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U. S. EMBASSY CLERK FREED FROM JAIL BY CZECHS
Samuel Meryn, U. S. embassy clerk in
Prague who was jailed for 19 days by
the Czechs, meets newsmen in Munich,
(jermany, after his release. He smiles
and savs ‘“no comment.” His wife is with
“Keep Army Strong”
Armistice Dav Aim
Secretary Gray Says World War 11
Cost May Pass One Trillion Dollars
By The Associated Press
World War II ultimately may cost the United States
more than $1,000,000,000,000, Secretary of the Army
Gray said today.
That’s one trillion dollars.
In a speech prepared for delivery to an Armistice Day
audience at Greenville, N, C., Gray said the high cost of
war is an excellent reason for keeping the United States
military machine powerful.
He said a militarily strong Unit- W. Stuart Symingion, in an ad-
ed States might discourage another |
war precipitated by an aggressor—
or might insure victory if war
comes. ‘
Gray declared that the Army!
still wants two steps taken to as
sure its strength: ‘
1. Retention of the draft act on
the statute books instead of letting
it expire next year.
2. Adoption of a universal mil
itary tralning system. : 4
Gray was one of many notables
who participated in Armistice Day
ceremonies.
The nation’s observance was led
by President Truman, who was to
vlace a wreath on the grave of the
Unknown Soldier at Arlington Na
tional cemetery.
Truman Talks
The President had an Armistice
Day speaking engagement at a
luncheon meeting of the National
Conference of Christians and Jews
n Washington. ‘
Numerous other government no
tables, military officials and civic
leaders across the nation recalled
in speeches the toll of past wars
md urged the need for military
readiness to prevent another,
George N. Craig, national com
nander of the American Legion,
aid in an address prepared for
lelivery at the Arlington tomb that
he nation is observing Armistice
Day this year “within the dark
hadow” of the atomic bomb, be
ause it failed te achieve enduring
eace after the first world war.
Gray said in his speech that the
first outlay of World War I was
tbout $27,000,000, while® its even
ual cost was estimated by Presi
lent Calvin Coolidge at about
$100,000,000.
Original Cost
Within a few years, Gray said,
the cost of World War I had reach
°d nearly half the total Coolidge
had forecast. Gray added:
‘The initial cost of our partici
vation in World War II was about
$350,000,000,000 or 13 times as
sreat as the first war.
It has been estimated that the
ltimate cost of this war, includ
g expenditures already made
nd commitments already assum
ed, will total fourteen hundred and
four billion dollars.”
He included in the war cost
such items as recovery and occu
bation expenses, Veterans pay=-
ments and interest on bonds.
While Gray devoted much of his
sbeech to a discussion of the cost
ol war in dollars, Secretary of Air
Truck Hits Train;
18 Cars Derailed
WRENS, Ga., Nov. 11.—(AP)—
A lumber truck smashed into &
‘reight train at a highway cross
ing today, derailing 18 cars,
Two men in the trllick were in
sured, neither critica Y.
Station Master George Adams
said the Savannah and Atlanta
Mailroad freight was enroute from
Augusta to Savannah,
The Tumber truck, driven by
oy Black of Gibson, hit the first
freight car in the train, at a
“‘ade crossing on U, §. Highway
One. The truck knocked the car
“ls the tracks, and 17 others piled
ID. Fifteen other cars remained
o 0 the tracks,
Black and a helper, Henry
B fOwn, & negro, both were taken
'0 & hospital in Louisville,
Five crewmen onm the train
ere uninjured,
James Melton Concert In Fine Arts Tonight At 8:30
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
him. Meryn appears in good health and
is well dressed. He drove to the U. S.
consulate to report his release. — (AP
Wirephoto via radio from Frankfurt.)
dress prepared for a meeting at
Welch, W. Va., considered the cost
of war in men and resources as
well.
Symington said that the total
casualties for World War 11, the
wounded as well as the dead, were
more than a million.
MILITARY POMP, CEREMONY
Parade Highlights
Holiday Mood Here
This city observed the 31st anniversary of the Armistice
of World War I quietly, but one of the largest Armistice
Day parades put on here since the end of the war brought
the pomp and ceremony of military splendor to the streets
of Athens this morning. :
Athenians saw units from the
University of Georgia, Aitliens
High School, VFW clubs, Legion
naires, and the Red Cross pass in
review, with three big tanks
driven by University ROTC per
sonnel bringing up the rear.
