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(_:RASH v‘H.URLS THREE WOMEN FROM CAR
Three women lie on a Chicago street
after being thrown from their automobile
not in picture) when it was involved in
a collision with car at left, Left to right:
Mrs. Flora Allaven, Mrs. Irma Jennings
and Mrs. Ruth Hall, all of suburban Glen
Ellyn. The accident occurred at an inter
section on Chicago’s northwest side, Mrs.
Hall was thrown against wheel of car
Gen. Bradley Seen Key Figure
In Atlantic Pact Organization
BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. — (AP) — General Omar
N. Bradley, chairman of the American Joint Chiefs of
Staff, appears certain to become the key figure in the
Atlantic Pact military organization.
The. military organization, consisting of a series of de
fense planning committees, is to be created here October
5. It is expected to come up with a set of unified defense
plans for the whole Western European-North American-
Atlantic Ocean area in about six months,
Speed in laying out at least the
general plans of a unified strate
gy is considered essential now by
the State and Defense Depart
ments. One reason is Congress
may make full-scale American
arms aid to Europe at least partly
dependent on the existence of
such plans. That kis one of the
major new points in the bill now
before the fiaté’.“ e m
While the American member of
the 12-nation military organiza
tion has yet to be designated by
the President, defense and diplo
matic officials said there seemed
to be no’ doubt that he would be
Bradley, The 56-year-old general
is noted for getting along with
people and getting things done.
Leader Qualities
He is already regarded highly
by Europeans as the leader of that
school of military planners who
contend Western Europe can and
must be held against gny aggres
sion by Russia. In public state
ments Bradley has declared it to be
this government’s policy that se
curity, instead of abandonment
and later liberation, is the key
stone for Western European mili
tary planning. :
To that end Bradley has urged
Congress to authorize and-finance
a program of American arms aid
to Europe.
“The essence of our overall
strategy is this,” he told Congress
July 30, “There is formidable
strength and an obvious economy
of effort, resources and manpower
in this collective strategy, when
each nation is capable of its own
defense as part of a collective
strategie plan.”
Defense Blueprint
The Atlantic Defense setup,
which was blueprinted here Satur
day by the 12-nation. Council of
Foreign Ministers, gives the Unit
ed States a dominant role. State
Department officials said other
countries insisted it should be that
way—an evident recognition of
pre-dominant United States mili
tary power and its importance as
a source of military assistance for
the other alliance members.
The foreign ministers, in organ
izing themselves into a council,
chose Secretary of State Acheson
as their first chairman to serve a
year, They then established a 12~
nation defense committee, to be
composed of defense ministers of
the member countries.
THREATENED TO KILL HIM
Mother-In-Law Tells Jury
Of Carpenter Assault Try
ATLANTA, Sept. i9—(AP)—
Judge Robert Carpenter’s 62-year=
old mother-in-law told a jury to
day she once threatened to kill
him when he made improper ad
vances toward her. 3
Mrs. Minnie Sullivan testified in
the trial of the Debonair 44-year
old judge charged with assault
with assault with intent to murder
his one time friend, attorney John
Lockwood.
She denied that anything im
proper took place on a trip to Flor
ida made by Mrs. Carpenter, Lock=
wood and herself. Befenso wit=
nesses had testified that Mrs. Car=
penter and Lockwood were seen
In a tourist eabin with several
bottles of liquor in evidence.
Mrs, Sullivan said the Judge
made advances several months ago
n the Capenter home, before the
ludge and his wife separated. She
=34 Carpenter eame into her room
;vhi]e }2l)‘:. Carpenter was out of
own‘ i b 7 a iR et
“He sat down' on qz- bed and
made advarieet to me,” the mothe
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
(right) which was waiting at the inter
section. The women were hospitalized,
seriously injured. Driver of the other car
was given first aid. This picture was
taken by Ford Wilson, Chicago Tribune
photographer, moments after the collis
ion. His car was immediately behind that
of the three victims.— (AP Wirephoto.)
