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COTTON
Vol. CXVII, No. 197,
OUT-OF-STATE LIQUOR UNCOVERED HERE
Athenian,
Five Cases
Are Snared
BY ED THILENIUS
City Editor
A joint raid b{ city and county
police last nigh resulted in the
first step of a campaign to wipe
out the transporting of non-state
{ax-paid whiskey into this area
trom neighboring states.
One Athenian was arrested and
LIQUOR CHARGES
cans state tax stamps were cap
{ured in a raid that climaxed an
extensive three-month investiga
tion.
Arrested was Harry Smith, of
183 West South View Drive, A
werrant charging him with being
in possession of non-tax-paid
whiskey, was sworn out by
Judge George Burpee at the re
auest of Sheriff Tommy Huff.
gmith was released under SI,OOO
hond pending his appearance at
the next term of city court.
The raid was made by Sheriff
Huff, Captain Bill McKinnon and
County Officer Jimmy Williams.
along with City Policemen Veale
and Freeman.
Sheriff Huff said that Lt. Hoyt
Brown of the city police received
# tip shortly before 9 p. m. last
night that the situation was ready
for a raid. Lt. Brown notified
Sheriff Huff at 9 o’clock and a
search warrant was quickly ob
tained. The raid was conducted at
9:30 p, m.
Home Searched
Sheriff Huff said that the of
ficers searched the house and
found five cases of whiskey hid
den ia a closet.
A large moving-van-type truck,
vearing the name Harper Motor
Line, parked in front of the
Smith residence, was also search
ed, but no whiskey was found in
ihe vehicle. Sheriff Huff said that
Smith was the driver of the truck.
Sheriff Huff said that the Har
ver Motor Line, whose name the
:uuck bore, operates out of Elber-~
on. »
Sheritf Huff said that the
Smith residence had been under
close watch for the past three
months, on the basis of previous
information, -
The whiskey carried federal
tax stamps along with tax stamps
from Washington, D. C., denoting
1§ origin,
LIQUOR CHARGES
_Augusta political leader Roy
V. Harris charges in his news
paper, The Augusta Courier, that
“one man in the Athens area is
operating ‘by himself nearly a
million dollar a year racket of
smuggling liquor into Georgia.”
_ Harris also charged that “there
Is one wholesaler dealer on Mari~
flia street in Atlanta who is to=~
:}:N selling in the dry counties.
tvery month he sends to the
‘evenue commissioner a copy of
his Form 528 on which he lists
every sale ‘into the dry counties
and the Revenue Department has
full knowledge of his every
{ransaction, Yet this place has not
heen closed and neither has it
kfgn padlocked. This one place is
=tll doing business on Marietta
sireet in Atlanta, Georgia.”
In his charge that there is &
Man in the “Athens area” oper=~
iting a liquer-smuggling racket,
Harris wrote: 3
“This man is reputed to be a
fairly prominent business man in
Or near the classic city of Ath
ens, Georgia, ¢
“The liquor is being trucked
from the city of Washington, D.
Y Into Georgia, crossing Sav-~
#nnah river at Toccoa, Hartwell
#nd Elberton.
.. Not less than twenty cases of
this liquor 1s sold to any ane
sealer. It all goes into the so
valled dry counties of Geergia.
_ “This liquor escapes paying
he sales tax of five dollars a
¥allon now levied By the: State
vs Georgia.”
WEATHER
ATHENS ANID VICINITY
Mastly cloudy and continued
warm tonight and Wednesday,
ffight chance of afternoom
(hlmdel‘showers. High today 88,
low 68. High Wednesday 90.
Sunset 7:02 and sunrise 6:05,
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
“nd continued warm this sfter
noon, tonight and Wednesday.
