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Newspaper Page TextCOTTON Vol CXVII, No. 175, . Associated Press Service LATE BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—(AP)—Senators told Army Secretar Gordon Gray today that the peacetime draft act probably wili pe allowed to die next June 25 unless defense officials anticipate an emergency. Chairman Tydings (D-Md.) of the Armed Services Commiitee caid this was 8 subject of a secret session with Secretary Gray and General J. Lawton Collins, vice chief of staff for the Army. g— e e GNP E R F ~oF Wi R e e e L é el S S SOOI e i L . e - iBT e ;*i Ll RN B = * : e ‘”?JQ%’&%& P L | L bal o | i : BT o Si" B s G | ; A ol j X TR *‘s}l B & S s onsse e - - PTIRRE :;‘ Pasey . . 00 é’i T W e i Gl o gl S &ﬁ £ S BT e e R ! S R R SR G R ' S iimnn e e ;’aM ey ie T ,’?ﬁ%‘%‘; . i e / e e ! e RO BB ¢ ; N RS eSR i b o LGREIRT R S I O North Carolina’s Governor Kerr Scott has always had an ambition to be a locomotive engineer, At last, the ambition has become a reality temporarily. The governor proudly drives a big Diesel locomotive on the state-owned Atlantic & East Carolina Railway between Morehead City and Havelock.— (AP Photo.) Four Nations Reach Accord On Defense U. S. Chiefs Of Staff End Talks In Britain, Denmark And Norway By The Associated Press American commanders announced today in London they have reached a complete understanding with Britain, Norway and Denmark on a mutual defense plan. ¢ Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, spokesman for the U. 8. joint chiefs of staff, said: “We are going home, I am sure, with 2 very much better understanding of the situafion than when we came over.” Plans Mapped For Gas Line Under Oconee Clarke County Commissioners hive been Lotified by the U. 8. Army Corps of Engmeers district engineer in Savannah that ap})li cation has been made ,b{' ish Constructors, Inc., agents for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, for a Department of the Army permit to construct an underwater crossing for a gas kipe line in Middle Oconee ver near Athens. The underwater crossing will be made approximately 242 miles above the river's confluence with 12¢ Ocmulgee River and 5.5 miles west of Athens, The proposed line Wwill be 30 inches in diameter and will be buried four feet below the bed of the river. The line is to eonvey natu.al gas from the Tex -8 Rio Grande Valley to New York City, . Easements from adjacent proper ty ownersin the vicinity of the ¢ ossing have been obtained. The County Commissioners were noti fied because if they have any ob jection to the crossing from the standpoint of navigation they are tc notify the Army district engi neer before August. 12. This mat 'er will be brought up at the next all meeting of the Commission ®erc Ihe Commissioners previously have given the pipe line company Eermission to cross roads and ricges in the county, DOWNTOWN TERMINAL ARRANGED I'ransportation Services, Prices 8 s Listed By Southern Airways - By GEORGE ABNEY, JR. Southern Airways station at the Atheng Municipal Airport is in readiness for the firgt ﬂlﬂg‘ on the new royte tomorrow with an- Douncement today of transporta tion service from downtown Ath €S 1o the airport, J. B, Giles, manager of the local statich, smig today that Southern Airways Limousine Service will be @vailable gt jtg downtown termi -3l in the Georglan Hotel daily. He saig that the times for pas sengers to be at the hotel fg!.' each of the four flights will - Rounceq later, In announcing the uam&oﬁaﬁon Service, Mr, Giles said that {:;" Sengerg desiring to take advan e of the service should notify the §irport ofties prior 45 their flight. 