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- TWO YOUNG BROTHERS BU” <O DEATH
Two young boys burned to death in
Wausau, Wis.,, as their home (above)
burned to the ground while their parents
and firemen looked on helplessly, unable
to enter the flaming building. The boys
Hearings Hinted If johnson
Tampers With Naval Air Arm
g Sen. Russell Outlines Action Plans;
- Charges Follow Crommelin Statement
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, — (AP) — Senator Russell
(D.-Ga.) said today there may be some Senate hearings if
Secretary of Defense Johnson lays a hand on Naval avia
tion. He added that he doesn’t expect the defense chief to
do such a thing, however. :
$200,000 Fire
Hits Pier In
Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.,, Sept.
13—(AP)—A $200,000 fire ripped
through 300 feet of the famed Mil
lion Dollar Pier early today.
The well = known landmark,
which juts 1,900 feet into the
ocean on the downtown section of
the boardwalk, caught fire about
4:30 a. m. A northeast wind blew
voaring flames down the beach
#way from boardwalk hotels. —
The pier's huge ballroom, near
ihe shore end, was gutted com
pletely. Twisted roof girders fell
into the blaze, Fire Chief Rex
Farley set the damage estimate at
$200,000, :
The long pleasure palace was
closed on Labor Day for the win
ier.
N I r\’ ‘n -
Sales Meeting
( -
O Chicopee
Closes Here
Annual sales meeting of the
Lumite Division of Chicopee Man
utacting Corporation m Georgia
closes tonight at the ' Georgian
Hotel after its week-long session
Both sales departments — insect
screen cloth and decorative fa
orics — are represented at the
meeting. Personnel from over the
entire United States sre among
the over 30 persons at the meet
ng.
All meetings have been in the
Georgian Hotel except on Satur
day when the men went through
the Cornelia, Ga., plant, The other
manufacturing plant is in Buford.
Company President G. O, Lien
hard and Treasurer Gieorge Reig
ger flew from the New York City
office and met with the group Sat
urday,
J. F. Nicholl, vice-president and
teneral manager, and & H, Day,
11, vice-president and general
tales manager, both of the New
York general sales »sffice, are in
charge of the meeting here.
Insect screen cloth and decora
tive fabries manufactured by the
tompany are made from saran, a
plastic monofilament, which is
hipped to the Georgia plants, The
weaving {s done at “ornelia and
Buford,
The screen cloth is sold through
hardware, building supply. lum
ber, and general stores while the
decorative fabrics for sich uses as
automobile seat eovars, theater
“eats, bus seats and furniture up
holstery, are sold exclusively to
manufacturers and jobbers.
Bulletin
CHICAGO, Sepf. 13—(AP)—
A temporary Injunction restrain
ing the FCC from banning give
“way programs on the air was
granted today by Federal Judge
Michael L, Igoe,
The stay order wil! prevent
the Federal Communications
Commission ban from going into
effect Oct. 1 as scheduled. The
injunetion will remain in effect
"2 3 suli aitacking the ban is
decided tn a federal eourt in
New York, This sult was filed
by the OBS ‘Ame o 2 wma
ATHENS BANNED_HEDAILD
were'. S'ph Kortbein, jr., three, and his
brother, Clinon, 14 months, They were
asleep while their mother was next door
and their father at work.— (NEA Tele
photo.) i
Russell, &8 member of the Sen~
ate’s Armed Services Committee,
took the position that the Senate
is not justified in starting an in
quiry on the basis of the ‘‘gen=~
eral statements” made Saturday
by Captain John G. Crommelin,
a veteran naval officer,
Crommelin .contended the of
fensive powei of the Navy is “be
ing nibbled to death™ at the Pen=
tagon, the enormous office build
ing which houses the Department
of Defense. The Naval officer said
he hopes his statement will blow
the whole thing open and bring
on another congressional investi
gation.
Crommelin aiready is due io
testify before the House Armed
Services Conmmitiee soon after it
resumes hearings on Navy-Air
Force matters October 5.
Senator Russell told a reporter
that he would favor a Senate in
guiry if Secretary Johnson
should move to abolish Naval
aviation or the Marine Corps.
But he said he doesn’'t think the
secretary is going to abolish
either of these Naval branches.
The senator said it took a lot of
courage for Crommelin to speak
out, and that he understands
how Navy officers feel and is
sympathetic with them.
