of Texas will mdocontrolled, effectg,;: 8:3 2), e legislature author e BULLETIN Mose M. Bernstein, one of Georgia’s best known funeral home operators, died at his home at 1:30 p. m. today. Mr. Bernstein a few weeks ago underwent a serious operation at University Hospital in Augusta, his chances of survival being considered about even. However, he improved rapidly to the great joy of his many friends and was able to return to his home here a little over a week ago. He had been at his place of business for a few min utes on several occasions since. Mr. Bernstein’s condition be came worse over the week-end with death following this after noon. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Negro Victim Of Hit-Run By The Assoclaser Press In addition to the fiaming au~ to which claimed eight lives yes terday near Statham, seven oth er persons were killed in accidents throughout the state. A negro farmer, Gus Phillips, was struck down by a hit and run driver mnear Jefferson. Sheriff John B. Brooks said two other ne groes, Emmitt Chester and Jake Davenport, have been jailed in connection with Phillip’s death. He reported evidence indicated the pair had been racing in au tomobiles and that both cars struck Phillips as he walked along a highway. : Walter Boles, 38, and his wife, Mary Julia, 44, of Asburn were killed when a train struck their car near Cordele. Jackie Wayne Arthur, 9, was killed near Calhoun when struck by an automobile as he dashed across a highway. State trooper B. T. Dyer said the driver, Claude Ellis, jr., of Atlanta, was booked on charges of reckless driving and manslau@htor. Little Sandra Hall, 4, of Jack sonville, Fla.,, was killed near Kingsland, Ga., in an auto-truck collision. der parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hall, and her sister, Sarah Lee, 9, were injured ser iously. A WTR., . P W T e A AT the governor Saturday will lift the lids on June 1, 1950, but allow, meanwhile, immediate rent in creases of from 15 to 30 per cent. It also revises eviction regulations. A bill passed by the Alabama legislature to decontrol that state has become snaried in a court test over whether it wa: signed by the governor within the time limit al lowed to make it legal. The report on the decontrol in cities was made by the American Munkg{pal Association which lists 3,000 city governments in its mem bership. The provision under which the local actions have been taken was ruled unconstitutional last week by Federal Judge Elwyn R. Shaw in Chicago. Woods sald at that time the ruling would be appealed & the U. s.»§up;eme tcc;\;lrt anh(ei . ding judgement there 'wbﬁﬁp-‘.:a‘.in'x ta erforge the law. B —————— SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIAOVER ACENTURY ATHENS, CA., MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1949. EIGHT PERSONS PERISH IN AUTO CRASH FIRE 5 Athenians, 3 Residents Of Winterville Are Killed BY GEORGE ABNEY, JR. Assistant City Editor A strange road—a blinding erash—and an ensuing fire spelled instant death for eight people near Statham yes terday in one of the worst automobile wrecks ever re corded in this section of the state. So intense was the heat from the wreckage that rescue efforts were impossible. Only after tedious investigation by State and Barrow county authorities were the charred bodies of five Athenians and three Winterville residents identified as: Mrs. Pauline Brown, 27, her three children, Dew Lee Brown, 4; Jo Ann Browg 3, and Polly Brown, 1%; Mrs. Nevada Kettle Gabriel, 19, all of Athens; Miss Rose Willie Cowart, 10; Miss Geneva Anderson, 16, and Dllie Junior Anderson, 26, all of Win terville. Barrow County Sheriff Delmar Smith, who investigated the wreck along with State Patrol men, described the accidens as “the worst that has ever occurred in this section.” He said he be lieves the main cause of the crash was that the driver, who iz be lieved to have been Mr. Ander son, was “a stranger to the road.” He stated that the crash oc curred about two miles northwest of Statham at the Jjunction of State Highways 82 and 211, Sher iff Smrith added that the inves tigation revealed that the car was headed from Highway 82, which is dead end into 211, aqd it seems that the driver had sought to turn right when the car turned over on its left side and burned. | Slight Rise There is a slight rise before coming to the junction and pos sibly the driver was going a little too fast and when applying the brakes to make the turn the car was thrown over, the Sheriff further stated. Also Sheriff Smith said that there is a stop sign and junction sign about 200 yards from the intersection, but there ‘is no dead-end sign. Winder funeral home attend ants said they were informed by one man that he arrived at the scene minutes after the accident and the flames were so hot that “you couldn’t go near the car” and that he heard no signs of life inside the two-door 1933 model car. Sheriff Smith said when he All - Weather Farmers Market Ready For Opening Tomorrow 6,000 Farmers Invited To See Big Layout In Operation Here By LEON DRISKELL, Staff Writer The Athens Farmers’ Market—which opens tomorrow afternoon at 5 o’clock—is one piace where weather con ditions are no problem. Thousands of farmers from this section are expected to be on hand for the formal opening tomorrow, and to see for themselves the many conveniences offered them. Sales will begin Wednesday. “From all reports from County Agents from the surrounding counties, there should be a large crowd at the Farmers’ Market opening Tuesday afternoon,” re ported Millard Seagraves today. Mr. Seagraves as the chairman of the Junior Chamber of Com merce Market Commiittee, stated that 6,000 invitations have been distributed to the farmers. The opening will be an important dav in the beginning of the market because it will be on that dav that the operation of the marke! will be explained and plans will be put before the farmers and buyers for the beginning of sales the next morning. Main speaker for the big open ing will be Tom Linder, State Commissioner of Agriculture. Mr. Seagraves in describing the market said, “The market itself has been pianned for every con venience in every kind of wea ther to the f_a;-mgg."_ Big Shed The market is located in a bl3l shed, constructed of steel, over a platform of concrete. One side of the platform will be for farmers and the other for buyers. The market proportions are ap proximately 40x80. ‘ The farmers’ side has been planned so that the produce can be unloaded in rainy weatherl without getting it wet. The trucke Nl be able to back right under the shed. | Buyers on the other side of the platform will also be able to back their trucks up to the shed. The buying will take place on-the platform, under the shed, The manager of the market will not be responsible for guar anteeing sales but will serve as 2 mediator. He will circulate his helpers over the market and know fairly accurately just where a buyer could pick up the pro duce that he wanted. Go-Between The manager wiii S€ive &3 2 go-between for farmer and mar- Kotar, .« oo Gt e iR The Farmers’ Market is pro- arrived on the scene about 20 minutes after the occurrence the car was still extremely hot. He said the investigation revealed that probably five persons were riding in the back seat and three in the front. Tag Melted s The tag was melted off the car so the motor number was used as a first step in identifying the bodies. It was found that the ve hicle was registered to W. L Powell of Winterville, but inves tigation revealed that the car bg:l been sold to Ollie Anderson abeut two weeks ago. Such itemrs as watches, rings bracelets, and & few pieces of clothing were also used in iden tification of the bodies. State Patrol officials and Sher iff Smith have discontinued the theory that another car could have been involved in the wreck. Funeral services for Mrs. Brown and her three children were held this afternoon at 4 o’clock at the graﬁuide in Attica cemetery, Clyde M¢Dorman Fun eral Home in char#e of arrange (Cntinued On Page Two) L{ ”» * ~ Souped-Up” Miner Blows Up While Guarding Estranged Wife CLARKSBURG, W. Va, Aug. I.—(AP)—J. Duane Secrest, 41- year-old miner, armed himself with dynamite or nitreglycerine and drove aromid to his estranged wife’s apartment last night. ‘He was killed when the explosives went off about midnight in front of the building, a block from the business section, Dorothy Mamie Secrest, 36, is unconscious In a hospital today, blinded, injured internally, and in critical condition, Nine other persons were treated for minor injuries. At least 25 nearby homes were damaged. Electricity and telephone service were cut off at about 200 other houses. The blast was heard as far as three miles away, Mrs. Secrest obtained a SSOO peace bond against her husband last Friday. vided with water spigots on both sides of the platform. The water is for the farmers’ and buyers’ use in extremely hot weather when produce might spoil from heat. In the center of the platform is the office with all nrodern busi-~ ness conveniences. Also in the center of the platform are four (Cntinued On Page Two) Farm Bill Put On Senate ‘Must’ List WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. — (AP) — Senator Lucas of