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vol. €XVIII, No. 29.
Mine Whistles
Shrill In Vain
Roving Pickets Patrol Highways; !
Holiday Walkout Theory Unlikely -
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 14.—(AP)—Mine whistles - “°d
in vain again today as striking soft coal miner S Sed
work orders from both the government and Job’ & .ewis
for the second day. ¥
Rebellious diggers, holding out for a contr _fore re
suming bituminous (soft coal) production, Sjornly re
fused to work. '
[n Pennsylvania, where 1,700 pickets have been patroll
ing highways, there was no activity at all. Silence closed in
around deserted pits after come-to-work whistles blew.
Studied
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—(AP)
—House members looked today
for ways to curb abuses in the GI
vocational training program with
out depriving veterans of the
chance to gain useful training.
But the big question in the
minds of lawmakers was how far
Congress should go in check
reining the educational rights
guaranteed veterans under the
Servicemen's Readjustment Act
(the GI Bill).
Rep. Wheeler (D-Ga.) summed
it up this way:
“The basic question is simply
this: Is the GI bill a readjustment
act or a bonus act?”
Rep. Teague (D-Texas), like
Wheeler § member of the House
Veterans %ommittee, said he was
eoncerned that Congress would go
too far, ,
“What we're afraid of is that
the Veterans Administration will
put back into effect regulations
it once had and which endangered
the entitlement of veterans to
their four-educational opportuni
ties guaranteed by law,” he told
& reporter,
Prodded yesterday by President
Truman to tighten up the law on
“blind alley” vocational training,
the House is expeeted to eonsider
gome form of curbs within a week
or two,
Proposals Ready
Wheeler said he has already pre
pared proposals for making re
strictions more stringent, and add
ed that if debate shows a need
for further study he would vote
to send the entire matter back to
committee,
Wheeler said he would offer
his proposals as a substitute for
the Senate-passed Taft bill when
it comes to the House Floor,
The Taft bill—among other
things=-would in effect prohibit
the Veterans Administration from
issuing regulations which might
deny veterans the right to select
a course of study at any approved
institution,
This bill, tightened up somewhat
by the House Veterans Committee,
has been cleared by the Rules
Sommittee for House considera
10n.
President Truman yesterday
sent to Congress a report by Frank
Pace, director of the budget, and
Carl Gray, VA administrator, list
ing abuses by trade schools spring
ing up since enactment of the GI
bill In 1944,
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Marines Hunted
In Death Valley
LAS VEGAS, Nev. Feb. 14—
(AP)—Somewhere in the wide,
desolate reaches of Death Valley,
FBI agents and sheriff’s men are
irailing two young marines arm
ed with submachine guns.
The marines, identified by of
ficers as Murray Cretz, 19, Brook-
Iyn, N. Y., and Douglas E, Bright,
20, Nederland, Tex., fled west
from -Tonopah, Nev. Police said
they staged their seeond holdup
there Sunday.
They took SIOO from James
Udal of Bishop, then comman=
Ceered the 1949 sedan of Walter
E. Moore of Reno on the -high-
Way near Tonopah, police said.
They left behind a car taken from
Patrico Ramirez in Santa Paula,
Calif,, Saturday, Police said that
the two deserted their sentry é)osts
&l a marine rifle range at Camp
Matthews, Calif., Saturday night
and took the guns from an armory.
"SHE WANTED TO DIE; | HELPED"":
Trucker Gives Wife Rat Poison
SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Feb. 14—
(AP)—A husky, 200-pound truck
driver took two bottles of rat
Poison in his hands last night
énd calmly told police how he
mixed & death drink for his wife.
The stocky, 88-year-old man,
Clarence E, White of Shelbyvill;i
Showed no emotion as he relat
‘o city and state police and coun=
v authorities that he then sat
Yown to watch his wife die.
It took three and a half hours,
White told officers,
White told his sto and then
tigned g statement 3.: he was
irrested yesterday and charged
With first degree murder. His
flatement was witnessed by Shel
byville Police Chief Maurice
}loberly, Bhelby County ~Sherift
o Cravely and state police de-
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'ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
AlmlauflcflfiTrm Service
* . A miner in nearby Library, Pa.,
up early to hunt for outside work
said:
“Our local isn’t even going to
meet for a while. We may vote Sat
urday on what to do about Lewis’
orders to go to work. We don’t
care about the court order that
says we have to work., We won’t
work without a contract.”
