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l (teorgia editors meeting here for the 22 nd annual Georgia Press Institute were told
.t the opening session last night that a unit ed front among the American nations is the
('u v to survival in the present world crisis. ‘ ;
" Ldward Tomlinson, native of Jesup, Ga., and an authority on inter-Am ~n affairs,
«oke at the Institute’s annual dinner meet ing. He said that with the S;,‘-‘v ¢ts now in
control of most of the Far East the U. S. should look to the nations (0 ¢ south.
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. « “Poetry, Law of Life”
Britain Votes Today
in Crucial, Election
Britishers Must Decide Whether
To Continue On Road To Socialism
LONDON, Feb, 28.— (AP) —Britons formed the most
important queue of the past five years as they lined up to
day to mark their “X’s” for or against re-electing their
Socialist government. - ’
A record vote in the national elections was expected as
lines formed early and steady streams began moving
through polling stations all over this island kingdom.
Spy Ring
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—(AP)
—Democratic Senate leaders
wound up today with even more
authority than they had asked to
investigate charges by Senator
McCarthy (R.-Wis.) that a Com=
munist spy ring has been oper
ating in the State Department.
Republicans succeeded in get
ting the Democrats to accept
several additions to the original
inquiry resolution., These addi
tions would give the inguiry
group considerably more power.
Senator Lucas (D.-Ill.) said
the inquiry, to be made by the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, will need a few days to
start rolling., He said the Senate
probably must put up $50,000 to
finance it.,
Senator McMahon (D.-Conn.)
was spoken of in Senate debate as
the probable chairman of the
Foreign Relations subgroup which
will sift the charges.
McCarthy touched off the in
auiry by a series of speeches at
Republican meetings across the
country, charging that card-car
rving Communist Party workers
are employed in the State De
partment, :
When McCarthy amplified his
dccusations on the Senate floor
Vemocratic Leader Lucas quickly
talled for a showdown by asking
e investigation by the Foreign
Relations Committee,
_ After hours of angry debate,
fepublicans got Lucas to accept
‘ese additions to his inquiry:
1. A directive to the investigat
s group “to procure by sub
boena” the secret government
j'f.\"alty and employment files of
“vernment employees- facing
harges. This was sponsored by
w}; ator Ferg_uson (R.-Mich.).
i A requirement by Senators
n (R.-Ore.) and Saltonstall
\H.-Mass.) for open public hear
&S on any formal charges of
“ovalty against any individ
oL An amendment by Ferguson
Jeh would extend the inquiry
) past as well as present State
ey u::tment employees,
ficluctantly and after many op-
Posing Democratic arguments Lu
°° accepted all of these provis-
Gas Tax Hike
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Bracket’ Aide
'\TLANTA, Feb. 28 — (AP) —
l.ooking for one more penny de
cuction in your federal income tax
'0 keep you out of a higher brack
et
Maybe you ean find it in the one
‘ént hike that came in the state
gasoline tax August 1 last year.
The Georgia Petroleum Institute
Teminded Motorists today that
state gasoline taxes were increased
from six to seven cents & gallon
during the year, Georgians using
the long form method of filling out
'sturns may deduct six cents for
tvery gallon after that date.
Only peyments on the state gas
oline tax are deductible from in
‘ome for federal mcomch t:lx
oses. No deduction e
?;{% for the federal gasoline tax
.
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Associated Press Service
The spirit characterizing Tom
linson’s address was carried over
into the morning sessions today
when the editors heard addresses
by Robert P. Tristram Coffin, Pu
litzer Prize-winning poet; Berja
min M. McKelway, editor of the
‘Washington Star; and Robert Nix
on, president of the White House
Correspondent’s Association.
Tomlinson declared in his ad
dress that unless the U. S. main
tains access to increasing quanti
ties of basic raw materials, many
of which have been depleted by
two world wars, she cannot sur
vive as a great world power.
“These twenty nations, along
with Canada, have almost unlimit
ed guantities of iron and oil, cop
per and tin and innumerable other
metals and metalurgical products,”
he said. “Together we and they
possess a major portion of many
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The choice before more than 84,-
000,000 voters:
Re-election of Prime Minister
Clement Attlee’s laborites,
pledged to put still more indus
tries under state control; or a re
turn to the conservative rule of
‘Hflime Premier Winston Church -
ill," who promised toshalli nation
‘alization but keep most of Britain’s
welfare state security measures.
