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Vol. CXVII, No. 272,
Holiday
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Toll 161
Total Is Highest In |
Several Years; 103
Traffic Deaths Listed
By The Assoclated Press
The nation’s death toll in vio
lent accidents over the Thanksgiv
ing Day holiday was one of the
highest in several years.
There were at least 161 violent
deaths from 6 p. m. (local time)
Wednesday to midnight Thursday.
These included 103 traffic fatali
ties. Fifty-eight persons died in
miscell-neous accidents, including
tires, plane crashes, shootings, falls
and hunting.
This year’s Thanksgiving violent
deaths compared to 114 over the
same period last year; 128 in 1947,
and 88 in 1946. The totals on
Thanksgiving Day holidays during
the war years also were below this
year’s mark.
" This year’s Thanksgiving Day
traffic deaths far exceeded last
year's toll of 88. The National
§afety Council’s records show an
average of 82 persons killed every
94 hours in traffic accidents during
ihe first nine months of 1949.
However, the figures for the nine
months cover deaths occurring as
long s months after the accident
in which the victims were injured.
Among the violent deaths were
a 19 year old mother and her three
young children who perished in a
ti » that destroyed their log cabin
near Rockville, Ind. In Elizabeth,
N. J, a father died in attempting
to aid his eight children when fire
broke out in their home.
California, Illinois and Ohio
each reported 10 traffic deaths.
The toll by states, listing traffic
and miscellaneous:
Alabama 1 and 14; Arizona 4 and
0: Arkansas 2 and 0; California 10
and 3; Connecticut 1 and 1; Dela
ware 0 and 1; Florida 3 and 1; Illi
nois 10 and 1; Indiana 5 and 4;
lowa 1 and 1; Kansas 5.
Kentucky 0 and 1; Maine 1 and
0; Maryland 3 and 1; Massachu
setts 3 and 1; Michigan 3 and 1;
Minnesota 1 and 0; Missouri 1 and
0; Montana 1 and 0; New Hamp
shire 0 and 1; New Jersey 1 and 3;
New Mexico 1 and 0;
New York 2 and 3; North Caro
lina 5 and 2; Ohio 10 and 1; Okla
homa 8 and 2; Oregon 1 and 0;
Pennsylvania 7 and 4; Rhode Is
land 0 and 13 South -Dakota 0 and
2; Tennessee 8 and 3; Texas 3 and
3; Virginia 7 and 0; Washington 1
and 0; Wisconsin 4 and 3.
Youtl: Killed
By Tractor
Bobby Smith, 15, of near Craw
ford, was killed this morning
while doing farm work when the
tractor he was driving ran into
a gully and he was thrown off.
Two eyewitnesses to the acci
dent said the youth was looking
backwards when the tractor hit
the gully and that a wheel oppar
ently ran over him,
No inquest was f¢ld since eye=
witnesses saw the accident, Sher
itf Carl Broach said today.
Funeral services will be an
nounced later by Bernstein Fun
eral Home.
Bandits Nabbed
in Roof Battle
MIAMI, Fla., Nov. 25.—(AP)—
Two desperados who were captur
ed in a movie type chase over roof
tops in downtown Miami while
fire department searchiights
glared over the scene have ad
mitted at least 14 robberies in
the Miami area:
Detective Liept. C. O. Huttoe
identified the men as George
Johnson, 23, and his ex-convict
brother-in-law William _ James
ITcCormack, 31, The pair was
cornered’ by two Miami patrol
men and captured after a hand
to hand battle.
Huttoe said passersby heard
sirange sounds coming from a
hardware store about 2:30 a. m.
(EST). Five patrol cars, two de
tective cars and two fire trucks
rushed to the scene as two shad
owy figures scrambled over the
roof tops.
Dozens of shots were fired as
the fleeing pair dodged behind
cornices and roof top buildings,
but no one was struck,
“BLUE AS INK”
Garbagemen Find Baby Boy
Buried Deep In Refuse Can
PASCO, Wash., Nov. 25—(AP)
—Startled garbagemen found a
baby boy—*blue as a botle of ink”
~buried half way down in a re
fuse can behind the city police sta
tion veeterdaw,
The infant let out a wail and the
garbagemen reported their find to
Police Sgt. Glenn Stickles.
Postponing his Thanksgiving
dinner, Stickles traced the baby to
&n 18-year-old unwed girl.
