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Pope Pius XII, in his annual
Chrisimas message today, caiied
on all Christians to unite in op~
posing militant atheisnr.
He criticized the negation of
fundamental liberties and rights
in some countries he did not
name. He struck out against the
enslavement of men to totalita
rian states.
“Men are anxious about the
effrontery with which the united
front of militant atheism advan
ces,” the Pope said.
In.a bid to Protestants to join
with Catholics the Pontif asked:
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pressed a“ hope Roundup
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the church similar to one uttered
in his last Christmas message.
The Pope spoke on the eve of
the 1950 Catholic Holy Year.
In Washington, the White
House made public Christmas
messages exchanged between
President Truman and the Pope.
Mr. Truman noted “a steady
achievement of friendly, mutually
helpful relations amrong most of
the world’s peoples today, living
indeed as good neighbors.”
But the leaders of a few na
tions, the President said, do not
follow “this path to an enlighi
enad and advancing world order
founded on morality, justice,
truth and freedom.”
The Pontiff said in reply:
“We invoke the light, assistance
and blessing of the Christ child
upon your excellency’s person and
work, as well as upon all your
fellow citizens, who courageously
strive to find and follow the road
leading to a peaceful future of
mankind.” - oo :
The Pope had praise for “the
cordial understanding and valued
cooperation of the people of the
United States”. He lauded Amer
ican “generosity, so bounteous and
spontaneous”,
Mr. Truman is a Baptist. His
message was delivered to the Pope
by Myron C. Taylor, his personal
representative at the Vatican.
Tito Note
The U. S. President also sent
word to Premier Marshal Tito of
Yugoslavia, now under a threaten
ing Russian cloud, that the United
States is opposed to aggression
against any nation.
This is the word Mr. Truman
has Instructed Qeorge V. Allen,
new ambassador to Yugoslavia, to
pass on to the Tito regime. Allen
is scheduled to leave for Belgrade
Dec. 28.
The United States and other
Western powers have helped Tito
politically and economically since
his break with the Soviet bloc.
There are continual threats that
the cold war between Tito and the
cominform nations might develop
into a shooting war.
Glasner To
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Review Book
The book “Why Jesus Died” by
Pierre van Paassen will be re
viewed by Rabbi Samuel Glasner
at the services of Congregation
Children of Israel at 8 p. m. to
night.
This latest book by the world
famous Unitarian minister, jour
nalist and author represents a
labor of love for many years,
Rabbi Glasner said. In it Mr. van
Paassen has included the results
of the most thorough research in
to those world shaking events
which took place in little Pales
tine 2,000 years ago.
Everyone is invited to attend
the meeting where the book will
be reviewed.
RADIO TALK TOMORROW
Truman Flies To Missouri
For Christmas Holidays
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23— (AP)
~President Truman took off in
the rain today to fly back home
to Missouri for the Christmas
holidays.
The personal plane, the Inde
pendence, left the National Air
fort at 8:37 a. m. EST for the
hree hour, 45 minute flight to
Kansas City, Xas. He will drive
from there to the Truman home
at Independence, Mo.
Despite the rain, the weather
wés warm and visibility was fair
as the plane headed west. The
fiontt, however, takes the Presi
ent over areas hit by snow and
sleet.
With him was his daughter,
fiargmt. Mrs. Truman already
at their hor e in Independence.
Excent for a short radlo speech
Saturday night extending Christ-
Mas greetings to the mation, and
ge&ting Christmas dinner at home,
. Truman plans to foliow no
fixed 'chedulhee while in Eftlmgu{x.
Customarily gmds most of his
mfim dv.i'dfing kinfolk and old
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ATHENS AT CHRISTMAS TIME—I 949
Christmas Is Much
In Evidence Here
Christmas is much in evidence in Athens. The excite
ment and merriment which invaded the city early this
month has grown to feverish proportions as last-minute
preparations are completed for the arrival of St. Nick,
for parties, annual family gatherings and other special
activities peculiar to the holly and tinsel-bedecked season
when people throughout the Christian world, excluding
all selfish thoughts, celebrate the birth of Christ. b
It is obvious this Christmas sea
son in Athens that the spirit of
the season is not confined to the
individual or even to the family.