Few women, long accustomed to
queuing in shops, turned out for
the early voting. One of them,
however, was Mrs. Winston
Churchill, wife of the conservative
party leader who hopes to unseat
the labor government.
Mrs. Churchill was smiling as
she arrived at the polling station
at St. Stephens Hall in the West
minster district of London.
Deputy Prime Minister Herbert
Morrison, the labor party’s chief
political strategist, was among the
first of the party leaders to vote.
He cast his ballot near his subur
ban Eltham home and then drove
to his headquarters in the Lewis
ham of London, where he is a
candidate.
Attlee and his wife already had
voted by mail in the Westminster
district, which includes the Prime
minister’s official home at No. 10
Downing Street.
The prime minister and Mrs.
Attlee were cheered by a large
erowd when they arrived at labor
party headquarters in Waltham~
stow West, the working class sec~
tion of London where Attlee is a
candidate.
Attlee shook hands with work
men repairing the street and joked:
«] feel fine and I'm glad the
weather’s fine, Otherwise my op
ponent would blame me for the
weather.”
No incidents had been reported.
But London’s famous “bobbies”
were primed for huge crowds
which are expected to jam Trafal
gar Square and Picadilly Circus to
night to watch election results
flash from electric signs.
“KKK AFTER ME.". .
Storekeeper Killed
By ‘Unmasked’ Gang
PELL CITY, Ala, Feb. 23 —
(AP)—An unmasked gang shot a
white storekeeper to death at his
home last night just after he told
a son:
“1 think the Ku Kluxers are
after me.”
The victim, 39-year-old Charlie
Hurst, fell fatally wounded as he
snatched a rifle from a son and
fired three shots at his assailants.
The son, Howard Hurst, 19, was
wounded in the hip.
The younger Hurst told officers
he was sure his father’s shots
struck someone in the car. “T don’t
see how he could have missed,”
he commented.
Sheriff Ira Davis said officers
were checking all hospitals and
physicians in the area to determine
if any had treated a man for a
gunshot wound.
Young Hurst, & cotton mill
worker, sald he knew of no mo
tive for the attack. ey
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small country rolling store until
about two months ago. Relatives
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Brakes Fail,
Motorist
Hits Gas Tank
Quick action early last night
on the part of filling station at
tendants averted what possibly
could have been a serious fire, "
Chief Thompson said today.
A motorist proceeding south
on Lumpkin suddenly realized
he didn’t have any brakes and
turned into the Georgia Motor’s
service station at the corner of
Lumpkin and Broad streets.
He struck a gas tank, knock
ing it over. Gas spilled on Sta
fien manager Frank Shetterly
and blazed up. He suffered hand
burns.
A fire extinguisher was put
inte action and the blaze halted.
Officials termed it an un
avoidable accident.
Ice, Snow
Strike In
East States
By The Associated Press
Winter slapped a slippery punch
of ice and snow across wide areas
of the eastern half of the nation
today.
The snow, sleet and rain imped
ed motor and air travel. Icy side=
walks made walking hazardous.
There were hundreds of accidents
and many traffic fatalities were
blamed on the glazed s‘reets and
highways.
The sleet and snow hit hard
over the northeastern part of the
contry as a rather intense storm
moved northeastward across Lake
Ontario. Southern New England
was blanketed with the second
biggest snowfall of the season,
with falls measuring up to eight
inches in some areas. The falls in
the northern region measured
were up to a depth of two to four
inches. The snow turned to sleet
and rain over most of the area
during the night.
Sleet, snow and freezing rains
pelted New York state. New York
City’s rain and sleet made streets
and sidewalks treacherous and
slowed subway service along its
above-ground routes, and rail
roads. The Idlewild and La
Guardia Airports were closed.
Sidewalks in Newark, N. . were
a sheet of ice from freezing rail
falls and most pedestrians walked
in the streets. Highway conditions
were extremely bad and many ac
cidents were reported. An eight
year old boy was killed when his
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'man called the elder Hurst to the
‘door. Reentering the house to put
on his shoes, Hurst told Howard:
“] think the Ku Kluxers are
after me. That man has his hat
puiled down over his eyes.”
Young Hurst said he told his
father, “You better take the rifle.”
“No,” the elder Hurst answered,
“Pll go see what they want.”