The parade, highlighted by
music by the University and Ath
ens High bands, was arranged in
detail by Col. F. W. Whitney and
was termed “the largest and most
successful ever seen here.”
Places of business planned to
display American flags from sun
rise to sunset in front of their es
tablishments, and the route of
the parade was well lined with
“oOld Glory” in its red, white and
blue majesty. A large part of
downtown business closed their
firms today from 10:30 until 11
to release as many service men
and women as possible for par
ticipation in the parade.
"Grand Marshal of the parade
was Col. Whitney and assistant
marshals were Col. C. G. Ham
mond, Major R. H. Kennington,
Major Clarence Lung, E. C. Ca
vett, Cordis Thurmond, Jake Joel
and Weaver Bridges.
Col. Whitney, Major Kenning
“Russia Can Produce A-Bombs
For War,” Vishinsky Charges
By The Associated Press
Armistice Day, 1949, found the
world in disturbed peace, haunted
by a fear of atomic warfare un
known on the first Armistice Day,
Nov. 11, 1918,
The great nations remained
deadlocked in debate over a means
to control atomic energy. The
United Nations last night heard
Soviet Union Foreign Minister An
drei Y. Vishinsky say:
If war comes, Russia could pro
duce atomic bombs—‘‘as many of
these as we should need—no more
and no less.”
The British spokesman said
Vishinsky was “saber-rattling.”
————— The debate
wOr'd New‘ grinds on. Thir=
teen countries
Roundup are on the list to
— to speak at Lake
Success, The United States rep
resentative is yet to be heard.
Vishinsky said the Soviet Union
is now using atomic energy for
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
BUS DRIVER
LOSES RACE
WITH STORK
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 11,
—(AP)—Bus Driver Max Max
well lost a race with the stork
—but hadn‘t even been aware
he was racing.
Maxwell said a few miles
south of Malad, Idaho, several
Navajo Indian passenger asked
him to stop the bus so they
could get some sheepskius out
of the luggage compartment,
He complied.
A Dbit later he became aware
of the extra passenger when
the Indians walked up to the
driver’s seat and showed him a
New Papoose.
The mother, Mrs. John Pa
dilla of Crown Point, N. M,
said when she reached Salt
Lake City that she was feeling
fine and wanted to continue
her trip.
Doctors at Salt Lake General
Hospital pronounced her fit—
and on she went.
ton, Mr. Cavett, Mayor Jack R.
Wells, President Jonathan C.
Rogers of the University of Geor
gia, J. M. Drewry, and Principal
Sam W. Wood of Athens High
School reviewed the parade from
the reviewing stand on Broad
street in front of the National
Bank of Athens.
: Parade Route
The parade started from Hull
and Clayton streets and moved
east on Clayton to Jackson, Jack
son to Broad, to the YMCA for
disbandment. The mounted mar
shals left their mounts on reach
ing the reviewing stand and
watched the parade pass by.
Many servicemen and women
marched with the patriotic or
ganizations in the parade.
Legion Posts marched near the
head of the parade, followed by
‘the Organized Reserves, beth en
listed men and officers, formed
immediately behind the Legion
naires, and colored VFW mem
bers were directly behind the
Reserves. Cadets from Athens
High School, the Red Cross Units,
and the University of Georgia
ROTC cadets marched in that
order behind the colored VFW
menrbers.
peaceful purposes. He said: “We
are razing mountains; we are irri
gating deserts; we are cutting
through the jungle and the tundra;
we are spreading life, happiness,
prosperity and welfare in places
where the human footstep has not
been seen for a thousand years.”
Where in Russia is this atomic
activity? reporters asked.
Vishinsky replied: “I can’t (tell)
because I am not informed. I only
know about it in a general way.”
The foreign ministers of the
United States, Britain and France
concluded in Paris early today a
two-day conference on twice-bheat
en Germany. They emerged with
a common policy on a certain re
laxation of occupation controls.
An announcement said they pro
posed to “support and foster the
progressive integration of the
German people into the European
community.” . |
Council Plan
The Foreign Ministers drew up
ATHENS, CA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1949,
Value Of Goods Manufactured Here
Rises Sharply In Eight - Year Period
Census Report Shows Marked
Increase In Local Industry
* The value added by manufacture of goods produced in
manufacturing establishments of Athens has increased by
approximately $4,3569,000 since before the war, according
to information received here from C. Parker Persons, reg
ional director of the U. S. Department of Commerce in
Atlanta.
