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Vol. CXVII, No. 173.
Chinese
Attacking
Hong Kong Readies
Rousing Welcome
For Sloop Amethyst
By The Associated Press
Communist armies in Chine
earhead southward on three
onts today. Nationalists admit
.d Red gains in Hunan, Kiangsi
.d Kansu provinces.
In Hunan, the rice bowl prov
ce, Communists are 313 wriles
rth of Canton, Nationalist pro
slonal capital the Communists
v they expect to capture by
agust 15.
The Communists have outflank
{ the main Nationalist defense
ree in Bunafsfsc i
\d have cut
¢ Cmon_m“,_Wm-ld News
yw railway Ip Roundup
ansu province TEamRETEET TR
¢ Communists threatened vast
rthwestern China, ruled by
oslem warlords.
Hong Kong, the British Crown
Jony, prepared a rousing we'-
me for the battered little sloop
methyst which escaped down
e Yangtze River Saturday un
ar Communist gunfire, The
methyst had been pinned down
) miles below Nanking since
pril 20.
Pacific Taci
A Chinese Nationalist source in
;eoul, capital of non-Communist
{orea, said Generalissimo Chiang
Rai-shek is expected to arrive
there tomorrow to discuss a pro
posed Pacific pact with President
Syngman Rhee. Chiang made 2
similar call on the president of
the Philippines recently.
In Washington both Democrate
and Republicans in the House
Foreign Affairs Committee con
tinued their critical study of
President Trumans’ $1,400,000,000
foreign arms aid program. The4
lawmakers want to know whether
there is any ironclad ag;ement
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Auto Wree
Two youths miracutously es
caped serious injury here this
morning when their car overturn
ed just off Sims curve in the 900
block of Oglethorpe Avenue.
The driver of the car, James M.
Galloway, 19, of 397 Barber street
reported home on leave from the
Navy, fled the scene of the acci
dent after removing His younger
prother, Eddie, 12, from the
wreckage.
He is being sought by police for
questioning.
Sheriff Tommy Huff and
George Farmer answered the
wreck call. Sheriff Huff carried
iddie Galloway to a local hospit.l
tor a checkup, although his only
mjuries appeared to be minor
cuts and bruises.
There were several witnesses to
the wreck, which occurred a short
listance from a similiar accident
several days ago. J. C. Thomas,
\thens Xouth was forced to leave
the road by the swerving Car.
lhomas said the Galloway ecar
seerred to spin out of control on
‘he sharp curce, as it sped toward
own,
After swerving acrocs the road
several times, the ear crashed into
1 mail box and turned over in a
shallow ditch, The vehicle, a U=
Drive-It, was badly damaged.
David Sims, 247 éilleland Drive,
was another eyewitness to the ac
ident, following another car be
und Thomas, and related the
same story.
A short time later, the Sher
ff's office was ecalled to the
icene of another accident * Oco=
ee Heights, Sheriff Huff report
‘¢ that a man from Gainesville
12d overturned, on slick pavement,
ut neither the ear nor &e driver
vere injured.
CLARK-McGRATH APPROVAL SEEN
Solons Seek Data On Arms Bill
WASHINGTON, Aug. S3—(AP)
-House Democrats and Republi
@ns alike sought more informa
on today before reaching -ng
'ecision on the administration’s
ig arms-for-Europe program.
As European Recovery Ambas
ador W, Harriman was called be
ore the House ——— =
'.,qreifl‘nt Affairs COI‘ISI‘C”
-Ommittee, mem=
)ers expressed ROIII!‘IIP
'ope they might =——— ——————m
8 whether there is a real
‘steement for coordinated action
."ong the nations due to get U.
S. arms, !
But, unlike the HRepubiicans, the
Democrats said that even if they
o't get an answer to that ques
\o, they're inclined to go along
vith the $1,450,000,000 program.
_Clark-MeGuth—Thore was lit
¢ doubt that the Senate would
brove the appointments of Tom
dark to be g g%%rom. Court Jus
;Cesarf J. Howard McGrath to be
. S. Attorne eral.