He found that two couples.from
nearby Richland had gone to 2
Mmovie sbout a half-block from the
ttation the previous nigfihlt. One of
the women ?:ad complafhed of ill
ness, left the theater and subse
?ently ‘was reported as missing by
the other eouple before showing
up at homs sarly Thursday.
‘1 went out there lm;iflm;
drew the story from her,” :
#Bid. “% took her e our Lady of
ATHENS BANNER-HERALID
Associated Press Service
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 25, — (AP) — Percy Coplon, who
started what he said would be a 100-day fast on September 25,
died early today.
Percy, a jocular five-by-five who weighed 357 pounds at the
start, had gone 92 days without food. His weight had dropped to
245 pounds.
He was 53.
Coplon spent most of the fast in a small house atop a 30-foot
pole at his home. Last Sunday he came down because of dizziness
and said he would fimish his 100-day fast in his home,
His dizziness diminished and Percy was in good spirits yester
dya He lapsed into unconsciousness just before midnighi, how
ever, falling to the floor inm his bathroom.
Tweo physieians worked over him but he died during the night.
Percy told reporters at the start of his fast that he hoped to
prove that the human body can heal itself without medicine if it
is given the chance. He said he was not undertaking ihe long fast
to gain publicity.
As his waistline receded, Percy joked with reporters. He had
announced he would begin taking food mext week, starting with a
spoon of orange juice,
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I Son’s Two Largest Trade Unions
Stage Demonstrations For Higher Pay
PARIS, Nov. 25.— (AP) —France’s two biggest labor
unions called a 24-hour general strike today but the dem
onstration for higher wages failed to shut down French
economic life.
Transportation was disrupted. Mines and most big in
dustries were closed.
Blue Cross
Director
Speaks Here
“Socialized medicine,” averred
C. J. Anderson, Executive Director
of United Hospitais Service Asso
ciation of Atlanta, appearing be~
fore members of Ciarke County
Medical Society aere in the Hol
man Hotel Weinesday night,
“would be the greatest calamity
and- curse that could befall this
or any other country. I hope that
the nation will never have to sub
mit to any form of compulsory
health program.”
Objectives or purposes of the
meeting held here Wednesday
night were two-fo.d. Primary ob
jective, according to ©O. S. Hilliard,
Administrator of Athens General
Hospital who assisted President
Herschel Harris 'n presiding at
the meeting, was ic discuss the
extension of Blue Cross in Geor
gia and to create interest in the
revision of present state legisla
tion which prohibits the partici
pation of those peop’e who reside
over 50 miles from the headquar
ters of such an organization. The
second purpose was o offer a tool
to combat socialized medicine or
any type of compuisory health
program. Substituie Senate Bill
126, which is to »e introduced in
the coming session of Georgia
Legislature, would etiminate the
50 mile limitation which is now
imposed on the Biue Cross pro
gram by law.
Mr. Anderson, who is largely
responsible for the organization
of Clue Cross Hospitalization In
surance Association in Atlanta in
1937, gave a brief history of the
Blue Cross movement throughout
the nation and n the state of
Georgia. AE e el
The speaker pointed out that he
had been informed that Athens
has for some years been interested
in the Blue Cross movement. He
added that there ar= many reasons
why such a hospitalization plan is
desirable for both- the hospitals
and the people in general.
The initial organization which
led to the spread of blue Cross all
over the nation, according to Mr.
Anderson, was founded by 1500
school teachers in Dailas, Texas, in
1929. By 1937, when the Atlanta
Association came into being, na
tional enrollment in Blue Cross to
talled 1,500,000 people. Today the
national enrollment totals over
over 35,000,000. In Georgia there
are 200,000 participants at the
present time.
Blue Cross Today
Today in Georgia there are
three Blue Cross plans in opera
tion. They are located in Atlanta,
this assaciation being the largest
with five participating hospitals,
Columbus and Savannah. The
three plans are smilar in princi
ple but different in administra
tive procedures. This is true of all
such associations throughout the
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Lourdes Hospital and the doctor
ordered her to bed.
“The child already was in the
hospital and is kicking and erying
healthily. I guess the young
mother is pretty happy now that
they're together, She was cer
tainly pretty upset.”
Stickles said the mother gave
birth to the child in an empty
taxicab in a vacant lot behind the
police station. He said she then
deposited the haby in the garbage
can and headed back for Richland
where she llved with a girl friend.
Pros. Willlam J. Gaffney said
he was undecided whether to file
charges against the girl.
“Byt you know,” mused Stickles
after rejoining his family for
Thanksgiving, *“the ‘kicker’ on the
That Baby.'”
