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Captured
Negro Attacks Aged
Woman: Wounded In
2nd Escape Attempt
BAINBRIDGE, Ga, Sept. 9 —
(AP) — Police took an escaped
pegro convict to the state prison
for safekeeping late last night
after an attack on a white woman.
Sheriff A. E. White of Decatur
county said he and state troopers
tock the negro to Tattnall State
prison to protect him from & mob
of 75 to 100 m2n milling about the
courthouse. 4
Bainbridge, with a population of
ghout 7,000, is in exireme south
west Georgia. £ i
The sheriff ilentified the negro
a< Sidney Griggs, a state prisoner
assigned to a Decatur county work
camp.
White said Griggs was wounded
when. he was captured last night,
just a few hours after he fled the
work gang.
The sheriff said Griggs entered
o farm home south »i Bainbridge
shortly after his escape, and at
tacked a 60-year-old white wo
man.,
A local hospital reported the
v 'man suffered a broken leg and
severe beating, and was in serious
¢endition. The sheriff said he be
lieved she had been criminally as
saulted.
City police authorities said they
glco are investigating the firing
of a shot at a negro la the down
town section last night. They said
the shot was fired from a moving
taxi cab at Nathaniel Hoffman as
te walked along h: sidewalk.
The sheriff related this account:
Griggs escaped from the work
gang about 3 p. m. and the sher
-lif's office was notified of the es
cape and assault on the woman
gbout 3:30 p. m.
Bloodhounds were srought from
the Florida State Hospital at Chat
tahoochee, about 30 miles away.
The fugitive was trailed to a point
near the Florida line, and deputies
shot him as he tried to flee.
Griggs was treated for his
gunshot wound at Camilla as the
officers took him -to the state
riSon.
Talmadge Urges
State Progress
MILLEN, Ga., Sept. 9—(AP)—
Gov. Herman Talmadge came out
strongly today in favor of devel
opment of Georgia’s forests, live
stock industry, and small process
ing plants for agricultural pro
ducts.
In an address prepared for de
livery to the Millen Rotary Club,
Talmadge termed such projects a
“must activity” on his program
for the state’s general advance
ment. .
“We are making fast and steady
progress in the develo?ment of
our livestock industry,” he de
clared.
Talmadge said farmers are alert
so the advantages of livestock pro
duction, but there are also many
opportunities for sm&ll industry
development from livestock pro
ducts,
He said the same is true for the
lumber industry with its oppor=
tunities for tke establishment of
finishing mills, cabinet and furni
ture factories and plants to make
wooden kitchen utensils.
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N .
ears Completion
The new building of Young Har
ris Memorial Methodist Church,
which has been in construction for
several months, is now nearing
completion.
In making the above announce
me: - Rev. G. M. Spivey, pastor,
said the dedication of the new
church building will be held soon
4! a date to * e announced later.
Besides completing construction,
work is now in progress in the
clearing and beautification of the
gruond. The new biulding is loca
ted adjacent to the present church
building at the cornsr of Prince
#venue and Prince Place.
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ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS BRIDE
Eleven-year-old Shirley Elizabeth Stokes of Russell
ville, Ala., applied for a job as singer with Hillbilly
Band Leader William I. Davis—and now she’s his bride.
Several weeks ago the little girl wrote the musician
that she wanted to sing on his radio program. He hired
her, then fell in love with her. It has just come to light
that they were married August 27. Davis is 22.— (AP
Wirephoto.)
Last - Minute Effort To Halt
Rail Strike Appears Doomed
By The Associated Press
President Truman made last minute attempts today to
avert a strike set for 3 p. m. (EST) on the 7,200 mile Mis
souri Pacific Railroad.
However, all indications pointed to the scheduled walk
out of 5,000 operating employes. The strike is expected to
force the laying off of some 25,000 other workers and
affect industries in more than 1,000 communities in 11
states served by the Missouri Pacific.
Ray Ross Dies
At Local Hotel
Thursday P.M.