A Census Bureau report from
its 1947 Ceusus of Manufactures
shows, Mr. Persons said, that in ’39
the value added by manufacture
of goods produced by manufactur
ers of Athens was $2,160,000 and
that in 1947 it was $6,519,000,
The term “value added by manu
facture” means the value of man
ufactured goods in excess of the
cost of materials and supplies, the
Commerce Department official
explained. ;
All branches of Athens’ manu
facturing industries have grown
correspondingly in the eight year
period, it was stated. The number
of establishments engaged in man
ufacturing operations has increas
ed from 30 in 1939 to 41 in 1947,
the number of employees from 1,-
692 to 1,909, and salaries and
wages paid from $1,099,477 to $3,-
498,000.
The Census Bureau report,
conies of which are_savailable at
the United States Department of
Commerce office in Atlanta at 15
cents a copy, also reflects the
rapid strides made by Georgia in
dustrially since before the war.
For example, the value added by
manufacture of goods produced in
the State as a whole increased by
more than $735,967,000 since 1939,
going from a valuation of $280,~
032,000 in that year to $1,015,999,-
000 in 1947.
Also, the number of establish
ments engaged in manufacuring
operations has grown from 3,055
in 1939 to 4,754 in 1947, the num
ber of employees from 155,870 to
249,926, and salaries and wages
paid from $132,199,496 to $484,-
246,000.
Tropical Storm
Threatens Luzon
MANILA, Nov. 11— (AP) —
A tropical storm with winds of
70 miles an hour and increasing
in intensity bore down on the
central Philippines tonight.
In its path lay an area where
a typhoon 10 cays ago claimed
832 dead and missing and left
400,000 homeless.
The storm center was located
this afternoon 30 miles southwest
of Surigao. It was moving north
west at 16 miles an hour. On its
present course it would strike the
Vasayan area tonight and pass
south of Manila tomorrow.
No reports have been received
from the storm area as vet.
Escaped Convicts
Nabbed In Garage
| AUGUSTA, Ga., Nov. 11—(AP)
i —Two armed bardits who held
up and robbed a Chinese grocery
man here last night were identi
fied today as escaped convists
| from a Delaware prison.
County police listed the bandits
as Willie Norman Edwards and
Joesph A. Langford, both of
Wilmington. Del.
County officers said they told
them they were two of eight men
i who escaped from Newfoundland
prison, near Wilmington, several
weeks ago.
Deputies Sheriff Robert. W.
King and L. C. Key arrested the
pair last night at a garage on the
outskirts of the city a short time
after they robbed Y. G. Yan, a
Chinese grocery operator, of SBO9.
They had stopped at the garage to
have the automobile repaired.
i Deputy King said the men ad
mitted they were traveling in an
gutgmobile stolen in Columbia,
| plans to grant a place for West
| Germany in the European family
| and passible modification of the
| occupation statute. Allied high
' | commissioners drafted ways in
| which the West German govern=
| ment can carry on its own interna
' | tional trade with some allied sup
| ervision,
' U. S. Secretary of State Ache
son planned to visit Bonn, the
west German capital. He will talk
| with President Theodor Huess
and Chancellor Konrad Adenau
| er. It will be the first time so high
| an American official has conferr
ted directly with post war German
| government officials,
| Prime minister Shigeru Yoshi
tda of Japan said in Tokyo Japan
may walk out on the allied-Jap
| anese peace conference if allied
| terms are unsatisfactory.
| He told the upper House of
Parliament:
“A peace treaty is a right so
long as'it is a treaty. We can de
, Continued On Page Two
New VIW
Club Set
For Opening
Frank E. Mitchell Post, Veter=-
ans of Foreign Wars, will chris
ten their brand-new ultra-mod=-
en club home on Sunset Drive
tomorrow afternocon with a big
barbecue and dance that will be
the first of a series of public
functions given by the club.
The barbecue starts at 5 o’clock
and lasts until 7, and Congress
man Paul Brown of Elbérton is
to be a guest of honor. The dance
is scheduled to begin on the
beautiful new dance floor of the
club home at 8 o'clock and will
last until midnight. Coy Tucker’s
orchestra, from New York, will
furnish the music for dancing,
and feature a vocalist,
Those who do not wish to at
tend -the barbecue, but want to
come o the dance wiil be admit
ted for only one dollar.