, McGrath, ayDC::ocntic Senator
‘o™ Rhode Island, announeced hie
;lingness o take the post yester
j(‘:r)"-_dchrk'n had been
sidered a gure m along.
s lcGrath's deparbure - : é—'-s
suate reised the ; of a
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POLIO-STRICKEN MOTHER BEARS CHILD
Robert G. Davis visits his 24-year-old wife after she
gave birth to a baby girl in an iron lung at a Covington,
Ohio, hospital. Stricken with polio just the day before,
Mrs. Davis’ condition is not serious, and the baby, their
third child, is normal.— (NEA Telephoto.)
Increase
Reported
In Polio
By The Associated Press
Infantile paralysis cases show -
ed a sharp increase in some states
in the past week, boosting the
nations’ total far ahead of 1948
a near record year
The number of polio deaths for
the first seven months of 1949,
an Associated Press survey show
ed, is about double the total up to
August 1, 1948,
The survey showed app:oxi
mately 8,000 cases and 442 deaths.
However, data on fatalities was
sketchy and incomplete in some
states on the number of cases
Many communities, fearing epi
demics in the heavy polio months
of August and September already
have taken emergency measures.
State health officials and leaders
of the Natiopial Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis are taking all
precautions to prevent the out
break or spread of the disease
The 27,680 polio cases reported|
in 1948 were the second highest
on record but up to -August I,‘
1948, the total was under 5,000.
The worst polic yvear wag 1916
when about 30,000 cases werei
reported. |
New Cases
Increases in the number of
cases over last weeks figures
were reported in New York
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Mir
nesota and Wisconsin The 1,123
cases in Texas did not inciucde
the number stricken the last
week in July. Official figures for
that period were not available.
New York state reported 482
cases, with 353 in the New York
City metropolitan area, the larg
est number of cases in any big
city. California reported 794
cases; Oklahoma 408; Arkansas
492: Tllinois 376; Michigan 370;
Minnesota 862; and Indiana 242.
Although some states reported
incidence was light and below
last year in several others, 22
states have reported 100 or more
cases each to date.
The National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis has advanced
$3,551,385 to its 40 chapters up to
August 1 this year, twice as
much as granted in a similar
period in 1048,
The outbreak in Muncie, Ind.
resulted in a ban on public meet
ings, including funeral services.
Special mredical teams have been
organized in New York City and
nearby Nassau county. New
Mexico has organized a pollo
committee.
conflict between two Democratic
senators for his seat on the tax
handling Finance Committee.
Senator Stennis (D.-Miss.) is in
iine for the committee spot. Sen
ator Kerr (D.-Okla.) would like to
have it. But Stennis outranks
Kerr in the Senate by 14 months—
and seniority counts in committee
assignments.
Foreign Aid-Appropriations —
Senate Democratic Leader Lucas
(D.-1.) said he planned to try
during the day to get a $5,647,724,~
000 foreign aid money bill back
before the Senate.
That's the measure the senators
sent back to comizivies iast week
after getting all tangled up in
Senate rules. The Appropriations
Committee has rewritten the bill
—but it has included three of the
six amendments which eaused the
difficulty last time.
Five Percenters—A Senate group
looking into the reported use of
infiuence in obuln.l.n%‘zowrnmmt
contracts was said to be turning its
scrutiny toward the handling of
postwar steel and cement priori
ties.
John Maragon, who claims
friendship with many Washington
officiale was seported to have
supplied the p on that matter
X Presstime Bulletins X
ATLANTA, Aug. 2.—(AP)—3tate Auditor B. E. Thrasher today
assigned an accountant te¢ assist Aitorney General Eugene Cook
in an investigation into alleged misappropriation of state prop
erty. g
Cook said Saturday that “state officials” admitted turning part
of $250,000 in war surplus property to personal use,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. — (AP) — Senators today postponed
hearings from tomorrow until Monday on the administration’s
$1,450,000,000 foreign arms program amid indications that they
will attempt to reduce it in size and scope.