Ray Ross, for the past six years
connected with local hotels, died
at his residence at the Holman
Hotel last night. Mr. Ross was 54
years old and was manager of the
hotel’s coffee shop.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by Bridges Fun
eral Home.
He is survived by his father,
John P. Ross; brother, jesse Ross,
both of Griffin, and his wife, Mrs,
Nell Pitner Ross.
M.s. Ross was a charter mem
ber of the Rome Kiwanis Club,
and a member of the Athens Civi
tan Slub, the Masons and First
Baptist Church. He is a past presi=-
dent of the Georgia Hotel Associa~
tion and since coming to Athens
had been connected with both the
Georgian and Holman hotels and
was well liked by all who knew
him.
Federal Merger
Boosts Pay Roll
WASHINGTON, Sept. §—(AP)
—The first merger of government
agencies under the 1943 reorgani
zation program added 140 persons
to the federal payroll, the Byrd
committee on federal economy re
ported today.
The cominittee said in a month-~
1y report that the new General
Services Agency, which took over
the functions of the Federal Works
Administrator, the Bureau of
Community Facilities, the Public
Building Administration and the
Bureau of Public Roads, employed
29,702 persons in July.
This compared with 23,562 who
were working for the individual
agencies i, June before they were
consolidated.
. The government’s payroll for
the year ending June 40 reached
$6,516,063,000, compared with $5,-
700,000,000 for the previous year,
the .committee said.
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New Doctors
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At Milledgeville
. MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Sept. 9
— (AP) — Several psychiatrists
‘have accepted jobs ot the Mill
-edgeville State Hopsital.
Dr. Thomas G. Peacock, hospial
| superintendent said those who will
serve as consultants incluce Dr.
’ Hervey Cleckley, of the Universi=-
ty of Georgia School of Medicine;
‘Dr. J. R. S. Mays, of Macon; and
Dr. D. F. Mullins, Athens.
;B Peacock said Dr. Walter
‘Sykes will return to the hospital
‘staff in December after his dis
charge from army service.
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New Wage-Hour
‘Proposal Made
[ WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—(AP)
L—The wage-hour administration
pronosed today to raise the salary
level at which executive, admin
is,trative and professior;:‘li t:r:—
ployes 'can. be . exemp m.
| minimim wage -and _overtime
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Mr. Truman, who also said he
gay,ask for another 10-day truce
delay ‘2 steel strike scheduléd
next Wednesday, said he was
making every effort to avert the
MOPAC strike. He said the gov
ernment had exhausted nealy all
its authority in the dispute.
The Missouri Pacific was ready
to halt all operations, The four
brotherhoods involved in the dis
pute went ahead with their strike
plans.
The chief issue in the dispute
is the manner in which various
operating rules should be inter
preted. Wages and hours were not
involved.
President Truman also was con~
cerned with the CIO steel dispute
which threatens a strike of some
1,000,000 members of the CIO
United Steelworkers. But he told
a news conference yesterday he
was awaiting a report on the Pres-~
idential Fact-Finding Board’s re
port tomorrow before deciding his
future action. Neither side in the
dispute is required to accept the
board’s recommendations.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York told CIO union leaders in
the Bell Aircraft strike at Buffa~
10, N. Y., he wanted to meet with
them in Albany today. His plan
ned meeting followed the second
straight day of violence in the 13
week old work stoppage by the
CIO United Auto workers.
Unruh Also
Threatened Mom
CAMDEN, N. J., Sept. 9—(AP)
—Howard B. Unruh lifted a
wrench over his head in a gesture
threatening his mother a few min
uates before the 20-minute tour in
which he killed 13 persons, it was
reported today.
Mrs. Freda Unruh, heart-broken
mother of the 28-year-old Bible
reading slaver, related th- inci
dent to her brother, Fire Capt.
Robert Wonsetler. ;
UNEMPLOYMENT
DECLINE CITED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9—(AP)
—Further improvement in the un
employment . picture is expected
this month. This would reinforce
August’s 400,000 decline in the
number of jobless men and wo
men. »
Officials predicted also that the
July setback in industrial produc
tion will be wiped out completely
when the Federal Reserve Board
issues its August index.