Scattereq thundershowers in
south portion and a few isolated
thundershowers over morth
Portion In late afternoowns and
€Venings, ‘
TEMPERATURE
Highest .. '~ i e
Lowest Sern Titnee R
;'\l“(]:] a 4 LR traen PR R 1177
Normap | i o 8 dive ai ¥
RAINFALL
Inches last 94 hours .. .. .00
Total since August 1 . .. 863
Deficit since Augustl .. ~ 90
Foiibe August ainfall .. 462
otal ginge anuary 1 ....85.43
detictt since January 1 .. .19
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LEGIONNAIRES ARE AT IT AGAIN
Prankster Milton Callihan, a visiting Legionnaire
from Fulton, Ky., makes with the surprise for Ruth
Whitelock on a street in Philadelphia as American
Legion’s 31st annual convention gets under way. Thous
ands of whistle-tooting, bell-clanging funsters are
keeping the pranks going 24 hours a day. The four-day
meeting is the biggest in Legion history. The 6,500 dele
gates and alternates represent more than 3,000,000
Legionnaires in some 17,000 posts. They'll discuss the
pros and cons of some 1,000 resolutions. — (AP Wire
photo.) 4
12-HOUR EXHIBITION
Legionnaires Stage
Philly Parade Today
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30.—(AP)—American Legion
naires toek time off from business at their 81st National
Convention today to strut their stuff in a pared expected
to last 12 hours.
The anticipated crowd of 1,000,000 persons will have
to bring both lunch and dinner for the parade — sched
uled to start at 10 a. m., Eastern Standard Time—is set to
run at least to 10 p. m., and may be still going at mid
night.
All told, more than 30,000 per
sons will be in the line of march
keeping step to the military tunes
of some 160 drum and bugle
corps.
On hand, too, are ecrack units
from the U. 8. Army, Navy, Ma
rines and Air Force.
The parade is the sole official
Legion activity on this second
day of the convention.
President Truman, the nation’s
No. 1 Legionnaire and a delegate
at-large from Missouri, came
from the White House yesterday
to keynote the opening sessions.
He described his address as one
that will affect the future of the
United States.
The smiling Chief Executive
was cheered wildly by*his Legion
comrades and nearly 100,000 Phil
adelphians who showered hine
with confetti and ticker tape as
he motored through downtown
streets,
Mr. Truman told Legion dele
gates the U. S. will help Great
Br_it_ain solve her present financial
crisis.
World Peace
The President said flatly that
“a sound and expanding economy
is essential to world peace.” He
insisted the U. S. will examine
Britain’s currency dilemma in a
“gpirit of friendliness and help
fulness.”
“The democratic nations are
not proposing to interfere with
one another’s _internal politics,”
Mr. Truman said.
Then he called attention to the
“terrible after-effects of war”
and the economic crisis that has
embraced the world. His answer:
a four-point, long-range program:
1. “Encouraging American bus
iness to make productive invest
ments abroad in increasing vol
ume.”
2. “Planning to help the people
in under-developed areas learn
modern industrial and agricultu
ral methods.”
8. “Continue our well-establish
ed poliey of negotiating recipro=
cal irade agreements in oOrder 1O
reduce barriers to international
trade.”
4. “Encouraging closer regional
ties among nations in order to
lower trade barriers and increase
production.”
Retired General Lucius D. Clay,
former commander of U. 8, mil
itary forces in Germany, spoke
‘Taet_night, He urged the U. S. t 0
iead the fight against the “ag
gressor.” which he never named.
SERVING ATHENS-AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Swim Meet
Slated Again
“Classic City Swim Champion=
ship” will be held tomorrow after
noon, getting under way at 2
o’clock at the Legion Swimming
Pool. Bad weather has caused
postponement twice, but Meet Di
rector Ed Hawkins said toda
that weather officials forecast &
good day Wednesday.
Entries will be accepted until
meet time from any Clarke coun
ty boy or girl 20 years of age or
under and not affiliated with the
University of Georgia team. Any
new time records set in the meet
will be placed on the record
board at the Legion Pool.
Spectators will be admitted to
the meet for 25 cents while parti
cipants may enter free of charge.
There will be seats in the pool
area for the spectators.
SCHEDULED OCTOBER 17-22
Numerous Firms Signing Up
For Fair Exhibition Space
Business concerns desiring to
be represented in the big Com
merce exhibition tent at this
year’'s Athens Agricultural Fair,
October 17-22, are signing up
with F. H. Williams, business
manager, or F, E. McHugh, chair
man of the merchants exhibits,
Those desiring to sign up may
do so either at Mr, Williams’ of
fice or at Gallant-Belk's, At the
office of Mr. McHugh, either the
latter or Mrs. Cecil Maddox, his
secretary, will take applications
for space.
