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Vol CXVII, No. 234,
SAFE CRACKERS GET $3,500 FROM ROWE WAREHOUSE
This Year
pY ED THILENIUS
Safe crackers mad 2 another
paul in this city last night when
they punched open a safe in the
Rowe Warehouse on Oneta
street and escaped with $3,500,
Police Chief Clarence Roberts re
pc{".&d: :
The safe iob was the second
perfumed on the Rowe Company
this year, the previous caper be
ing pulled on the night of March
18th. A total o. $2,200 was taken
hat date. &
o%‘riiltjf Roberts said the punch job
was expertly performed and that
the safe crackers lef no clues be=
ind -them
mn}‘mtv gained entrance to the
puilding through a rear window,
and made their exit the same way.
The same method was used on
the previous burglary.
The money stolen last night was
all in cash, Rowe C-’)mpany offi
cials said and in various type
bills.
Although there are four safes
in the Rowe plant the burglars
only punched one. On the pre
vious break-in all four were
punched open.
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Search Doubled
. . .
For Missing Girl
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12—(AP)
—Fearing another Black Dahlia
slaying, police today launched an
intensive search of Griffith Park’s
Fern Dell for the body of Jean
Spangler, film bit player.
The 27-vear-old beauty’s purse,
with handies ripped off one side,
was found in Fern Dell some 36
hours after she disappeared.
Several hundred officers are
participating in the hunt, includ
ing homicide men, who entered
the case yesterday. :
Investigators said they had lit
tle to go on in a parallel with un=-
solved sex Kkillings such as that
of Elizabeth Short, called the
‘Black Dahlia,” in January, 1947.
After Miss Short’s nude, bisec
ted body was found, someone
mailed her purse to police.’ln"the
{isappearance of Mrs. Mimi
Boomhower, Bel-Air widow, last
August, her purse was found at a
market. No trace of her has been
found.
In Miss Spangler’s purse was
found a cryptic note, apparently
in her handwriting, stating:
“Kirk can’t wait any longer. Go
ing to see Dr. Scott. It will work
best this way while mother is
away.”
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Georgia - N. C.
Pictures Here
Shots from the Georgia-North
Carolina game can currently be
seen in the newsreel at the Palace
Theater,
Highlighting the Bulldog-Tar
Heel film is the 88-yard touch
down run by Eli Maricich for
Georgic’s second touchdown.
Two other games are being
shown also, the Pehn State. Army
and Pittsburg-Northwestern tilt.
The feature attraction is ”I was a
Male War Bride.”
Bulletin
ATLANTA, Oct. 12.—(AP)—
Former Governor M. E. Thomp-
Son demanded today the right
1 be heard tomorrow in an in
vestigation of alleged wide open
liquor sales in Georgia dry
counties under state protection.
) Thompson, advised that the
h:armg in which he is involved
lmfr b‘fe“ postponed from to
ed h':“fi until Tuesday, declar-
Revey TH would go to the State
Jevenue Department tomorrow.
GE [-ACQUAINTED VISIT
Nehru On Extensive
Tour O Sigh
our Of U. 8. Sights
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.— (AP) —Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru of India set out today on a strenuous
gel-acquainted tour of the United States. American offi
¢lals hope it will help make India incline more strongly
toward the West in the cold war with Russia.
Nehru is a hero of his country’s
fight for freedom and probably
the outstanding figure in Asia. He
Was greeted personally by Presi
dent Truman on his arrival late
Yesterday for @ state visi’, of near=
ly a month, Last night he was Mr.
Truman's guest at a formal din-
Der at Blair House, :
A Visit 10 Mount Vornsn and
e tomb of the unknown soldier
vere the prime minister’s sehed
ule tOda)'.")l'hi:; will be followed by
tWo more days of sightseeing,
Bpeeches anqd handshaking in the
Capita] before he leaves Saturday
for New York and a transcontin
tal toyp,
I is Nehru's first visit to the
Uniteq States, of which he has
been critipal at times, partly on
;1)9 Score of American race rela
lOl’}S,
A oderate socialist who heads
India's majority COW partz;
Be also hag expressed doubts in
&: Last of the virtues of Ameri
%o style capitalism,
Bome of fis ideas thl”
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
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waite, and his bride, the former Susanna Wilcox of Au
gusta, Ga., leave St. Margaret’s Church in London after
their wedding. They met six years ago while he was a
war evacuee student in Augusta, His mother was an Au
gusta girl. She met Sir Albert while he was stationed in
Augusta on a military mission in World War IL.—(AP
Wirephoto.)