Government <cconomisis were
cautiously optimistic in appraising
yesterday’s report of the Census
Bureau. It showed that civilian
employment rose to 59,947,000 last
month.
That was tgg‘s) for 1949, although
almost 1,300, below the record
total of a year ago.
The tally of jobless meantime
dropped to 3,689,000 as mills,
mines, stores and business houses
absorved workers. In July unem
ployment was 4,095,000, highest
since 1942. !
aid the h%mfidfiww
One e m‘ nomist :
ing “should ‘not be exaggerated,
ATHENS, CA,, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1949,
Short-Range Help Seen
For Crisis Ridden Britain
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Red Drive Stalled In China;
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Nationlists Forces Attack
By The Associated Press
Britain, it appeared today, is going to get some short
range help to ease her dollar-shortage problems,
American officials at the three-nation Washington con
ference on Britain’s financial crisis were reported reason
ably confident a way would be found to block the present
serious drain on Britain’s gold and dollar reserves.
However, they were not so confi
dent the conference would succeed
in finding a permanent solution of
the island kingdom’s financial
woes. A long-range plan would
involve a lowering of American
tariffs and this would require con
gressional approval.
The Nationalist Chinese claimed
in Canton today that they have
Sommnppbnsiopne doalt telllin g
Worid N‘w,b lows at_ the
Communists on
Roundup both fighting and
. IDI 0 frants.
The official Central Daily News
said Yunnan province has decided
to remain in the Nationalist fold
to fight the Communists. Last
week Gov. Lu Han of the South
west China Province, proclaimed
Miss Georgia
To Display
Figure Tonight
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept.
9—(AP)—Georgia's girl beauti
ful, Dorothy Jeanne Johnson of
LaGrange, will appear tonight
in a bathing suit—the last event
in her guest for the Miss Ameri
ca title.
Miss Johnson, lovely in an off
the shoulder, black lace evening
gown, last night thrilled some
7,000 spectators with “Ah, Fors’
¢’ Lui,” by Verdi from La Travi
ata. Her coloratura voice im
pressed both judges and the au
dience.
As the beauty contest entered
its last preliminary round there
was no indication of how high
Miss Johnson stood in the tally
sheets of the judges. Fifty-two
girls are seeking the beauty
title. | The judges will announce
tomorrow night which 15 will be
finalists. From them a new Miss
America will be selected by
midnight.
1 Killed, Two Wounded
SHOOTING SPREE
CANTON, Sept. 9.— (AP)—Wounded explorer Leon
ard Clark, 41, of San Francisco, and Willard Freeman of
Bridgewater, Mass., told police today of a free for all
fight that preceded the shooting of both men and the kill
ing of an Englishman, Harold Harris. PR
To RN No s RN L T UL oST § OBy R
~ Neit Clark nor Freeman said
who handled the weapon, a .32
calibre pistol found in the Free
man home where the three were
sprawled. The weapon was identi
fied by police as belonging to
Clark.
Servants said the trio had been
drinking during the evening. Po
lice said empty whiskey bottles
were found in the room where the
but we have certainly pulled away
from the downward spiral” which
has prevailed since last fall.
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer
agreed, in guarded language. He
saw evidence of a “leveling-off,”
and declared: “We are in a funda
mentally sound condition for con
tinuing our economic advance.”
" Democratic and Republican
spokesmen in the Senate disagreed
with each other. Senator Lucas
(D.-111.) the majority leader, pro
claimed there is “now no reason
to fear a further recession.” The
GOP floor leader, Senator Wher
ry (Neb.), felt that the 400,000
drop in unemployment was “too
small to be regarded as a reliable
index.”