Chairman Connally (D.-Texas) said the joint Foreign Relations
and Armed Services Committees will seek “the widest possible
area of agreement” among members on the foreign arms plan be
* fore asking Seenate action.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—(AP)—Another creeping advance devel«
oped on the stock market today.
A handful of shares backed down but gains of fractions so
around a point were posted for a wide variety of key stocks.
Business stepped up a bit from Monday’s slow tempeo.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, Aug. 2.— (AP) —Police Chief Frank N.
Littlejohn today ahnounced a young negro man has admitted the
shotgun slaying of a 62-year-old society matron here yesterday.
The negro was identified by Littlejohn as Monroe Medlin, 23«
year-old former butler in the home of Mrs. Esley O. Anderson, sr,
Athenians
Leave On
Air Journey
Mayor Jack R. Wells and Ath
ens Chamber of Commerce Presi
dent Thomas M. Tillman were to
board a Southern Airways plane
late this afternoon to take part
in the pre-inaugural flight of the
company’s new route connecting
Atlanta and Charlotte.
Company officials stopped here
about 1 J'clock this afternoon on
a fight to Charlotte, reported
Athens Station Manager ¥ B.
Giles. They flew to Charlotte for
tt e beginning of the pre-inaugu
ral flight, which starts in Char
lotte and nfioes to Atlanta with
stops at stations on the way.
The plane load of important fig
ures will be entertained at ban
quets and luncheons and will re
turn home tomorrow. The Wed
nesday fight, which comes from
Atlanta, will makec its first stop
in Athens tomorrow. Mayor Wells
and Mr. Tillman will get off the
plane here at 10:32 a. m. tomorr=-
ow morning. The mayors, avia
tion officials, und others on the
flight will inspect the local station
and then leave here at 10:147 a. m,
Stops will be made at all air
ports on the line in order to re=-
turr. the men to their home towns.
Regular scheduled service begins
on Friday.
Four flights daily will service
Athens, two ¢oming from Char=-
lotte and two from Atlanta. Post
master J. R. Myers has announc
ed that there will be air mail ser
vice on all flights.
while talkinfn to a Senator who
isn’t on the investigating commit=
tee.
Education — Rep. Barden (D.~
N.C.) said he planned to press for
a gommittee vote on an aid-to=-
education bill.
Aid to education has become &
controversial subject since Cath
olic clergymen raised bitter ob=-
jections to a measure written by
‘Barden because it would ban the
‘use of federal funds to help paro
chial schools.
That has made the subject such
a delicate matter on capitol hill
that some House members say they
expect the leadership to steer clear
of ine bill entirely.
’ Barden said he wanted the La
| bor Committee to vote on the mat
ter anyhow.
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G. MORAN DIES
OAKLAND, Calit, Aug. § —
(APJ — Qeorge Moran, oldtime
vaudeville and radio entertainer,
is dead at 67.
He suffered a stroke last "les
day night and was taken, uncon
scious, to Highland Hospital,
where he died yesierday.
Rade Sadler, an associate, said
Moran was a member of the “Two
Black Crows” vaudeville team
Which lates wess 22 the radio.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Top Alabama Klan Leader
Ordered Back To Prison
Morris Jailed Again After
Refusing To Show Records
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 2.—(AP)—Alabama’s top
Ku Klux leader was ordered back to jail today for refusal
to produce records of the white-robed order,
William Hugh Morris, director of the Federated Klan,
was returnec under a contempt of court citation arising
from his refusal to give the records to a grand jury. ol
The jury today resumes ils in
vestigation of mob violence after
a week-end recess. Eighteen men
alieady have been indicted on
flogging and related charges.
Morris had been out on SSOO
conditional bond :fter previously
spending 16 days in jail.
Circuit Judge 'George Lewis
Bailes ruled that the Klan chief
tsin failed to clear himself .f the
contempt charge.