Without Oppositi
Austin Bans New Soviet Atom Curb
Plan As “Attempt To Fool Public” .
By The Associated Press
Chinese Communists today were rushing in to take Can
ton. No effective Nationalist force stood in their way.
The Nationalist government fled to Chungking, the
wartime capital away in the interior. Roads leading out of
Canton were jammed with refugees,
“Heat Wave”
To Continue
By The Associated Press
The early autumn season ‘“heat
wave” continued over most of the
Eastern and Southern States to
day with the mercury heading for
mid 50s,
Temperatures were in the mid
eighties over much of the hot belt
yesterday. Rochester, N Y., re
ported a high of 89, a record for
the date. The mercury climbed to
90 at Huntington, W. Va, 86 at
Philadelphia, 85 at Washington
and 84 at New York and Pitts
burgh. It was 91 at New Orleans
and Brownsville, Tex.
Readings were seasonable gver
the central and western states.
The strong winds which swept
over the central states earlier in
the week diminished yesierday. A
survey disclosed a death toll of 22
and heavy property damage. The
deaths included seven in Wis
consin, four in Kansas, three each
in Wyoming and Illinois; two each
in South Dakota and Nebraska
and one in lowa.
Federal foresters were called
in to clear a road to an area 10U
miles west of Missouis, Mont,,
where a snowstorm isolated 70
hunters.
A narrow band of rain today
extended from lower Michigan
southward through Indiana info
parts of Arkansas, Louisiana and
Southern Texas. Elsewhere across
the country the weather was gen
erally fair. .
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Hong Xong dispatches said
thousands of Canton refugees are
pouring into the British Crown
Colony. They came in a steady
stream by train, plane, and boat.
One steamship with a normal ca
pacity of 300 brought 700.
Hong Kong is overcrowded. In
additlon to the regular popula
tion, the British have quartered
40,000 defense forces in the tiny
island colony and the adjacent
leased territory of Kowloon.
Some reports in Canton said
the Communists have already
reached the outlying suburbs.
Others said the advance units of
the Reds were 35 miles away.
There was no sign of National
ist resistance, although there
Semee e WETE. T fhDpoted
World Newsto be five Nat
ionalist = armies
ROUfldHP to defend the
——————— tottering capital.
An estimated 80,000 governmrent
troops were fallinz back of the
'city. The Communists speculated
these troops would be evacuated
to Formosa where Chiang Kai
shek has built a fortress for a
last ditch stand.
Nationalist leaders continued to
squabble in the face of defeat.
Acting President Li Tsung-jen
was said to be resisting efforts of
Chiang to run what was left of
the South China show.
U. S. Secretary of State Ache
son is expected to outline United
States policy on China in a closed‘
door talk with the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee in Washing- |
ton. |
Arms Census |
The Soviet Union has renewed
her demand for a world wide
census by the United Nations of
all armaments including atom
bombs.
Under a proposal made by
Deputy Foreign Minister Jakob
Malik yesterday before the U. N.
Security Council, each nation
would report on its own weapons.
He proposed no provision for
checking on the truth of the state
ments.
Warren R. Austin, U, S. dele
gate, told reporters: “A census of
weapons without verification isl
meaningless. This is another at
tempt to fool the public.” ‘
Prague correspondents reported |
purge arrests of thousands are
continuing in Czechoslovakia. The
11-day old purge seems to aim at
liquidating the mnriddle class—-
(Continued on Page Ten.)
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Cop Killer Gets
.
Chair Sentence
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Oct. 12 — |
(AP) — Earl D. Bircham, 45,}
canea a notoricus pubiic csnemy |
by the FBI, must die in the elec- I
tric chair for the slaying of a
Louisville policeman.
