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Vol. CXVII, No. 174,
Wells, Tillman Return Home On Pre-Inaugural Flight
Bad Weather
Delays Last
Leg Of Trip
BY GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
Assistant City Editor
Mayor Jack R. Wells and Ath
erc Chamber of Commerec Presi
dent Thomas M. Tillman, who
tcok part in Southerr. ~Airways
pze-inaugural flight activities, ar
rived back home today at 1:27
. m.
. Both Athenians said, “We had a
wonderful time and enjoyed the
p.(-i’naugural flight and activi
ties.” "
The return flight was delayed
for several hours in Atlanta be
cause of pre-inaugural activities
for the guests on the flight and
poor weather conditions, reported
Jocal Station Manager J. B. Giles.
Mayor Wells and Mr. Tillman
got on the plane here late yester
day afternoon, being greeted by
the many other officials picked
up at the various stations on the
new route from Charlotte.
The men took part in pre-in
augural flight activities in Atlan
ta last night and this morning.
All of the mayors, aviation offi
yials, and others from the various
cities on the route are scheduled
to return home today. |
Regular service on the new
route begins on Friday. The first
flight stops here at 11:17 on that
day. Four flights daily will stop
in Athens, two coming from the
west and two from the east.
On all flights air mail, air
freight, and alr express will be
taken on and let off as will pas
gsengers. The planes an the line
are DC-3's and carry 21 passen
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Plans Okayed
For State
Patrol Post
Preliminary plans for the State-
Highway Patrol post building to
be located here just inside the
city limits on the Atlanta High
way were approved yesterday af
terr oon by Colonel George W, Wil
son, director of the Department of
Public Safety.
County Engineer H. K. Nich
olson said this morning that work
had begun on the drawing of fin
al plans, and as soon as they are
complete and legal advertisement
is made the contrac's for construc
tion will be let.
On July 14 the State Patrol ap
proved the five-man post for Ath
ens, and on July 28 the Clarke
County Commissioners decided to
purchase the -ite on the Atlanta
Highway. Final arrangements in
tl:e purchase were completed sev
e al days later and work was begun
immediately on th € drawing of
plans for the building.
The building will be about 40
feet hy 65 feet and will include
such things as office space, recep
tion room, and living facilities.
The County is furnishing the
building, property, radio equi «
ment, and equipment for the builg- |
ing. The post will be staffed and
lun’ by the State Highway Pa-}
I'of. \
1 OF 4 FIND JOBS
Unemployment Hits
New High Since 42
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.— (AP)—Unemployment rose
above 4,000,000 in July for the first time since January,
1942, the Census Bureau reported today. &
. But the number of employed also increased, registering
In July the highest figure—s9,72o,ooo—for 1949,
Explanation for the simultan
€ous increase in employment and
ur employment was an increase of
417,000 in the civilian labor force
~the number having jobs or seek
ing them,
Only one of each four of the
N€w job seekers managed to find
& job.
The number of unemployed in
July was 4,095,000 oomzparod with
3,778,000 in June and ,227,000 in
July of last year.
The 59,720,000 employed in July
Compared with 59,619,000 in June,
the previous high. for 1949, and
61,611 000 in July, 1948,
The Census Bureau commented:
“As in June, most of the addi
tional persorg in the labor force
Were of high school and college
ige. However, in contrast with the
Past two months, the rise in un
eTployment bet-seea June and
July cannot pe attributed to the
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY
CHARLES EDISON, born August 3, 1890, at Liew= ””"” ~;§'
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famouysg inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, by his see~ e
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CITY OFFICIALS ON PRE-INAUGURAL FLIGHT
Southern Airways today completed a
pre-inaugural flight of several Southern
cities which have just been added to its
airline service. Officials from each city
were taken on a tour of the new route.
Major Jack Wells and Thomas Tillman,
C. of C. president, represented Athens.
Bictured above, preparing to leave At
FIVE SAVED
FROM SANDBAR
AT SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH BEACH, Ga.,
Aug. 3.— (AP) —Timely res
cues probably saved the lives
of five visitors who were trap
ped by high tide on an off
shore sandbar yesterday,
Two men, two women and a
small child had waded out at
low tide orr a surf fishing ex
pedition. The seven-foot tide
rose rapidly and trapped them.
Several beach residents discov
ered their plight and quickly
began rescue operations.
Ronald Gordon swam out
and brought to safety the child
and the women, The effort ex
hausted Gordon and he was
given first aid.
Then Mrs. T. D. Prysock and
Murray Perlman swam to the
stranded men with an inner
tube. Mrs. Prysock returned to
shore but Perlman ran into
trouble. The rescue was com
pleted by two unidentified girls
in a motor boat.