Many local organization, both
professional and social are spon
soring and participating in char
itable efforts for the underpriv
ileged, in decorative contests and
presentations thematically appro
priate to the Christmas season.
With the dawn of a clear,
crisp. day today lecal shoppers
launched a grand finale to the
Christmas buying parade which
began on a smaller scale earlier
this month. One glorious day
remains, and it appears that the
weather will be fair,. if cold,
and that pre-Christmas buying
will wind up with a bang in the
Classic City. Local merchants
expect Saturday to be the final
splurge made by shoppers dur
ing this, one of Athens’ busiest
Christmas seasons.
Pageants depieting the Biblical
account of the birth of Christ
have been staged in numerous
churches and special services have
been arranged. “Notable among
such presentations was the pa-
He is due back in Washington
Dec. 28 to face the usual heavy
work load incident to the opening
of Congress. y
In his final work day until after
Christmas, Mr. Truman went over
his State of the Union message
and other business with his cabi
net and held a news conference.
Opening the news conference,
tha Precident wished newsmen &
Merry, Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year and remarked
that the wvast majority of them
have been as kind to him as he
deserved.
Mr. Truman told newsmen:
1 That he does not regard Gen.
Pwight D. Eisenhower as a can
didate for president, but agreed
a lot of people have been trying
o make him one ever since Eisen
hower left the army. He remariked
Wicenhower himself had disavow
ed presidential aspirations, and
said that his word ie good; that it
algay:aihfmbeen. ol % al
. 2. the general are
on the Megt terms and al
ways have been,
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
geant presented at First Christian
Church Sunday, December 18.
His pageant, an annual event,
has through the years attracted
capacity audiences and those who
attend are deeply impressed by
this sincere and moving presenta
tion of the Christmas Story.
HOLIDAY HOURS
Postmaster J. R. Myers an
nounced today that all postof
fice windows will close Satur
day, Christmas Eve, at one
o’clock p. m. as usual. In mak
ing this announcement Postmas
ter Myers pointed out that the
local postoffice has handled one
of the largest volumes of Christ
mas mail this year ever
handled.
Doorways throughout the city
exhibit seasonal glamor through
the efforts of Bobbin Mill Garden
Club sponsors of a contest in
which prizes will be awarded
winning decorators. Other local
garden clubs and social organiza
tions are also participating, mak
ing the contest city-wide ir scope
wnd adding muc’ to the Christmas
cloak which envelopes Athens.
Typical of the fund-raising
drives, proceeds of which go to
local organizations for the pur
pose of assuring a cheerful Christ
mas to everyone, is the recent
Jaycee Newspaper (Banner-Her
ald) Sale. A total of $1,122 was
derived from this sale last Sun
day and the entire sum was do
nated to the local branch, Salva
tion Army.
Prior to the closing of the Uni
versity many sororities and dor
mitories gave parties for countiess
children of the city. The hustle
and bustle of the postoffice em
phasizes and underscores the tre
mendous scope of Christmas in
Athens this year. Only two days
remain and the kiddies, old and
young, can hardly wait!
Teen-Age Center
©
Not Open Tonight
Athens Teen-Age Center at
Memorial Park will not be open
tonight because of a formal dance
at the high school here, and the
Center won’t open tomorrow night
because it will be Christmas Eve.
_Ed Hawkins, center director,
announced today that the Teen-
Age Center will be open for reg
:Jar activities next week-end,
ATHENS, GCA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1949,
41st Dividend
To Savings,
L.oan Investors
Announcement was made today
that the Athens Federal Savings
& Loan Association will pay its
forty-first consecutive dividend to
investors on January 1.
This dividend payment is the
second semi-annual payment for
the year and will amount to about
$37,000, bringing the total divi
dend payment this year to $71,000.