An all-male jury deliberated a
little more than an hour last
night before returning a verdict
of guilty of murder n the shoot
ing of Patrolman John Tennyson.
It fixed his punishment at death
in the electric chair.
Bircham, the prosecution charg
ed, shot Tennyson to death in a
running battle here on the night
of Aug. 14 and wounded another
policeman, John Allea Ross, six
“"fl s, (
N Ress testified the officers had
recognized Bircham as & wanted ‘{
ATHENS, CA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1949,
Development Corporation
Activated At Civic Meet
= &
Sufficient Stock Is Bought
. . e
To Push Industrial Objective
BY CURTIS DRISKELL
The Athens Industrial Development Corporation moved
from idea form into reality here last night, when nearly
400 civie-minded Athenians met at Coordinate dining hall
and pledged to back the corporation with $75,300 in stock
subscriptions.
At last night’s meeting, the basic
idea behind the formaticn of the
new development corporation <=
that of doing something to in=-
crease the industrial payrolls in
Athens—was put squarely before
those present, and different phas
es of the situation ware discussed.
G. A. Booth cited the progress
of Athens religiously, culturally,
educationally and agricuiturally,
but said that “we must admit in=
dustry has not progressed in
Athens.”
“It takes hard cash to deal with
a manufacturing concern and to
get an industry to move here,”
Mr. Booth said. “We bave merely
organized a corporation, and the
stockholders will run the corpor=
ation as they see fit.” rle explain=-
ed that stock-holders will be in
vesting in a revolving fund and
may be able to realize dividends
10 or 20 times, according to their
own initiative.
“Momentous Decision”
When the first meeting of the
Chamber Board of Directors was
called to discuss the organization
of the corporation, grest enthu
siasm was shown from the begin=
ning, and the opportunity was
deemed the biggest chance to
bring industry to the community,
Mr. Booth said.
W. A. Mathis told the assembly
that “we have a momnentous de
cision to make,” and he urged
speed in making the decision to
to back the corporation. S
Three fundamental necessities
of a town that wants an industry
were named by Mr. Mathis. Lead
ership of men in the community,
adequately supply of labor, and
ability of the laborsare most im
portant, he said. Mr. Mathis told
briefly of two industries already
investigated that have shown def=
inite interest in locating here.
Howell Erwin, jr., tcld of the
formation of the corporation, and
said that the group nere was one
of 30 corporations formed in
Georgia since thé war, He cited
‘several smaller towns and their
corporations and vold of progress
made in the eommunities.
~ Leroy Michael, who heads the
stock solicitation committee, pre
sided during the time pledges
‘'were being made, and emphasiz=-
‘ed the necessity for speed in get
ting the corporation ready for
dealing with interested indus=
tries.
¢ Operating Basis
Mr.' Michael told those present
that “frankly, we zan not op
erate on a small-time basis, but
must show tonight that we are
ready for big things for Athens.”
He said that the basic sum of
$75,000 puts the corporation in a
position to deal with industries,
and leaves the directors ready for
action in bringing an interested
industry to Athens.
Others who spoke at the meet=
ing included Mr. Benson, who re
emphasized the fact that “now is
our opportunity.” Mr. Benson is
co-chairman of the sdlicitation
committee.
Malcolm Ainsworth, seceretary
of the Chamber of Cnmmerce, éx
pressed confidence - this morning
that the corporation will soon
reach SIOO,OOO in stock subscrip=-
tions. He said the tremendous
civie spirit shown by the group at
last night's meeting was gratify
ing, and added that “Athens has
been undersold in the past as to
its community spirit «nd ability to
get something done.”
Subscriptions for stock in the
newly formed corporation were
raised in the amount ot $75,300
within less than an hour, and the
corporation was termed “ready
for action,” in carrying out its
job of seeking increased indus
SHERIEF WAS WAITING
Prisoner’s ‘Chute
Leap For Naught
NASHVILLE, Ark., Oct. 12.—
(AP) — A daring young soldier |
named EPrivaie nowara A. Shin
neman may own the dubious dis-i
tinction *of being the first mili=
tary prisoner to parachute from a;
plane. |
Records on this sort of thing
virtually are nil. |
The 23-year-old Clinton, IIL,
war veteran dived out of a C-82i
—commonly known as a “flying
boxcar”’—at about 3,000 feet over
southwestern Arkansas yesterday
afternoon. The plane was carry=-
ing a crew and 10 military pris
oners from Forbes Air Base at
Topeka, Kas., to Clarksdale Air
Force Base, Shreveport, La, i
" The spectacular break was en
trial payrolls in Athens.