Every detail of the $60,000 club
home, except the front porch, will
be conrpleted for the opening of
the home tomorrow, according to
Commander Johnny Wier and
Mayo C. Buckley, chairman of the
board of trustees. Many beautiful
fixtures on tihe interior oi the
club house and future plans for
outside. recreational facilities will
make the Frank E. Mitchell Post
-one of tive. most complete VEW
homes anywhere, e Y
$75,000 Project
The entire project is expected
to be completed in the near future
at a total cost of $75,000, Com
mander Wier said.
The Frank E. Mitchell Post is
planning to conduct weekly
dances at its new home to derive
revenue for maintenance of the
club. Every function at the
Mitchell Post home will be con
ducted on a clean basis, and ab
solutely no drinking or disorder
of any kind will be tolerated at
club functions, Commander Wier
said. -
“We want to make our dances
the kind to which men and boys
will be proud to bring their moth
ers, wives, or sweethearts,” hei
said. |
The big main room to be used
for dancing is 75 by 60 feet and
does not have an obstruction of
any kind on the floor. Steel gird
ers in the ceiling make posts un=
necessary. A uniqu@ public ad
dress system = makes it possible
for anyone to be paged from the
office directly without interrupt
ting the dance activities, A ven
tilation system constantly changes
the air in the club house.
Lounge and Bar
A lounge and snack bar are in
the rear of the club house. Soft
drinks, sandwiches, and other re
freshments will be sold. The
house has a completely-equipped
kitchen for preparing food . and
also features a game room, stor
age room, and a ladies’ powder
room with a large vanity mirror.
A central revolving light fix
ture, with six spotlights playing
on it from the sides of the room,
will effect six changes in color
every minute. The white oak
dance floor hasn’t a single knot
hole anywhere and, when polish
ed for the dance tomorrow, is ex
pected to be one ofi the most
beautiful dance floors to be seen.
The walls and ceiling of the main
room are of knotty pine wood.
Future plans of the Frank E.
Mitchell Post call for an outdoor
recreational layout that will in
clude a baseball diamond, a soft
ball field, tennis courts, badmin
ton courts, outdoor shuffleboard
courts, and a lake for fishing.
Parking space will be provided
and Dutch ovens will be placed
in the wooded area behind the
club home for picnict.
Athenians who wish to attend
the big opening activity of the
Frank E. Mitchell Post should
contact Command-er Wier or
members of the Post as soon as
possible, because a large crowd
is being anticipated for the bar
becue and dance.
Diiliefin
PITTSBRIRGH, Nov, 11 —
(AP) — President Philip Mur
ray of the CIO United Steel
workers conferred for more
than an hour with his negotia
tors today without disclesing
progress on a strike settlement
with United States Steel Cor-
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WIDE APPLAUSE
Boy Scout Circus
Fun For Everyone
Besides being a character building organization
through programs, work and projects, Boy Scouting is a
game of fun as was shown at the recent Boy Scout Circus.
The fourth annual Circus staged
at Hardeman Hall Tuesday night
provided Scouts and leaders from
the five counties of the Cherokee
pistrict with a wholesome activity
and atforded parents and lirienas
a chance to better understand
Scouting.
Cup >couts from 8 years of age
througin iU years old paruicipated
in the atfair as well as 130 y dcouis,
11 years and older, ana wmxplorer
Seouts, 14 years and olaer.”
A large number of spectators
jammea wne hau o see the Scouts
demonstrate pracucal sKills and
recreauonai apuiude ailke in an
exciung show that gave an insiae
100 K aiL what Scouls iearn 1n tneir
citizenship training acavities.
There were tun-filled games
such as Balloon Bauvue loyal, LJrop
the oDelt (insteaa of Mfandker
chief), and many others. Also
Scout sKills sucn as ploneecing,
tirst aia, and camping were aem
onstrated. uUpening 4&nd closing
ceremonies were the most impres
sive with Miss Gwen west as the
Goddess of ILberty. :
Through sucn activities as the
annua: Scout Circus both work
and play can be combined, thus
furthering the Scout’s citizenship
training and providing worlds ot
fun for himseif, other Scouts, pa
rents, and friends.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and slightly warmer
this afternoon, tonight and
Saturday. Low temight 47, high
tomorrow 78. Sunset today 5:53,
sunrise otmorrow 7:02,
GEORGIA -- Generally fair |
and warm this afternoon and l
Saturday; fair and slightly
warmer tonight.