Those trapped were L. W.
McLaughlin of Greensboroe; his
son-in-law, Gordon Nalley, jr.,
of Atlanta; Mrs. Nalley; a
daughter, Sandra Nelleybn, two
and a half, and a sister of Mrs.
Nalley.
entry of young persons intc the
labor force. .dult workers ac
counted for most of the increase in
July.”
Employment in non-agricultural
jndustries, which have been hit
harddest by workers’ layoffs since
the business slowdown began last
fall, took an upturn in July. It
vose to 50,073,0C0, from 49,924,000
ia June.
This year’s total, however, was
far short of the 52,452,000 figure
posted for July last year.
Farm emgloyment slipped to 9,=
647,000 in July from 9,696,000 in
June. But this w2s well above the
1.163,000 total in July, 1948.
The Census Bureau’s figures
were nationwide estimates onl{.
They shed no light on the spot
unemployment which the admin
istration seeks to remed{ by con=
centrating federal spending in the
troubled areas.
lanta for another leg of the flight are,
from left to right, Tom D. Eve, vice-pres
ident of Southern Airways; Mayor Wells,
Kenneth Cass, Mayor of Greenville, 8, C.,
and William Coddington, city council
man of Charlotte. — (Photo courtesy of
Atlanta Constitution.)
Tito U Balk
Break With Russi
il
rea 1t ussia
By The Associated Press :
Premier Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia is beckoning other
Balkan natoins to walk out from Russian domination, In &
speech at Skoplje, capital of Yugoslav Macedonia, Tito
predicted yesterday that Bulgaria and Albania would
quit the Moscow-led Cominform, and he offered Yugosla
via’s help in such a revolt.
Tito has been a bitter f._ of
the ‘Communist International In
fermation Bureau since June 1948.
‘This was his most defiant speech.
1t was the firs! time he was called
or neighboring Communist na
tions to join his revolt against the
Kremlin,
Tito said the Burgarian people
ultimately would ignore the
“slanders against Yugoslavia and
extend their fraternal hand to us
and we will hElp ~—reoemrciiis
them removewol"d News
whatever indi- Roundu
viduals have so ——;—-——-?—-
far put obstac'es in the path of
the creation and preservation of
brotherly relations.” He said this
statement also applied to Albania.
There have been recent purges
among Communist leaders in Al
bania and Bulgaria. The men ous
aed were charged with “Titoism”
which has replaced “Trotskyism”
as the modern Communist heresy.
Yugoslavia would like to control
al o’ Macedonia, now split three
ways between Greece, Bulgaria
and Yugoslavia.
Indonesian Republicans and the
Dutch today issued cease-fire or
ders to become effective at mid
night next Wednesday. Thurs a
conflict which has been waged
since 1945 is expecied to come to
an end. The Republicans and non-
Republican states embracing all
of Indonesia have agreed to form
a federal union under the Dutch
crown. It will be known as the
United States of Indonesia. Details
will be worked out as a forthcom
ing round table conference at the
Hague.
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIAOVER ACENTURY
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1949,
Bids Opened
For Addition
At Hospital
Bids for the complete renova
tion of Athens General Hospital
and for construction of a new
wing were opened today by
county authorities, but no con
tract has been awarded pending
approval of the State Department
of Public Health and the U, 8.
Public Health Service.
. Low bidder was G. M. Caskey
and Sons. His base bid was $478,~
397.80. Other bids were Mathis
Construction Companyy $538,309;
Claussen and Webster of Augus
ta, $545,000; A. R. Briggs Con
struction Company of Macon,
$560,000; Sharpe and Bickerstaff
of Atlanta, $564,712; Daniel Con
struction Company of Greenville,
S. C., $596,990.
About 100 bidders, sub-bidders
and other interested persons were
present this morning when the
bids were opened and read aloud
in the City Court room at 11
o’clock. Clarke County Commis
gsion Chairman Harry Elder pre
sided. Members of the Commis
sion were present and members
of the Board of Trustees of the
hospital were aiso in atiendance.
Chairmran of the Board is Harry
Hodgson.
The plans for the project were
prepared by C. Wilmer Heery,
architect, and H. K. Nicholson,
(Continued On Page Two)
SALES BEGIN AT ATHENS
FARMERS' MARKET TODAY
Big Crowd
For Opening
BY LEON DRISKELL
Staff Writer
Opening day sales were brisk
at the Athens Farmers Market
today, with a large number of
farmers, local retailers and com
pany buyers on hand.