Earlier, midnight shifts failed to
report in such key coal states as
West Virginia and Pennsylvania,
There was talk yesterday that
the nation’s 872,000 idle United
Mine workers might be staying
home to celebrate Lewis’s 70th
birthday. It is not a legal holiday
in the Bituminous fields. ;
Today is also a holiday-—Val
entine’s day. However, it appears
more likely the miners are back
ing up their “no eontract no work”
tradition.”
One West Virginia digger, asked
if the men were observing the
UMW leader’s birthday, promptly
declared:
“Yes, and the miners probably
will be celebrating ohn L. Lewis’
birthday for two more weeks.
Miners Unconcerned
The miners did not seem much
concerned with President Tru
man’s Tati-Hartley court injunc
tion. Nor with Lewis’ telegraphed
instructions to UMW distriet lead
ers to get the men back to the
mines.
A Russelton, Pa., miner summed
up- sentiment thus:
- “The injunction won’t mine coal
and we know it. That Taft-Hartley
business is foolish. No contract, ne
work.”
The federal government is
marking time on enforcement of
court orders to halt the strike. It
has adopted a wait-and-see atti
tude, at least for the time being.
Lewis and the coal operators get
together tomorrow in another try
at writing a contract to replace the
pact that expired June 30.
New Talk
Lewis, acting on court instruc
tions to revive collective bargain
ing “in good faith,” invited the
operators to start new talks.
The Southern Coal Producers
Association was first to accept,
agreeing to meet with the union
at 11 a. m. (eastern standard time)
tomorrow. Northern and Southern
operators ‘quickly followed suit.
George H. Love, spokesman for
the National Bituminous coal op~-
erators negotiating committee, sent
Lewis this telegram: a
“For the purpose of resolving
present disputes and to adjust and |
settle all differences incident to;
the negotiations of a new Na
tional Bituminous coal wage
agreement, we will meet you at
she Statler Hotel, Washington,
D. C., at 11 o’clock a. m. Wednes
day, February 15, 1950.” 4 1
A spokesman for Love said the
new contract talks will be conduc
ted in a “different atmosphere”
gince federal court has forbidden
Lewis to use four key demands. ‘
Open House At
Teen-Age Center
Open House will held at Athens
Teen-Age Center at Memorial
Park tonight after the Athens-
Gainesville basketball game.
All teenagers from Athens and
vicinity and Gainesville youths
are invited to the party, announcel
Director Ed Hawkins, There will
be free refreshments, which have
been prepaired by mothers of local
teenagers.
On Wednesday night a photo
graphy forum will be held at the
Teen-Center. It will be for teen
agers, fathers of the youths and
the other interested persons.
It is hoped that a well-rounded
photography program so. interest
ed persons in the community can
be arranged. The forum tornorrow
night begins at 8 o’clock.
Lolita, 48, died in the early
morning hours of January 12 in
their home. Dr. C. J. Price, Shel
by county coroner, said White’s
arrest followed a report fromr the
Indiana University Medical Cen
ter at Indianapolis which showed
the woman's internal organs were
saturated with arsenic.
Price said a verdict of death
due to natural causes was re
turned when Mrs White
died, but before she was buried
her vital organs were removed
and sent to Indianapolis for ex
amination. :
Price said White was not aware
an examination for poison was
being made.
wife Il
Officers quoted White as say
ng when he returned home from
A “at.s grain and feed ‘eom
at 9:40 p. m. on January 11
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MASKED GUNMAN BEATEN BY ATHLETE
Kendall Leonard Morris (left at top) shows the marks
of a beating at the hands of James Grieg, Washington
University football player in St. Louls. Morris was over
powered and brought to police station by Grieg who
said the man disguised himself with a mask (upper
right) and tried to rob him and Co-ed Charlotte Obst.
Grieg and Miss Obst (bottom) tell how they subdued
the masked gunman. Braving gunfire, Grieg downed
‘Morris with a flying tackle while the attacker stuggled
with Miss Obst. Then the student beat the gunman into
submission.— (AP Wirephotos.)
CALIF. SOLON HINTS
TRUMAN IN 52 RACE
Democrats Welcome Rumor As Move
To Arouse Interest Within Ranks
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—~—{(AP)—A hint from a Cali
fornia political leader that President Truman is thinking
of re-election in 1952 was welcomed by Democrats gener
ally today—as at least likely to stir up party interest.
Politicians generally considered the hint too vague to
be any real tip-off on Mr. Truman’s plans. The Democrats
figured that anyway, it should whet the public’s appetite
for the President’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner speech here
Thursday night. 2 B : e
H - Bomb
in British
Elections
LONDON, Feb. 14—(AP)—The
Hydrogen bomb began today to
look like an issue in the British
political campaign, which has
brought out a record 1,866 candi
dates for parliament.