0 extra charge will be made for the service, ag is done at other TDOrts, the :;plmlh ‘ &mm will 2 #ﬁ%&#ﬁ ATHENS BANNER-HERALD - The U. S. commanders are on ‘a 10-day tour of Western Europe ‘to discuss defense plans of North Atlantic Treaty countries. The conferences are held in strict se crecy. ; Norvway and ooy Denmark bot hw°r|d NGW! were overrun by the Germans in Roundup World War Il —————— Norway borders on Russia in the north. Atlantic Pact framers say the pact is entirely defensive. Rus sia contends it is an act in pre paration for war against the So viet Union. The Norwegian commanders said they are seeking military equipment from both the United States and Britain and are ex iclt‘\anging jdeas on military train g‘he American chjefs, Gen. Omar Bradley, Army, Adm. Louis Den feld, Navy, and Gen, Hoyt S. Van denberg, Air Force, planned to go to Paris later today. A Czechoslovakian army news paper said the jailing of a Roman Catholic priest by the Communist Czech government is only the start of the government’s fight against the Vatican’s excommunication de cree. The official Prague radio an nounced last night that Rev. Alois Fajstl has been senienced to eight years imprisonment for treason. The priest was accused of refusing to administer the last sacrament to a sick old woman until she handed in her Communist party member ship card. The priest denied the charge. . The army newspaper Obrana Li du said: “This just sentence must be a decisive proof to the Vatican that we are not afraid of its de crees and that we shall be merci (Continued On Page Five) airport with family and friends to board planes. 1f someone desires to be picked up at another point other than the downtown terminal this can be arranged by ealling the airport of fice at telephone number 4487, Flight Costs The price of a Southern Airways trip to Atlanta is $4.15 plus tax. A flight from here to Charlotte will cost $12.15 plus tax. The first flight tomorrow leaves Atlanta at 10;45 a. m. and arrives in Athens at 11:17. It is sche duled to be in Charlotte at 1:05. The next flight, which is from Charlotte to Atlanta, will stop in Athens at 4:21 ]i m. The second Atlanta to Charlotte flight makes a stop here at 6:07 p. m., and the Seeont CHARIHs o Atiasts fight stops in Athens at 10:36 p. m. This is the daily schedule for regular service, which begins tomorrow. SOLICITOR GENERAL POLLOCK TO PROBE ALLEGED BOOTLEGGERS ACTIVITIES HERE Mrs. Hunnicutt Dies Afier Brief Illness M John Atkinson Hunnicutt, iréa »at her home 1070 South W’ ¢ avenue this morning at 5 ¥ & K after a brief illness. & ¢s. Hunnicutt is survived by y « husband, Dr. Hunnieutt, two =aughters, Mre. Julia Hunnieutt Cain and Miss Gloria Ashton Hun nicutt; two sons, John Atkin son Hunnicutt, 111 and George Pendleton Balfour Hunnicutt and a granddaughter, Julia Devereux Cain all of Athens. A sister, Mrs. Josephine Balfour Paine and niece, Miss Joan Paine of Natchez, Miss. as well as a cousin, Mrs. James H. Ward, of Natchez, also survive her. In her husband’s family she is survived by Dr. Hunnicutt's brother, Deupree Hunnicutt, and his sisters Miss Mary Hunnicutt, Miss Sarah Hunnicutt and Mrs. Nell H. Eckford, all of Athens. The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock from the old Hunnicutt home at 325 Mil lege Avenue. Conducting the serv ices will be Rev. J, Earl Gilbreath, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, of which Mrs. Hunnicutt was a member, and Dr. J. W. O. McKibben, pastor of First Metho-‘ dist Church. (Continued on Page Four) Unemployment, Employment Is Steady Here Unemployment and employ-- ment trends continue to remain steady in this area, W. W. De- Beaugrine, manager of the Ath ens Office of the State Employ ment Service reported today. ~The Athens office, which con trois 10 counties, reported little fluctuation in unemployment or employment since the first of the year, Mr. Deßeaugrine said that January layoffs in the garment industry are still recorded as the biggest unemployment rise for the year. A total of 2,619 persons are recorded as unemployed with the local office.