Illinois, the Democratic leader of the Senate, called today for passage of a farm bill. He included it on a long list of “must” measures that may keep Congress in session well into September. . = . Lucas told a reporter he sees little chance that Congress can get away before Labor Day (Septem ber 5), at the earliest. If it takes much longer than that to get ac tion on administration bills piled up on the calendar, the lawmak ers will just have to stay here, he said. Among the measures Lucas sche duled for action are the House approved reciprocal trade agree ments bill, a measure to lift the minimum Wt;ge level to 75 cents an hour, a House-approved pro posal to increase government sal aries from cabinet members down the line, the pending foreign arms program, a displaced persons bill, appropriations measures and & civil rights bill. Republican Senators will dis cuss tomorrow a gropaul by Sen ator Norse (R.-Ore.) that they back a plan for Congress to wind up its present work August 20 and come back November 15. Lucas said he would rather go on through ‘than to have any such recess. Senator Taft of Ohio, ‘chairman of the GOP Policy Com-~ mittee, also is against returning to Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area F .”:M : GT e il RRORE ) R. ) P ! ¥ s B g B 5 i oo N B 3 S 4 - e 5 B o N SR E - L TReRE - U : Eaaiitag N e G ; e § i : S % T T eSO S KRR | 3 % i 3 T oSR R L 5 ) 3 R : : % S Mgt BRI 4 ; e e, t- 2 Wl AR T IR e R K 8 s R R e £ R R W i SIE ¥ 3 TR R TR Fot s iRI 0 R S f 5 Ge R TR R T R B R Pt B &x e BR§‘ 7 SRR . Ao RO : R st 5 T R R i AR P B » 3 E & SR ! B % s % \*”,: : e T : > e I P (S ioe e ; S B e (S i : “ ot TR ]oe T X e R S R e TR 2 s Z"v" R '\:'f':i:,’-‘{e.\'}i':;:;’;";,;-.f"\);;fi’ { N : : g O RIS B s oOLI BR Y s TR R i N A ol ‘4‘2"»4’ B i ? » PR ney e i - ; SRR e e s T R : DOCTOR REMOVES OWN APPENDIX In this unusual photo, George C. Balderston is shown taking out his own appendix at Telluride, Colo. The picture, copyrighted by the Denver Post, was made from a color transparency taken by a nurse, Mrs. Gladys Wood. The next day the doctor was up and tending his patients. He performed the unusual operation as an ex periment to get a first-hand reaction to local anesthe sia and post-operative results.— (AP Wirephoto.) Forest Turner To Address Kiwanis Club Forest Turner, who gained a reputation as the most expert jail-breaker in the history of Caorgia and who has reformed and is now free on parole to a dentist in Dalton, will be the main speaker at the regular weekly luncheon meeting of the Kiwanis Club Tuesday. The meeting will be held at 1 p. m. in the N & N Cafeteria and the speaker will diseuss his many escapes from jails and prisons and tell his hearers what caused him to reform. Mr. Turn er appears on & program ar ranged by Byron Warner. ‘Washington in November. | Lucas said he will keep the Sen ate working on appropriations bills i until all of them have been passed. The minimum wage proposal will come up then, with reciprocal trade agreements legislation be hind it. The Senate may untangle itself early this week from a parliamen tary knot which has held ugdinal action on the $5,500,000,000 For eign aid funds bill, most of which is for European recovery. | The measure was sent back to committee to strip out amend mients that had heen challenged as violating the rule against policy making proposals in money bills, It comes back to the SBenate today with some of the amendments re worded. Lucas said he will eontinue his fight to force a requirement for two-thirds approval on two of them. One would earmark sl,- 800,000,000 in Economic Coopera= tion Administration and army funds for purchase of surplus farm crops, and the other would sei aside $50,000,006 for loans to Spain, ‘ v Arms Aid Delay On Truman Program Would Be “Most Unfortunate” WASHINGTON, Aug. 1— (AP) —Gen. George C. Marshall told Congress today that hesitation in approving Freisdent Truman's program of foreign arms ald would be “most unfortunate” and have “wide ramifications.” The former Secretar{ of Btate, who was Army Chief of Staff dur ing World War 11, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Com mittee that, while failure io ap prove the program at this time would result in“a minor economy,” it also “might result in the possi bility of a major outlay l_aur_on.” e Endorsing Pres -4 . ident Truman's T $1450,000,000 _program, Mar- A ' shall agreed with R i previous state -77 7 ments by Secre ik (WY tary of Btate We, A chiEson and the e L Ar¥my Chief of i : SBtaff, General | Omar N, Bradley, ] %; Marshall told o ;}lll e & co)x:ugittec at he had not Marshall 4ot