Since its organization in 1929,
the Association has paid out in
dividends to investors a sum al
most equal to forty times the
amount the organization started
with when it was organized. The
grand total of dividends including
the present payment exceeds
$700,000, The new payment will
go to one thousand and seven hun
dred investors (1700) in Athens
and vicinity.
The officers and directors of the
association are as follows:
Howard H. McWhorter, presi
dent; H. A. Birchmore, first vice=
president; L. O. Price, second vice
president; Roy W. Curtis, secre
tary-treasurer; E. S. Sell, assist.
secretary-treasurer.
Directors: Howard H., McWhor
ter, H. A. Birchmore, L. O. Price,
Roy W. Curtis, E. S. Sell, M. P.
Jarnagin, J. H. T. McPherson,
Robert Hana, W. B. Dozier.
FFBI Arrests
Check Artist
Wanted Here
A check artist who passed num
erous bogus checks in this city
during the month of September
was arrested in Hot Springs, by
the FBI last night, Chief of Police
Clarence Roberts reported today.
The FBI listed his name as Ed
ward Gregory Peoples, jr. On
the checks passed here he used the
name R. T. Marsh,
Business firms accepting the
checks here were the N & N Cafe
teria, Sporting Goods, Sanders’
Men Shop and Richarason-Hodg
son Men’s Wear.
The checks amounted to around
SIOO Chief Roberts said.
Chief Roberts listed the action
as an other example of the coop
eration given by the FBI on fol
lowing through with his depart
ment on check artists.
Car-Train Crash
Kills 4 Persons
PANA, 1., Dec. 23 — (AF) —
Two youths and two teen-age
girls were killed and a fhird giri
was seriously injured last night
in an automobile-freight train col
lisioygpnear here.
Yuletide Services
For Churches Here
Twenty-two Athens churches will take part in the
Christmag season in various ways, some of them having
arranged special programs for Sunday, Christmas Day,
as well as Christmas Eve.
Churches holding special serv
ices include the following:
Rev. Paul Howle, pastor of First
Christian Church, will preach on
“When The Great Guest Came”
at the morning service on Sunday.
A vesper service will be heid at
5:30 p. m. at which time there will
be a candle light service including
singing of Christmas carols. At
this time Rev. Howle will give an
interpretation of the painting
“Head of Christ” by Sallman.
Sermon by Dr. Howard P. Gid
dens at the morning service at
First Baptist Church at 11 o’clock,
will be on “The Thorn That
Bloomed At Christmas.” At 5:15
a special candle light service will
be held and the pastor’s subject
will be “He Was Called Jesus.”
Morning worship service will be
held at First Methodist Church at
11:15 with Dr. J. W. O. McKibben
i preaching on “Unto Us A Child
Is Born.” Theme of the evening
service will be “The Other Wise
Man.” There will be special car
ols singing at the eévening service.
In the morning special Christmas
music will be rendered by the
choir under the direction of Ed~
win Blanchard, minister of musie.
Miss Kattie Gris#2th is organist.
A musical program under the
direction of Miss Faye Hamilton,
choir director, will be featured at
the morning worship service of
Young Harris Memorial Church,
beginning at 11i:15 on Sunday.
There will be no fellowship pro
grams on Sunday night, but an
}“Old Fashion Methodist Prayer
|and Praise Service” under the
i direction of Rev. G. M. Spivey will
be held at 8 o’clock. Three choirs
will participate in the morning
music service.
First Presbyterian Church will
hold Sunday School at 10 o’clock
Sunday morning followed by
morning worship service at 11
!o’clock with Dr. 8. A. Carledge
pastor, rendering the sermon.
| High mass will be held on
Christmas Eve at midnight by the
Catholic Churclk. under the direc
tion of Father Walter Donovan.
Two other masses will be held
during Christmas Day, at 8:30 a.
mi. and 11:30 a. m. Choirs under
the direction of Byron Warner
will sing at the masses. A chil
dren’s choir will render music at
the 8:30 mass.