TEMPERATURE
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BRU T L 1 T
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Rareml. s ks s
RAINFALL 1
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since Nov.ol (. ovi. 39
Deficit since Nov; 1 .. .... 23
Average Nov. rainfall .... 2.74
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JULIUS KRUG
. . Friendly Letter
Julius Krug Resigns Post As
U. S. Secretary Of Interior
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—(AP)—Secretary of Inter
ior Julius Krug, whose relations with President Truman
have been reported declining, has resigned from the eab
inet effective December 1.
Krug, at 41, the youngest cab=
inet member, mute the sr.rpunces
ment late yesterday-—to reporters
and Mr, Truman, in that order.
Friends said Krug plans to go in
to private business.
Undersecretary Oscar Littleton
Chapman, 53, is reported in line
to succeed him even though that
would place a second Coloradoan
in the cabinet. Both Chapnran and
Secretary of Agriculture Brannan
are from Denver,
Once intimate friends, - Krug
and the President apparently
have not been on the best -of
terms recently.
There was some evidence of
this at the news conference Mr,
Truman held yesterday, several
hours before Krug’s resignation,
Asked about differences with
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Compietion
Of Steel
Pacts Near
Faraiyzing Walkout
Effects Continue;
Auto Industry Floored
By The Associated Press
The nation's costliest steel strike
in history appeared headed for
complete settlement today. Bu¥
‘effects of the paralyzing 42-day
old walkout continued to make
‘idle many thousands of workers in
steel-related industries.
~ The auto industry appeared the
hardest hit because of the short
age of steel, Nearly 50,000 work
ers will be idle by tonight and at
least 27,000 more will be laid off
within two weeks. Several auto
_—l. S comptmiesh ltm
nounced the lay
lbOP offs or ecurtail-
Roundup ment of produc
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steel stocks are replenished. The
‘steel shortage also hit the elec~
trical appliance and farm equip
ment industries.
The major stumbling block to a
virtual end of the crippling steel
strike was agreement between the
CIO United Steel Workers and U.
S. Steel, the country’s biggest pro
ducer. Company and union ne
gotiators planned a meeting in
Pittsburgh today to study a pro
\posed pension and insurance
‘agreement. The unlon’s wage
‘policy committee also arrénged &
meeting.
A settlement by Big Steel will
‘gend some 150,000 strikers back to
work& ‘?th;x; companies still un
signed by the union are yected
to fall in line, once U. 8. sm
an agreement.
it ! s
ve major es
and more than 40 othem-—
employing some 200,000 of the
500,000 strikers—have sagreed to
the union’s demands for free pen
sions. The latest eomgmyb reach
agreement was the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Corp. which employs
15,000 and ranks 10th in the indus~-
try. It has plants in Pueblo; Colo.,
Buffalo, N. Y., and Palmer, Wor~
cester and Clinton, Mass.
The steel shortage in the auto
industry has forced t\g layoff of
35,000 workers in the Detroit area
employed by Chrysler Cm Wil
lys-Overland in Toledo sus
pend operations after today, mak
ing idle 7,000 workers, Another
13,000 employed at the two miain
Wisconsin plante of Nash Motors,
will be laid off next Tuesday. On
Nov. 23 Pontiac Division of Gen
eral Motors will shut down, forc
ing 14,000 off their jobs.
4-Day Week - -
Several General Motors divis
ions and many auto supply firms
have been operating four days a
week. The Ford Motor Co. pro
duces a large portion of ite own
steel and is operating at only
slightly reduced schedules.
But there was a swing the sther
way in the coal mines as John L.
Lewis’ 380,000 United Mine Work
ers, idle for 52 days, returned to
their jobs under a three-weeks’
strike truce,
Lewis failed to show up in
Washington yvesterday for & meet
ing with operators which had been
arranged by Federal Mediation
Chief Cyrus S. Ching. The UMW
Chief told Ching he could meet
with the operators Mondae hut
Ching said no session was sche
duled.
Lewis arrived in New York yes
terday after his whereabouts had
been unknown since he left Chica
go Wednesday after announcing
suspension of the eoal strike.
Krug, and particularly whether
he had written the cabinet offi
cer a strong letter about reclam
ation policy, the President de
clined comment.
Friends said Krug apparently
felt that Mr. Truman should
have “been able to do bester by
him than that.”
The President received the let
ter of resignation half sn hour
after Krug confided to reporters
that he wae leaving snd had
wanted to leave for a long time.”
Tt was’explained later that the
delay-in delivery of the letter
was Inadvertent.
White House aides indiczfed
that although Krug's letter was
“yery friendly,” Mr. Truman was
displeased at the prior announce
ment to the press. :