Lucas had no reservations. “The
great consumer buying power of
the country again is making its
way forward,” he said, adding: -
“Industries which hesitated to
go ahead on a deciining market
now realize that the leveling-off
process has taken place, :and .they
are beginning to.produce more: to
replenish their inventories.” ?
his independence of the National
ists. But he hds since had talks
with Chiang Kai-shek, and the
Daily News gaid he decided to re
main loyal to Chiang.
On the military front, the Na
tionalists broadened their attacks
in the area north of Canton, the
Ministry of Defense said. Mean
while neutral observers speculated |
over the reasons for the halting of
the Red War machine. It is def
initely behind schedule on its push
towards Canton. |
Observers said the Communists
apparently met stiffer resistance
than anticipated in the South.
Others said malaria amongst some
Communist troops has slowed their
advance. -
In Strasbourg, France, the Coun
cil of Europe’s Consultative As
sembly wound up its first session.
The 12-nation advisory body ap
proved a number of recommend
ations advocating the political and
economic unity of Europe in their
month-long session.
The Communist government of
Yugoslavia has obtained a $20,-
000,000 loan from the American
Export - Import Bank. Premier
Marshall Tito, who is at odds with
Communists of the Russian bloc,
yesterday scoffed at the economic
blockade imposed by his former
Communist allies. The Russian
squeeze play is now ineffectual,
he told a delegation of French
youth. ‘“We shall buy what we
need somewhere else,” he said.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
‘ Consiflerable ¢loudiness and
- cool this afternoon, tonight and
Saturday morning, becoming
partly cloudy Saturday after
noon. Some possibility of light
rain tonight, High for today 78,
low of 60. Sunset today 6:48.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:13.
G EORGI A — Consider
able cloudiness and cooler this
afternoon and tonight. Satur
day fair and a little warmer,
TEMPERATURE
Bigheat: . . v kBl
Sawelt ...l 55
DERNE i ik e AED
DRI oo L et R
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since Sept. 1 .. .. .. 2.08
Excess since Sept. 1 .. .... 1.02
| Average Sept. rainfall .... 3.26
Total since January 1 ....35.52
Excess since January 1 .. .03
shooting occurrec yesterday. Fur
’niture had been overturned and
there were other signs of a fight.
Doctors, who performed surgi
cal operations on Freeman and
Clark, pronounced Clark out of
danger today. He was shot through
the lung. Freeman’s condition was
critital. He was shot in the abdo
minal region,
Clark recently may have found
the world’s tallest mountain in the
Amne Machin Chain 0! western
China.
The men were found on the
floor by Mrs. Freeman when she
-rose at 10 a. m.
Clark recently came back from
s axpedition to the Anne Ma
chin Mountains. There were ru
mors that he found a peak higher
than Mt. Everest, recognized as
the highest spot on earth.
Harris was export manager for
a Chinese supply firm headed by
Freeman.,
Harris and Clark were house
guests of Freeman.
Neighbors, who were summon
ed by Mrs. “reeman when she
found the three men, said Free
man was lying nude op a bed.
Clark, in his underwear, was in
another bed. Harris, fully clothed,
save for shoes, was slumped
against bed clothing on Freeman’s
bed.
.
Harry Strozier
Taken by Death
MACON, Ga., Sept. 9—(AP)—
Harry 5. Strozier, author of Geor
gia’s “honest mistake” libel law,
died yesterday. He had been ill
for several weeks.
Strozier had practiced law here
since i9is, He was a former pro
fessor of law at Mercer Universi
ty and an. authority of many
phases of jaw, pariicuiariy inai
pertaining to newspaper work.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area”
From Big
Forest Fire
~ KING CITY, Calif., Sept. 9 —-‘
(AP)—Forty vacationists, turned
fire fighters when trapped at
beautiful Tassa Jara Hot Springs
resort, were safe today but still
surrounded by uncontrolled
flames.
The wind-blown fire last night
periled inhabitants of the scenic
mountain valley 20 miles east of
here and destroyed a two story
'stone hotel building and about 15
of the 35 cabins.
. Several hours after a caretaker
‘reported the flames yesterday, the
lfate of the hotel occupants had
' been in doubt.