Christmas services of Emman
uel Episcopal Church as announc-~
ed by Rev, J. Earl Gilbreath, rec
tor, is as follows: Saturday, 11:00
p. m. Christmas Eve Celebration
of Holy Communion. The Choir
will present the Bach Cantata:
l“For Us a Child Is Born,” at 11
o'ciock. This wiil be ivilowed by
lthe Choral Celebration of Holy
i Communion. Sunday, 8:00 a. m.,
Celebration of Holy Communion.
‘ Sunday, 11:00 a m., Choral Cele
bration of Holy Communion.
(Banner-Herald Photos By Ed Thilenius)
Central Presbyterian Church, in|
an effort to make the spirit of |
home services more appreciatedl
by the families of the church,
will hot have a Sunday School
program or youth and children’s
group meetings Sunday evening,
Instead, the church plans two
services on Christmas Day, with
the regular Christmas service be
ing held at the church at 10 o'~
clock Sunday morning. The topic
of the sermon by Paster C. C.
Shafe will be “What Will We Do
With Jesus?” At 7:30 Sunday night
a candlelight service will be cen
tered around the theme of “I
Heard the Bells on Christmas
Day.”
" Rev. T. R. Harvill will deliver
a special Christmas message at
Sunday morning services of the
Prince Avenue Baptist Church, en
titled “The Re-Interpretation of
Christ’ Birth.” The church held
its pre-Christmas services last
Sunday, with a Christmas pageant
and special music.
Christian Scientists will have
their regular Sunday morning|
service at 11:15 at the Georgian
Hotel.
Christmas Tree
A Christmas tree will be held on
Sunday morning during the Sun
day School hour at Oconee Street
| Methodist Church, Rev. Charles
‘ Middlebrocks has a Christmas
service planned for the morning
worship which begins at 11:15.
Highlight of the Christmas ob
servance at the church will be the
Christmas play “The Other Shep
herd” which will be staged at 8
o'clock that night. It is being
| sponsored by the Friendship Class
and Young Adult Fellowship, The
play is under the direction ‘of
Carlton James. Public is invited
to attend the play.
Preaching on the subject of
“0O Come Let Us Adore Him” will
be Rev., Cook W. Freeman of
Friendship Preshyterian Church at
the 11 o’clock service Sunday
morning. There will be no night
service. .
Rev. Johnnie Barett of Johnson
Drive Baptist will conduet 8 Sun
rist service at 7:30 a. m. Sunday
morning. Also he will preach at
the evening service Sunday night.
There will be no Sunday School.
At the morning service at 11
o’clock Sunday, Rev. C. N. Ellison,
pastor, will preach on “The Prom-~
ise Of The Dedeemer Fulfilled.”
Regular services will be held that
night at 7:30.
Other Athens churches taking
;part in Christmas activities in one‘
Wway of another are Dowevaia
IBeptitt, West End Baptist, mm[
jAthens Baplist, Holly Heighls
Chapei, Feniecosiai mhfies-s,[
lLutheran, and Jehovah’s Witness
and Church of Christ.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
11 Killed As
B-50 Crashes. -
Near Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 28, — (AP) — A flaming Air
Force B-50 bomber crashed in a nearby river marsh last
night, killing all 11 airmen aboard and scattering and
burying bodies and wreckage in the muck,
The big bomber had just taken off from Chatham Alg
Force Base here when it went down on the bank of a
branch of the muddy Savannah river, The erash was onlg
seven miles above the city, but # was so inaccessible ¥
took rescue parties hours to reach it by boat.
The first persons to reach the
scene were forced back by flam
ing gasoline, floating on the water,
The flames were visible for miles.
Col. Frederic E, Glantsberg,
commanding officer of Chatham
Field, identified the plane. He
said it took off at 9:12 p. m. (EST)
on a training flight to El Paso,
Texas. It crashed about five
minutes later, .
The plane had been in service |
at Chatham for a year or a vear
and a half. The B-50, an im
proved version of the B-29 Super
fortress, has a wingspread of 141
feet, is 99 feet long, and weighs
125,000 pounds. The Ajr Foree|
describes it as 8 more powertui|
version of the B-28 which bombsed
Japan.