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
But reports from throughout the
country showed that large groups
of workers insisted on staying on
the job.
Effects of the strike on normal
life were not very noticeable.
Socialist Cabinet Minister Eu
gene Thomas, who heads the Post
Office, called the strike a “fiasco.”
France’s two biggest labor
unions—one anti-Communist, the
other Red dominated—got together
to call the one-day demonstration
strike. They want to pressure the
government to give pay bonuses
and end wage freezes.
But the response to the strike
call, effective at midnight last
night, was anything but unanimous
throughout France.
Practically all domestic trains
halted, as did the Paris subways
and most bus lines. Mines were
deserted, many ports were idle and
thousands of factories were empty.
Garbage cans stayed full.
But thousands eof pretty girls
and - distinguished-looking * busi
nessmen put aside their dignity;
got out their bicycles and pedalled
doggedly to their jobs.
Traffic Snarled
Other thousands took their cars
out of the garage and used ration
ed gasoline, hoarded for vacations,
to get to work, Paris firms hired
buses wholesale to haul their em
ployes. Traffic was even more
snarled than usual.
Labor did not appear to be car
rying on any agitation now that
the strike was on. There were no
reports of clashes between strikers
and non-strikers. No big demon
strations were scheduled. Food
stores everywhere were open.
Apertif-loving Frenchmen found
all their cases and bistros doing
business.
Hotels reported their staffs at
normal strength. Telephone calls
were accepted to all parts of
France and abroad. There were
no newspapers in Paris, though,
and the state-owned radio was
silent except for three news bulle
tins during the day.
Spot interviews with Parisians
on the streets revealea almost iin
animous opposition to the strike
and determination not to lose a
day’s pay. Liberal and conserva
tive newspapers had denounced
the work stoppage, expected to
cost France 10,700,000,000 francs
(about $30,000,000).
Watch Leaves;
A Fire Hazard
Athenians were warned today
by Fire Department officials to
clean leaves off of their house
roofs and out of gutters to lessen
the danger of fire. ;
Soot with sparks of fire on it
often comes out of chimneys, but
if it falls on clean roets the sparks
will usually go out with ho harm
being done; however, if leaves are
on the roof the sparke can easily
set them afire and the burning
leaves may in turn set the house
afire.
Fire officials said a person’s
house may be saved from fire if
the owners will take the little time
nec;ssary to clean leaves off the
roof.
They also asked that persons
burn the leaves in their yards and
not on the city pavement as the
fire will damage tt.e streets and
sidewalks.
Heavy Losses For
Philippine Rebels
MANILA, Nov. 25 —(AP) —
Constabulary headquarters ex
pressed the opinion rebels holed
up in the mountains of Batangas
province today suffered ‘great
siaughier” in a combined air; ar
tillery and ground attack by gov=
ernment forces.
Planes in repeated sorties,
strafed and bombed the rebel po
sitions. A joirt army, navy and
constabulary offensive was order
ed by President Elpidio Quirino.
Three Manila newspepers deplor
ed the order.
The attack was delayed 10
hours while neutrals were evac
uated Then the planes, three
army batteries of 1055 and 758
backed by automatiec weapons and
the rifles of 600 constabulary men,
ened up:on the 600 rebels. The
finimz is nome 60 miles south of
Manila.
ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1949,
14 Killed As Tornadoes
Strike Eastern Alabama
44 Hurt By Out-Of-Season
Storms; Buildings Demolished
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov, 25.— (AP)—Thanksgiving
Day tornadoes roared down at four points in east Alaba
ma yesterday and killed 14 persons. Forty-four persons
were injured.
The vicious, out-of-season storms left several other per
sons missing and destroyed more than a score of buildings
as they leap-frogged in three counties about dusk,
An entire family of 10 negroes
was wiped out near Hackneyville{
in Tallapoosa County, 60 miles
southeast of Birmingham. The‘
mammoth wind picked up their
weatherbeaten little home and
hurled it 300 yards across the
road into another house.
The second house was occupied
by another large family of negroes,
but none was reported hurt. Both
houses were demolished — wit
nesses said they appeared to ex
plode after the smashing impact. |
Near Oneonta, in Blount county,
two members of a white family
were killed at the Easley commun
ity. The same twister hopped a
small mountain and struck again
on the northern outskirts of One
onta, where 34 persons were hurt.
Property damage was heavy.
Another person was killed and
five injured by the tornado’s fury
on Sand Mountain, near Valley
Head in DeKalb County. Valley
Head is 90 miles northeast of here.