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Iquuor Hearings
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Are Postponed
| ATLANTA, Sept. 19.—(AP)—
| Hearings on five cases of alleged
nguor violations, * including “two
dealers accused of enjoying Tal
madge political protection, were‘
postponed today until Wednes- |
day. |
One of the defendants, Colum- |
bus Wine Company of Columbus
and Albany, one of the biggest
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| dealers in the state, was not rep
: resented either by attorneys or
company spokesmen at the hear-|
ings scheduled today. |
FROM $4.03 TO $2.80
Britain Cuts Pound
To Bolster Tradi
By The Associated Press
Britain has slashed the value of the pound sterling
from $4.03 to $2.80 in an attempt to solve her financial
troubles by selling more and cheaper goods to the United
States.
Eleven other countries closely linked with Britain in
their trade have followed suit, and the chain reaction is
expected to sweep rapidly over Western Europe and into
Latin America. .
City Registration
Closes On Sept. 22
Atheniang wnu are cn the old
registration list at the county
courthouse, or on the new list and
who are also registered or who
register at City Hall, are eligible to
cast ballots in the October 26 City
Democratic Primary. : o
Registration of voters for the
primary will co-*'nue until Thurs
day, September 22, at 5 p. m, at
City Hall. However, voters must
be registered at the courthouse al
so, in order to be eligible to vote in
the city primary.
er-in-law said, adding that she
resisted and told him to leave.
“From then on he kept making
advances and dirty remarks,” she
said. “I told him if he didn’t stop
T’d shoot him with his own gun.”
The state’s rebutal to defense
testimony that Carpeater, Fulton
County Civil Court judge, had
fired at Lockwood in self defense,
is expected to be completed by
nightfail. The trial probebly - will
go to the jury tonight or tomor=-
TOW.
As the trial entered its fifth day
after a weekend recess, both the
accused and the accuser had told
their versions of the pre-dawn
shooting &nd the sensational
events which preceded it.
Lockwood . testified that the
judge chased him four blocks the
night of july 27, shot at him four
times and ‘wounded him in the
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. « . Defense Strategist
The French Finance Ministry
closed the Bourse (stock ex
change) and suspended trade in
the gold and free currency markets
until further notice. The French
devalued their franc drastically
last year,
Sweden’s cabinet has been sum
moned to consider devaluation.
The Netherlands government
announced some step similar to
to Britain’'s wil—————
be taken, and it
closed stock ex-wm’ld News
changes through ROUfldIIP
tomorrow. PR S S
Italy’s cabinet suspended deal
ings in foreign currencies while
the government predicted there
would be no substantial repercus
sions on the exchange rate for the
lira. Financial quarters in Rome
and Milan thought otherwise.
Greece closed her stock ex
change pending “required” gov
ernment action; Switzerland’s fin
ancial circles feared the Swiss
franc might have to be devalued.
Behind the iron curtain, Polish
businessmen predicted the Poles
would raise prices on food sent to
Britain. In Russia, the press an
nounced the devaluation news
without comment, but the press
has said the move would mean
“liquidation of the sterling bloc
and subjugation of the pound to
the dollar.”
Canadian Dollar
Canada’s Parliament awaited a
statement from the Finance Min
istry, with regard to the position
of the Canadian dollar, but trad
ing continued uninterrupted on
| the stock exchanges today.
i Mexico expected littie immedi~
'ate effect on the peso, but trade
with the sterling area was ex
pected to jump.
In the United States, officials
welcomed the 30.52 per cent cut
in the pound and the correspond
ing ente by Norway, Denmark,
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Egypt, Burma, New Zeal ¢
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ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1949,
"No Pension--No Work"
UMW Cry: Walkout Begins
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Diggers Angry With Lewis
. .
Over Suspending Benefits
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 19. — (AP) «—— Coal mines shut
down across the nation today as John L. Lewis’ diggers
struck again on their own—this time crying “no pension,
no work.”
Production of anthracite (hard ceal) and bituminous
(soft epal) is being choked off by anger of the United
Mine Workers over President Lewis’ suspension of pension
and welfare fund payments.
