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IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL YOU CAN EAT ’EM, BOYS!
Zack Lawrence, 2, and his brother,
Bobby, 8, look over the flock with obvi
ous appetite on their daddy’s turkey
farm at Molena, Ga. These turkeys and
One Killed, 9 Hurt
In Panama Rioting
Police Fire Halts Demonstrations;
Two Men Claim Panama’s Presidency
PANAMA, Panama, Nov, 23..—(AP)—Two men claim
ed the presidency of Panama today after a wild night of
rioting in which one child was kilied and 11 wounded.
Police gunfire smashed a near-revolt as Dr. Daniel Cha
nis, jr., forced to resign as president Sunday in a national
police coup—led thousands of supporters in a march on
the presidential palace in an attempt to regain power.
DELAYED ACTION
Steel Strike
Effects In
Auto Industry
DETROIT, Nov. 28 —(AP) —
Delayed effects of the steel strike
will hit the nation’s automobile
industry hard next week.
With but few exceptions the
factories elosing tonight for the
Thanksgiving - Day holiday will
rem]aifnridle until perhaps Dec. 12
or later,
Ford, Hudson and Studerbaker
and a few branch assembly plants
of other companies around the
country will furnish all the motor
vehicles output next week. Even
Ford will cut down to four days’
operation and Studerbaker has
ggnounced it will close on Nov.
Thus weekly production will
tumble sharply to probably not
more than 50,000 vehicles. And
the plant closings added to those
already down will bring tempora
ry idleness to an estimated quar
ter million automotive workers.
In several instances unemploy
ment will be relieved by the con
tinuance of parts fabricating work
in many plants. A number of car
makers about to swing over to
new model production also have
kept a substantial number of their
employes at work on plant rear
rangement, inventory, and parts,
service and sales operations.
Excepting for Pontiac all the Gen
eral Motors shutdowns coincide
with the completion of 1949 model
production. Pontiac swung over to
1950 model output two weeks ago
and carried on until it exhaused
its steel stocks.
_The same is true also of the va
rious Chrysler divisions, of which
all but Plymouth already have
closed down for new model oper
ations. Plymouth, benefiting by
the diversion of steel from the
other divisions, has continued a
falrly high output rate. It will
close its assembly lines after Fri
day of this week.
CROSS BUILDERS
First Flog
Witnesses
Take Stand
ROME, Ga., Nov. 23 —(AP)—
Two witnesses said today one of
the twelve defendants in the flog
ging of seven negroes was pres
ent at a cross building. :
The witnesses were the first
called by the government in an
effort to prove Dade County Sher
ff John W. Lynch, three of his
deputies and eight others con
spired to violate tire negroes’ civil
rights, g
. Their appearance was the ini
tial step in the tediously prepared
case by 11 & MDietriet Attorney J.
Ellis Mundy to prove that the
beating of the negroes, the build
ng and burning of two crosses
vere related incidents.
Tom Glover, a boat builder and
his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Glover,
voth told the federal district court
jury that Sheriffs Deputy William
Hartline gaw the two erosses
made. Both sald the crosses were
built with lumber from a house
under eonstruction next door and
Were eavered with burlap and in
‘ertubing,
At the time of the cross build
ng the QOlovers dsclared, Hart
ine was their landlord and the |
W house wes being built on his |
property, J
ATHENS BANNER -HERALD
Associated Press Service
many others grown on the Lawrence
farm will grace hundreds of Thanksgiv
ing Day dinner tables across the country.
— (AP Photo.)
Inside the palace behind police
guards was Roberto Chiari, former
vice president who was sworn in
as president after Chanis bowed to
a police ultimatum and resigned.
He insisted he would sit tight and
remain president.
National police, who are Pana
ma's only armed force, dispersed
the marchers with machinegun
bullets, rifle fire and tear gas.
The demonstrators had rallied
behind Chanis as he dramatically
strode into a session of the Na
tional Assembly and declared: “I
withdraw my resignation.” He
flung the letter to the floor and
insisted he still was the Constitu
tional President of Panama.