The decision iollowed a three
day hearing during which Morris
testified he was now willing to
WGAU TO AIR
MAJOR LEAGUE
CONTEST DAILY
Beginning this afternoon
with the New Yeork Gilants-
Chicago Cubs battle, WGAU
will broadcast a National Lea
gue baseball game every after
noon,
The broadcasts begin at 2:30
p. m. over WGAU-FM, with
the AM band picking up at
3:00,
These contests will be done
by the Liberty Broadcasting
System, whose home office sis
fn Dallas, Texas. Play-by-play
will be handled by Gordon
McLendon, a veteran in the
field of sports broadcasting.
SECOND TERM &
University
Registration
Set Tomorrow
Registration for the second
term of the Summer quarter at
the University of Georgia will ke
held Wednesday, Walter N. Dan
ner, registrar, has announced.
Classes will begin on Thursday.
Final examinations for the first
term are being held on Monday
and Tuesday of this week.
Students will not register in
Stegeman Hall for the second
term. Instead they must schedule
their courses with the dean of
their college. Fees will be check=
ed at the Registrar's Office, Aca
demic Building. Veteran students
will report to Room 115, Aca
demie Building, instead of the
Military Building as heretofore
Classes will meet six days @
week for the second term. Exam
inations are scheduled for Aug
ust 27-29, and summer gradua
tion exercises for August 31
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY
JOHN FRANCIS KIERAN, born August 2, 1802, [P e
in New York “of poor Irish parents” he once B ~ #Hi
said. His faeiher, a professor of education, was oo
president of Hunter College and his mother a for- |i’
mer public school teacher. This conductor of ;:’ 5 o
“Kieran’s Kaleidoscope,” nature feature on tele- }fi’
vision, and former dean of “Information Please” R
on the radio, began his career ag a teacher In 1915 SRR i
he becarnre a reporter on the sports staff of the AT
New York Times. After serving overseasg in Worid e
Bo T e
golumn for the New Xork sun. - wlrote’ ~ lan:rav““ JOHN KIERAN
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, AUCUST 2, 1949,
produce the records but cannot
because they were stolen from his
home. -
Blistering Barrage
The portly Klan leader was de
luged under a blistering barrage
of questions when he took the
stand in a surprise move late yes
terday.
He claimed the records were
stclen from his hone the nigi.t of
July 20. The State sought to prove
the burglary was faked but the
court barred the aitempt.
Morris spent 16 da};s in jail be
fore going free on ¢ SSOO bond and
a prcmise to Sroduce the re rde.
He was in jail at the time cf the
alleged burglary at his ho—e,
Solicitor Emmett Perry whipped
questions at ¢ ° for more than
an hour yesterday as to whether
ke had made any attempt to obe
tain new records.
New Records
Morris said two Jefferson coun
ty Klaverns have promised they
would take up the matter of fur
nishing new records at their next
meeting.
The solicitor then asked how
many members there are in Jef
forson (Birmingham) county.
;\{)%r‘;'is replied between 6,500 and
When asked if he could recall
the full names of any individual
members other than the officers,
Morris replied:
“I can’t recall the names.”
“You can't or you won’t,” Perry
demanded.
“I can’t,” answered the Klan
head.
Under further questioning, Mor
ris » .aintained his rule over the
Alabama Ku Klux Klan is su
preme. However, he said he can’t
\force local Klaverns to produce
gty ‘menibesship rolls. :
CAR FIRE
Parts of the seats in the car
of Alderman Kenneth Guest of
Athens burned Sunday near the
Athens Y. M. C. A. camp at Tallu
lah Falls. Mr. Guest reported that
{ke fire was of a small nature and
caused little damage.
TO SELL CERTIFICATES
Negroes Laud Heroism
Of 3 White Rescuers
Election of four eommittees of
negro citizens for the purpose of
selling self-liquidating revenue
certificates for th» purpose of
financing a swimming pool for
members of that race and adop
tion of a resolution by the Ne
gro Citizens Committee on rec
reation expressing appreciation
t 6 the «citizens who saved
the life a ne-0o boy from
drowning in the Oconee river
came today as the aftermath to
the death by drowning of two
regroes in the river last week.