- But this figure is unusually high because of many students applying for part time jobs, Mr. Deßeaugrine said. = W. O. Bolton Dies At Savannah Early Thursday W. O. Bolton, agent for the Cen tral of Georgia railroad in Athens died at the Central of Georgia hospital in Savannah this morning at 8 o'clock, it was learned this aiternoon. Mr. Bolton came to Athens in 1920. Members of the family are in Savannah, returning tomor row. Funeral arrangements will be announced at that time. Escaped Convict 1 Nabbed In Chase ATLANTA, Aug. 4—(AP)~— An escaped negro convict was captured today after a 70-mile per hour chase that ended with the fugitive's stolen car crashing two utility poles. Patrolmen E. H. Scott and W. . Jones listed the negro as Nat Dennis, 33, who was serving a 20-year burglary sentence in the Meriwether county public works camp until his recent escape. The officers sald the negro was unhurt in the crash and ad mitted burglarizing a Hapeville store just before the crash. The automobile Dennis was driving was stolen from Roy E. Delvere of Hapeville. service here also available will be air mail and air express. Air Express The Mﬁ Express Division of the Railway Express Agency located in Athens on Ware street next to the Seaboard Passenger Station will handle the air express. A ten pound shipment from Athens to Houston {797 milee) can be made for $2.78 and a twenty-pound ship~ ment from Athens to Chicago (659 miles) costs $4.30. Further information about air express and costs for shipments of other wcigh:g and to other cities can be sec by calli% the agency of fice at number 96. Postmaster J. R. Myers said to day that more than a thousand re quests for mail to be stamped with special first flight cachets and put on the first flight have been re ceived by the local Post Office. He said the air mail service is avail " (Continued on Page Four) SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY ATHENS, CA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1949, T - 2 . GRS g 4 SR TG e Ry "% , o i ot 5d E i ¥ 5 .\\._: ~ v\ ' .mfé,'(, 3 . ~ . 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He plays the part of Captain Armadas, one of Sir Walter Raleigh’s sea captains who House Stands Firm For Arms Bill Cut Solons Given Facts And Figures On Present Soviet Military Might WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—(AP)-—House members re fused to budge today from their position that the adminis tration’s big program of arms aid for Europe should be cut shargly_. T & : Both Democrats and Republicans on the Foreign Af fairs Committee predicted & trimmed program after spending a full day yesterday listening to testimony from the experts who helped draft it. Lawmakers said later that the testimony included “impressive” figures on lLussia’s military strength. They ‘“showed without dcubt,” said one congressman, “that Russia has ‘not reduced its military sirength ite any extent since the end of the war.” Foreign Ald — Still another stalemate threatened the bcig for eign aid money bill, which has before the Senate again after rmaking one trip back tc committee for rawriting, Senator McClellan (D-Ark)— unable yesterday to get approval of B 8 SIDENGs Wil 5 ment providing COII'I‘C_“ so. the purchase R of surplus U. 8. ..__3."".'_’3'!..,; crcps for foreign sid- — told re porters he might foree the hill back into the n:propriauom com mittee as he did once before. | Adjournment — Republicans in both Houses were pressing cons gressional leaders to speed up ad cjurnmsat, | m ~ When the al inquiry into “five ters” first comes out into ﬁ open it will deal with army buyira.. Senate investigators in dicat: So far, the five percenters re port«-dl w:ieh ;a’yﬂihatl certain mid emen have L) eir in fluence with govemr::?x% t?chilgii to manufacturers seeking con g;‘hcitn'd_l havedbnn investigated clo. doors. The_ reports say the nﬁmmonrﬁa&unpuk lni_‘: five per cent fee. o army officers — Major General Alden H, Waitt and Her man Feldman — have been sus pended as a result of the reports. ‘The investigation started after a Massachusetts businessman said be had paid former army James V. Hunt SI,OOO for help in getting 'a government contract. Housing — Despite its approval by a Senate Bankin~ sub-commit tee, a proposed $1,000,000,000 fed eral home-loan program wasn't given much chance in this session of congress. | Senator Sparkman (D-Ala), the measure’s sponsor, indicated that even its backers understood that the full Banking Committee would take no further, action on the plan ur til the next session of Congress. The measure would authorize the Federal Housing Administra tion to boost the amount of mort (Continued on page Five) TODAY'S BIRTHDAY SIR HARRY LAUDER, born August 4, 1870, at L Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland, eldest of seven . > : children. Weslthy Scottish comedian, noted for his = “ & generosity and patriotism, he went to work at the | \ § age of 11 to help support the family, When 20 he ity married and his wife, who played the piano, helped »n him to develop his voice. Tours and his phono- E o graph records spread his fame in the U. 8. King: . Ea George V knighted him in 1919 for his war work. e He sang io troops in the trenches, whers his enly L RE son was killed in battle. At 70 he was singing forimf v troops in a second world war, .. . L 1 ‘fﬁﬁ!LAUPEB_: UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE IN STACE ROLE Agricultural Fair Date Changed Here - Dates of the Athens Agricultu-| ral Fair have been changed 10 October 'l7-22, it was announced by Fair officials today. The fair was previously scheduled to be held October 10-15, Because three other similar falrs in the Athens trade area and iwo oihier agricultural faire over the state are scheduled for the week beginning Ocfober 10 the fair was changed. « Fairs being held in the local trade area during that week are i Hariwsll, Monros and Lave-| nia, Agricultural fairs are also| scheduled for Milledgeville and Lawrenceville, It was also announced today that Lawrence Greater Shows will furnish the midway attrac tion at the Athens fair. Princeton Road e i Rights Reduced Rights-of-way width for the section of the new entrance of the Princeton’ Road from where Pinecrest avenue runs into the Whitehall Road to where Mil ledge Heights runs Into Milledge avenue have been reduced from 100 feet to 60 feet, it was announ=- ced today. .The_approval of the reduction was made by the State Highway Departnrent and Federal Bureau of Public Roads. The new en trance - through the Whitehall Road to Five Points and down Lumpkin street is a federal and state project. Although the rights-of-way width was reduced the paveway will still be 42 feet as planned plus curbs and side walks. Announcement of the state and federal approval was made at the Commissioner’s meeting on Tuesday. brought the first English colonists to Roanoke Island. At left is Kay Kyser, radio and screen comedian, serving as master of ceremonies. Both are natives of North Carolina, Webb is from Oxford end Kyser from Rocky Mount. — (AP Fhomy = Farmers Market Has Sell-Out On Opening Day J. A. Rape, temporary man ager of the Athens Farmers’ Market and a specialist on marketing, reported this morn ing that the market yesterday sold all the produce available, The farmers were in heavy numhbers at the market yester day but had not turmed out in very large numbers this morn ing, according to Mr. Rape. He urged that all farmers with produce to sell come out to the market. 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A :die eAR e .;,,i'iim-r:?,»;ﬁk:;e;sa:-;, B B REIRT 0 S el b'. eoo e, i iee eßt v; e i i b S Fiie - e . . — s \“oP io SR Sl o e m—— S RO 5 4 ] % . ee o s ik o e e Bebe Shopp, “Miss America of 1948,” is in London on a mission she describes as a crusade for clean thinking and against false bosoms. The 18-year-old honey blonde from Minnesota is wearing a Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area ® & Will Request List Of Names IR ~ i —~ ane Irom Slate Revenue Othice By ED THILENIUS, City Editor Solicitor General Marshall Pollock told the Banner- Eerald today that he intends to check with the Btate De partment of Revenue on the alleged activities of a state- . wide liquor ring in Athens and Clarke county, ~ Solicitor Pollock said that he would request from State Revenue Commissioner Charles Redwine the list of boot leggers who allegedly operated in