J. A. Rape, State Market Spec
ialist and temperary manager of
the mrarket, stated that some far
mers are bringing in fully ripe
produce that must be sold to local
buyers and urged the retail gro
cers of Athens to come to the
market rather than wait for the
farmer to come to them with pro
duce. .
He also encouraged the house
wives of Athens and the sur
rounding area to make use of the
producte that are available in
wholesale lots. He stressed, how
ever, that no small quantity lots
would be sold.
The market is oren daily from
early morning until 6:00 p. m,
Over 600 people were assem
bled under the 80-foot long sales
platform to hear State Agricul
tural Commissioner Tom Linder
describe Georgia as “the garden
place of the U. 8.” :
Mr. Linder called Georgia the
garden place of the nation be
cause he said, “We have a soil
and climate in Georgia which we
can do anything we want to
with.”
Opening the }?rog'ram of dedi
cation was the Rev. J. W. O, Mec-~
Kibben, pastor of the First Meth
odist Church of Athens.
Welcome Speaker l
Mayor Jack R. Wells gave the
visitors the official welcome of
the city and characterized the
dedication ce.rqnaonies as the
realization of an idea that began
as a dream only two short years
ago when, as a member of the
State General Assembly he first
broached the idea to Commis
sioner Linder of locating a State
Farmers Market in Athens. Mayor
Wells paid high tribute to the
continued cooperation of the
State Agriculture Commissioner
throughout the negotiations lead-'
ing to establishment of the mar-i
ket here, to the Junior Chamber
of Commerce, members of the
General Assembly in Northeast
Georgia, the county agents, and
the many individual citizens who
worked so hard to secure the
market. |
In conclusion Mayor Wells
called the opening of the market
a “day that shall never be for
gotten in the history of our city.”!
L. E. Farmer, Extension Econ
omist and Market Head, said to
the assembled farmers and buy
ers, “Even if the state had chosen
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LOCAL FARMERS VOW:
“We’ll Make New
Market A Success”
BY LEON DRISKELL
The average farmer in this section not only thinks that
the newly opened Athens Farmers’ Market is a big step
forward in agricultural progress — but he is also dead
sure of its success.
power dam 10 miles upstream and sud
?enly trapped young Lee who was fish
ng on the rock about 78 yards from the
bank. A Navy blimp from Bavannah, Ga.,
and a helicopter from Pope Field, N. C,,
were on hand to participate in the rescue
—but the firemen beat them to it.— (AP
Wirephoto.)
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MARKET OFFICIALS DISCUSS MARKET OPENING
State and local officials meet here at &
%re-dedication luncheon at the Georgian
otel in connection with the opening of
the Athens Farmers Market., Pictured
above, from left to right, are Millard Sea
graves, chairman of the Athens Jaycees
Farmers’ Market Committee; Tom Lin
MAYOR GIVES:
MARKET I
Dedication of the State Farmers’
Market here, was acclaimed a
“happy occasion for “Athens and
Northeast Georgia™ by Mayor Jack
R. Wells yesterday at a luncheon
given agricultural officials and
other persons Interested in the
market by the Mayor at the Geor-~
gian Hotel.
Attendinf the luncheon were
members of the Athens City Coun
cil, Clarke County Board of Com
missioners, Georgia Extension
Service, College of Agriculture at
the University of Georgia, Junior
Chamber of Commerce, Chariber
of Commerce, several county
agents, bankers, business men,
farmers, representatives to the
state assembly, and others.
Tom Linder, state commissioner
of agriculture, sald he “notices
with pleasure the splendid spirit
and cooperation persons in Athens,
Clarke county, and this section of
the state in going about the job of
starting the Farmers’ Market.”
He added that he believes the
market here has “very great po
tentialities.” Mr, Linder brought
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C. V. Russel, Madison County
farmer, in a special interview with
a Banner-Herald reporter at the
opening of the Market yesterday
expressed his opinion that the
farmers would cooperate and make
the market a success.
“The farmers are not fully pre
pared for the market this year but
by next year a large part of them
will be growing especially for the
Farmer's Market,” he said. ¥
He said that in talking with
members of the Madison Farm
Bureau he had gotten the idea that
the farmers are eager to ?lant and
cultivate their fall crops this sum
mer exclusively for the farmers
market. ; : 4
“I think that if markets are good
the first year of operation, the
farmers will make such an effort
to grow quality produce that the
market will attract buyers from
all over the state,” he said.
One of the best things about
markets of this kind according to
Mr, Russel is the fact that when
a certain product is scarce in an
other gounty and prices are going
high, a buyer could buy that pro
duct in the Athens Market and
gell it in the other eounty for a
good profit but still keep prices
reasonable.