. Late last night Forest Ranger
Henry Branagh and Jack Curran,
a U. S. fire control efficer. reached
the resort. They drove through
half a mile of stfll burning wood
iland. Stopped at a burned out
bridge,” they walked the rest of
the way through smouldering
brush and reported by radio all
were safe.
Curran said Actor Phil Terry,
owner of the resort, had organ
ized vacationists into a volunteer
brigade to fight the flames., He
lsa\id none was hurt and all were
l calm.
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Tito Receives
New U.S. Stake
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9—(AP)
—The United States has a new
$20,000,000 stake in the jousting
between Yugoslavia and Soviet
Russia.
~ The Export-Import Bank an
lnounced yesterday it was grant
ing that amount in direct ereait
to Marshal Tito's government.
Yugoslavia may draw up to
$12,000,000 at once for the pur
chase of American materials and
equipment to rehabilitate her min
’ing industry.
The other $8,000,000 credit may
.b’e drawn upon as the bank and
the Yugoslav government agree as
!to the need of specific goods and
services.
Terms of the $12,000,000 credit
called for an interest rate of three
and a half percent a year payvable
semi-annually, The loan is to be
!paid off in 20 equal semi~-annual
installments, the first falling due
July 31, 1951,
~ The credit was the first granted
Tito’s government since his break
with Moscow-dominated Comin
form some 15 months ago. It is
part of an American effort to
strengthen Marshal Tito’s hand in
his quarrel with Stalin.
; The United States government
previously had decided to permit
export to Yugoslavia of $3,000,000
in materials for a steel ‘mill.
Death Sentences
In Assault Case
TAVARES, Fla,, Sepr. 9—(AP)
—Charging the defense with try
ing to inject the racial question
into the trial, Circuit Judge T. G.
Futch yesterday sentenced two ne
groes to die in the electric chair
for assaulting a young farm wife
last July.
He condemned Samuel Shep
herd and Walter Irvin, both 22, to
deat., for the assault that stirred
white night riders to terrorist ac
tivity against ».:ro communities
ir Lake county. ;
An all-white jury convicted the
]smit and Charles Greenlee, 16, last
aturday; but it recommended
mercy for Greenlee Judge Futch
sentenced Greenlee to life impris~
onment.
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SHE ASPIRES TO BE SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON QUEEN
Dolly Hough practices posing for the
contest in which “‘Queen Cotton’ wiii be
chosen at the Carolina Cotton Festival in
Orangebury S. C., Sentember. 15 and 16:
Girls from three states will contend for
Buiietin |
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—
(AP)—A special Senate com- \
mittee today approved a sl,-
314,010,000 global arms bill
with $75,000,000 earmarked for !
anti-Communist aid in the Far
East. ‘
By a vote of 19 to 3, the com-~
bined Senate Foreign Relations
and Armed Services Commit
tees stamped approval on the
arms measure which carries
$1,000,000,000 for re-arming
North Atlantie Pact nations,
13th MAN
Both Chutes
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Fail, Yet: -
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Jumper Lives
COLUMBUS, Ga,, Sept. 98—
(AP)—M.-Sgt. James R, Hendrix
was the 13th man to jump from
a troop plane at Fort Benning but
the first to hit the ground.
The Lepanto, Ark., hero of the
Battle of the Bulge plunged 1,000
feet to the ground without either
of his parachutes opening com
pletely. And he lived to tell
about it.
He said his suspension lines be
came entangied in his boot buckle
in the jump yesterday. That held
him to the parachute and the
plane’s prop wash held him hori
zontal in the air. |
- At<soo feet, he pulled the rip
cord of his second ’chute. It
opened only for a secondl before
becoming tangled in the first one.
He couldn’t walk at first after
hitting the ground. Later, how
ever, hospital attendants confirm
ed his claim that he “felt fine.”
They said he suffered only jangled
nerves and bruises.
. Hemfirix announced he was
ready to jump again.
