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Vol. CXVII, No. 298.
Russ Say Japs Admit Using Americans As Germ Warfare Guinea Pigs
A 1) °
Special “Unit
731” Said To
Have Set Tests
LONDON, Dec. 27 —(AP)—Ra
dio Moscow said today that Japan
ese on trial for war crimes in Si
beria admitted wusing American
war prisoners as human Guinea
pigs in germ warfare tests.
In a trial of 12 Japanese army
ofricers, tl.e radio broadcast said,
some of the defendants asserted
these experiments with deadly
pleague, cholera and other germs
were in preparation for launch
ing germ-bomb attacks on the
United States and Britain during
World War Two.
One defendant, Gen. Otozoo
Yamada, former commander of the
Japanese Kwantung army in Man
churia, was said to have testified
that germ experiments on prison=
ers were aimed primarily for use
on the Soviet Union, the Mongo
lian people’s republic and China
in addition to the U. S. and
Britain.
According to reported testimony
by Tomio Karasawa, second de
fendant to appear before the
court, lethal germs were used by
the Japanese army’s top-secret
germ warfare branch “to ascertain
the degree of vulnerability of the
American army to different com
bat infections.”
No Records
(In Tokyo, General MacArthur’s
headquarters said there are no
records of th e Japanese having
experimented with germs on
American prisoners. As far as
headquarters knew the Japanese
had never been accused by any of
the Americans held at Mukden,
scene of the alleged experiment,
of using them as germ-warfare
guinea pigs.
(old U. S. army intelligence re~
ports in 1946, however, disclosed
that the Japanese had conducted
germ-weapon experiments on an
imals, but there was no evidence
they ever had used human beings
or ever had used the weapons in
actual warfare. .
(Some observers believe the
trial is being used by Russia as an
answer to recent Japanese and
American occupation demands for
the release of Japanese war pris
oners she is still holding. Russia
claims to be holding 10,000 Jap~-
anese a§ war criminals but Jap
anese and U. 8. estimates place the
figure at nearly 350,000.)
Speecial Deoree
The germ warfare experiments.
were said to have been conducted
by a special “Unit 731.” Moscow
radio and official Soviet newspa
pers said one of the defendants
testified that Unit 731 was esti
mated by a special decree of Em
peror Hirohito in 1936 and func-~
tioned before and during the war.
All 12 defendants pleaded guil
ty to charges of preparing and
using bacteriological warfare, the
Soviet press and radio reported.
°
8 Kiiled in
Japan Quake
TOKYO, Dec. 27. — (AP) —
Heavy snow today spread a new
blanket of misery over central
Japan, where eight persons were
killed and hundreds left home
less by 20-odd earth temblors
between Sunday night and this
morning. :
National rural police said eight
were killed and one person was
missing. Many were injured ‘but
only one seriously. Eighty-six
homee and buildings collapsed
and 23 others were badly dam
aged,
Farly tonight a 40 second tem
blor disrupted electric light con
nections in one Tokyo district.
Temperatures
Head For Normal
By The Associated Press
Temperatures appeared headed
for normal or above marks over
most of the country today, with
only a few areas reporting sub
zero readings. There were several
wet spots.
A fresh mass of cold air moved
Into western North Dakota and
northwestern Minnesota to send
the mercury below zero. But the
thilly blasts weren’t expected to
hit much of the rest of the north
rentral area.
Readings were above normal
throughout most of the eastern
ind southern portions of the coun
iry and around normal in the mid
west and west. ¢
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy with occasional light
rain and fog tonight and Wed
nesday, becoming partly cloudy
in the afternoon. Low tonight
48, high 58, Sun sets 5:31 and
rises 7:38,
GEORGIA—CIoudy with oc
casional light rain ending in
northwest portion tonight and
in southeast portion Wednesday
morning, becoming partiy clou
dy thereafter, Warmer in north
portion this afternoon, litile
change In temperature tenight
and cooler Wednesday.