Sheriff W. F. Maynor of Blount
county reported that an unidenti
fied body was taken from the ruing
of a burned home near Oneonta.
A Red Cross disaster crew was
dispatched to the Hackneyville
storm area to aid other negro fam
ilies whose houses were damaged
by the twister.
Guardsmen Called
Gov. James E. Folsom called on
National Guardsmen at Oneonta to
aid in the search for the missing.
Blood plasma, hospital supplies
and nurses were sent to the One
onta area by highway patrolmen.
Maynor said damage in Easley
was “widespread” and that many
persons there were injured. Mrs.
Gus Tidwell and her sister-in-law
Miss Jennie Tidwell died in their
storm-~crushed home, -
. Jesse McCullough, an - Easley
resident, related that he was pick
ed up by the wind and carried
across three acres of land, finally
landing in a tree top.
Evidence of the wind’s might
was shown when a school bus
standing in front of Eugene Gib
son’s house was blown ecompletely
over the building, landing in the
back yard.
20-Mile Swath
Newsome reported widespread
damage to timber over a 20-mile
swath.
A woman telephone operator at
Valley Head, Mrs. H. B. Crowe,
said the tornado “sounded like a
freight train roaring down off
Sand Mountain.” Her office was
in darkness when she reached it,
she said. ;
W. S. Coker described the Hack~
neyville storm as a “dense black
cloud and a lot of trees flying in
the air.” He said he watched the
twister snuff out the lives of the
10 negroes by smashing their house
into another across the road.
Tornadoes are uncommon in
Alabama at this time of year. Most
of them are spawned in the spring
and fall. The Weather Bureau at
Birmingham gave this explana
tion: &
Strong southwesterly winds were
Legion Picks
LA For ’SO Meet
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 25.
—The American Legion has se
lected Los Angeles, Calif., for its
32nd annual national convention
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blowing at all levels over the state.
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Panama Gets
1 President
PANAMA, Panama, Nov. 25 —
(AP)—Arnulfo Arias, a fiery 49-
year-old surgeon, early today be
came Panama’s third president in
six days by proclamation of Con
gress.
The Congressional approval ap
parently put the stamp of legality
on the latest coup by Panama’s
president - making Police Chief,
Col. Jose Remon.
Remon, who forced the ouster of
President Daniel Chanis, jr.,, on
Sunday, late last night defied a
ruling of the Supreme Court and
announced that Arias was the new
President. A few minutes before,
the court had ruled Chanis was
stili the constitutional president of
this Central American country.
The congressional endorsement
of Arias this morning ended a
week of turmoil over the Presi
dency which produced riots and
tangled political situations un
usual even for Latin America
where revolutions are not uncom
‘mon.
Strangely enough, it was Re
mon who ousted Arias in 1941
after he had served as the repub=
lic’s president for a year. Until
yesterday they were bitter politi
cal enemies.
“SPINELESS PERFORMANCE”
GOP Raps Handling
Of Angus Ward Case
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.— (AP) —The State Depart
ment’s handling of the Angus Ward case was under se
vere Republican attack today, with five lawmakers de
manding the immediate firing of responsible officials
“both high and low.” :
Aid Rushed To
Sinking Sloop
MIAMI, Fla., Nov. 25-—(AP)—A
Coast Guard plane from St. Peters=
burg and a cutter from Charleston
were rushed to the aid of a sloop
60 miles east of Savannah today.
Coast Guard air-sea rescut head
quarters said the 63-foot craft
“Good Hope” with five people
aboard, radioed she was taking on
water and desired assistance at
S 0 A M. tEST). ;-
The PBM took off from St. Pe
tersburg and the cutter Travis set
out from Charleston. The Coast
Guard said they did not know who
owned the “Good Hope” or the
names of the people aboard.
GERMANY OKAYS PACT
ENDING ALLIED CURBS
Action Follows Stormy All-Night
Session Of West German Parliament
BONN, Germany, Nov. 25.— (AP) —West Germany’s|
parliament today approved the new Allied-German agree-|
ment relaxing occupation controls,
But opposition during the tumultuous, all night session
was 8o bitter that Socialist leader Kurt Schumacher was
barred from the assembly’s next 20 sessions for insulting
Chancellor (Premier) Konrad Adenauer,
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ing suit of rabbit fur at Long
Beach, Cal, during the conven.
tion of the American Rahbit sad
~ Cavy Breeders Association, -
The congressmen, all members
of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, issued a joint state
ment yesterday blasting the De=-
partment for its “spineless per
formance” in trying to get the U.