on consulta tions while the plan was being worked out, but that h’)was brief ed on it at the State epartment last Friday. “I had been strongly of the opinion that action of this nature was urgently necessary,” he add ed. “As to the fundamental policy involved there 1s no doubt in my mind as to the desirability of ac tion of this nature immediately.” Mutual Accord It is necessary, he said, for the nations of Europe who are friend ly to the United States and are resisting Russia to have “mutually cooperative action against aggres sion.” Marshall said that in 1939, if the military requiremenis stated by the armed services could have been met “even to a modest de gree, we could have whittled away at least six months of the dura tion of the war.” He said ‘the real issue” at that time was the attitude of the Amer jcan people, which was affected by “a real, aggressive and voeal minority.” TODAY’'S BIRTHDAY JOHN ALBERT KRAMER, born August 1, 1021, Thesemmmings o at Las Vegas, Nev,, son of a locomotive engineem - TR Tennis champion and winner of tournaments Foco SN , his early teens, “Jake,” as he ealls himselt, was gaid to have made SIOO,OOO on the courts Jast yosy. At 14 he won the National Boys Singles end } : : Doubles champlonships, After winning the Nai- A jonal Doubles with Ted Schroeder when both were 19, he accepted a tennis scholarship %o Rolling ¥ e College. As a member of the Coast Guard he con~ - s tinued playing during the war and since has #oe= nered all major cups, turning pro in 1047, ! m HOME EDITION Sheriff Prevents Lynching Attempted Assault On Housewife Stirs South Georgia Mob NASHVILLE, Ga., Aug. I—(AP) —A calm, matter-of-fact South Georgia sheriff told today of res cuing a negro from a lynch-bent mob determined to revenge the at tempted assault of a housewife. Sheriff N. N. Hughes said the negro was seized at hig home Sun day shortly after the reported at tack on the white woman. The mob believed, sald the sher iff, the negro could tell them the identity and whereabouts of the one sought in the attack and in tended to make him tell by force if necessary. T told ’em,” said Hughes, “that we had good negroes here and bad negroes and we were going to see that the good pnes wers protected. “T told ’em,” he eontinued, “ihat they were going Q&m themselves in more trouble than they would aver get out of, : “The negro was just as ﬁool ag anyone %gu'd ever seen, ufhu added. “He tolg ‘em he wouldn't go with them, but would ‘o with me. They finslly agreed” g Hughes deseribed the vietim of the assault attom&t.u *one of the best women in eounty.” He said she had a llrg'o nual:er of relatives in the area “and that was one of the troubles” ‘For a while yesterday after noon,” said Hughes, “thlngs lookTi pretty bad, but thou’,' not a ripple on the waters today.,”” As the mobs increased size and tom‘rr last n!& state troop mh :!n .m« county o twrc rushe set up road blocks, u:'mn:ng«' wea-~ ‘ pom- @ v But te bes wn T A ‘soene, Hughef‘ sald. Raclal feelings flared, ﬁuﬂnn :aid,- nftor“a 40-year-old w l:o armer’s wife W & negro at ::mpt to assault yesterday morn g Flerce Biruggle The woman wag alone ﬂnmor husband waa taking tm €6 children to Sunday 8¢ , The housewife’s screams drove the ne g;o awaﬁ after a ferce struggle, eriff Hughes said, Crowds poured in qQuickly around the courthouse %qure, juke joints, on fringes of nesrn sectioxa of this xman townb? miae south Georgla, 0 miles above the Floriaa iine, (Ontinued On Page Twe) TALMADGCE SICNS IN EFFECT ATLANTA, Aug. —{AP)— Gov., Herman ﬁ’afmliﬁ. signed Gcaorgiai'tul new tax laws today ev en as citizens riegx aying more :ior cigarettes, X guollnn, and gars. Meanwhile, revenue Imd& the old laws was lﬁnﬂa as lers piled up stocks vance of the tax ralses, Revenue Commissioner Charles Redwine repormd t tax gollee ;ilglm( &)uing july ed ﬁm:- This compared with $6,805,790 (M) during the same months last year gain of $1,612,728. _ Redwine also formally ordered today a #1 increase in lta;; ware house chl:.rges per gallon of liguor. This ra the total warehouse fee to $4 and the total state tax to SB, highest in the nation. Redwine threw all availal manpower into an effort to en forc‘e t‘he p&)"‘mﬂm of higher taxes béginning fodav. Eigarette levies are inereased from three to five gents per pack age, gasoline from to six to seven cents per gallon, beer from two to four cents Jnr bottle, cigars ten perdcent and wine taxes are dou bled. . Dealers throughout the state were reported to have on ttho tax increases to ers immediately. L

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, August 01, 1949, Home Edition, Image 1