TEMPERATURE
Highest ..o 00l ooy« 02
Towest Liis hiv ioaw 0088
Mean SeyH ewas wßee aves --50
Nowmt oos ... .00 a 8
RAINFALL
inches iasi 24 houis .. .. 08
Total since Dec. 1 .. .. .. 2.68
Deficit since Dec, i .. ... I.iß
Average Dec. raimfall ..,. 457
geohl‘ since January 1 .. ..42.26
ficit since January i .. 77*
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Action On
i ‘
Bill Urged
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—(AP)
—Democratic “leaders plan to push
for action by Spring on a new mid
dle-income housing program
which they expect President Tru
man to present t» Congress.
Mr. Truman reportedly will ge -
forth the general objectives of + ¢
program in the State of the U’ ¢
message he sends to the law
ers a day or two after the™ &
session begins Jan. 3.
Senate sources who have been
consulted by the White House said
a preliminary draft of legislation
already has been completed. They
said the bill is being keyed to spur
the building of homes by private
industry at a price which families
of moderate income can afford.
The emphasis, it is understood,
will be on dwellings which would
sell at from $7,000 to around
$9,000.
Such legislaticn would in that
regard foliow the pattern of a bill,
sponsored by ' Senator Sparkman
(D.-Ala.), which already has been
approved by the Senate Banking
Committee.
The bill was shelved in the last
minute log jam at the last session,
but backers of the measure were
promised by the leadership that it
would get early attention in 1950.
The big reason action by Spring
will be sought is that a stop-gap
law put through last October ex
pires next March 31. That meas
ure simply continued the old pro
gram of government home loan
insurance and mortgage-buying.
The Sparkman bill and report=-
edly the administration’s new
measure provide for Iliberalizing
home loan insurance terms to
make smaller down payments pos
sible.
Both measures are designed to
supplement the public housing and
slum clearance program enacted
at the last session. The goal now
is to provide homes for in-between
families whose income is too large
to qualify them for public housing
and not big enough to afford much
of the private housing available.
The administration bill is said
to call for .a broad cooperative
housing program to be financed by
issuing bonds which would be pur
chased by private interests. By
whom the bonds would be issued
as a matter still under study.
.
Miss Thurmond
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Continues In
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Serious State
Miss Miriam Thurmond con
tinued in a serious condition at
Athens General Hospital today
and authoritative sources were
not yet ready to make a public
announcement as to prospects for
her recovery.
In the meantime, scores of
Athenians have either called at
the hospital to express their con
cern over the young woman’s
condition or in other ways to
manifest their deep and sincere
interest in her welfare.
Dean John E. Drewry, who is
also a patient at the General
Hospital, is reportedly completely
out of danger.
Mrs. Kathleen Drewry, the for=-
mer wife of Dean Drewry, who is
said to have admitted shooting
the Dean and Miss Thurmond at
the home of the latter’s mother
last Friday night, is confined in
Clarke county jail.
NUMEROUS MINOR WRECKS °
Athens Spends Safe Holidays
Despite Flurry Of Accidents
Despite adverse weather conditions, Athens and vicinity went through a compara
tively safe holiday week-end extending from Friday through last night.
Pcl>lice authorities reported a flurry of minor accidents with no serious injuries
resulting. g
The injury of four negroes in
two shooting escapades and an
ambulance run last night brought
the holiday period to a close.
Chief of Police Clarence Rob
erts reported today that Sherman
and Corene -Lattimore, colored
man and wife, are being held for
investigation in connection with
the shooting of two other negroes,
Henry Bell and George Sameul.
Chief Roberts said that Corene
Lattimore tol d hmithat she was
handing a rifle to ner husband
when it accidentially discharged.
The bullet struck Bell in the
stomach and then hit Sameul in
the arm.
Hgospital - suthorities reported
Bell in fair condition today. Sam=
eul was treated and released last
night.