S. consul general freed from a
Chinese Communisit jail in Muk
den.
The angry lawmakers called it
“one of the most humiliating
chapters in American diplomatic
history” and declared that “the
loss of face by the United States
is beyond calculation.”
One of the House members,
Rep. Judd of Minnesota, told a
reporter the Uzited States should
have fried “military action” in
the Ward case instead of “ignom=
iniously sneaking off the battle
field.” g ¢
Besides Judd, the statement
was signed by Reps. Chiperfield
of Illinois, Vorys of Ohio, Law=
rence H, Smith of Wisconsin,
and Jackson of California,
It bristled with phrases like
“unbelievable bungling” and
“mishandiing” and said the De
partment’s “failure to take firmr
action” is a “by-product of the
incredibly botched China policy
which our government has pur
sued for the last four years.”
The statement reserved partic
ular eriticism for Secretary of
State Acheson’s appeal to 30 na
tions—including Russia—for as
sistance in the Ward case.
“Is it to be assumed that it
will require the assistance of 30
nations to protect the lives of our
diplomatic officials under similar
circumstances in the future?” the
five Republicans asked.
e s mathad swas {ha amie
eifeciive one the Siate Depart
ment could think of in the Ward
case, the natural question is why
didn’'t the Department invoke it
in the first place instead of im
perilling the life of one of its
trusted diplomatic officers for all
these months?”
Ward and four consulate em
ployes were released from jail
this week after being given sus
pended sentences by a Commun=-
ist court on charges of beating a
Chinese emmploye during a dis
agreement about wages. They had
g:en under arrest since October
ead Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
“Chancellor of the Allies” was
the taunt hurled by Schumacher at
Adenauer that brought the opposi
tion leader’s suspension, It came
after the Soclalist bitterly object=
ed to West Germany’s promise to
participate in the International
Control Authority for Germany's
rich industrial Ruhr, which the
Ggrmans previously have boycot
ted.
In the agreement signed by
Adenauer and the high commis
sioners of the United States, Brie
tain and France, West Germany
agreed also to maintain demilitari
zation, to continue to eradicate
Nazism, and to support controls
against German cartels and mon=
opolies.
In return the Allies ended dis
mantling in at least 18 German
steel, rubber and chemical plants.
They also agreed to German con
sular and commercial relations
abroad, rebuilding of a limited
German merchant marine for for=-
eign trade and Allied sponsorship
of German membership in interna
tional organizations.
While Socialist deputies were
out of the chamber in caucus, the
rest of the Assembly overwhelm=
ingly rejected Schumacher’s pro
posal on which the opposition
made its fight against the agree~
ment. It was a motion challeng
ing Adenauer’s constitutional right
to negotiate and sign the agree
ment with the Allies without par
‘liamentary appioval.
~ In the hot debate which pre
ceded the vote, Schumacher eriti~
cized the chancellor for agreeing
to recognize the International Auw=
thority to control the industrial
Ruhr. To his “Chancellor of the
Allies” taunt conservative deputies
replied with shouts of “insolence,”
catcalls and boos.
. They banged their desk lids,
some rushed for the rostrum to
grab the microphone. Deputies
leaped to their feet, shouted and
‘screamed.
~ When order was restored, the
session recessed for the Council of
Flders to consider action against
Schumacher.
The opposition leader told a
news conference later hig exclu
sion “strongly endangers furtherl
collaboration in this house” He
sald his Socialist (SPD) Party has
not yet decided “how it will react,
but it will react.” |
Man Injured In
Fall From Truck
Clifford J. Jordan, Elberton, was
in good condition at General Hos
pital today where he is being
treated for injuries suffered in an
accident on the Jefferson road last
night about 10:15.
Mr. Jordan fell out of the back
of a truck and was cut above the
eye, according to investigating
county police. He was carried to
General hospital by a Bernstein
ambulance. :
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Continued cloudy and cooler
this afternoon, Fair and clear
ing tonight. Continued fair
and cold Saturday. Windy and
cold tenight with low near 34.