A couple of minutes later Hurst
shouted for help. Howard seized
an automatic .22 caliber rifle, ran
out and saw the two men dragghg
his father toward the car.
“I puiled the pump back on the
rifle but I couldn’t get it to fire,”
fHoward said. “I was real nervous
‘ and couldn’t remember how to
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from the car and he was wounded
in the hip.
| “Daddy got loose about then and
‘ran to me and took the rifle,” the
| youth added. “He fired three shois
into the car.
“A man in the back seat leaned
‘out of the ear and fired three times
‘at daddy. I saw daddy fall. The
car roared away.” 7
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taken to the Pell City hospital,
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These masqueraders, dressed
as a harem girl and her sheik,
parade on New Orleans streets
Mardi Gras Day in Kkeeping
with fraditions of the ancient
carnival. Even veteran Mardi
Gras spectators turned to look
at them.— (AP Wirephoto.)
Union Okays
Delay In
Phone Tieup
President’s Proposed
60-Day Bargaining
Period Gets Underway
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—(AP)
~—The threat of a nationwide
breakdown in telephone service,
scheduled for tomorrow, has been
lifted by union acceptance of a
presidential appeal for a 60-day
bargaining truce. .
“We will bargain every day, 24
hours a day during that perio& in
seeking a peaceful settlement,”
said President Joseph A, Beirne of
the CIO Communications Workers
-of America. I
President Truman asked that
service remain uninterrupted
while worl: goes on under present
wage, hour and other conditions.
Some Bell System companies ac
cepted promptly; others were ex
pected to do so.
Beirne quickly polled his exe
cutive »oard on yesterday’s White
House proposal, He announced the
decision last might, notifying Mr,
Truman by wire that the union
recognizes iis obligation to the
“public interest and welfare.”
The long lines division of Amer
‘ican telephone and telephagh co.,
wired the President it would be
glad to continue bargaining “in a
sincere effort to settle the dispute.”
The added time, it said, should be
“useful in reaching an agree
ment.”
Similar word came from the
Western Electric Co., one .of the
key companies in the dispute, and
others. In Atlanta, the Southern
Bell Telephone Company went a
bit further, and suggested the truce
run nutil June 5.
The strike of 100,000 telephone
workers had been set for 6 a. m,,
local time, tomorrow. Another
120,000 phone workers were due
to join the walkout on March 1,
when their contracts expire; these,
too, are covered by the truce.
The President offered the ‘“‘ac
tive assistance of the federal
mediation and conciliation ser
vice” throughout the bargaining
and asked for an “earnest” and
“egxtensive” search for peaceful
settlement terms.
But the bargaining was off so a
bad start. A stalemate imvolving
Western Electric was still unbrok
en after 48 hours of effort by
Mediation director Cyrus S.
Ching. ]
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Confusion Agent
Arrested By U. S.
FRANKFURT, Germany, Feb.
93— (AP)—The U. S. Army an
nounced today it had arrested a
young Russian woman described
as a “possible Soviet confusion
agent.”
An Army_ spokesman defined a
“confusion agent” as a person who
spreads confusion and makes trou
ble for the occupation forces, us
ually as a cover-up for others who
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and colder tonight with
low near 28, Friday fair and
not so cold. High today 55.
Sun sets 6:23 and rises 7:10.
GEORGIA — Fair and cold
this afterncon and fonight,
scattered frost tonight with low
temperatures 26 to 30 in north
portion and 30 to 34 in south:
Friday fair and continued
rather eold.
TEMPERATURE
Highest .... .cve «.. R |
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .57
Total since February 1 ... 3.08
Deficit since February 1 .. 1.86
Average February rainfall . 5.09
Potal -since January +b.... 5.28
Deficit* since - Janvary 4« r 329
Pigeonhole Action Foreseen
For Substitute FEPC Measure
Dixie Filibuster Slows
Action; Final Vote Set
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—(AP)—A fair employment
practices (FEPC) bill with few friends and no enforce
ment provisions faced a final vote today by weary House
members who toiled 15 straight hours to produce it.
The measure was in imminent danger of being sent back
to the Labor Committee for a slow death in a committee
pigeonhole. i :
The bill was tentatively approv
ed in the early morning hours aft
er southern civil rights opponents
had filibustered relentlessly
against an anti-job discrimination
measure with enforcement teeth,
backed by President Truman’s
forces.
The House was ready for the
final vote at 3:20 a. m. (EST),
when a technicality forced it to
quit, putting off the showdown un
til sometime after noon.