One of the highest ranking
Navy officers ever—five star Ad
miral William F. (Bull) Halsey,
retired—spoke out yesterday for
Crommelin. Halsey said:
“] feel very strongiy he is ai
tempting to do something for the
good of the country and that he
has shown wonderful courage in
jeopardizing his career by doing
this. T feel he deserves the help
and respect of all Naval officers.”
When Crommelin first issued
his statement, he said he realized
he was risking his career. How=
ever, he told reporters yvesterday
that so far “nobody has said boo”
to hinr,
Court Upholds
Board Member
ATLANTZA, Sept. 13—(AP)~—
Georgia’s Supreme Court has up
held the right of Eugene Wilburn
of Oglethorpe to serve as a mem
ber of the State Pardon end Parole
Board, e
The court yesterday agreed with
a Fulton county court in throw
ing out a case zttacking Wilburn’s
qualifications.
The suit was brought by E. B.
McLendon, jr., former Augusta
policeman sentenced ro die for the
murder of his wife. His plea for
mercy was turned down by the
Parole Board. L !
McLendon then filed court ac
tion seeking to oust Wilburn, void
the board decision refusing his
plea, and gain a new hesring be
fore & new board.
The suit also sought a court -or
der to prevent Corrections Direc
tor Robert E. Warren from carry=
ing out McLendon’s death sen
tence,
.
Eight Men Freed
. i
In Rights’ Case
COLUMBUS, Ga., Sept. 13 —
(AP)—After an hour and 35 min
utes and deliberation, a federal
juxg acquitted a deputy sheriff
and seven other white men last
night of charges of violating the
civil rights of a negro.
Judge A. B. Conger instructed
the jurors to disregard Defense
Attorney Fred New's argument
that the only issue was “whether
you . want to believe the white.
soen-or the nagro® 2
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ASSESSORS CONFER
State Tax
Problems
Studied Here
Citing a 1400 per cent increase
in taxes during the last 40 years,
Georgia’s Revenue Commissioner,
Charles D. Redwine, said here last
night that Georgia must not let
the taxpayer become a forgotiten
man. #
Speaking before the second an
nual Tax Assessors Short Course
at the University of Georgia, he
said that he saw no chance, how=
ever, to cut the cost of govern=-
ment unless people slacken their
demand for public service,
He also pointed out that Geor
gia, 1n proportion to her revenue
and wealth, is probably collecting
less than any adjoining state.
“Despite dire predictions to the
contrary,” he said, “the state has
been able not only to maintain its
level of income, but to increase it
$2 million since July 1.”
During his address, Mr. Redwine
said that Georgia probably needs
a tax enforcement officer since at
least 50 per cent of the Revenue
Commissioner’s time is taken up
in administering the liquor laws of
the state.
In earlier sessions some 350
Georgia assessors discussed the
many problems which they admit
tedly face in the execution of their
jobs.
C. V. Stanton, president of-the
Georgia Association of Assessing
Officials, urged that the state stay
in the ad valorem tax field. Ie
alsé recommended a state board
of equalization for overseeing pur
poses.
The need for guidance for tax
assessors was stressed throughout
the day. Prof. J. J. Lenoir of the
University of Georgia Law School
ppointed out that law schools do
not stress the type taxation in
which states are usually engaged.
FIRE CALL
Firemen were called to 338 Sa
tula avenue yesterday afternoon
where an ironing ecord was afire.
The blazes were quickly extin
guished with only damage in
curred being to the cord.
ATHENIANS, BEWARE !!
‘4O-And-8’ Society Plans
Big ‘Wreck’ Here Saturday
“La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux”’” — which
means to you who are unfamiliar with French: “The So
ciety of 40 Men and 8 Horses,” will hold a state-wide
“wreck’” here Saturday.
Voiture Locale 499, Athens
chapter, will initiate some 36
members in the “Wreck” here
Saturday morning, which gets
underway at 8:30. Members of
the “40 and 8” from all over Geor=
gia will take part in the affair
which will be the biggest and rip
roaringest of its kind ever held
here, says John H. Gunder, head
of the local 40 and 8 organization.
The Society was begun during
World War I when a French train
actually inseribed with the title of
the club transported American
troops.