Meanwhile, a colored ambul~
ance answering the emergency
call struck Weldon Rollin at the
corner of Billups and Broad
streets. When examined at a local
hospital he was found to have
suffered a broken leg.
A few hours cprevious to the
above incident, Cniei Roberts re
poried that Lucy Yearher, was in=
jured when a shotgun, she was
firing at her husband expiodes in
her hands. The husband was nßt
gfld Roberts said that the hus
SERVING .ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Xmas Dinners
Given Away Free
By Case Owner
INDIANAPOLIS, Dee. 27—
(AP)—Restaurant-owner James
R. Hightower doesn’t have a
family with which to spend the
holi? ~ 'so vesterday he de
cid r\\‘ ;,‘9 lay host to his custom
er ~
. ¢°4e'§,ut a sign in the window
~& s Rose City Case in the
< v ntown district offering free
~ icken dinners to the first 400
. ersons to come in between
10:30 a. m. and 2 p. m.
It didn’t take him long to
drum up trade. In a short time
his small case was filled and
there was a long line on the
sidewalk outside.
By 2 p. m. the 400 dinners
were gone and Hightower and
his weary employes closed the
doors. Then they had to go home
to get something to eat—all the
food in the case was gone.
“It wouldn’t have seemed like
Christmas without giving some
thing,” Hightower said.
INDONESIA
BECOMES
NEW NATION
By The Associated Press
A new nation rose in the east
today —the United States of In
donesia.
In Amsterdam, Queen Juliana
of the Netherlands proclaimed in
dependence for the nation of 77,-
000,000 Indonesians in the South
west Pacific.
In Batavia, capital of the vai
uable necklace of Indies Islands
-thousands cheer
yed as Holland’s
tricoior was puii
ed down and the
World Newss
Roundup
——ered and white
flag of revolutionary Indonesia
was run up.
The flag ceremony followed the
signings of the protocol of trans=
fer of authority in the gleaming
white palace of the Dutch High
Commissior.
The two ceremonies — in op
posite parts of the world — took
place simultaneously.
National Hymn
The band played the Dutch Na
tional hymn as the Dutch imperial
flag was lowered. Then the band
played the spirited Indonesian
revolutionary marching song “In
donesia Raja” (Gireat Indonesia)
as the red and white flag went up.
Thus Indonesia followed the
Philippines, India, Pakistan and
other nations which have won
their independence since the war.
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin
left London today for a meeting
of British Commonwealth foreign
ministers in Colombo, Ceylon. Re
porters said he looked pale after
his recent heari attack and took
his personal plLysician with him.
The conference will discuss rec
ognition of Communist China, a
Japanese peace treaty and the
continuing dollar shortage.
A new five-year trade pact be
tween Britain and Yugoslavia was
announced yesterday. The agree=
ment will push two-way trade to
the tune of $616,200,000, London
estimated. It will also tighten
Yugoslavia’'s ties with the west
and widen the gulf between Pre
mier Marshal Tito and Moscow.
In Tokyo, General Douglas
MacArthur gave the Japanese
government permission to spend
8,600,000,000 yen (near? $24,-
000,000, to build up the Japanese
merchant navy.
BY ED THILENIUS
band told him he had cleaned the
gun several days ago and had not
put it back together completely.|
The shooting came as the result
of an argument,
City Wrecks
City police records reveal that |
four minor accidents occurred '
during the three-day period, with
none being injured.
The first accident occurred Sat
urday afternoon at 3:30 p. m,, {
when two cars collided at the in~
tersection of Broad and Pulaski
streets. One car driven by Frank
Steward, 28, of Rt. No. 4 Madiscn,
rammed ints the back of ancther
car driven by John Winfrey, who
was stopped at the traffic light.
Police charged Steward with |
driving under the influence of al
cohol. They estimated his speed
at the time of the accident as 40
MPH. Both vehicles were going |
east on Broad street.