Actually, miners’ pent-up feel
ings are aimed at Southern Coal
Operators who refused any more
20 cent per ton royalty payments
into the weltare fund until a new
contract is signed. The refusal
prompted Lewis’ suspension of
welfare benefits.
Most of the UMW’s 480,000
members in 20 states are expected
to be idle by nightfall.
Lewis said the welfare pay stop
is due to the fund running low on
cash, But it’s all part of the UMW
fight for a new contract. He's
deadlocked with sperators zfisr
prolonged talks,
Walkouts started last midniget
and gained headway over the
coal fields today as come-to-work
whistles blew in vain. UMW
leaders insisted the uniom’s rank
and file is acting on its own initia
tive, that Lewis has issued no
strike call. He never does.
West Virginia, biggest soft coal
producing state, reported its 120,-
000 miners joining the stoppage.
Producing Parade
Pennsylvania, No. 2 on the pro
ducing parade, saw miners refus
ing to show up at pits across the
state. The Western Pennsylvania
Coal Operators Association said
no miners were working in the
rich bituminous belt employing
56,000. All big mines in Centra
Pennsylvania, employing 45,000
also were down.
Only a few of Eastern Pennsyl
vania’s 80,000 . hard coal miners
showed up for work, They sat
around and talked for a while and
then went home. The great ma
jority never reached the mines.
Many industry leaders had ex
pectec‘ the hard coal mines to con
tinue king since the onerators
have continued royalty payments.
The anthracite pension fund is
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WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and continued
warm through Tuesday and
likely Wednesday, A few scat
tered thundershowers mostly in
late afterneon. Low 70: high
tomorrow 89. Sunset today 6:35;
sunrise tomorrpw 6:19,
GEORGIA — Partly ecloudy
and warm with scattered thun
dershowers this afternoon.
Mostly fair and not so warm
tonight and Tuesday except
widely scattered thundershow
ers in extreme south.
TEMPERATURE
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Normel &0 800 wihe
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ~ .00
Total since Sept. 1 .. .... 2.16
Deficit since Sept. 1 ~ ... .08
Average Sept, rainfall .. .. 3.28
Total since January 1 '..,.35.62
Deficit since January 1 .. 1.07
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PISTOL-WHIPPED BY PROFESSOR
Nurse Ann B. Pierce (arrow) was victim of pistol
whipping for which University of South Careling pre
fessor Russel B. Maxey was convicted in Columbia, S.
C., late Saturday night. Maxey said he took this picture
at Myrtle Beach, S. C., during the autumn of 1948 at the
time he took ‘figure studies” of the 35-yvear-old bru
nette divorcee. Maxey said he was in love with Miss
Piorce and became angry whnen ne neard her speak iov
ingly to a Columbia doctor on the telephone. He said
he was hiding' beneath ‘her bed at the time. — (AP
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50 Hurt
In Train
Derailment
NEWTON, N, C, Sept, 19—
(AP)—Six cars and the locomo
tive of a Southern Railway pas
mg train jumped the track and
spil down an embankment
here today injuring about 50 per
sons, some seriously,
Railroad sources said two negro
cooks were trapped in their diner
and probably were dead. An
emergency ecall for steel cutting
equipment was sent out by police
in efforts to rescue them and any
others possibly trapped in the
mass of wreckage,
Newion is about. 40 miles
northwesg of Charlotte.
Screaming ambulances raced
the injured to the Catawba Gen
eral Hospital, where Dr. Frank
Jones said “about 50” patients
had been admitted. Some were
seriously hurt, he added,
The accident occurred about
5:10 a. m., as the westbound train,
No. 15, approached the Newton
station where it had been due at
4:48 a. m. It was inside the city
limits. 3
.The two-uiil Deisel’ Tocomotive
flipped off the rails and rolled
down the embankment. Following
it oif were the diner, a passenger
coach, a combination passenger
baggage car and three mail and
express cars.
PONDER CARSON
Senate Begins Tough
Battle On Arms Bill
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—(AP)—Debate on the sl,-
314,010,000 foreign arms bill and a vote on a Presidential
nomination top today’s schedule in the Senate.