Ray B. Ware, Athens negro in
surance agent was elected chair=-
mean of the committee to sell the
revenue certificates in a campaign
to he conducted among negro or
ganizations and individuals in
Athens and throughout the State.
The resolution expressing their
appreciation so he heroism of the
lifesavers was signed by C. T. 8.
Lyons, chairman »f the resolu
tions committee, O. M. Collins and
H. T. Edwards.
Superv 2( Recreation
About $6,000 in revenue certif
icates have already been sold for
the purpose of financing the ne
gro swimming pool to be built on
the site of a an abandoned reser
voir on lanu the City set aside for
a negro recreation center on prop
exrt, ' adjacent to the site of thc old
waterworks and . considerable
distance frum the present water
works,
The recreation center for ne~
groes will be operated as a part
of the municipal recreation and
piayground department , with
proper supervision. ;
Th e Negro Citizens Committee
to promote. the sale of revenue
certificates is comprised of
Chairman Ware, Ensley Evans,
vice~chairman; Prof. C. H. % Ly~
one, sr., secretary and ~ M.
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Rites Set
Tomorrow
Sérvices for Mose Michael Bern
stein, well known Athenian, will
be conducted Wednesday afternoon
at B o'clock from Bernstein’s Cha
pel with Rabbi Samuel Glasner,
Rabbi David Marx, of Atlanta,
Rev. % Earl Gilbreath, Dr, E, L,
Hill, Rev. W. 8. Pruitt and Rev.
J. W. O. McKibben officlating.
Burial will be in Oconee Hill
cemetery, pall-bearers beins mem
bers of the Athens Police Depart
ment. An honorary escort will in
clude members of the Georgia
Funeral Directors Association, and
officers and members of the Board
of Governors of the Jewish Fun
eral Directors of America and the
National Selected Morticians.
Surviving Mr. Bernstein is his
wife; two sisters, Mrs. Oeorge
Hoffman, Norfolk, Va., and Mrs,
Marion Silver, Augusta; brother,
Jake Bernstein, Athens; brother
~-in-law, Arthur Flatau, sr., Ath
ens; father-in-law, W. T. Florence,
Athens.
Mr. Bernstein died at his resi
dence at 285 Hampton Court Mon
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Scott, assistant secretary.
The committee to sell the cer
tificates met with pastors of ne
gro churches BSaturday, shortly
after the drowning of a negro man
and negro girl in the Oconee river,
and at the Sunday services in each
of the colored churches, campaigns
to sell the SIOO -ertificates to
complets the recreation center
and swimming pool, were started.
Congregations of each church
were asked to raise funds to buy
at least one of the SSOO certifi
cates, of which there are 52 in the
amount of $26,000. \
Chairman Ware a'so announced
chairmen of three othér commit
tees with Rev. M. Tate heading
the Church comniittee; Ensley
Evans, chairman of the Individ
uals Committee and H. M. S.
Burnside being chairman of ‘he
Insurance Committee. There are
five local colored insurance com
panies here and numerous others
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CAR WOOD DESICNS NEW TYPE OF “NO-ROLL” SHIP
Gar Wood, inventor and speed boat
racer, reveals he has delignod and built
a new type of ‘“no-roll” ship on his
Fisher's Island estate south of Miami
Beach, Fla. At the left are side and aft
views of the high speed, twin-hulled ves
gel which cruises at 26 knots on & Som
pletely even keel. She is 188 feet long
and 40 feet wide with the twin hulls eon-
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Virginia
Votes On
Governor
Big Voter Turnout
Seen For Hottest
Election In 25 Years
RICHMOND, V., Aug, 2—(AP)
~-United States Senator Harry F.
Byrd's leadership of the Demo
cratic party in Virginia for 28
years was at stake today in the
state’s primary {0 nominate a
governor,
More than 300,000 Virginia
Democrats were predicted to cast
their vote today in a guberaato
rial primary contest that has not
been s 0 heated in this statc for a
quarter of a ~entury.