this area. Redwine said late yesterday that he would not publiely release the names of bootleggers who purchased liquor from wholesalers for distribution in dry counties. How ever, he said that he would give the names to any soliel tor general who requested them. Pollock said that he had no idea as to what type action will be taken in regard to the alleged activities in this area. “We must first laak over the list of names and determ ine the extent of activities in the area before any definite action can be taken,” Pollock said. ~ In a story by the Associated Press yesterday, Redwgo said that he has information from state agents that the liquor ring sold to clubs and cities in dry eounties through iout North Georgia. Athens was listed among this group. VFW Post Gets Land For Home Frank E. Mitchell Post No. 2872 cos Veterans of Foreign Wars here has purchased a 16 acre lot ad jcining the Athens Agrieultural Foir grounds for the erection of a Post home, it was announced to day by Post Commander John Wier. : Grading has begun and eon struction of the home will start as soon as the grading work is complete. Buildinf plans for the wooden frame building have been drawn. The home will face Sunset Drive on the Jefferson Road side of the Agricultural Fair grounds. Included in the home will be a nueeting hall, office, kitchen, eon ference rooms, and other facili ties. The Post hopes to develop the grounds into a large recrea tion and athletic area for the use of youth groups as well as Post members, ’ Commander Wier said thai in the long-range development pro~ gram it is planned to evontualli\l' have softball diamonds, footba fields, tfennis courts, and many other recreational and athletic fa cilities. Barbecue Set For Farm Bureau Clarke Couniy #Farm Bureau and the Associated Women’s Aux iliary will meet tomorrow at the Athens Agricultural Fair Grounds at 12:30. A barbecue will be held nl::s with a brief business meeting a talk by Eston A, Harden, field representative of the State Farm Bureau. Members of the two organiza tions, their relatives and trieéxdl are invited to the meeting. Cost ol plates will be $1.26 each. MISS AMERICA CRUSADES FOR CLEAN THINKING HOME EINTION Counterfeit Angle Added Whiskey Case ATLANTA, A\?. 4 — (AP) — Former Gov, M. E, Thompson and other Georgia political leaders were accused last night of pro teoting bootleggers who flooded the state’s dry counties with illegal whisky, A counterfeiting angle was add ed to the already sensational de ’ velopments today. ; State Revenue Commissioner Charles Redwine exploded the poli tical bombshell. He said he based the charges on the testimony of 2 former Hevenue Department of ficial, a special state investigator and other state agents. Redwine already has lmm information and exhibits ava to a Fulton (Atlanta) eounty grand jury. The teetimony, as aquoted B Redwine, centered on the 1047- ‘Thompson administration. The ‘commissioner also mentioned former Gov. E. D, Rivers, Thomp-~ son's political friend, former Rev~ enue Commissioners Glenn Phil lips and Downing Musgrove, form er liquor enforcement chiel T, M. Price, and big liquor dealers, A two-foot stack of records were turned over %o Fulton Solicitor Paul Webb. The exhibits shew more than $1,000,000 in 1,300 ille- Bbt h e I mon od, from June to Jan. B, 1949, Redwine said. He added they were seized in a raid on an Atlanta liquor whole~ sale firm. Seven cases of whisky also were confiscated. Redwine sald the state tax stamps on this iiquor w’:icﬂeouhﬁni’fﬁii. o e Qquor parently n&!ud under l;t protection, the eommissioner oTk 3 Bogont . s e ® “fcem the bootlex—m::ﬁorm Investigator Charles Blaum was quoted as saying the fee “was add edtotheligtgrkntogohha ca%?algn fu‘:x;df. ¢ counterfeit s i~ - (Continued })n‘a;m nylon bathing suit. She prefers this type to the French bra and panties suit which she describes as “a dab gi. and & bit right down here and back there - u (AP Wirephoto via radio W&M)

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, August 04, 1949, Home Edition, Image 1