Outcome of the vote—on whether to confirm Mr. Tru
man’s appointment of John Carson as a member of the
Federal Trade Commission—was in doubt.
“"!‘he arms Qetf?‘te was a sure bet| jority,” he said.
for a tough battle.
White-haired Tom Connally of
Texas was the administration’s
——— s load. off man in
the debate.
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BODIES REMOVED AFTER NORONIC DISASTER
Rescue workers were still removing
bodies from the ship S. S. Noronie in har
bor at Toronto, Canada. The cruise ship
burned Friday night and Saturday morn-
Elephant Shares
Birthday Cake
With Big Crowd
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 19
~(AP)—An elephant and an
estimated 12,000 persons ate
cake together yesterday.
The throng showed up at the
Little Rock zoo to give Ruth,
the elephant, a birthday party.
Ruth was permitted to go off
her striet diet to taste the first
piece of a cake eight by seven
feet square, five feet tall and
weighing about 800 pounds.
Then youngsters and adults
alike filed@ by for their pieces. ~
Ruth—who had been given a
special bath, pedicure (polished
toenails) and a singe for ihe oc
casion—provided the entertain
ment. She went through a rou
tine of tricks she learned in a
circus years ago.
OKAY
| Connally, chairman of the For
| eign Relations Committee, thinks
l four days of debate will be enough
l on the bill and he will fight any
{-amendments that are offered.
i Chief of these is one offered by
| Senator George (D-Ga.) to cut
| the arms aid for Western Europe
from $1,000,000,000 down to $300,~
000,000. .
The formation of a defense com
mittee for the Atlantic area did
not halt Geerge in his move for a
cut. He says there is no need for
haste in providing large-scale
armaments before the committee
makes its defense recommenda
tions.
Police Force
One group of senators led by
Sparkman (D-Ala.) wants 10 to
25 per cent of the European
money to be used in building up
a North Atlantic police force.
Carson’s nomination for the
trade commission post has been
opposed by most of the Repub
licans, led by Senator Bricker
(R-Ohio).
Bricker attacked Carson’s eco
nomic views, asserting he had no
experience in business. Some
Democrats who read the record
of Carson’s testimony outlining his
economic views before the Senate
Commerce Committee said they
also were likely to vote against
confirmation.
Senator Tydings (D-Md.) pre
dicted meantime that Mr. Truman
may have to go outside of industry
for a munitions board chairman.
Last Friday the Senate rejected'
the President’s choice of Carl A.
Ilgenfritz for this important de
fense department office. They did
so because Ilgenfritz didn’t want
to give up his $70,000 yearly pay |
as a vice president of United
States steel. |
Losing Fight
Tydings, who led the iosing fight'
for confirmation, said he thinksl
the Senate’s action may have made
it almost impessible to get a man
from industry for the post. It pays
$14,000 a vear. : :
The Senate Commerce Com- |
miitee was studying stilk another'
presidential nomination that
seemed headed for t"oubk—-‘%l:x
of Leland ‘Olds #s Federal o
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121 Bodies Removed
From Death Ship
Divers Groping Below Sunken Decks
In Search Of 84 Passengers Missing
TORONTO, Ont., Sept. 19.— (AP)—The known dead
pulled from the flame-swept S. 8. Noronic stood at 121
today as divers groped below the sunken decks of the
charred cruise ship in search of 84 passengers still report
ed missing. ; .
Red Cross officials expressed
the belief that many of those un
accounted for after the panic
spreading blaze Saturday had
gone to their homes without re
porting their survival. Canadian
authorities had feared the death
toll might reach 205.
Hope that first death estimates
might have been high rose when]
divers reported yesterday they
had not found the “50 or 60"
bodies firemen said they believed
were trapped in the burned-out
cabins. The ship settled to the
bottom of her dock slip after the
early morning blaze,
Three charred = forms were
taken out of the submrerged cab
ins last night, bringing the known
ffi‘d in an emergency morgue to
Dr. W. S. Stanbury, National
Commissioner of the Canadian
Red Cross, expressed his per
sonal belief that 90 percent of the
84 passengers still unaccounted
for would be found “safe at home
in the United States.” Most of the
ship’s 511 passengers were Am=-
ericans.