Though Byrd’'s name does not
apd)oar on the ballot, most voters
will be cungelously voting for or
against the farty oerganlution
which he has dominated.
The primary brought to a close
o four-cornered Democratie g.-
bernatorial race, In which B{rd
for the first time in his political
career vpenly endorsed a candi
date. He threw his weight of in
fluence behiid the candidacy of
State Senator John 8. Battle.
The avowed opponent of the
Byrd orgnization in the race is
Francis Pickens Miller, former
legislator and member of Eisen
hower's staff, Other candidates are
Horace H. Edwards, a former
mayor of Richmond, and Remmie
L. Arnold, pen and pencil manu
focturer of Petersburg, Va.
GOP Vote
Virginia Republicans also will
go to the polis today for their first
statewide primary. Fewer votes
a; ¢ expected to be cast by them to
chose a lieutenant-governor, the
only office being contested ir the
primary.
- With Arnold, Miller, and Ed
wards each emiea.v,qxing to .amass
‘a campaigh to eutweigh the Byrd
irfluence, the Democratic guber
natorial ‘race overshadowed con
tests for nomination »f lieutenant
gevernor ond attomefigeneral
and seats in the lower House of
legislature.
Walter Jounson, an attorney
from Heathsville, is the Rejubli
can candidate for governor. All
candidates for the Democratic gu
bernatorial nomination were in
this capital dti, last night. From
Bichmond radio stations, they
made their last appeals to the elec
torate.
1\? tl o loudy “;;fi Httl
ostly clondy. e
change in n with
showers or thundershowers on
Wednesday and N Thurs
day. High talay 82 Low 68 and
high for Wednesday 84.
GEOR GIA — Consider
abie cioudiness, snoweis &na
thunderstorms this afternoon,
tonight and Wednesday. * Not
much change in temperature,
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TOM LINDER
« « » Opens Market Here
J. A. Rape
J. A. Rape this morning was an
nounced as the manager for the
new State Farmers Market which
is to be dedicated this afternoon at
5 o’clock on the new Atlanta high
way with state, county and city
officials, county agents and eciti
zens generally attending the cere
monies.
While the program wi¥ begin
promptly at § o'olook‘. armers,
buyers and all others interested in
impectin{othc new plant are re
quested arrive early so there
will be no delay in getting the pro
gram off to a prompt start.
6,000 farmers of the state have
been sent special Invitations.
Platform Protected In Rain
The market, a 40-80 platform
covered with an all metal roof, has
been designed in such a way that
neither farmer nor buyer will suf
fer in wet weather. The trucks
will be back right ug to a loading
platform to enable the loaders to
make easier and better loadings.
The market will provide an out
let for any produce of mfity that
is brought in for sale, market
is not closed to people from out of
the state. It will serve as an un
biased mediator for any and every
farmer and buyer,
Market facilities finclude the
sales platform, water spigots for
freshening tfip of hot produce, of
fice and toflet facilities for mieéh’
and women, white and golored.
! State Commissioner of ttgflcul'
ture Tom Linder will be the main
speaker,
Other speakers of the afternoon
are to give valuable tips to the
farmers on the best ways to make
sales at the market, The rules of
the market which will be few in
number but important are o be
also announced.
L. E. Farmer, Extension Econ
omist and Market Hoag ig to ad
dress ihe farmers on the subiect
of preparation of products for sale.
~ People who know tnrmingohava
expressed the opinin that today’s
big opening will mark the begin
ning of a new era of progressive
farming and profitable gales for all
counties in this area.
The market will be open for
sales tomorrow.
WAYC'EOOSS gm" 2
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(AP)—John I'iowmi fimy, whe
won a retrial after onoe receiving
‘the death penalty, was found guil
ty of murder thtday and
'sentenced to life in prison.
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line. Wood says water rushing through
the “tunnel” buoys up the ship and keeps
it from rolling. Right: Wood stands at
the wheel of the “Venturl.” He believes
she is the prototype of the express 'pn*'f
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