Remote Spot
The crash site was less than two
miles from U. 8. Highway 17,
which crosses the river just above
Savannah, But it could only be
reached by small boats guided by
boatmen who knew the river.
The erash was only & few miles
from the spot where a chartered
airliner erashed Jan. 7, 1948, kill
ing i 8 and injuring 18 Puerto Ri
cans on a flight from Newark, N.
J., to their home. .
The Air Force waited until
dawn to send a large crash boat
with. a score or more men, armed
with shovels and ropes, to try to
remove the bodies. They had to
transfer to small flat-bottomed
swamp boats to get to the wreck~
age.
Two planes took off from the
air base this morning to circle the
crash scene and guide the rescue
boats.
' Hign iide on the river was at
‘about 11 a. m, and the rescue
parties hoped to be able to re
|rrL:ove some of the bodies before
| UETL.
ATHENS AND VICINITY !
Clear weather through Sun- ‘
day. Colder tonight with a rise
in temperature Saturday
through Sunday. Low tonight
25. High tomorrow 50. Sun sets |
5:28 and rises tomorrow 7:36. i
GEORGIA — Clearing, windy
and cold this afternoon; fair
and colder tonight; low tem
peratures 22 to 26 in north and
26 to 30 in south portions; Sat
urday, fair, not so cold.
TEMPERATURE
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moveset .. 0 e N
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .13
Total since Dec. 1 .. «. .. %18
Deficit since Dec. 1. .. ... 1.28
Average Dec. rainfall .... 4.57
Total since January 1 ... 4168
Deficit since January 1 .. 629
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Durston, shown here with Elliott Roosevelt at a New
York night club recently, said her daughter and Roose
velt are “interested in each other.” The Hartfakd
Conn., Times quoted Gigi as saying she and Elliots
“ars very fond of cach gther,” hut that “wa san’t make
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any statement on thai ai the preseni time.’ Miss Durs
ton is a television performer.— (AP Wirephoto.)
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estabiished custom The Bapmer-
Herald will not {ssue a paper on
Christmas Day in order that the
entire staff may have a heliday,
This issue of the paper is the
last until next Monday after
noon, December 26th. ‘
—The MANAGEMENT.
'hite Ximas
White .
Is Seen For
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Middle West
" By The Associated Press
A cold—and probably m
Christmas a&ieand in
for most of Midwest.
The cold sir which euea:a
central gcrt of the country
eastward today to the Apghella
Mountains but the Atlantie Coaste
al areas enjoyed spring-like temp=~
eratures.
It was sub-zero wedther today
from the Dakotas to Northern Ills
inois. The mercury tumbled to 31
below at Pembina, N. D., and Ine
ternational Falls, Minn. It was ‘;3
at Rockford and Bradford, Hl.,
Chicago shivered at 4 sbove, )m
coldest -day of the seasom.
much relief from the cold m
i nected over the weekend, federas
fo?x‘:caste;‘i ksa(i:c}t : % :
ew Yor y's ear mm'mn§
reading was & mild 60 and es i
holiday celebrators siroLwa IHNEY
Square carrying topcoats tnz
overcoats over their arms. Yester«
day the mercury hit 62.2, a record
high for Dec. 22, topping the preve
ious high of 88 on Dec. 22 1875,
Other highs Included 67 &8 P>
burgh, 64 at Buffalo, 61 at Boston
and 62 at Philadelphia. In econe
trast, the mercury failed to rise
above zero in some parts of Min=
nesota and North Dakota. ;
Light snow fell today in the
Great Lakes region and the Ohie
Valley and also in the Dakotas
and Montana. Light rain was re
ported in the Pacific morthwest.
Fair weather, with subnerma}
temperatures, continued in the fa 2
southwest and the Pacific coast.
Sleet, ice and snow storms
caused at least 38 deaths aecross
the nation this week, & survey
showed. The hardest hit area was
{ Southern California which re=
| ported 11 traffic fatalities resulte
i ing from icy roads. Several ecome
{ munities in Illinois and Missouri
‘ struggled back toward normal con
{ ditions after a crippling sleet
i storm.