During the recent American Le
gion convention in Philadelphia
“Train Texas II” representing
Voiture Locale 217 of Atlanta, won
the prize with their duplicate of
the old French car, pulled by a
giant red engine. This same loco~
motive will be here Saturday to
take part.in the parade and cere
monijes. - Those who. weré ‘down
ATHENS, CA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1949,
Acheson And Cevin Chart
Neyvs Moves In Cold War
Political Talks To Cover
Chinese, Tito Developments
Britain and the United States begin talks today on glo
bal political problems aimed at maintaining a unified
stand against Russian Communism.
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and Secretary of State
Dean Acheson in their talks in Washington will deal with
Britain and American Far Eastern policy in view of the
Chinese Communist advance, :
w’filfiery; will also take up problems of Germany, Tito’s
split with the Kremlin, and the Atlantie defense system
under the North Atlantic Treaty. .
The way for the political talks
was paved by an apparent suc
cessful coneclusion of a British=
Canadian-American conference on
Britain’s economie crisis. Leaders
of the three powers at the financial
talks, ended yesterday, expressed
confidence ways have been found
to stop the drain on Britain’s
+—— =——— dollar reserves.
World News Britain’s dollar
position is to be
Roundup rciped by these
aeeens 4 GlOCIEIONS:
1. Canada and the "’ United
States are expected to buy more
tin and rubber from Britain for
stockpiling,
2. Britain obtained permission
to spend Marshall Plan dollars in
countries other than the United
States. Britain can now purchase
wheat from Canada.
3. Both Canada and the United
States have agreed to ease cus
toms regulations.
4. Britain will be free to dis
criminate against U, S. and Cana
dian goods in order to build up
her non-dollar imports.
Governors of the International
Monetary Fund also meet in
Washington today on far-reaching
world economic problems which
partly stem from the British erisis.
Chinese dispatches said that
Communist forces are marshalling
140 miles northeast of Canton for
a final drive on iheé provisional
National capital, Troops of Gen,
Po-cheng’s 14th Army are moving
into three towns recently taken
by irregulars. Tne towns form a
30-mile arc, eéxpecied to the the
spearhead in the major thrust
towards Canton.
German President
Dr. Konrad Adenauer, leader of
the Christian Democratic Union,
has emerged as the strong man in
West Germany’s new Federal Re
public. He win be named by
President Theodor Heuss to as
sume the duties of Chancellor
(M¥ime Minister) perhaps today
or tomorrow. Adenauer heads a
coalition of right-wing parties. He
triumphed yesterday in the elec
tion of Huess as President over the
Socialist leader, Dr. Kurt Schu
macher. The Socialists will form
the opposition to the right-wing
coalition.
Premier Marshal Tito has again
taunted the Russians on Yugo
slavia’s independence from the
Kremlin. Speaking before a group
of miners he said he was follow-
Faye And Elliott
Roosevelt Part
NEW YORK, Sept, 13.—(AP)~
Atress Faye Emerson plans to
bring divorce proceedings against
Elliott Roosevelt as soon as she
finishes work on a motion picture
now in production,
The 31-year-old blonde actress,
confirming yesterday that she
and the late President’s second
son have separated, said “Elliott
and I parted on friendly terms.”
town on a recent Saturday after
noon will remember the Train
Texas II passing through here on
its way home from Philadelphia.
Members of the 40 and 8 are
fiast members of the service who
ave compiled outstanding records
both in battle and civilian life.
Qualifications are very high for
thé organization.
Mr. Gunder says all local mem
bers of the club are to meet at
Woodruff Hall Saturday morning
at 8:30, when activity will begin.
The Wreck is expected toc last
throughout most of the day.
Top officials of the 40 and 8
will be here, including Ben' T.
Watkins, Chef de Gare of the
state of Georgia., Watkins is a
native of Macon.
Charlie Sacre of Atlanta will be
the Conductor of the Wreck. Voi
ture Lt%cale 21&:: Atlanbt: will
eir entir soup re to
o Pyl S Rt
By The A;sociatgd Prqss_
ing the path of Lenin, who once
told heretic Trotsky it was pos
sible to build socialism in one
country. Tito said he intends to
build Yugoslav socialism without
coaching from Moscow.
Truce Hopes Rise
In Steel Industry
Union Approves Board Findings;
Strike Is Postponed For 11 Days
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 18.— (AP) —There won't be any
steel strike for the next 11 days — and after that maybe
none at all.