Stockhoiders Meeting
A meeting of stock-holders in
the corporation, which already
numbers 181, will be held in the
council chamber of the city hall
today at four o’clock for the pur
pose of electing directors, who
will inturn elect officers to head
the corporation, Mr. Ainsworth
said this morning. All stockhold
ers are urged to be present.
Presiding at last .aigat’s meet
ing was Malcolm A. Rowe, vice
president of the Chamber of
Commerce, who introduced G. A.
Booth, chairman of the committee
in charge of the dinner; Luther
Glass, president of the Civitan
Club; . William C. Hartman, jr.,
President of the Jaycees; W. A.
Mathis, president of the Kiwanis
Club and chairman of the Cham
ber’s Industrial Council; J. W.
(Continued on Page Ten.)
HALSEY TO FIRE
\
Retired Admiral Gets Long Awaited
Chance To Defend Navy For Probers
“ WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—(AP) —Fleet Admiral W.F.
“Bull” Halsey was called to the stand today to fire a fresh
Navy salvo against defense policies which Navy men say
favor the Air Force.
The retired admiral, who has eagerly awaited his turn
in the week-long Navy attack in Congress against the de
fense department, was moved up on the witness list by
Chairman Vinson (D.-Ga.) of the House Armed Services
Committee. /
The committee heard from Fleet
Adm. W. H. P. Blandy last night
i e that proposed
| ':,;s;)xv),, cuts in funds
Ԥ R would put his
i GGk forces. ‘‘danger-
B W ously below”
ew4 minimum needs,
B i with a ‘very |
. 4 8 i dangerous effect”
; a,% . @ on national se
-4% B curity. |
Ty There is such a
il 4B thing, said Blan
véd 4 dy, as “reducing
i ot ; a carrier task
force to such pu=-
l Wm. F. Halsey ny proportions
that it practically constitutes a
suicide force.” And that, said the
commander of the Atlantic Fleet,
is what seems to be in prospect for
his command. l
l
Farm—Political experts watch- |
ing the Senate farm debate specu=
lated on the effect of reported dif
ferences between President Tru
man and Senate Democratic Lead~-
er Lucas of Illinois. |
The President was said to be I
backing a program, like that pass
-43 the Honse,™ "~ .
calling for rela
tively high, stea- Congress
dy government ROUHdUP
supports for basi¢—————————
crops. Lucas, on the other hand,
helped push through the Senate a |
plan which would let supports |
rise and fall, within certain limits, t
according to the amount of each !
crop available. |
Lilcas is running for re-election |
in next year’s -congressional races. |
And farm matters are expected to
loom large in the campaign. It'
looked as if Lucas might find him
gineered, Shinneman said, to win
a $5 bet he doesn’t expect to col
lect—and for a thrill. He said he
~didn’t intend to escape; but had
planned to report to Barksdale on
his own. -
It also (1) earned Shinneman
brief freedom — five hours of
itrudging five miles over unfa
' miliar and muddy country a hunt
ed man, and (2) created quite a
commotoin in these parts.
gheriff Arthur E. Hicks of
Howard county and a “court
house friend,” as he was identi
fied, captured the young fugitive
by following rumors of a man in
uniform cutting across fields and
foads. The catch wae made in
l (Continued on Page Ten.)
Murray Sees Steel Strike
End With Complete Victory
Fire Prevention
Speaker Calm ;
As Hotel Blazes
SPOKANE, Wash,, Oct 12—
AP)—Fire Inspector Richard
Knox, giving a Fire Prevention
taik last night on the evils of
careless cigarette throwing was
interrupted by sirens and bells.