Supporters of the administration
bill found little to their liking in
the substitute measure bearing the
name of Rep. McConnell (R-Pa.).
Southern Democrats who don’t
want any kind of FEPC measure
indicated they would vote to
recommit the McConnell bill. They
expected strong Republican sup
port—and maybe some northern
Democratic support, as well.
The bill would create a five
member federal commission to co
operate with state and local
agencies in voluntarily curbing job
discrimination against negroes or
other minorities. |
Commission Power
The commission would have
power to investigate and recom
mend-—but it couldn’t issue cease
and desist orders and get them en
forced through Federal court ine
junctions, as under the administra
tion bill.
The Dixie members had tried
since noon Tuesday to block House
action on any kind of bill. They
forced repeated time-consuming
roll-call votes and tried several
times to force adjournment.
But administration Democrats
and a sizeable group of Repub
licans, taking mote of their poli=
‘tical platform promises, made
clear they were willing to sit it
out all night and again today if
necessary to wear down the south
erners. |
All through the debate the ad
ministration’s floor managers held
the upper hand—until 2about mid
night, when the southerners al
most forced adjournment.
Strategy Backfired
The Truman forces had planned
to approve tentatively the Mec-
Connell substitute, then defeat it'
on a roll-call and revert to the
original administration bill as thel
finished product that would go to!
the Senate.
But the roll-call showed 221 for |
Seek Action On
Cotton Acreage
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 — (AP)
—Senate leaders tried again today
to get action on a cotton acreage
bill which also would halt price
supports for potatoes.
The bill originally was sche
duled for a vote early this week.
But with the exception of a brief
flurry of debate Monday, it has
received scant attention.
The House has approved a bill
revising cotton and peanut acre
ages set up by a 1949 act. The
Senate Agriculture Committee dis
carded the peanut acreage boost,
cut the amount of the House cot
ton increase, and added a contro
versial rider intended to prevent
future potato surpluses. i
The amendment would eliminate
all federal price supports for pota
toes not planted at the time of the
bill’s enactment, unless the crop
was bought under strict market
ing quotas to discourage overpro
duction.
Democratic Leader Lucas (T 11.
who sponsored that provision, said
taxpayers have paid out $450,000,-
000 for surplus potatoes under the
farm price support program since
the war.
Senator Wherry (R.-Neb.) has
offered an amendment to halt all
potato imports when there is a sur
plus in this country, or when po
tatoes are under marketing agree
ments.
——f——-—LEWIS RUSHES TO AVERT HEAVY ;FINES peseT———
lShowdown Set Tomorrow In Coal Walkouts
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WASHINGTON, Feb, 23—(AP)
—Today brought John L. Lewis
just about his last chance to head
off the danger of a multi-million
dollar fine against his striking coal
miners.
The chance—a quick agreement
during the day or night on a
strike-ending contract -— looked
slim to government observers sit
ting in on inconclusive negotiations
between Lewis and the coal opera
tors.
Meanwhile, the growing scarcity
of coal clamped an ever tightening
crip on industries and homes
acress the nation. 4~
e fl;;rg .oontinued te. be. talk <on.
the substitute and 178 against it,
with 104 Republicans joining 117
Democrats, mostly southerners, in
support of the bill. Against the bill
were 128 Democrats, 49 Repub=-
licans and the lone American=
laborite.
That's when the administra’gion
decided to call it quits and come
back for another fight in the aft=
ernoon. Nobody resisted the ad
journment, as one of the longest
continuous sessions in House his
tory came to an end.
CIVIC DINNER WILL
BEGIN AT 7 O'CLOCK
Hughes Spalding, Regents Chairman,
Will Be Event’s Principal Speaker
With all tickets sold the 44th annual dinner of the Ath
ens Chamber of Commerce tonight at the Y. W. C. A,
promises to be one o_f the qutstanding events of the year.
W R S e A
‘The dinner begins at 7 o’clock
and the program has been so ar
ranged that the meeting will not
be necessarily prolor‘xfed.
Hughes Spalding, Atlanta law
yer, University of Georgia alum=-
nus and Chairman of the Board
of Regents, will be the principal
speaker. Other members of the
Board will be gx;esent at this
meeting and will introduced
along with other special guests.
The meeting will be opened by
’.;l’. M. Tillman, former president
‘of the Chamber of Commerce and
brother-in-law of Mr. Spalding.