The second accident occurred at
2:30 p. m. Sunday afternoon at the
intersection of Hancock and
Lumpkin street.. A car driven by
Rey Sayne, 41, struck {hs yaos of
another ~ar driven ebfi Robert
Graham, 25, which was stopped at
the traffic light Minor damage
was suffered by wwm;
driver. Both cars were going west
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EXQUISITELY DRESSED DEBUTANTES AT BALL
This is a general view of the grand debut at the Cotillion and Christmas ball.
ballroom of New York’s Waldorf-Astoria All the debutantes are dressed in white
Hotel when 120 debutantes made their and silver.
Holiday Death Toll
Surpasses 500 Mark
By The Associated Press
Black crepe repvlaced the green holly in the homes of
more than 500 persons killed in violent accidents across
the nation over the extended Christmas holiday. :
Hyndman Fire
Forges City’s
Civic Pride
HYNDMAN, Pa., Dec. 27—(AP)
—The fire which leveled this
mountain community’s business
section has forged a new spirit es
civic pride in Hyndman.
That became apparent today as
merchants, town officials and bus
inessmen started to lay plans for
a new and better town.
The Christmas eve fire burned
out three bhlocks of the center of
town. The bank, 12 other busi
ness buildings, about 20 homes and
the postoffice were reduced to
twisted, charred wreckage.
An unofficial estimate of dam
age compiled by businessmen
placed it at around sl,ooo,ooo—a
staggering amount for a town of
about 1,500 population.
5 tlZut Hyndman has not bowed to
ate,
“We are going to build a better
town than we ever had before,”
Charles O. Burns, cashier of the
burned-out bank declared.
“The fire has bound the com-=
munity together,” George Keller,
principal of the local high school
said. “It is really amazing. Every=
one is helping”
on Hancock.
Yesterdey afternoon at 4:20 p.
m., two cars collided at the inter
section of Washington and Jack
son streets. Ore car driven by
Thomas E. Putman, 24, from
Greenville, 8. C., going east on
Washington collided with another
car driven by Howell Glynshaw,
40, of Norfolk, W, Va, which was
proceeding south on Jackson.
No Charges
The Putman car was damaged
in the right front fender and the
Clynshaw vehicle was damaged in
thea right side. No charges were
Also g'esterday afternoon, a car
driven by Frank Cash, 120 Ingie
wood Ave,, struck a spot of rough
pavement at the turn of Oconee
and Oak streets and overturned.
Neither the driver, or Miss Nancy
Cash, of Atlanta, oniy other occu~
pant of th car, were injured.
Police said the accident occured
while Cash was making a left turn
off Oconee into Oak. The left side
and top of the car were damaged.
No charges were made.
State Fairor heaggqueriecls -
norted se&e: accidents on high~
ways in, . area, . most sevi
auf' of : which ;mn‘lfi in' minder
(Continued on Page Two.) =
The traffic toll—3B7—was under
the estimated 435 made by the
National Safety Council for the
period from 6 p. m. last Friday to
midnight Monday. T
But the total soared far above
500 with other violent deaths.
Sixty-five persons were killed in
fires and 92 others lost their lives
in accidents by miscellaneous
causes. These included shootings,
falls, electrocutions, plane crashes,
exposure and asphyxiation.
Tragedy came to many homes
in place of Santa Claus. A moth
er and her six children perished
in a fire which swept their small
home in San Antonio, Tex. An
other Texas family of five was
wiped out in an automobile-gaso
line truck accident.
Texas led the nation with 355
violent deaths.
There were many simple little
tragedies.
A two-year-old girl in East St.
Louis, 111., choked to death on
Christmas candy. In Clearwater,
Fla., a 12 year old boy riding a
bicycle collided with an automo
bile and was killed. The driver
of the car, enacting the role of
Santa Claus, was driving to Largo,
Fla., to distribute Christmas gifts
to needy children. A 14-year-old
boy in Martinton, 111., was fatally
shot by his teen-age brother when
the shotgun their father had given
them for Christmas accidentally
discharged.