Speakers for both Prime Min~
ister Clement Attlee’s Labor gov
ernment and Winston Churchill’s
Conservative . opposition have
called for a new attempt at In
ternational agreement to head off
the use of the fearful Atomic
weapon.
With the election only nine days
off, the bomb still isß not in the
issue category. But if it should
become so, debate probably would
boil up over which party could
do more to get the United States
and Russia to agree—the laborites
or the tories.
Neither Foreign Secretarf' Er
nest Bevin nor Tory leader
Churchill, both of them outspok
en critics of the Soviet Union,
have yet mentioned the bomb.
Both speak today. Bevin talks
at Abbey Wood in Southeast Lon
and Churchill speaks at Edin
burgh.
The hydrogen bomb drew at
tention from topliners yesterday
for the first time since President
Truman ordered U. S. scientists to
make it.
Without mentioning the H-bomb
by name, Anthony Eden, who is
liiely to become Deputy Prime
Minister if the Conservatives win,
spoke fearfully at Radford of the
“race in new weapons of destruc
tion.”
his wife complained of being ill
“She said she had a bellyache
from a bottle of pop she drank
earlier,” White was quoted as
saying. He said he told her,~‘lf
you’re sick, call a doctor.”
“I don’t want a doctor, I want
to die,” White quoted his wife as
answering. He added: “I figured
if she wanted to die, I would help
her.” .
Officers said White told them
he returned to the grain eleva
tor, got two bottles of rat poison
and went home. He dumped the
contents into a glass of water and
bicarbonate of soda and gave it
to his wife.
“This will fix your bellyache,”
he said he told her. He said she
drank the mixture at 11 p. m. and
died with a convulsive shudder
at 2:30 a. m, He said she refused
to let hiny call a doctor, + + 5 .
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, CA.
George Luckey, vice chairman
of California Democrats, visited
the Whiie House yesterday and
on his exit quoted the president as
saying:
“If we should have the same
team next time, maybe we could
do something.”
He told reporters the President
meant, in alluding to the same
team, the people who supported
the Truman ticket in 1948. .
Luckey left no doubt where his
interest lies. He said he told Mr.
Truman he wants him to run again
in 1952, “He’s my boy,” said
Luckey.
A new Republican squabble over
campaign policy was indicated
meanwhile.
Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll of New
Jersey was the latest to join GOP
dissenters to the statement of
party policies fashioned here re
cently under the principal guiding
hand of Senator Taft (R.-Ohio).
Driscoll told a New York audi
ence last night that to win elec
tions the Republican Party must
become “vital, liberal and fix;ogres
sive.” He complained that the
GOP statement of principles seem
ed to take a “defensive attitude.”
The New Jersey governor has
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JOHN AGAR ARRESTED
Actor John Agar, 29, recently divorced from Shirley
Temple, is shown as he protests against photographers
taking his picture after he was booked at Hollywood
Sheriff’s substation on a misdemeanor drunk driving
charge in Los Angeles. Agar was allegedly driving er
ratically and bumping other cars at time of his arrest.—
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1950.
Secrecy Shrouds B - 36 Crash
Off British Columbia Coast
SEATTLE, ¥eb. 14--(AP)~An
authoritative source whose identi~
ty cannot be divulged said today
that a B-36 bomber has been
forced down in Queen Charlotte
‘Sound with 16 men aboard, 400
‘miles northwest of here.
The informant said there is no
doubt that the plane *ditched” in
the icy waters off the British Co
lumbia coast after encountering
severe icing conditions and fire in
one engine while on a trip from
Eielson Air Force base, near Fair
banks, Alaska.
Officials at McChord Air Force
base have refused to discuss the
matter and a veil of secrecy has
' been wrapped around the matter.
Mackay radio first reported the
giant six-engined plane in dif
ficulty when it picked up & mess
age at 2:54 a. m. (PST). The glane
enroute to Carswell Air Force
base, Fort Worth, radioned:
“One engine on fire, contemplat
ing ditehing in Queen Charlotte
Sound betiween Queen Charlotte
Island and Vancouver Island.\
Keep a careful lookout for flares
or wreckage.” |
At Fort Worth, eighth Air Force
headquarters said it received the
same report at 4:80 a. m. (CST).
Tl;e plane’s third distress message
said:
“At 17,000 feet in severe icinl.}
Instrument snd engine trouble,
Severe emergency. Goinf to let
down through overcast to lose ice.”