President R. M. Snow of the
Chamber of Commerce, will take
over the gavel after the prelim
inaries.
Mr. Spalding is expected to
deal principally with the Univer
sity Systemr of Geergia’s aims and
objectives and no doubt will dis
cuss the Regents’ plans for the
University of Georgia here.
Interest in the meeting is keen.
Members of the Chamber of Com-~
merce and other Athenians are
delighted that Mr. Spalding was
able to accept the invitation to[
speak at the anaual dinner. The
meeting fits in with the efforts
of the Chamber of Cqommerce to
promote the growth and interests
of the University of Georgia and
as a result of the meeting it is
expected that a bigger local pro
gram for advancement of the'
University will develop. b
.
Machine Gunners
-
In Big Gem Haul
CLEVELAND, Feb. 23.—(AP)
Sub-machine gun carrying rob
bers early today held up the
home of William G. Mather, for
mer Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Com
pany board chairman, and escap
ed with $350,000 in jewels.
Police in Bratenahl, an exclu
sive suburb, said the robbers
clubbed Mrs.. Mather and then
obtained from her‘the combina
tion of a safe holding jewelry.
Mrs. Mather told reporters the
jewels were worth at least $350,~
000. “Not a penny’s worth” of her
gems had been stored in banks,
she said.
Mather, 92, was asleep at the
time as were maids in the home.
Mather’s male I.urse, Walter Mus
sel, heard Mrs. Mather scream,
however, and rushed to her bed
roomn..
The sub-machine gun was
pointed at him and he was tied to
a bed.
Leaving both Mrs. Mather and
the nurse tied, the robbers told
them to give no alarm for at least
15 minutes and then escaped.
The nurse told police there
were four robbers.
Mrs. Mather, believed by po
lice to be in her early 60's, was
hit with either a robber’s fist or
the heel of his hand. Her eye
was swollen today. 3
Capitol Hill that Congress might
vote power for the Prßsident to
seize the coal mines. and tell the
miners to work in them as em
ployes of the government. The
White House said nothing,
This is Lewis’ last chance be
cause tomorrow at 10 a. m. (EST),
the United Mine Workers are un
der orders from Judge Richmond
B. Keech to “show cause” why the
union shouldn’t be.found in con
tempt of court. If the union ex
planations don’t satisty the judge,
there will be a formal hearing
Monday on a contempt order.
It was Judge Keech who issued
a back-te-work-eyder on February:
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London Street
Cleaners Beg
For Home Leave
LONDON, Feb. 23 — (AP) —
For nine months 90 London
street cleaners battled for a five
day work week. Recently they
got it. ’
Today they asked for permis
sion to work five and a half
days. They said their wives were
making them do household
chores on Saturday morning.
Said one worker: “We just
can’t stand the missus.”
Speeding Auto
Smashes House
ATLANTA, Feb. 23—(AP)—A
speeding automobile knocked
down a steel barricade and
ploughed into a house today, nar
rowly missing a 12-year old sleep
ing boy.
John B. Mabrey, jr., was still
sleeping soundly when his father
stumbled through wreckage of a
portion of the house on Beverlv
Road and removed him wunhurt
from his wrecked bedroom.
The collision damaged the house
so badly the automobile, which
ran partially under the house, had
to be left there to keep the house
from falling inie
The 'auto driver was charged
with driving under the influence
of intoxicants and placed under
$250 bond.
NO OBJECTIONS
Sander Jury Foreman
Losi Wife By Cancer
MANCHESTER, N. H,, Feb. 23
—(AP) — The foreman of the
jury trying Dr. Hermann N. San
der in the “mercy” slaying of a
cancer doomed woman said his
own wife died of the same disease
last Palm Sunday. 1
The disclosure gas made by
Dallas Cutter, Hillsboro grocer and
brother of Louis C. Cutter, 40, the
jury foreman. The family thsi
cian, Dr. Thor Olsen; confirmed
the statement. {
Attorney General William C.
Phinney told -reporters he knew
Cutter’'s wife, Leona, died of can
cer when he was seated as a juror.
Both the prosecution and de=
sense .indicated Cutter would re
main on the jury. -
The foreman’s brother made the
disclosure while talking with re
porters after the jury visited the
11 that has been flatly ignored by
the miners. They have stayed away
from the pits, erying “no contract,
no work.” Although Lewis in
structed them to go back, he, too,
may come in for Judge Keech’s
attentions,
Lewis and the operators were
deadlocked over new contract
terms, despite the peace efforts of
conciliation director Cyrus 8.