Improvised Morgue
Long lines of grief-stricken rel
atives sought, meanwhile to make
identification among the blacken
ed corpses laid out in an impro
vised morgue, formerly used as an
exhibition building,
By early today only 36 bodies
had been identified.
Even as the divers searched
last night, flames flared up again
in the charred hull of the $5,000,~
000 Noronic. Firemen with chems
ical extinguishers boarded the
vessel and reported a few min
utes later that the smouldering
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STATE GRAND CHAMP
Carey O’Kelley Enters Prize
Jersey In All-American Show
Cary O’Kelley, 13-year-old owner of Georgia’s grand
champion Jersey cow, is getting ready for one of the big
gest trips of her life. : : : ! +
Miss O’Kelley leaves Sunday for
Memphis, Tenn., where she will
enter Roselea Val’'s Ann in quest
of the national title for Jersey
cows. Roselea Val’s Ann won the
State grand championship -for
Carey on her owner’s thirteenth
birthday in competition at Atlanta.
Twelve other young Georgia
winners will also be at the big
show in Memphis, besides six
Athenians who will accompany
the young 4-H champ.
The Georgia entrants will exhi
bit their livestock Wednesday
night, September 28, in the Jun
ior All-American Show. In event
of placing within the first five
winners, Georgia’s representatives
will show their entries again, the
younger ones Thursday night and
the older ones Friday night. ‘
A big luncheon has also been
planned for the voumg livestock
raisers, and a big party is sche
duled ViVednesday
‘The iast three years of the na
fio;lffigq-hwg seen Georgia's
junior eniries walk off with more
ing. Over 200 persons lost their lves in
the disaster, described as the worst in
Great Lakes marine history.— (AP Wire
photo.)
Guest Seeking
Re-Election
In 4th Ward
Kenneth F. Guest, councilman
from the Fourth ward, today guale
ified with the Clarke county Dem«
ocratic Executive committee as &
candidate for re-election.
Mr, Guest is completing his first
two-year term as a councilman.
Mr. Guest says he was the younge
est man ever elected to City Coun=
cil when he took office in 1947.
He has served as a member of
the finance committee and the
special fire committee for both
vears; the traffic committee iz
1848, and the slum clearance an
health center this year. ;
A member of Central Presbye
terian church, Mr. Guest s a vete
eran of the Naval Air Force, hav~
ing served in the Pacific theater
and is a member of the American
Legion Post No. 20,
Mr. Guest is the owner of the
new .Guest Photographers Studio
and resides at 445 N. Pope street,
with Mrs. Guest, the former Gen=
evieve Wash, of Alameda, Calif.,
one son, Kenneth, jr., and a daugh
ter, Susan,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18—(AP)
—The Senate has approved the
following nominations for post
masters in Georgia:
Helen G. Casey, Kennesaw,
Mary F. Turner, Portal, Herman
F. Crider, Thunderbold, and Wil~
liam B. Hale, Watkinsville, i
BY CURTIS DRISKELL
prize money than any other State,
and this year’s group of entries has
been said to look about the best in
several-years. ' : * o
Also representing Georgia in
the All-American show will be
Billy Russell, Frankie Hutcher=
son, and Ira Kingsley, all of Ross
ville; J. M. Gaines, Powder
Springs; Billy Smith, Ringeld;
Gennelle Henderson, Monticello;
Carolyn Higginbotham, and Ann
Shepard, Washington; Betty Big
gers, Blythe; Larry Hildreath,
Keysville; and Billy Stone, Mon
roe.
Accompanying Miss O'Kelley to
the national show will bhe her
father, R. L. O'Kelley, Winterville;
| H. K. Welsch, Frank W, Fitch, L.
| C. Westbrook, Dr. W. H, Cabaniss,
’ and Dr M. P. Jarnigan, all of Ath
€ens
- Carey will return from the A
American show next Saturday.
The fcglowlnfg w;eel‘:‘ ’;hrgze will end
competition for h Jersey
in the Southéastern Fair In A
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