Chances look bright as the autumn sunshine for peace
ful solution of the steel wage dispute that threatened to
tie the nation in economic knots.
The CIO United Steelworkers
and six major steel praducers have
agreed to an 11-day extension of
the strike truce sought by Presi
dent Truman.
That truce begins a! midnight
tonight —the hour originally set
for the nation-wide steel walkout.
It will continue until Sept, 25.
The steelworkers also accepted
the recommendations of the Pres
ident’s fact finding board—even
though it meant giving up a fourth
rt%d\ wag: increase.
The men who make steel will
have to be satisfied with the av
erage $1.65 an hour th:y now re
ceive, The union won three in
creases totalling 46 ceats since the
end of World War 11.
Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary of
Labor, predicted the steelworkers’
acceptance of the board findings
will result in “national prosperity
such as this country ras rarely
known,”
Tobin made the prediction at
Kansas City where he spoke at a
building dedication. - _
Pregident Truman made no im
mediate comment on the CIO ac
'tion. But a top White House asso
ciate said the President regards
the agreement .son in the steel
controversy as a forerunner of
widespread peaceful se.tlements in
other industrial disputes.
The advisor said Mr, Truman
expects the union asnd the steel
companies to reach a speedy set
tlement based on the formula con
cocted by his board.
The first steel conpany to reply
after the union’s position was an
nounced was Republic Steel Cor
poration of Cleveland. Republic,
the nation’s third largest steel pros
ducer, said it is willing to bar
gain pensions with a view of com
pleting a study of the problem by
March 1, 1950,
Refusal of the industry to grant
wages or talk pensions brought
about the labor crisis that threat
ened a strike last July 16. The
strike was averted at the last min
uate by appointment of the three
man fact finding board.
Five other major steel produ
cers — including the giant Uni
ted States Steel Corporation—have
not yet replied to the board rec
ommendations. .
- The steel * ' _stry originally op
posed creation of the Loard and
was particularly bitter about its
power to make recommendations.
The recommendations are not
binding.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Increasing cloudiness with
scattered showers this after
noon, tonight and Wednesday.
Clearing and cooler Wednes
day afternoon. High today 80,
low 62. High Wednesday 74.
Sunset 6:43 and sunrise 6:15.
GEORGlA—lncreasing cloud
iness and little temperature
change this afternoon, scattered
showers or thunderstorms, be
ginning in extreme northwest
early tonight and spreading to
the coast early Wednesday,
or Wednesday night. ;
Extended forecast from 7:30 ‘
p. m. (EST) tonight to 7:30 p.
m. (EST) Sunday, Sept. 18:
GEORGlA—Showers tonight,
followed by clearing Wednes
day and Thursday. Rising temp
eratures Friday and Saturday.
TENMPERATURE
Bt o L
TR . e
WG e B
O e
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since Sept. 1 .. .... 2.08
Excess since Sept. 1 ... .. .54‘
%:te:lage Sept. rainfall .... 3.26’
’ ‘since January 1 ....35.52
{Detieit) shute | Janhioryd 4 1T LAsH
“New” Rulings
Sougbt in
1692 Hangings
BOSTON, Sept. 13— (AP) —
The Massachusetts legislature
has been asked to reverse the
convictions of 21 persons hanged
257 years ago.
The action would absolve 16
women and five men accused of
witcheraft in Salem in 1692,
They were hanged between
June and September of that
yeae e
Rep. Daniel Rudsten (D.-Bos
ton) filed the resolve yesterday.
He was met available for ecom
ment.
Mrs. William
F. Smith
Dies Tuesday
Mrs. Nellie Maud Smith, well
known resident of 187 Oglethorpe
avenue, died at her honie Tuesday
morning at 6:10 o’clock, Mrs.
Smith was 24 years old and was
ill only a chort time nrior to her
death.
Funeral services will be conduc
ted by Rev. G. M. Spivey, pastor
o° Young Harris Methodist
Church. and Dr. J. W. G, McKib
ben, pastor of First Methodist
Church, on Thursday, September
15, 3 o’clock at Arnoldsville Bap
tist Church. Interment will be in
the cemetery at Arnoldsville.
Bernstein Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Inter
ment will be in the cemetery at
Arnoldsville.