He won the Congressional Medal
I of Honor for his war heroism. In
the Battle of the Bulge, he knock
ed out two 88 millimeter guns and
two machine gun nests, kilied sev
'en Germans and captured 13, and
saved four American soldiers from
a burning tank.
Athens and vicinily will take
an active part in the one-week
Polio Epidemic Emergency Drive,
it was announced by officials to
day.
There will be no house-to
house canvas, but all contributions
wit lbe mailed iln an envelope
addressed to POLIO, care of your
local Post "Office.
Polio equipment and hospital
supplies for communities hard hit
by epidemics are uvailable on
spot notice at six equipment de
pots set up by the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis.
The supply points are strategically
located to serve every section of
the country without celay. For
speed may mean saving lives,
During this year’s devastating
epidemics, the National Founda
tion is sending a steady stream of
respirators (iron lungs), hot pack
machines, aspirators, beds, eribs,
linens, and other hospital supplis
into stricken communities in 37
states. This service i 35 essential
throughout the emergency. The
equipment is costly, The need for
it is urgent.
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vacation trip and chances for a screem
test in the movies. The earnival is in cele
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Gangman
Cut Down
In Ambush
FAIRFIELD, 11., Sept. 9—(AP)
— A barrage of bullets poured
from ambush early today into
“Little” Earl Shelton, 33-year-old
nephew of the gang leaders who
had terrorized Scuthern Ilinois
for years.
Police Chief Elmo Mugrage said
“Little” Earl was fired on as he
drove up to the front of his home
shortly after midnight.
The victim was taken to a hos
pital at Evansville, Ind, where
attendants described his condition
as ‘“only fair”
Shelton was taken to Evansville
in the same ambulance which took
his uncle, “Big” Earl Sheiton for
treatment of an ambush bullet
wound last May 24.
Little Earl had been associated
with “Big” Earl in the gambling
veniure which has since been
closed. He is married, has two
small children and glves his oc
cupation as a farmer with “Big™
Earl. They operate large land
holding in Southern Illinois.
During the prohibition era of
“Little” Earl’s three uncles, “Big”
Earl, Carl and Bernie were blamed
for about 40 slayings in Southern
Illinois, including those of tweo
mayors, and a state patrolman and
his wife.
Crosses Burn
In Two States
TOWSON, Md., Sept. 9—(AP)—
Baltimore County police said a
12-foot cross was burned early to=
day in a negro community near
ihere.
it was piaced on a hill at Sandy
Bottom, just north of Towson.
Police said they extinguished
the flaming ecross, which” was visi
ble for miles. It was made of
gasoline-soaked fiber rugs and
burlap tied with baling wire.
Officers said there were 2
number of footprints and tire
tracks around the cross.
| WASHINGTON, Sept. B—(AP)
—White neighbors doused a blaz
ing wooden cross planted in the
vard of & negro family here early
today.
~ This was reported by firemen
called to the home of Ralph Sneed,
‘a Navy Department mail clerk, .
A few momentc later the home
was pelted with stones. Several
windows were hroken. A police
patrol was set up in the area.
. .
Wife Killer Free
After 8 Year Term
THOMASTON, Me., Sept, 9 —
(AP) — Dr. Merrill E. Joss, 42,
is free after eight years in prison
as the bludgeon slayer of his Ala
bama-born wife.
Tried for murder im 1941, Joss
was convicted of manslaghter and
sentenced to prison for 10 to 20
years.
" His wife, Luverne Harris Joss,
also a physiciap, was a rative of
Jackson, Ala. They practiced toe
gether at Richmond, Me.
Warden J. Wallace Lovell said
yesterday that Joss, released by
the State Parole Board on Aug.
21, went to 'Vashington, D. C.
Joss's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Ed
ward C. Joss, live there.
Three years ago Joss was denied
a pardon petition. Two hundred
Richmond residents sugpofled his
plea. A sister and brother of Mrs.
Joss — Rosalee Harris Wright
and Henry Harris, hoth eof Mo~
bile, Ala.— orposed it vigorosuly.