There were 396 accidental
deaths over the 1948 two-day
Christmas holiday, including 277
traffic fatalities.
Deaths by states, listing traffie,
fires and miscellaneous causes:
Alabama 9 1 1; Arizona 3 0 1;
Arkansas 5 0 0; California 36 0 4;
Colorado 3 0 1; Connecticut 1 4 1;
Flqrida 8 0 2; Georgia 8 1 2; Idaho
11 1; Illinois 29 0 7; Indiana 14 1
4; Towa 6 1 1;
Kansas 4 1 0; Kentucky 7 0 3;
Louisiana 4 1 0; Maryland 6 1 1;
Massachusetis 8 3 5; Michigan 15
0 1; Minnesota 13 1 0; Mississippi
4 1 0; Missouri 6 2 1; Montana 0 0
1; Nebraska 4 0 0; Nevada 1 0 1;
New Hampshire 3 0 0; New Jer
sey 6 8 0; New Mexico 3 0 2; New
York 24 2 7; North Carolina 16 2 7;
North Dakota 0 0 1; Ohio 28 1 4;
Oklahoma 2 0 1; Oregon 6 3 0;
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Flying Saucer
‘Talk’ Again
NEW YORK, Dec. 27—(AP)—A
sensational claim that so-called
“flying saucers” are space vehicles
from another planet kindled new
controversy on the subject today.
The Air Force promptly dis
counted the claim. A spokesman
said:
“Air Force studies of ‘flying
saucers’ lend no support to the
view that they come from another
planet.”
The assertion that the flying
discs are real and that they are
used by visitors from another
planet was made by True Maga
zine in an article it calls the “most
important true story we have ever
published.”
It wag written for the Tanuarv
issue by Donald E. Keyhoe, a
former. J.ntorlt’nrati:hn gm;fh. iu{l fl:
aeronautics bran 5 ..
Commerce Department.
Best Dressed
Women Of
49 Selected
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—(AP)—
The 1949 list of the world's 10
best-dressed women was out to
day, and it reads a lot like last
year’s list.
Only two newcomers are on the
roster of fine fashion. They are
Broadway stage star Mary Martin
and Mrs. Kingman Douglas, the
former Adele Astaire, of Middle
burg, Va.
Heading the list for the second
consecutive year is Mrs. William
Paley, slender, brunette wife of
the head of the Columbia Broad
casting System.
Runnersup, as announced by
the New York Dress Institute
yesterday, are: 2. The Duchess of
Windsor, of New York and Paris;
3. Mrs. Harrison Williams, New
York; 4. The Duchess of Kent,
T.ondon; 5. Mrs. Leland Hayward,
the former Mrs. Howard Hawks.
of Hollywood; 6., Mrs. William
Randolph Hearst, jr., Washington
and New York; 7. Miss Martin
star of “South Pacific,” of Nor
walk, Conn., and New York; 8.
Mrs, Byron Foy, New York; 9
Mrs. Louis Arpels, Paris; 10. Mrs.
Dcuglas.
Except for Miss Martin, Mrs.
Douglas and Mrs. Foy, all were
on the 1948 list, Mrs. Foy was on
the 1947 roster and several prev
ious ones. .
Many of those named have
been among the top 10 for years
including the Duchess of Windsor
and Mrs. Leland -Hayward. Mrs
Williams has been so listed every
year except one since 1933.
The Institute, in selecting the
best dressed womren, conducts a
nationwide poll of 500 newspaper
and magazine fashion editors and
designers. It also queries a few
exclusive New York restaurants
and supper clubs.
2 Vet Bills High
On Congress List
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—(AP)
—A pension bill in the Senate and
an insurance bill in the House are
the top priority items for veterans
in the Congressional session start
ing a week from today.