Surviving Mrs. Smith is her
l.usband, William F. Smith, Ath
ens; da ghter, Virginia Frances
Smith; son, Thomas Lanier Smith;
mother, Mrs, Maude Hamby Smith;
five brothers. J. H. Hamby, Craw
ford, and R. H. Hamby, F. N. Ham~
by, C. C. Hamby, gnd H. O. Hamby
all of Athens.
Mrs. Smith was a native of Ar
noldsville and had been a resi
dent of Athens for the past twelve
year-, during which lime she had
made a large number of friends
Who were { .ddened by news oi her
death.
Twelve Escape
Flaming B-29
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 13 —
(AP) — Their B-29 swept by
flames, 12 Air Force flieis para
chuted to safety yesterday, sec
onds ggtore the huge superfortress
crashed and burned.
The plane was on a routine
flight from Fairfield-Suisun Air
Force Base it crashed, empty, in
to a hilltop 15 miles northeast of
San Jose.
Lt. Melburn J. Jones, 26, Chica~
go, co-pilot, suffered a minor back
injury. He was the only casualty.
It was the first parachute jump
for all hands.
Big Features Planned Here
For Fair Commerce Division
Three exnibitors not included in
last year’s Commerce and Manu
facturing section of the Athens
Agricultural Fair, the Coca-Cola
Bottling Company, Routson Busi=
ness College and the City of Ath
ens have signed up for space at
this year’s Fair October 17-22, it
was announced today by F. E.
McHugh, chairman of the com
mittee in charge.
Mr. McHugh said the available
space in the Commerce and Man
ufacturing division is going rap
idly. There were forty-nine spaces
in the tent hut several of the ex
hibitors that have signed up have
obtained as much as three booths,
Mr. McHugh said. . ‘
' Prospective exhibitors may sign
up at the office of Mr. McHugh in
'the Gallant-Belk building. Mrs.
Cecil Maddox is in charge of sell
fing the space when Mr, McHugh
‘\is not in tow;. Space may be zj
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Hawaiian Dock
Talks Break Up
Latest Truce Effort Utter Failure
In 136-Day-Old Waterfront Strike
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.— (AP)—Peace talks in the Ha
waiian dock strike have broken up in failure, and there is
no sign today of early settlement.
The U. S. Mediation and Conciliation Service, however,
stood ready to try to help again if the chance arose. .
Cyrus S. Ching, chief of the ser
vice, announced late yesterday
that “the parties remain so hope
lessly far apart in their thinking
that further mediation at this time
would be of no avail.” Fie
Ching, who had the negotiations
shifted here, declared.
“I have assured both parties that
the service will always be availi
able to them in the event that we
can again contribute toward set
tlement.” S
Spokesmen for the seven struck
sevedoring companies and the
CIO International Lor;gshoremen’s
and Warehousemen'’s Union blam=
ed each other for failure t. settle
the 136-day-old walkout during
the five days of conferences here.
In Honolulu, Hawaiian Govern~
or Ingram M. Stainback said he
was “disappointed but nct supris=-
ed” at the breadown of negotia
tions, He did net elaborste,
Wilfred C. Tsukiyama, Republi~
can president of the Hawaiian Sen=
ate, said in Honolulu that the faile
ure of the talks might make offi
cial Washington more willing to
use its power to intervene, i
“At least,” he said, “the people
in Washington now know the dif
ficulties we are ccnfronted with.”
Strike Continues
Harry Bridges, President of the
union, declared ‘“the strike will
goumy - 0
The union submiited nine spec
ific proposals for settlement,
Bridges said, but “we have not re
ceived a single proposal from the
employers.”
W. Russell Starr, spokesman ior
the Hawaiian employers council
which represented the struck
firms, said:
“We sincerely regret that con
ciliation has faiied, We wili be
ready to continue negotiations in
Haiwaii with the uni,n° whenever
it wishes to do so. We hope that
the union will be more realistic
there.”
The employers declared the ec
onoic life of the islands can be
kept going despite the sirike, and
Starr said the walkout “steadily is
becoming more of a token strike
as commerce is restored.” -
The Hawaiian government has
seized the docks and taken over
their operation under emergency
iegislation. .
At various stages of the nego
tiation, Bridges had offered to
accept wage increases varying
from 14 to 26 cents an hour. The
14-cent offer was on condition that
the workers get an additional 12
cents an hour within six months,
The present basic rate is $1.40 an
Eour.