Last year several business con
cerns who delaved signing up ior
space were not represented at the
Tair with an exhibition of their
products. This was due to their
postponing action until all space
was sold. .
This year, the Fair Association
is providing more space than last
year, but the success of the Fair
last year has created so much in
terest in the exhibits that busi
ness concerns who actually want
space are not running the risk of
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1949.
Vaughan Exempts Truman
From Five Percent Probe.
Steel
Truee
Studied
Labor, Management
Ponder Offer By
Fact-Finding Board
NEW YORK, Aug. 30—(AP)—
Representatives of labor and man
agement weighed today a presi
dential fact-finding board’s offer
to mediate a wage dispute which
threatens the steel industry with
a strike on Sept. 14.
Both the CIO steelworkers and
come of the big steel companies
indicated they might give an
answer during the day. The
board hopes to have replies from
the union and all 63 companies by
tomorrow.
The surprise offer was revealed
last night to newsmen by the
three board members just before
they concluded their formal hear
ing of the evidence in the case.
The mediation suggestion was!
made at a private session last Fri- i
day. |
Both sides said they were giv
ing it careful consideration.|
Neither would comment about thei
postion they expect to take, but
John A. Stephens, U. S. Steel vice
president, and an industry leader
in the hearings, abserved:
“The problem of conducting
;n’ediation would be difficult’ with
" 'The pfos%é‘:?d 6%%”&”
the offer by some of the larger
companies was not believed bright
in view of statements of their
spokesmen in testifying before the
board.
Some of these executives assert
ed flatly they would resist any
recommendation by the panel in
favor of even a part of the steel
workers’ demands.
At stake in mediation sessions
would be the union’s request for
a 30 cents an hour package in
crease for the nation’s million
steelworkers.
Settlement of the dispute might
well have an effect on deadlocks
in other mass production indus
tries, Spokesmen for the steel
companies told the fact-finders
the board would set a pattern for
a fourth round of wage increases
in the nation if it met the package
demand in whole or in part.
The three panel members, head
ed by Prof. Carroll R. Daugherty
of Northwestern University, plan
to go ahead with the writing of
their report if mediation is re
jected,
The new deadline for submis
sion of this report to the White
| House, iz Sept. 10,
. -
sFour Million
w i
archouse Fire
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30 —
(AP)—A fire causing an estimat
ed $4,000,000 loss, raged for six
hours today through a grocery
warehouse of Safeway Stores, Inc,
Division Manager G. H. Bran
lund saiad the block square ware
house was worth $1,500,000. He
estimated the value of groceries
destroyed at around $3,000,000.
More than 35 firemen were hurt,
but only four required hospitali
zation.
having all space sold before they
act.
The Fair this year will be even
bigger than last year. Last year
the attendance ran into big fig
ures, beyond the highest hopes
of the Association. The dates for
other Fairs in this area, so that
year 80 as not to conflict with
other Fairs in thi sarea, so that
it is expected now that the at
tendance will top last year's fig
ures.
The Fair Association would like
to hold space for the business
concerns wanting to place exhib
its in the Coinmerce building but
that is impossible unless the space
is bought and paid for, and there
is no guarantee that the larger
amount of space provided this
year will be enough to accommo=-
date all who may want it. But it
was not thought advisable to con
tract for a larger tent than that
already leased, without assurance
that the space would be all
bought. There are. forty-nine
spaces available this year,
FARMERS MART
CLOSES DOWN
FOR WINTER
The Athens State Farmers’
Market is closing for the Fall
and Winter months after sales
are completed today, it was am
nounced by Millard Seagraves.