A bonus bill for World War Two
veterans is in the background.
Even its strongest supporters
among veterans’ organizations
don’t expect this multi-billion dol
lar measure to get anywhere in the
next session. -
The House already has passed
a liberalized pension bill for vet
erans of both World Wars. Now
it’s up to the Senate to act.
Arms Shipments
To Begin Soon
WASHINGTON, Dec. Z27—(AP)
—American officials now estimate
that United States arms and mili
tary equipment will begin moving
to Western Europe about Feb. 1—
about a month behind schedule.
This delayed start means the
administration will have only five
months to use the $1,000,000,000
Congress appropriated to rearm
the Atlantic pact countries.
Unless the money is spent or
earmarked by June 30, when the
fiscal year ends, it will go back to
the TUnited States Treasury.
Officials expressed confidence,
however, that the fund could be
spent or allocated within the time
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Areg.
Congress May Also Close -
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Some Tax Law “Loopholes”
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.— (AP) —Congress may ¢all
for a crackdown on tax evaders and ciose some tax iaw
“loopholes” before it considers any legislation to raise ta¥
rates on individuals or corporations.
Rep. Forand (D.-R.1.), member
of the tax-framing House Ways
and Means Committee, today told
newsmen:
“If every tax legally owed the
government were collected, I be
lieve the budget could be bal
anced without resorting to any
tax increases.”
Treasury and congressional tax!
experts now are studying the
problem of tax dodging. Some
estimated that the government is
losing $5,000,000,000 a year by
tax evasion aand by the so-called
loopholes. These permit some tax
payers to work the tax laws in a
nanner to trira-down thelr tax
obligations. ;
Balance Budget ’
If that amount were collected
it would iust about cover whatl
the government needs to balance!
the budget.
Meanwhile, Republicans onl
Capitol Hill — expecting consid-|
erable support from Democrats—
lined up for battle against any
proposal President Truman may
make for tax increases.
Rep. Joseph W. Martin, jr., the
House GOP leadef, issued a tor-|
mal statement saying he expects
the President to propose a multi-‘
billion dollar tax-hiking program |
“so that the administration can|
proceed with iis extravagant and
:llil{enl plan to socialize Amer-‘
ca.”
“A tax increase at this time,”
he said, “would have a depreuivel
effect on economic conditions|
generally and might preclpitatei
the country into a tail-spin whichl
would cost millions of workers!
their jobs.”
He predicted defeat for any
tax-upping bill. }r
Martin renewed his plea for a
slash of around $600,000,000 to
$750,000,000 a year in the war
imposed excise rates on such
things as furs, jewelry, luggage.
communications and transporta
tion. Such legislation now is
backed by a substantial numberl
of Republicans and Denrocrats.
Mr. Truman has said sturies are
being made to see if the excises
can be reduced.
Senator O'Conor (D.-Md.) of
dered the opinion yesterday that‘
reduction oi the excises io theirl
pre-war rates would provide &
healthy stimulus for affected in-‘
dustries. He said increased saies!
and profits, in turn, would “makel
possible a greater tax return to{
the treasury.” )
~ POSSE SEARCHING
HUNTSVILLE, Tex., Dec, 27 —
(AP) — A posse of 100 officers
today searched a heavily wooded
area of east Texas for five con
viete who tunneled out of the
state penitentiary here yesterday.
Two other convicts were captur
ed without a struggle some six
hours after the escape.
TITO PACT
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Dec.
27— (AP) — Marshal Tito has a
new five-year trade pact with
Britain and a tidy budget surplus
to bolster Yugosiavia against
economics pressure by the Russi
an-led Cominform.
A Theory Of Gravitation
Dr. Albert Einstein
Gives New Theory
NEW YORK, Dec. 27—(AP)—
Highlights of reports to the an=-
nual meeting of the American As
sociation for the Advancement of
Science which is in its second day
today:
Americans are eating better, but
families with annual incomes of
$2,000 or less don’t get as much
as the rest of us.