Last Message
The last message gave the
plane’s position as roughly 300
miles northwest of Seattle. Con~
tact with the plane was lost after
the third message.
A Seattle radio amateur re
ported he had listened to a radio
report from the Royal Canadian
Air Force that it had sighted an
unidentified light in Queen Char
lotte sound and was sending
planes to investigate.
The State Patrol office in
Seattle said it had been informed
[ a 836 had taken off from McChord
field to assist in the search but
icing conditions forced it to turn
back. The coast guard at Port An
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‘SO PLANS MAPPED
Agricultural
Directors Re
BY GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
Assistant City Editer
(More agricultural news on Page 5.)
Election of Athens Agricultural Fair Association direc
tors for 1950 and mapping of preliminary plans for the
third annual fair highlighted last night’s meeting of fair
stockholders.
The twelve directors, re-elected
for their third term, were A. P.
Winston, D. L. Branyon, F. H.
Williams, W. H. Cabiniss, J. Swan
ton Ivy, Malcom Rowe, Morton S.
Hodgson, F. E. McHugh, L. O.
Price, W. A, Sams, sr., Howard
Benson and Ralph Snow.
Following the stockholders’
meeting officers of the association
were re-elected by the directors.
They are Mr. Winston, president;
Mr. Snow, vice-president; Mr.
Branyon, secretary; and Mr, Wil
liams, business manager. s
The annual fair will be held
again this year on the fair grounds,
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This wrecked home at Gill, Texas, was
struck down in the series of tornadoes
that killed 89 people and injured 200 in
northwestern Louisiana, east Texas and
Lions Sponsor
; Two Youths On
3 . .
Trip To Capitol
Athens Lions Club at a direc
fors meeting last night voted to
sponsor two Athens school pa
trolmen on a speclal trip to
Washington, D. C., in May in
recognition of their outstanding
scholastic and patrol work.
Offfefals hope that meore civie
mnn will vote as the Lions
te pay all expenses of two
boys so that a total of 12 local
youths (two from each school)
may make the trip. Taking the
“trip with the youths will be
Emory Sanders, traffic officer
of Athens Police Department
who heads the local sehool pa
trol program.
Fair
- Elected
located on Sunset Drive between
Oglethorpe avenue and the Jeffer
son Road, October 23-28. Athens
Agricultural Fair is the largest in
northeast Georgia and one of the
largest in the state.
Prell Shows
Announcement ‘was made that
a contract has been signed with
Prell Shows to furnish the midway
attractions.
Directors discussed selling the
remainder of the stock in the as
sociation up to $40,000. At the pre
sent time approximately $30,000
has been sold. The directors de
cided to offer stock at par value,
which is S2O per share, although
book value of the stock would
probably be abcut $25 per share.
Present stockholders will have the
first opportunity to purchase addi~
tional shares.
A proposal was made to con
struct another building on the
grounds—this structure to house
industrial exhibits. Also it was
proposed that the cost of construc=
tion be raised by leasing space to
industrial exhibitors. Mr. Snow
was placed in charge of this pro
gram of development and he is to
select a committee to help him if
he desires. Further plans for this
work will be announced later, of
ficials revealed.
At present there is one perma
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy, windy and colder to
night with low near 38. Wed
nesday fair and cool with high
near 50. S.un sefy T:l% ang yizes
720,
GEORGIA — Cloudy, windy
and warm this afternoon, with
showers in southeast and east
central portions, Cloudy, windy
and cooler tonight, preceded by
showers in coastal areas. Wed
nesday clearing and colder.
TEMPERATURE
SHEMEt .. 7. Gl v eni 08
EOwelt . .ol Ve iOB
BN i s s Seve 1Y
Wormial ..o s s B
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .02
Total since February 1 .... 139
Deficit since February 1 .. 1.12
Average February rainfall . 5.09
Total since January 1 .... 452
- Deficit since January 1.. 2.55
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Aves
southern Arkansas during the week-end. .
Rescue workers are searching the debris |
for victims. Several were injured in this
sawmill eommunity.—(AP Wirephoto.) !
East Diplomats Plan
Economic Aid To Asia
U.S. Envoy Jessup Gathers Data q
In Campaign To Block Communism '
By The Associated Press
Far Eastern diplomats of the United States meeting in
Bangkok, Thailand (Siam), were reported today %o be¢
lining up an economic aid program for southeast Asia to
stave off Communism,
Ambassador at Large Philip C. Jessup, in a closed doox
session, was said to be gathering information from the
delegates that may be used by Washington in moulding &
new concrete program for this trouble spot.