The 58-year-old surgeon-politi
cian, who had served as president
only . four months until he was
ousted by Police Chief Col. Jose
Remon, then led a crowd of dem
onstrators that grew to thousands
as they passed through the streets.
Police Fire
In Cathedral Plaza, a block from
the Presidential Palace, helmeted
police opened fire. For twe hours
rioting flared at a hot pitch. Six
buses were overturned. Windows
of fashionable shops were smashed
and looting broke out.
As the shooting died down,
three-year-old Manuel Pazmino
was dead. His father was among
the 11 wounded.
As dawn appeared Remon’s na
tional police appeared to be in full
control of the city.
Remon, Panama’s new “strong
man,” was the central figure in the
latest political “crisis. Chanis tried
to fire him, along with two deputy
police chiefs, last Saturday on
charges that they were involved
in illegal business monopolies. In
stead of resigning, Remon sur
rounded the Presidential Palace
with armed police and said the
shooting would start unless Chanis
himself resigned. @ ;
Chanis, in repudiating his resig
nation before the National Assem
bly last night, said he only signed
the letter of resignation to avoid
bloodshed. Vice President Chiari,
a first cousin of Police Chief Re
mon, was promptly sworn in as
President Sunday morning.
What would be the next move
in the Chanis-Chiari struggle for
the Presidency was anybody’s
guess. But one thing was sure:
Chiari was still in the Presidential
Palace today, guarded by the guns
of his cousin’s national police.
Business Men Are
Host To Trojans
Members of the Athens High
varsity and “B” football squad
will be guests of a group of Ath
ens business men at the Tech-
Georgia freshman benefit game
tomorrow afterncon in Atlanta.
The team, managers, and coach
es will travel to Atlanta in a
group, and plan to eat a Thanks
giving meal together before the
game, which begins at 3-o’clock
at Grant Field. s
Athens High closes out its 1949
season here tonight at Sanford
Stadium against Gainesville High’s
Red Elephants.
Berserk Veteran
Killed By Cops
MIAMI, Fla., Nov. 23—(AP)—
A beserk Marine veteran was shot
and killed by a policeman today a
few minutes after he seriously in
jured his pretty brunette wife in
their suburban Opa-Locka apari
ment. e ey ot
A year-old baby in a bedroom
a few yards away was not harmed.
Opa-Locka Policemen John Pate
and W. H. Brown identified the
dead man as Alexander Sokalsky.
26, and said he was released from
Veterans’ Hospital, Coral Gables,
yesterday.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
WARMER WEATHER
Thanksgiving
Observances
Are Set Here
BY JOE Mc¢DAVID
Thanksgiving Day will bring
mild but increasingly cloudy
weather for the holiday observ
ers. A high of 66 is forecast for
Thursday, and no rain is fore
seen to dampen the holiday
spirits.
Most businesses will close for
Thanksgiving Day. The city and
county offices will close along
with the banks and downtown
business houses.
Postmaster J. R. Myers said the
Post Office will remrain closed
throughout the day and only spe
cial delivery letters and pack=-
ages will be delivered. All serv
ice windows will be closed but
mail will be placed in the boxes
in the Post Office. There will be
no city deliveries.
Many Athenians will travel to
Atlanta for the Georgia-Georgia
Tech Freshman game, held each
vear for the benefit of the Scot
tish' Rite Hospital for Crippled
Children. Game time is 3:00
o’clock. The game will be broad
cast over radio station WGAU.
Athens High meets Gainesville
at 8:00 o’clock tonight in Sanford
Stadium. This clash of traditional
rivals promises those who remain
home a fast moving game packed
with thrills.
Quail Season *
Quail season opens tomorrow
for benefit of sportsmen who
want to spend their day in the
woods. The season opens Novem
ber 24 and continues through
February 25 with a daily bag
limit of 15. Wild turkey season
will continue until February 15
for those who wish to bag their
own Thanksgiving dinner.
The Labor Department had
good news for the harrassed
housewife. A nationwide drop in
the cost of Thanksgiving dinner
—fromr the turkey to the pumpkin
(Continued on Page Two.) .