High Saturday 55. Sun sets to
day at 5:25 p. m. and rises Sat
urday at 7:16 a, m,
GECRGIA — Fair in south,
clearing in north, rather cold
and windy this aftermoon, fair
and colder tonight, low temper
ature 28 to 34 in extreme north
and 34 to 38 in central por
tions; Saturday fair and con
tinued cool and windy,
TEMPERATURE
AN . v i e Sl
LOWRRE .../ Vi avin vl
MEHENE ivo wire wins sann orbld
Nomeat o 0 i wais o 8
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .17
Total since Nov. 1 .. ~ .. 81
Deficit since Nov. 1 .. ... 1.32
Average Nov, rainfall ~.. 2.74
Total since January 1 ....39.97
Deficit since January 1 .. 491
HUNTERS FIND MAN’'S SKELTON
IN WOODS IN JACKSON COUNTY
Arnryone knowing of the disappearance ot a white man in this
vicinity several months or possibly s year ago are asked to con=
tact their local law enforement officers or Sheriff John B. Brooks, |
in Jefferson, Jacksonm eounty, because a skeleton was found I |
that county yesterday by hunters. :
Sheriff Brooks said that the skeleton was found northeast of
Redstone. When found by the hunters there were & .22 calibre
rifle, watch, and olgaretie oase lying beside the hedy of the white
man, the sheriff said. He added that the remains indicated tha§
the man died between several months and a year ago,
No ciues o iaensfication of the man were revealed im Jaoks |
son county yesterday, so Sheriff Brooks is requesiing inas pere |
sons in countles in this vicirity who know of any person whe |
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Accepted By
Miss Townes
Miss Mary E. Townes, who has
served ably and efficiently as di
rector of the Athens Regional Li
brary since September 1946, has
offered her resignation to the
Board of Directors in order that
she might accept the positicm as
Librarian in the Foreign Service
of the U. 8. Department of State,
Washington, D. C,
Miss Townes has been assigned
to Manila where she will be Di«
rector of the U. S. libraries in the
Philippines.
The entire Board expressed re
gret in losing Miss Townes and
presented her with a well prepared
and iustly deserved letter of praise
and commendation for her services
here in Athens. She was also pre
sented by the Board with a leather
travel clocit,
The Board hag been fortunate in
securing the services of Mrs. Ralph
Stephens to act as director here
until a permanent one can be se~
cured. Mr, and Mrs. Stephensg
have been residents of Athens for
some time where Mr. Stephens is
connected with the University of
Georgia.
Mrs. Stephens was the former
Mrs. Eugenia Doughtie Jones of
Columbus, where she served as
assistant to the director of the ii=
brary there and later served as
'Librarian in the Augusta and Rich»
mond County Library. Shs i well
qualified for the work.
‘Stuck Truck
Halts Traffic
Traftic was held up on Madi
son avenue for aboui five houss
jate yesterday afternoom afier 8
transport truck jammed under the
railroad trestle, :
Firemen reported that the truck
recently passed through Athensg
and was able to go under the tres«
tle as the vehicle was loaded, bub
yesterday the truck was empty,
and jammed under the structure.
Members of the local fire de
partment were on hand while the
truck was being removed from
under the trestle in case fire broke
out from the leaking gasoline,
Considerable damage was done 1¢
the truck. o
Also yesterday afternoon 'gt
men went to 337 Milledge avéhug
where leaves on the roor had
caught fire, probably from a spark
coming out of the chimney. Little
damage wag Incurred. ;
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Hunter Mistakes
Aunt For Turkey
PEMBROKE, Ga.,, Nov, 25—«
(AP)—A Thanksgiving Day ture
key hunter commiiteed suicide
after he apparently had nristaken
a red kerchief for a cock’s comb
and killed his aunt,
The dead were identified by
Sheriff E. W. Miles of Bryan
county as Mrs. Bertha Goodman,
35, and William E. Ruff, 29, both
of Savannah,
Sheriff Miles said Mrs, Good=
man was wearing a red kerchief
when she and Ruff took stands
about 30 paces apart for the shoot
yesterday.
Apparently, said Miles, Rufi
spotted Mrs, Goodman’s red ker
chief bobbing in the thick bmg
gloer;lg the Ogeechee river and
red.
Attempt To Free
Kilier Is Foiled
CHICAGO, Nov. 25—(AP)~—Po=
lice patrolled areas outside the
Cook County Jail today after
thwarting an attempt by twa
young men to free James Morelli,
the “Mad Dog” killer, who is sche<
duled to die in the electrie chair
early Saturday.
Police said the two men seized
near the jail last night admitted,
in statements, they had been trye
ing since last Monday to aid the
doomed Morelli in escaping from
the jail,
Morelli, 23, siready has been
granted five stays since he first
was sentenced to death last March
19. He was convicted of killing