Mr. Russel also said that the
market would encourage the far
mers to go Into more varled
crops, getting away from the one
crop systemr, Mr, Russel is only
one of the enthusiastic farmers
wha planned to travel 14 miles
to Athens this morning to =ell
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Areo
Big Moonshine Ri
Redwine Claims Outfit Worked Dry
Counties; Athens Reported On List §
BY CHARL%I BARRETT
ATLANTA, Aug. B.—(AP)—Georgla’s Revenue Com
missioner said today he has uncovered a $1,000,000 boot
leg liquor ring “which apparently flourished under state
protection.”
Revenue Commissioner Charles Redwine said an Atlan
ta wholesale firm, in only six months, sold the 81;000,000
in liquor to dry counties “all over north Georgia.”
It was a systematie, tar-flunx,]
fast-moving effort, he said.
His ngnts raided the firm last
Friday, Redwine said, %nd seized
more than 1,000 sales s 3: givinx:
names, dates and amounts of ille
gal sales to bootleggers, social
clubs and others. |
Redwine made the evidence pub~-
lic today even as he turned it
over to Fulton county (Atlanta)
Solicitor Paul Webb for m:{‘ legal
action, Courthouse officl said
the case would go to a grand jury.
The commissioner’s charges eov
ered g;rt of the regime of former
Gov. M. E. Thompson and his rev
enue commissioner, Downing Muse
grove, Thompson and Musgrove
quickly denied any knowledge of
the affalr, |
State Orders |
Redwine said siate agenils have
told him they were “under in
structions” not to bother the ring.
And he quoted the operator of {
the wholesale firm as testifying
the State Revenue Department ap
proved the dry county operation
“because they needed the reve
nue.”
Redwine named the wholesale
f‘lant as the Richmond Wholesale
iquors, Inc., under a license to
R. W. Best of Augusta. State law
permits a wholesaler to sell only
to a licensed retailer, |
He showed a stack of sales slips‘
covering the period between June
14, 1948 and last Jan. 5. Redwine
saild he closed the firm on Jan. b
and has been investigating it ever
since,
6-Week Probe
Redwine became Revenue Com
missioner when Gov. Herman Tal
madge swept Thompson out of of
fice last Nov. 15. It took him six
weeks to get enough evidence to
cl?ge the wholesale firm, Redwine
said.
Musgrove replaced Glenn Phil
lips as Revenue Commissioner
under Thompson on June 10, 1948,
THN A :
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Continued mostly cloudy with
litile change in temperature
with showers or thundershow
ers through Thursday and pos
sibly Friday. High today 85
and low 68, Thursday high 85.
GEOR G I A — Consider
abie cloudiness and ocontinued
wearm with soatiered ghowers
and thunderstorms this after
=oon, tonight and Thursdsy,
TEMPERATURE
Highawt .oiv vt Ve ois
LOWM tee s seen vene e
M.m s soer SAas SRR o
BRI i.cs LG aane ake
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .P
Total since August 1 .... .18
Deficit since August 1 ... 25
Average August rainfall .._2.“]
Total since January 1 n.fi,
Defield place Janusry 1 .. .13
der, State Commissioner of Agriculture;
Howell Erwin, jr., and Richard Blood
worth, both memberg of the Jaycee Com
mittee, and Mayor Jack Wells, who
served as host of the lunchson.— (Photo
courtesy of Atlanta Constitution.) ‘
iust four days before the first al
eged record of illegal sales.
“I don't know awtlflngalbout a
set-up of that kind,” rxmrovo
said at his home in Home 1
certainly didn’t have my sanetion.
I hag no such agreement with any«
one.
Said Thompson in Valdosta: “A;
a former reveaue commissioner
made liguor wholesalers and re
tailers follow the kw. As gov
ernor 1 cano(g on Revenue Com=~
migsioners ienn Phillips and
Downir;f Musgrgvc to make ll?]uor
wholesalers and retailers follow
the law.”
Buyers List
The sales slips shown by Red
wine revealed purchases in almoct
every dry county north of Griffin
and Carrollton. Redwine :3!(! the
purchases ran from one to oases
and the aversge was aboui i
cases for $760. 5
Many of the sales were to booi
leggers and clubs in Rome, he said,
and other eities Included were
Galnesville, Athens, Summerville
Blue Ridge, Jasper, Madison, and
Trion.
Redwin& said he called in Best,
who had the license for the whole
sale firm, for a hearing last Jan
uari'. Redwine ?;vo this acgount:
“] asked bkim if he operated in
dry counties.
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as a
was a violation cg th: W,
“He said yes.
“I asked him whngq did .
“He said ‘that'’s at we were
set up for.
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