Mr., Seagraves, chairman of
the Jaycee Market Committee,
said there isn’t enough produce
to warrant keeping the market
open, and “we don’t anticipate
having enough Fall crops to
re-open in the Fail”
He said the market will open
next Spring after agricultural
workers have helped farmers
plant crops correctly in order
to produce enough goods for the
market,
BOLIVIA GOV’'T
Citizens Drafted To Repulse Revolt
By Rightist; Three Large Cities Lost
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Aug. 30.— (AP)—Fighting for survi
val against a spreading rightist revolution, the govern
ment today began a draft of all citizens,
Reservists, 20 to 24, were called to the colors in LaPaz
and orders for mobilization have been issued to all men
y 19 wm. #
They will be called upon to fight
the revolt against the middle-of
the road government which broke
out in scattered sections Saturday
and now controls all Bolivia’s
large cities except La Paz.
Greatest government efforts so
far have been directed against
Cochabamba, a city of 90,000
southeast of La Paz, where the
Rebels are strongly entrenched.
Airforce planes bombed the
town yesterday for the third
time, but reports said they did
little damage. The raids terroriz
ed the inhabitants, however, and
indignation against the act seems
to have added new recruits to the
rebellion,
The planes, after dropping their
bombs on Cochabamba, flew on to
the garrison town of Camiri to
pick up troops for an attack on
Sucre.
In a lightning reverse play, the
planes themselves were seized at
Camiri by the insurgents; the
government troops they were sent
to pick up had deserted to the
Rebels.
Reports at La Paz said loyal
ground forces were in the act of
occupying the airport at Cocha
bamba.
The Revolutionists, members of
the National Revolutionary Party
(MNR), are apparently still in
control of Santa Cruz, Potosi and
Sucre, all southeast of LaPaz. Re
ports .yesterday said the garrisons
in the extreme north had also gone
over to the rebels, which, if true,
spread the revolt countrywide.
Labor unions, which normally
figure prominently in unrest here,
have declared a policy of strict
neutrality in what they eall a
“purely political” fight.
False Air-Raid
All political parties except the
Revolutionary left (PIR) have
pledged support to President Ma
merto Urriolagoitia. The PIR is
a Marxist group which denies any
ic‘;onnection with world Commun~
m.
La Paz, except for a false air
raid scare yesterday, is calm. The
government has taken no restric
tive measures and has not insti
tuted censorship.
The present government was
elected following a violent upris
ing against the MNR, then in con
trol, in 1945. It governs 4,000,000
persons living in this landlocked
country high in the Andes moun
tains,
Seven Cases In
’
Recorder’s Court
Seven cases were heard. in re
corder’s court this morning, the
foremost of which involved the
selling of wine after hours.
A white man was fined $50.75
for selling wine between the
hours of two and three a. m,
Monday at Dee Jones’ Case.
A case of drunken driving re
sulted in a S2OO fine or 180 days,
and a case of disorderly conduct
brought cash bond of $25.75. A
fine of $10.75 or 11 days was im
posed for drunk and disorderly
conduct, while four cases of
drunkeness resulted in two pro
bations, one five-day sentence,
and one dismissal and releaese into
the custedy of Di. W. W, Brown.
e e *
General Testifies Nothing
5
Improper In Business Deals
BY OLIVER W. DEWOLF
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, — (AP) — Major General
Harry H. Vaughan testified today he has helped business
firms do business with the government but he said Presi
dent Truman never took part in any way, :
And, Vaughan declared, there was never anything im
proper about any help that he himself extended.
The President’s bouncy military
aide came before the Senate inves
tigatirig committee to reply to
weeks of testimony during which
his name has bobbed up repeated
ly at hearings into activities of
‘“five percenters.”
Vaughan had a 1,000-word pre
pared statement in which he made
a blanket denial of any wrong
doing.
He said the seven home freez
ers which officials of the Albert
J. Verley Perfume Co., Chicago,
gave to him for himself and his
CZECH
REVOLT
CRUSHED
PRAGUE, Aug. 30—(AP)—The
Czechoslovak government an
nounced today it had crushed an
anti - Communist underground
movement just as the group was
preparing to begin an armed revo
lution.
The official press bureau linked
the underground members with “a
certain Western imperialistic pow
er” but did not identify the West~
ern power.