A new industry of 1948 will now
sell-you radioactive alcohol, gaso
line or most anything of that na
ture you want—but only for test
ing.
Einstein says he believes he has
solved the greatest mystery of the
physical world, which is what is
gravitation made ot. His solution
is entirely in mathematics which
probably cannot be verified for
severai years.
Uranium 235, for power uses, is
now no more costly to manufac
ture than the price of the coal
that would give an equal amount
of heat. One pound of this 235
equals 2,000 tons of coal in heat. |
Plenty of Water
Geologists, in a special symposi
um, say the United Staies has
plenty of water, but that the sup
ply won't stay ample very long
rnless scientists and engineers
find out where and how to stop‘
wastes. - g
When the earth blotted out the
sunlight from the moon in an
eclipse last April, the darkened |
moon turned so cold so fast that
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“Bear” Wolf .
Named Tulane
Line Coach
NEW ORLEANS, Dee 27—
(AP) == Tulane University’s
athletic department today an
nounced that Rasymond “Bear”
Wolf, sorrier head coach as
Florida, will replace Hank Crisp
as Tulane’s football line eoach.
.Horace Renegar, director of
athletic at Tulane, said Crisp
will return to Alabama, “where
he served more than 20 years on
the athletic staff.” T
Welf, until recently, was head
football coach at Florida. Be- |
fore the war, he held & simiiag {
post at the University of North
Carolina.
During the war, both Welg
and Crisp coached the Atheng
preflight football team.
STATE STEPS IN
Investigation
Thefts Begins
ATLANTA, Dec, 27.~(AP)-=
State authorities today stepped
into the investigetion of thouse
ands of dellars worth of thesis ad
the Highway Department wares
house in East Point.
Governor Herman Talmadge
said he has asked Attorney Gens
eral Eugene Cook to use all facile
ities of his office to see that the
State’s interests are protected.
Four men were arrested by
East Point police during the
Christmas week-end. East Poind
officers said they estimated $75,=
000 worth of supplies and equip=
ment had been stolen during the
past six months. o
Coglk ascigned & special invess
tigator from hig office, Georgia
Bureau of Investigation agents
also joined the probe at the ree
quest of East Point Chief of
Police W, H. Tyler.
Chief Tyler said he did mfi
know how much material ha
been stolen, nor its total value.
Tyler said a hearing would be
held as soon as the investigation
proceeds far enough.
Captain E. M. Blount of the
East Point police said there may
be other arrests.
Blount listed the four, esch
charged with larceny and free om
bond, as:
Lee Allgood, 38 of Atlanta
watchman at the warehouse.
Clarence T. Bewberry, 39, Easl
Point.
William Black, 20, Fairburn.
Fred Brock, College Park.
her soil should have frozen nearly
a foot deep, It didn’t only because
the moon has no water.
Dr. Albert Einstein, whose theo~
ry of relativity helped open up the
vast field of atomic research, has
put forward an even more sensa=-
tional theory.
He calls it “a generalized theory
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Truman Holiday
. »
Yacation Closing
INDEPENDENNCE, Mo., Dec, 27
—(AP)—The fun of walking and
talking with old friends is about
over for President Truman.
After ithree days of doing jusé
what he wanted to during a brief
Christmas holiday vacation in his
home state, Mr. Truman planned
to get in séme work today in his
Muehlebach Hotel -openthouse
apartment in Kansas City. r
Charles G. Ross, - Presidential
Press Secretary, told reporters
that while the President intended
to do considerable wori, nothing
urgent was expected to come be
fore him until he returns to Wash=
ington tomorrow, s Ak
The President still must put the
final t"afichéi ‘ln three major mesg=
sages so CongressSials of s
Union, Economic Report é@i
Budet, o