50 Homeless In
Brooklyn Blaze
NEW YORK, Nov. 23—(AP)—
Some 50 persons were left home
less last night by a fire that swept
through three residential struc
tures in Brooklyn.
Firemen, who fought the blaze
in below-freezing temperatures,
said it started from an overheated
oil burner on the second floor of
a three story frame dwelling and
spread to houses on either side.
One person injured in the fire
was taken to a hospital. Another
was treated for smoke poisoning.
Temporary care for the homeless
was provided by the City Welfare
Department.
BELIEVERS, CRITICS SPLIT
Ike’s ‘No’ On Presidential
Candidacy Stirs New Comment
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23—
(AP)—General Dwight D, Eisen
hower’s latest thumbs-down on a
presidential candidacy found
about as many believers as cynics
in Washington today.
Eisenhower told reporters at
Cincinnati yesterday that he is
devoting all of his time to his job
as president of Columbia Univer
sity and has no intention of seek
ing political office.
Politicians willing to take the
general at his word argued that
Eisenhower seems to be pursuing
the course least likely to win him
a nonrination by repeating this
statement.
Cynics contended that the gen
eral’'s word left him open to a
possible draft by the Republican
National Convention in 1952,
They said such a draft movement
might grow by leaps and bounds,
for instance, if GOP candidates
don’t fare so well in the 1950 con
gressional races.
While this speculation occupied
the Republican camp, Democrats
wondered whether James F,
Byrnés mighti bpe laying the
ground work for an anti-Truman
organization with his attacks on
the Presidemt’s “Fair Deal.” y
Some officilas on the ldminh-*
{ration's side repeated reports
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1949.
American Consul General
Ward Is Freed By Commies
U. S. Envoy, 4 Aides Ordered
Out Of China By Red Gov't
WASHINGTON, Nov, 23.— (AP) —Angus Ward, the
American consul general at Mukden, has been released
from jail by the Chinese Communists and ordered out of
the coyntry. ]
The Communists also released four consulate aides who
were jailed with Ward October 24 on what the State De
partment called “trumped up’” charges of beating and in
sulting two Chinese in a wage dispute.
The department announced to
day that it had received word of
the releases from Ward himself. It
was the first direct word from the
Consul General in a month.
In winding up what the Depart
ment has denounced as their “Bar
baric” treatment of Ward, the
Communists gave him a trial be
fore a “People’s Court.”
This court found them all guilty
and meted out varying prison
sentences. Then the sentences
were commuted to deportation.
Ward, 56 year old veteran diplo
mat, made his report in a tele
phone conversation with American
Consul General O. Edmund Clubb
at Peiping. Clubb rushed the in
formation to Washington.
Ward said that the other four
men and he were “up and about.”
The State Department instructed
Club to tell Ward “that he and
his entire staff are to depart from
Mukden forthwith.”
The four jailed with Ward were
Ralph Rehberg, of Rochester, N.
Y. a foreign service clerk; Shiro
Tatsumi, a mechanic; and two
European employees of the consu
late, Franco Cicogna and Alfred
Kristan. Rehberg and Tatsumi are
American citizens.
In Rochester, N. Y., Mrs. Ed
ward J. Rehberg, mother of Reh
berg, greeted the news with “Isn’t
that just wonderful!”
Her first word of her son’s re
lease came in a telephone call from
the State Department. ;
There was no explanation here
as to what kind of transportation
from Mukden mighf be given the
consulate staff. On previous oc
casions the Communists had prom
ised to take the consulate person
nel out of Mukden but never made
good their promises.
Following is the text of the State
Department’s announcement:
Up and About
“American Consul General An
gus Ward and the four members of
his staff who were imprisoned on
Oct. 24 in Mukden have been re
leased and have returned to their
homes in the American consulate
compound in Mukden. They were
released yesterday.
“Mr. Ward personally reported
this information in a telephone
conversation early today to Con
sul General O. Edmund Clubb at
Peiping.
“Mr. Ward stated all five were
‘up and about.’