Details of the purported plot
were announced after a secret
trial at which six persons were
condemned to death, 10 given life
imprisonment and an unspecified
number lesser prison terms. Ten
of those tried were acquitted.
The announcement termed
members of the group spies and
terrorists and said they were tried
on charges of high treason and
spying on behalf of the Western
power “with which they had been
in contact.”
The government claimed its
police had played a cat-and-mouse
game with the alleged conspira
tors and waited until they were
all set to begin the revolution be
fore moving in to nab them.
Qne of those sentenced to death
was Josef Charvat, identified by
friends as chief of security police
here during the first repubiie.
The government said the politi
cal leader of the planned putsch
was Dr. Jaroslav Borkovec, ldent-!
ified as the brother of a former
chief of the Prague police’s crimi
nal investigation section. His
brother was ousted when the Com-~
munists took over the government
in February, 1948.
Informed sources said those.
sentenced included army and.
po]ice personnel, as well as ejvil
ians.
The trial of the group was re
ported to have lasted several
weeks in the Prague State Court.
The government said many of the
accused pleaded guilty.
A “large group” of conspirators
was said to have been involved in
the abortive putsch.
Bulictin
LONDON, Aug. 30-—~(AP)—
Soviet Russia, in a new note
to Belgrade, accused Premier
Marshal Tito’s Yugoslavia today
of working “oniy on ibe instruc
tion of its western masters.”
The note was broadcast by
the Moscow radio and recordded
in London by the Soviet Moni
tor. It was the eighth #r a series
of increasingly bitter exchanges
between the two feuding Com
-launist countries.
The Monitor said the Seviet
note was in reply so & Yugoslav
note of Aug. 20. »
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
friends were simply gifts from old
friends.
One of the freezers went to Mrs.,
Truman for the Little White House
at Independence, Mo.
Vaughan declared:
“There is absolutely 'no con
nection hetween this gift and any
assistance 1 have given these
friends.
“At no time have I taken action
as & member of the White House
staff in exchange for a gift or
other favor.”
As for Mr. Truman’s knowledge
of what he has done, Vaughan
said:
“In so far as I have given as
sistance to any business concerns
or their representatives, it has
been without any participation by
the President in any way, either
‘through approval or any knowl
iedge on his part of the names
of specific companies or individ=
uals whose requests for assistance
came to me and were given my
attention.” ;
When Vaughan had read his
statement, Chairman Hoey (D=
NC) bluntly usked him if, in con
nectior. with aiding businessmen,
he had “ever received any fee or
commission or shared with any
one else in receiving a fée or com=
‘mission."
Vaughan: “No sir, I have not at
any time.”
Senator O’Conor (D-Md), broke
in to ask “if you ever sought any
fee or remuneration,”
"Vaughan: “No, sir, it rever oc
curred to me.”
Every inch of the small cham
ber was packed with reporters,
cameramen and spectators.
Vaughan, a heavy-set man of
56, began by giving his name, ad
'dress, military rank and his pres
ent official capacity as “military
aide to the President.”
"He put on horn-rimmed glasses
and read his statement in a slow,
measured voice.
When he got down to specific
denials, he declared that at no
'time had he authorized John Ma
ragon to “represent or speak for
me, or the White House.” .
Chairman Hoey started off the
questioning once Vaughan had
read his statement.
Wirst Hoey wanted to know
Vaughan’s relations with Hunt.
Vaughan replied they were “or=-
dinanwy friendly relations.”
He said he had met Hunt at a
number of social functions and
that Hunt had been in his office
at the White House * a number of
- Hmeas &
The majority of the times when
Hunt visited him at the White
House, Vaughan said, he had “no
particular reason to see me.”
Hoey next wanted to know
whether Vaughan had asked Maj.
Gen. Alden H., Waitt, suspended
chief of the Army Chemical Corps,
for information on brother offi
cers eligible for Waitt's job. He
also wanted to know how Huntl
figured in the matter. l
Cotton Outlook
Is Encouraging
From all indications it seems that the cotton erop in
both North and South Georgia will turn out far h@g
than expected two weeks ago, E. C. Westbrook -reveal
today. e N CaERE sl
Mr. Westbrook, Georgia Extien
sion Service cotton specialist, said
the crop now looks “encouraging.”