Sidewalk Land
Discussions Set
Mayor Jack R. Wells was au
thorized to negotiate with proper
ty owners, including trustees of
Lucy Cobb Institute, for the pro
curement of the necessary proper
ty for construction of a sidewalk
on the south side of Hancock ave~
nue by Mayor and Council in a
special meeting late yesterday
afternoon.
The sidewalk was deemed nec
essary for the “safety of the pub
lic,” it was stated in the resolu
tion passed at the meeting. The
sidewalk will be paved for a dis
tance of one block. i
The City of Athens exhibit will
be the first governmental exhibit
ever shown in Athens. Mr. Me-
Hugh said the City is arranging to
have all Departments represented,
showing to the citizens as many
of the functions of the various
‘municipal services as possible.
The Coca-Cola Bottling Com
pany will have an exhibit featur
ing the coolers and vending ma
chines the company has available
for Coca-Cola customers. This
exhibit will show open type cool
ers, carton racks, picnic ecoolers
and various types of vending ma
chines.
Type of Exhibits
Christian Hardware Company
will have & booth rhowing hard
ware and building supplies and
another booth featuring farm
equipment. * F
Durden_ Music House has not
yet decided upon the extent of its !
exhibit. : el ‘
- Gallantsßelk y will fea~
SRR nnny ik g
HOME
EDITION
V.F.W. Plans
New Club
Headquarters
Sixteen acres on Sunset Drive,
between the Jefferson Road and
Oglethorpe Avenue, is bein%dc
veloped by the Athens V. F. W. as
their new Club headquarters here.
The grand opening for the new
Club isn’t definite yet, but a tenta
tive date is Nov. 1, These and
other opening-day plans will be
announced later.
Besides the roomy Club House,
which will offer hardwood floors
and feature one of the most unigue
lighting effects for dances to be
found anywhere, is nearing com
pletion. It will house all the social
events of the VFW,
To interest of the sports fans of
this community is the installation
of lights for a baseball field. Both
a hardball and softball field will
be on the property. Tennis courts
and shuffle board will round out
the well-balanced program of
sports which will be for the con
venience of the members.
In the wooded area behind the
Club House a giant picnic ground
will set the scene for many an
afternoon of pleasure for Club
members and their families. Some
15 barbecue pits are to be econ
structed, varying in size to ac
comodate the need of the number
in various groups who will visit
the picnic area.
The dance floor in the Club
House will measure 75 by 60 feet.
Novelty white pine walls will add
to the beauty of the spacious
building. The Committee on the
building of the new Club feels that
the dances and Club facilitiae will
be unexcelled by any organizatién
in the state.
The building on the VFW pre
perty may be obtained and used
on special occasions by wvarious
civie organizations of the eity. A
modern Kitchen equips the build
ing for banquets.
A dance and barbecue will high
light the opening of the new Club,
A_well-known orchestra is plan
ned for the dance.
E. A, King is in charge of the
committee recruiting new mem
bers. All eX-56ivice men i
wish to join:are asked to ?It in
touch with Mr. King or call H. L.
Wheeler at 9138,
Optimist Club
Ladies Night
The Athens Optimist Club will
hold Ladies Night this evening z¢
Pine Tops “Y" Camp. Members
and their ladies will pe entertain
ed with a dinner and program at
the camp. Fred Leathers has ar
ranged the affair.
Dan Magill, jr., University of
Ceorgia athletic publicity director,
was guest speaker at last week's
meeting. He gave an informative
talk on high school football int
Georgia, and told of tha prospects
for the Georgia team.
will give away a bale of cotton as
an attendance prize.
Athens Refrigeration and Ap
pliance Company plans sn exhibit
[ot electrical appliances including
‘ranges, refrigerators, washers,
‘dryers and home-freezers and will
give a demonstration on the spot
of these appliances in operation.
H. A. Parson Electrical Appli
ance Company plans to exhibit a
complete kitchen, including win
dows, with curtains and finished
walls. The equipment in the kit~
chen will include a range, refrig
erator, ironer, dryer, dish-washer,
home-freezer and other kitchen
equipment. An eieciric range wiii
be given away at the Fair and ap
plication blanks for the refrig
erator to be given away by that
Coxmpany Christmas will be avail
able.
Featured in the booth of she
Routson Business College will be
text books, Ediphones, typewrit
ers, adding machines - and - Ditto
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