“Mr. Ward told Mr. Clubb that
all were found guilty but that their
sentences were commuted to de
portation.
“The Department today hag in
structed Mr. Clubb to inform Mr.
Ward that he and his entire staff
are to depart from Mukden forth
(Continued On Page Two)
Woman Injured;
Struck By Taxi
Mrs. T. O. Hughes of near Arn
oldsville is in St. Mary’s Hospital
for 24-hour observation today as
the result of minor injuries suf
fered yesterday afternoon, when
she was hit by a taxi cab at the
corner of College avenue and
Washington street.
Mrs. Hughes was taken to St.
Mary’s in a Bernstein ambulance,
and was treated for cuts and
bruises.
The accident is under investiga
tion by city police, who said
charges are being held up pending
further investigation.
that a movement may be under
way to form such a group.
As a former Secretary of State
in the Truman cabinet and a for
nmrer Supreme Court Justice,
Byrnes’ attacks on what he calls
the ‘“socialistic programs” of the
President are regarded here as
bearing more weight than the
same words uttered by Republi
cans.
Byrnes, whose break with Mr.
Truman has never been publicly
explained, has hinted that he
might be a candidate for gover
nor of South Carolina.
However, some of his friends
are speculating that Byrnes
might get out of the field at the
last moment to leave the way
open for his long-time friend and
law partner, Donald Russell, to
make the race.
Byrnes’ speech to the Southern
Governors’ Conference was cred
ited in part for the adoption yes
terday by that group of a resolu
tion opposing government regula
tion of individuals and calling
{or restoration of state sovereign
y.
The governors aiso eiecied
Governor J. Strom Thurmond of
South Carolina, who headed the
States Rights ticket in last year's
presidential election, as the new
head of their group.
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Bridges’ Lawyer
Ruled In Contempt
Fiery Attorney Draws Six Months
Sentence; Perjury Trial Continues
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28, — (AP) — With Harry
Bridges taking a back seat, almost forgotten amid the
tumult, the Longshore leader’s attorney in his perjury
trial yesterday drew six months for criminal contempt of
court.
The lawyer narrowly missed having to go to jail imme
diately. ]
Federal Judge George B. Harris
imposed the jail sentence on At
torney Vincent Hallinan after a
bitter, scathing excoriation, the
like of which probably never had
been paralleled in local Federal
Court history.
The judge ordered the coioriul
and stormy figure of the San
Francisco bar taken into custody
immediately. But he laier releni
ed and granted a stay to permit
Hallinan to continue to represent
Bric}ges for the duration of the
trial.
Bridges, 48, naturalized Austra
lian, is head of the left wing CIO
Longshore Union. He is charged
with falsely swearing at his 1945
naturalization hearing that he nev
er had been a Communist. He and
two union aides, J. R. Robertson
and Henry Schmidt, are charged
with conspiracy to defraud the
government. ?
Although Hallinan was granted
a stay of sentence, he probably
will have to serve it once the case
has been decided. Judge Harris’
original order also directed that
Hallinan’s name be stricken from
tk}e roll of attorneys in his ‘court.
{His face dark with anger, the
judge raked Hallinan over the
als for “improper” and “inflam
atory” conduct during the first
week of the trial. .
~ “Square Deal”
He decided to stay the sentence
only after urgent pleas by Halli
nan’s associate, James Maclnnis,
and after Bridges himself had ex
pressed doubt he would get "a
square deal” if he had to change
counsel. Bridges wanted the case
put over until Hallinan would be
available.
During the height of the torrid
acrimonious clash, Halliman lost
shouted demands for & mistrial and
tried unsuccessfully to disqualify
Judge Harris from ‘taking any
further action in the contempt
proceeding. He charged personal
bias and prejudice.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and warmer this after
noon and %Yonight. Thursday,
increasing cloudiness and mild.
Low tonight 42 and high tomor
row 66. Sun sets 5:26 and rises
7:14, &
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and warmer thie afternoon and
tonight; low tonight 40 to 45
in north and 45 to 50 in south
portions; Thursday mostly
cloudy and mild.
TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since Nov. 1 .. .. .. .64
Deficit since Nov. 1 .. .... 1.31
Average Nov. rzinfall .... 2.74
Total since January 1 ....39.80
Deficit since January 1 .. 4.90
Hoodlums Steal
Wrong Bucket;
Leave SIOO,OOO
VALLEYFIELD, Que., Nov.
23—(AP) — Everybody thought
the 17-year-old recluse, J. Bap
tiste Doutre, had a fortune hid
den away in hie farmhouce.
Two hoodlums went out to the
place where he lives with his
invalid sister.
They beat him up and search
ed through the house, hamper
ed by the fact there were no
electric lights.
Finally they found what they
were looking for — an old
wooden bucket. But , the one
they fled with had only some
worthless personal papers im it.
The two other old wooden
buckets they left behind ocon
tained SIOO,OOO in ocash.
Bulletin
NEW YORK, Nov. 23—(AP)
~~Russia’s Andrei Y. Vishinsky
announced today Russia no long
er recognizes the Chinese Na
tionalist delegation as the
spokesman for China in the
United Nations.
Robt. Watterson
Elected To
Bond Commission
Al a recent meeting the
Athens Bond Commission un
animously nominated Robert V.
Watterson o fill the unex.
pired term of the late Max
Michael, and the commission’s
action was confirmed by the
Mayor and Council at their
meeting yesterday afternoon
when Mr. Watterson wag elss
ted a member of the commiss
ion. Mr. Watterson is executive
vice president of the Citizens
& Southern National Bank.
Other members of the Bond
Commission are Judge Henry
H, West, who was elevated to
the chairmanship following the
death of Mr. Michael, Milton
Leathers, Ted Mell and Earl
Braswell.
Unemployed Cook
Held For Assault
RED LAKE FALLS, Minn., Nov.
23 — (AP) — An unemployed cook
was held in jail for further ques
tioning today after police said a
T year old girl identified him as
the man who abducted and attack
ed her and then left her for dead
beside a haystack.
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COVERNORS OF THE SOUTH AT CONFERENCE TABLE
This is a general view of the Southarn
Governors’ Conference in annual session
at Biloxi, Miss. Governor William Pres
ton Lane, jr.. of Maryland is addressing
the meeting. Seated at the table with
their faces showing, left to right, ara
Governor J. Strom Thurmond of South
Carolina, Governor Herman Talmadge of
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Navy Vet Freed
In Cotton Patch
Shooting Of Negro
A 20-year-old Navy veteran was released from Clarke
county jail today when a coroner’s jury brought in & mew
verdict of “accidental death” in the cotton patch shooting
of a negro near the municipal airport Monday morning.
With Coroner S. C. Cartledge
presiding, the jury studied new
evidence ‘~ the case and ruled
that George Vaughn, 50-year-old
negro cotton-picker was accident
ially shot by William H. Sloan,
Hull, Ga., who was target prac
ticing at the airport.
A coroner’s jury had returned
an earlier verdict of “death by
gunshots at the hands of party or
parties @anknown,” but reopened
the inquest today at the request
of Sheriff Tommy Huff who had
uncovered new evidence, 3
Sheriff Huff gave a complete
account of the incident today af=-
ter the shooting had developed
into a first class mystery. The
main question which had baffled
officers was that Vaughn was hit
twice, once in the hip from the
xear and in the upper left chest
from the front. Sheriffn{;lufi had
the answer to this and er gues
tions today.
He began at the first of the ine
cident by saying that he was no
tified Monday morning that & ne
gro had been shot in a eotton
field near the airport. He and
GBI Agent SGT. Jim Harrailson
rushed to the scene along with
Coroner Cartledge.
Mystery Solved
Numerous other mfroel were
also picking cotton in the field
when the shooting occurred. From
their testimony the direction of
the shooting was finally deter
mined. It was reasoned that
Vaughn was hit in the hip by the
first shot and when he ltnltgtm
ed up and locked in the direction
from which the first shot came
he was struck in the chest.