The cotton in North Georgia has
matured very rapidly during the
last two weeks. The farmers have
been helped in thelr fight against
boll weevils by the dry, hot period,
he said. He added that the wee
vils have already taken a heavy
toll, though.
HURRICANE TOLL
It was revealed to the Ban~ {
ner-Herald today by 0. B. Cope
land, editor, Georgia Extension
Service, that winds did a great
deal of damage to erops in six
South Georgia counties during
the hurrieane, but county agents
in ihosé couniies don'i Peiieve
the damageé will be greatly felt
in the ylelds. . ;
In Washington and Tatinall
counties much cofton was re
ported to have been blown out
of the bolls while in Tattnall
county about 50 percent of the
eorn was knocked down, but
not lost since the sun has been
shining since the storm.
There was a great deal of corn
damage in Butts county while
crop damage was lighs ie Fes- |
HOME .
EDITION
Economy
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Drive |
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Stymied
Action Follows Okay
Of Last Multi-Million
Dollar Money Measure
~ WASHINGTON, Aug. 30—
i (AP)—A Senate economy drive
' which had built up steam for
months appeared bogged down
at last today following final Sen=
ate action—llong overdue—on bil=
lions of dollars in appropria=
tions.
In the final voting yesterday
on a $14,800,000,000 defense
money bill, economy advocates
actually showed a good-sized ma
jority. Pushing an amendment
which would have required Pres
ident Truman to cut government
expenses five to 10 percent, they
summoned a total of 49 votes
aaginst only 28 for the opposi=
tion.
But that was not enough. it
fell three votes short of the twe=
thirds margin- which Vice Presi=
dent Barkley, the Senate's pre=
siding officer, had ruled neces=
sary.
That appeared to put the whoie
economy gquestion over until the
1950 congressional camp::ma, in
| which it 1s expected to a ma=
jor issue.
The proposed rider would have
required Mr. Truman to chop
from two to four and a half bil
lion dollars from the estimated
$45,000,000,000 he asked Congress
to authorize for government
spending this fiscal year, whicn
started July 1. -
Hard Victory
Its defeat marked a hard-won
victory for Democratic Leader
Lucas who mrust run for re-elec
tion next year in Illinois.
It was a major setback for twe
Southern Democrats, Sengters
McClellan of Arkansas and Byrd
of Virginia, and two top Repub=-
| lican leaders, Senators Wherry of
l Nebraska and Taft of Ohio.
| With the economy .amendment
| out of the way the Senate quickiv
Idefeated an anti-oleomargarine
| rider sponsored by Senator Wi-
l ley (R.-Wis.) and a last minute
| send~it-back - to-committee econ
omy move by Senator Douglas
l (D.-111.).
Then it sent the huge defense
appropriation bill back to the
House for action on Senate
| changes slashing nearly $1,406.~
000,000 from the House-approved
total.
House leaders have served ne
tice they will resist most of the
Senate reductions, although the
House i® now on vacation and
won’t be able to consider the bill
until September 21. .
The biggest Senate eut was an
$800,000,000 slice in Air Force
! funds. ‘
anuel and Coffee counties. Roofs
on several farm buildings were
' damaged in Coffee. .In Dough
erty county the pecan erop
wasn’t reported damaged.
The specialist warned that boll
worms are still a threat to many
erops in this section. He said the
best remedy for them is ten per
cent DDT, using about -12 to 13
pounds per acre. Also Mm. West~
brook said farmers should keep a
close w‘fih on the fields for
Worms, dust before the worms
get in the bolls.
Nice Yields
i In discussing cotton im South
' Georgia, Mr. Westbrook said the
coiton has already been made and
the erisis is over in that area. He
added that there have been “some
nice yields in the five-acre cotton
contests in South Georgia.,” “We
have begun re-checking the yields
for final results in the contest.” he
added.
“Pespite rainy and bad weath
er and the heaviest boll weevik::.“
festation since 1923 the farmers in
South Georgia have put up a good
fight and have =2 prefty send
erop,” Mr, Westhroek et