Outside the Desert Hotel
where .he was speaking, three
fire wagons pulled to a halt and
crews began seiting up equip
ment to fight a blaze. There was
lots of smoke but little damage.
Firemen found the source of
the first in a basement ventilat
ing fan and placed the blame-—
on a carlessly thrown cigarette,
taUpstalrs, Knox completed his
Ik. A
self backing one farm program in
the race, while Mr. Truman is vig
orously supporting an opposition
plan.
Foreign — Senators awaited the
appearance of Secretary of State
Acheson for a new review of the
I cold war with Russia—possibly in
cluding facts on latest administra
| tion policy toward Communist
! China.
] Acheson was slated to meet with
| the Senate Foreign Relations Com
" mittee behind closed doors, mainly
for a discussion of the Chinese sit- |
uation. He was reported in ad
vance to feel that the best policy
still is to see what happens before
deciding what to do about recog
nizing the Communist regime.
Senator Knowland (R.-Calif.)
told the Senate yesterday that no
matter what other nations may do,
[this country should flatly refuse
recognition to the Communists be
cause it would just be followed by |
demands for new concessions.
Five Percenters—The Senate in
vestigations subcommittee called
a meeting to consider a Republican '
demand for renewal of the five
percenter inquiry. .
Ten days ago, Senators Margaret |
Chase Smith (R.-Me.), Mundt (R.-'
S.D.) and McCarthy (R.-Wis.) in
terpreted a statement by Chair-l
man Hoey (D.-N.C.) to mean that
he planned to wind up the probe.
They objected strongly. !
Hoey said that isn’t what he
meant at all, and called the meet
ing for today to talk things over.
The three GOP committee mem- !
pbers want to question additional
witnesses in the committee’s in
vestigation into the use of influ
ence in government contracting. |
Appropriations — Senate leaders |
(Continued on Page Ten.) !
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly cloudy and warmer
with showers this afternoon
and tonmight. Clearing and cool
er late tonight and Thursday.
Low. tonight 60, high Thursday
74. Sunsets 6:04 and rises 6:36.
GEORGIA — Consider
able cloudiness and warmer
with showers this afternoon and
Willglit, Devoning oaslss in avw.
treme north portion tonight.
Thursday clearing and cooler
preceded by showers in south
east portion, *
TEMPERATURE
Mighast o 0 LR
LTowaet ..0 iy e i
BEURN ... sine cne maun waTH
Wevtoll ... ..00 il
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since October 1 .. .. .62
Deficit since October 1 ... 1.00
Average October rainfall .. 2.91
Total since January 1 ....56.64
Deficit since January 1 .. 4.27
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Crisis Looms As Coal Strike Enters ™
24th Day; Contract Talks Are Resumed
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 12.— (AP) —Philip Murray says
the nationwide steel gtrike will end soon—with ecomplete
victory for his men in their fight for free pensions and in
surance,
“I assure you that before very long we will all be hap+«
py,” Murray said in a fighting address at Youngstown,
Ohio. It was his first talk of a pep tour to take him to seve
eral of the nation’s steel eenters. '.
There was no reply from in
dustry to Murray’s optimism—or
to his charges industry had forced
454,000 of his men to strike. !
The U. S. Conciliation Service
went ahead setting up separatel
—emeee i@EYHINES dwti th‘
union an op
Labor industry leaders |
Roundup in an effort to
e = break the strike.
The first session is scheduled with
Bethlehem Steel Corporation to=-
morrow at New York.
The Coneiliation Service also
kept an eye on reopening of con
tract talks today between soft coal
operators and the striking 380,000
United Mine Workers. It’s worried
over the approaching erisis as the
result of the 24-day old eoal
strike.
Both strikes are threatening &
knockout blow at American econ
omy. More and more industries
are being affected.
Iron Age, the National Metal-
Working Weekly, says if real col
lective bargaining does not take
place soon, the country can look
for one of the worst tieups In its
history “because it will knock re
‘covery efforts of the economy into
a cocked hat.”
Iron Age said steel stocks are
generally smaller than had at first
been estimated. It added that close
checking indicates few big fabri
cators will be able to operate more
than 30 days without curtailing
production.