The officers later decided the
shots had come from the airgort.
Chief of Police Clarence Rob
erts also joined the investigation.
An autopsy showed the bullet
that lodged in Vaughn's chest was
fired from a range not greater
than 500 yards and not less than
200 yards, according to its pen
etration, Sheriff Huff said.
Meanwhile, Chief Roberts re
ceived information that a .22 eali
bre rifle, with a telescopie sight
was at the airport and the three
officers immediately went thare to
investigate. Upon their arrival
they found four .22 calibre rifles.
All were picked up by Sheriff Huft
who intended having a ballstics
report made on them to check with
the .22 calibre siugs taken from
Vaughn’s body. |
Change of Pace |
But a quick turn of events later
proved that the check-up was not
needed. Sheriff Huff suggested
that the officers check the uea}
for possibie targeis that could havs
been fired upon.
A discarded &uolim tank was
found near a hanger with two
holes iln it. The holes were be
lieved recently made since paint
had been Rnocked off the tani.
Sheriff Huff then spotted two
bullet holes in a tin-pipe ventila
tor protruding from the roof of an
outhouse nearby. After sighting
through the bullet holes in the pipe
the officers found a true line to
the spot where Vaughn was kilied
A sight through the holes in the
opposite direction proved that the
person doing the shooting had to
be near the remains of a discarded
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BY ED THILENIUS
Officials
Elected
By Coundil
An ordinance “providing a more
detailed method of licensing bu#
and taxicab operators in the in
terest of public safety” was adopt«
ed at a call meeting of Mayor and
Council late yesterday afternoon.
Provigions of the ordinance, in
part, are as follows:
“Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Council of the City of Athens,
and by the authority of the same
it 18 hereby ordained as follows:
“Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for
any person to operate or drive &
taxicab or bus in or upon the
streete of the City of Athens une
less such person complies with the
following re{ulationl:
“(a) Apply to the Chief of Po~
lice, on an application form to bé
furnished by said Chief of Police,
for s iaxi or bus operators Fnh,
;vlfiic:i appil'iéltionfl-hluA ve the
ollowing Information: Applicants
full and legal name, age, place of
birth, date of birth, sex, ssolor,
} t‘udd““' fingerprints and signa~
ire, i
#(b) TPurnish the Chief of Po~
lice with at least three references
as to the applicant’s moral ehar
acter &nd fitness to operate m bus
or taxicab upon the streets of
Athens, which said references
shall certity how long they have
known the applicant :m
knowledge about his ba
and fitness to ?Ferato a vehicle
serving the publie, together with
;wo 2recem photographs 2 1-8" »
1-2",
“(c) HRave said applicaflnn fi
license and operator’s permit
referegces approved by the City
Recoraer,
Health Certificate
“(d) Furnish the Chief of Po-.
lice with a health certificate ob
tained from the Commissioner of
Publie Health of the City of Athe
ens, which ceriificate shail certify
that the applicant has no commun+
icable or veneral diseases and that
his general physical condition is
such that he is, in the opinion of
the said Commissioner, capahle of
managing & motor vehicle, as a
pubiic carrier upon the streeis of
the City of Athens.
“(e) Present the above certifi
cates as 10 health, mora! fitness
and charscter, and personal! back~
ground to the Chief of Police, who
shall examine the same, and ¥ in
his Ofinlon, the applicant has a
sufficlent knowledge of the traffie
ordinances, and all ordinances gov~
erning the operation of taxicabs
and buses upon the streets of the
City of Athens, the said Chief of
Police shall issue a taxi t:d bus
operators permit, upon pay
ment of a fee of $2.00, which shail
be paid by the said Chief of Police,
upon receipt, into the general fund
(Coniinued On Page Two)
Georgia, James F. Byrnes, former Seere
tary of State who addressed the comfem
ence; Governor Lane, Governor Fieldix:;
L. Wright of Mississippi, and Lieutemant |
Governor Sam Lumpkin of Mississippl
Others with backs to eamera wora not
identified.—~(AP Photo.) 1
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