Business men in Thailand, which
borders on explosive Indochina,
predicted Moscow-supported Ho
Chi-minh would win out in his
struggle for power over Western
supported Bao Dai, playboy puppet
emperor under the Japanese re
cently installed as as Chief of
State by the French. The United
States has recognized the govern-i
ment of Bao Dai. Thailand is hes
itant over extending recognition.
China War ‘
To the northeast, jittery Nation
alist Chinese defenders of the
Island of Hainan said 160,000 Com~
munist troops were poised to
strike. They predicted the next
two weeks might tell the story.
Fog enshrouds the island now. The
Japanese used such a foggy pericd
of the year to capture Hainan early
in the Sino-Japanese war.
The Communist dominated gov=
ernment of Hungary is not going
World News . e e
. Vogeler, -
World News b v b
Roundup man eharged
e WELH. SPYING BBd
sabotage, to have an American
lawyer to defend him.
Vogeler's family and his firm,
the International Telephone and
Telegraph Co., rétained New York
attorney Morris L. Ernst to defend
him. However, a Budapest lawyer |
said the law permits only Hungari
an lawyers to conduct defense in
such ecases. Vogeler and other of
ficials of the communications firm
go on trial Friday.
Blast Probed
In Helsinki, Finland, police said
they had no explanation for the
explosion in the Parliament
building where 300 electoral col
lege representatives are to name a
president tomorrow. Guided by
the recent election they are to re
elect President Juho Paasikivi, the
anti-Communist elder statesman,
There was no indication the ex~-
plosion had political implications.
In one of Johannesburg’s worst
riots in years, about 100 natives
attacked police and stoned ears and
a railway station last night.
First reports made no mention
of any casualties.
HIGH AND LOW THE SAME
Weather Plays Unique
Trick On Athens Area
With the weather forecasters
groggy and hanging on to the
ropes as a result of ‘he freakish
weather, the elements wound up
and landed another Sunday punch
today.
Athenians this morning would
have almost bet their hats that a
tornado or tornadoes had hit
somewhere in this vicinity, But a
check by the Banner-Herald re
vealed no tornadoes or even heavy
winds.
The unusual trick played by the
weather however, was reported by
Dr. E. 8. Sell, U. S. Weather Ob
sexver here, wiho has been kesping
the official er records he
HOMB -
EDITION
Ex-Athens
Resident
Mrs. Grace Palmer stevens, for
mer Athenian, died in St. Frances
Hospital in Chicago, 111., MOW
afternoon at 5 o’clock after an ill
ness of several weeks.
Funeral services are to be con~
ducted Wednesday from the Prese
byterian Church in Evanston, I,
and interment will be in Oconeg
Hill cemetery, the date and time
to be announced later.
Mrs. Stevens was the formex
Grace Palmer, daughter of M#
‘and Mrs. George H, Palmer, pro=
minent Athenians. Mr. Palmer wag
connected for many years with the
old Athens Manufacturing Com=
gsny and was a brother of H. R.
almer, who operated two dms
stores, one on Clayton street an
the other on Prince Avenue, for
many years prior to his death.
Mrs. Stevens was the widow of
Dr. Billy Stevens, for many years
a pharmacist with Palmer Dr\a
‘Stores, and with the exception o
a cousin, Lloyd Palmer, was the
last of Palmer family. She mar~
ried Dr. Stevens in 1906.
Taught School
She attended local schools and
Columbia University and t:&g
at the old Wns;xingtg sireet
school, which stood a Orner
of Washington and J: acksox? .gfi’u,
for several years. &'t i ‘w
Mrs. Stevens h wo sisters,
Miss Eunice Palmer andeu.
James Dootson, of Chafl?oosg,
both of whom preceded her in
death. Mr. Dootson and his son, &
nephew of Mrs. Stevens, survive
her.
She was a member of the First
Presbyterian Churcn here and
over a long period of years took
a very active role in the affairs
of that congregation and for a
time sang in the cholr.
Some fifteen years ago Dr. and
Mrs. Stevens moved to Evansion,
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since 1929.
In those twenty-cne years, Dr.
Sell reported, not once had the
high temperature and the low for
a twenty-four hour period been
the same—that is uniil the last
twenty-four hours, ending at 8
a. m. today, rolled around. Dr.
Sell said the high temperature in
the twenty-four hour period was
53 and the low temperature stood
at the same figure.
Incidentally, though Athenians
may think we've been h&vinmt
of rain, there is in reality a deficit
of 112 inches since the first of
February from the al figure
and o deticl of 335, lachas, B