The fabricators, employing a
half million steelworkers, are
threatened by strikes starting Sat
urday. Their contracts begin run
ning out then, continuing until
mid-December. Murray already
has served notice he wants free
pensions and insurance for the
fabricator employes, just as he
does for the men in basic steel,
now on strike.
Strike Effects
Even as Murray was speaking to
15,000 cheering strikers yesterday,
the International Harvester Com=
pany laid off about 3,500 em
ployees at its Chicago McCormick
plant because of depleted steel
supplies. That brought the total
of men strike-idled in related in
dustries to more than 50,000—in
cluding 41,000 on coal and steel- J
hauling railroads.
The Milwaukee Railroad an-|
(Continued on Page Ten.) ]
'2 Klansmen On '
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'Trial In Tenn. |
! CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.,, Oct.
i 12— (AP) —Two men, cne a for- |
{ mer deputy sheriff, are on triall
here charged with violating the |
Tennessee anti-Ku Xlux Klan |
law. ,‘
: __Theh farmer deputy, Herman |
Blair, 40, faces a possible death |
sentence in the first major anti
lKlan trial here in many vears. He '
is charged with feloniously as
saulting Lee Edward A.lison, 22,,
|with a blackjack while in dis- |
| guise.
| Both Blair and William Hardin,
| 34, are charged with misdemean=
,ors in the “terror and intimida
tion” of citizens by a masked mob
at the Dolly Pond Church of Godi
last May 7.
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EDITION
Roscoe Long }
Named GSA
Vice - P
Vice - Prexy
| Roscoe Long, well known Athen«
! fan, was elected second vice-presi=
|, dent of the Georgia Singing Asso=
| ciation at its state convention res
| cently held in Atlanta.
Named president by the convene
tion, which was attended by some i
2,000 people from all parts of tha
state was Jack Stancil of Atlanta, |
First vice-president is C. J. Kamm
of Savannah. Mr. Lon{ is second
vice-president, and Melvin Toms
of DeKalb county was named sece
retary~treasurer.
| The executive committee will
| be announced at a later date. !
Mr. Long is a former officer in
the state association, which nume
bers in the fi\firulmdl. ?‘u :-d\g
ance agent, . Long is dely
known.‘in service organizations,
currently serving as Tenth Dise
trict Commander of the Americany |
Legion and being a Past Com-nj
mander of Allen R. Fleming jr., |
Post No. 20. 34
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’Fake Ga. Liquor
Stamps Uncovered
{ ATLANTA, Oct. 12.—~{AP)-
Counterfeit liquor tax stampe are
helping some liquor men .evade
the state’s newly increased waree
house fee, .
| Charlie Redwine, State Reve=
nue Conmmissioner, reporied the
! alcohol control wunit has had
i agents working to break up the
counterfeit ring for the past few
| weeks,
Redwine said he is obtaining 3
new type of stamp which woul
defy copying by counterfeiters.
Daniel Duke, Atlanta attorney,
told the Atlanta Constitution 0‘
counterfeit stamp sales and chare
ged Redwine and Claude Shaw,
| special state investigator eof the
liquor industry, were “asleep at
the switch.” Duke has charged
' Redwine and Gov. Herman Tale
-madge with favoritism in the liw
quor probe.
A state agent sald that by using
she imitation tax stamps, & re=
tailer could dodge the sl2 a case
warehouse fee,
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Reservists rgflvg% |
Set Program (1
A special program wili be pree
sented to local Army Reservists
by Team Number 8 from the Ine
fantry School, Fort Benning,
Georgia at 8:00 p. m., Thursday
night in the Organized Reserve
Corps Armory.
The program will consist of ine
struction on the ‘Latest Weapons
for the Soldier, Scope: Reecent De
velopments in Light Weapons.
Aiid end Naval Reservists are ine
vited.
.
Different
Brand Of
Branding
Feeling the
“gting” of & new
brand of
branding iren,
Frances le Maire
is feeling me
pain after being
given the hot
seat in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
The painless
fron leaves an
inked impres
sion, and also
the definite
impression that
& good time was
had by all at the
Las Vegas Press
* Club’s annuat
“Branding Iron”
dinner,