Ching and David L. Cole, Cole is
the chairman of the presidential
fact-finding board appointed un=-
der the Taft-Hartley emergency
strike provisions.
‘Whether Lewis and the opera
tors: were-close to agrecment on &
HOME
EDITION
Bell Rites
TOIIIOI’I'OW .
Popular Citizen
Killed In Auto
Crash Wednesday
Services for Joseph Columbus
Bell, head of the Poultry Depart
ment of the University whe was
killed in an automobile asecident
on the Jeffersun-Commerce high
way early Wednesday afterneon,
will be eonducted Friday merning
at 11 o’clock from First Methedist
Church.
Officiating will be the pastor,
Rev. J. W. O. McKibben, and Rev,
T. R. Harvill, pastor of Prince Av=
enue Baptist Church.
Interment will follow in Oconee
Hill cemetery, Bernstein Funeral
Home in charge of aruugmmts.
Pall-bear:~s will be Edd Heffman,
Dr. Robert Wheeler, Dr. Paul W,
Chapman, Dr. O. C. Aderhold,
Prof. R. H. Driftmier, Prof. Wal
ter N. Danner, Prof. Arthur Gan~
non, and J. D. Bolton.
~ An honorary escort will ine
clude members of the Rotary Club,
and of Alpha Gamma Rho frater
nity and the faculty of the Univer
sity of Georgia.
~ Surviving ‘Mr. Bell is his wife,
the former Sallie Ruth Meadows,
Athens; two sons, Dave and Don
ald Bell, Athens; five sisters, Mrs.
‘W. C. McEver, Eatonton, Mrs. B.
C. Thrasher, Charlotte, N. C., Mrs.
C. H. Beacham, Charlotte, and
Mrs. R. N. Wilson and Miss Wadie
Bell, both of Athens; aunt, Mrs,
J. D. Twitty, Gainesville and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
On Curve
State patrol headquarters said
the accident occurred three miles
east of Jefferson on a wide eurve.
Sgt. Floyd and Trooper Standard
investigated the accident and said
no other car was involved. Their
investigation showed that Mr. Bell
apparently lost control of his car
due to the wet pavement as it
rounded a curve. % 5
The car swerved off the left side
of the road, striking a fi post
and two trees. Mr, was
thrown from the car into the high=
way, the Trooper said.
There were no eyewitnesses to
the accident and a passing motorist
carried Mr. Bell to a Jefferson hos
pital where he was dead on arrival.
The troopers said the car was
heavily damaged, with it’s top be
ing almost completely torn off.
The accident occurred areund
1:30. S
Mr. Bell was born in Gainesvitie,
Ga., December 28, 1904 and grad
uated from the University of Geor=
gia with a BSA degree in 1928.
He served in the Poultry De
partment as assistant professor,
associate professor and as full pro
fessor and had been head of the
department since 1940.
Widely Known
Widely - known in the try
field he had done exfieuli"v:'-l re=-
search with both layers and young
stock and on the use of sweet po~
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| scene of the death of Mrs. Abbie
C. Borroto, 59, wife of a Manches
ter c:l salesman. 5 .
Dr. Sander is accused of slaying
the woman by injecting asir into
her veins while she lay near death
in Hillsboro Countnyo?u
| When questioned for duty.
Cutter stated that' his ‘wile wied
last year. He was not asked the
nature of her illness at that time.
| Dallas Cutter told newsmen that
| his brother’s wife had been bed
ridden about a year and suffered
intensely before she died.-About
four years before her death, he
said, she underwent an operation
'in an effort to rectify the condi
tion.
The Cutters had no children.
The widower foreman is the
youngest member of the panel
‘new pact after more than ten
months of negotiations remained to
be seen. Neither side would say
there had been any progress. The
government observes were simi
larly pessimistic.
But the court’s order hanging
over Lewis and the union was &
powerful incentive to hastem am
agreement,
The mounting effect of the eonl
shortage was another incentiva.
A state of emgrgency was de~
‘clared in Erie, Pa., & w
000 people. Under it, all )
will close down next Sunday and
Monday, and maybe still ; ,
day next week. Erie’s
-coal supplies . i o <