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Vol. CXVII, No. 39.
Primary
Date Seen
Party Leaders Set
March 14 For Draft;
Rep. Gowen Quits Race
ATLANTA, Feb. 25.—(AP)—
Ceorgia Democratic Party leaders
today were called into session
warch 14 to set a date and draft
lans for a question-mark 1950
state primary.
Fven as primary machinery
ctarted grinding, political gossip
urned up two new possible can
j‘i«]ilz:fes for governor—blind Pub=
lic Service Commissioner Walter
\lcDonald, and former Governor
E. D. Rivers. * b
\eDonald, a veteran of 26 years
on the PSC, announced he is
urning down a $12,500 job in
Vashington as executive of the
National Association of Railroad
and Utilities Commissioners. ;
Meanwhile, another leading po
iential candidate — Rep. Charles
Gowen of Brunswick — definitely
<tepped out of the race, already
crowded by seven announced can=
didates.
Chairman James S. Peters of
Manchester - called for the State
Democratic Executive Committee
10 meet here March 14. The com=~
miitee will set a definite primary}
date, the deadline for entries,
qualifying fees, and other rules.
Even the date is unknown now,
but most leaders expect the pri
fim v to be held in June—possibly
me 28.
McDonald said he wanted to
remain in Georgia to fight “in
creasingly apparent mronopolistic
tendencies.” He has led several
fights for lower rates in Georgia.
He #&@s elected to. the national
2osk fast October.
A similar hint came from for
mer Governor Rivers, who has
been sounding out political lead
ers on his own candidacy. For
the record, Rivers said he would
be active this year “in the field
of politics and public service.”
Democratic Chairman Peters
announced this committee to pre
pare tentative primary rules: Au
gusta political leader Roy Harris,
f ouse (S‘lt%gall;rr Fred Hand of Pel
am, xon of Covington
;\lrs. Cf{-‘e:onido 5% g:nu OI;GtAt-:
anta, Attorney-B. W«‘
Atlanta, and R. E. Chastain of
Thomasville, :
Farm Meet
OnTuesday
Madison county farmers will
meet on Tuesday at 3 p. m., at the
courthouse in Danielsville for a
discussion on what to plant for
sale at the State Farmers’ Market
in Athens this summer.
Neal W, Shirley, county agent,
will be in charge, and Elmo
Ragsdale, Georgia Agricultural
Extension Service horticulturist,
will speak to the group about
suggested crops and how to plan a
planting progranr for this type of
sale. Millard Seagraves, of the
Athens Chamber of Commerce
farmers market committee, and
others have been invited to at
tend. ¥
Plans are being made to re
open the market here as early as
produce will-warrant keeping it
open.
“Two’s Company”’
On WGAU Today
An original fifteen-minute ra=-
dio-drama “Two’s Company” writ
ten by Gordon Tretick and pro
ducec. by members’ of Digamma
Koppa Radio Fraternity, of the
University of Georgia, will be
aired today over WGAU at 1:30 p.
m. The cast includes Austin Sax
on, Billi Drew and Barry Blitzer,
and assisting on production are
Ben Ulman, Byron Cortez, Wey
man Brooks and George Thomp
son.
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SAFE WATER
NEW. ORLEANS, Feb. 25—
(AP)—U. S. Engineers anticipat
¢d today that Mississippi River
Waters with the third highest
crest in recorded history would
bass safely into the Gulf of Mex
fco without doing further dam
&ge
LOAN DEPARTMENT MOVES
€ & S Bank Expands
Building Facilities
An addition to the Citizens and
Southern National Bank here was
“announced yesterday by Execu
‘fix ¢ Vice-President R. V. Wat
lerson,
The installment loan depart
ment has been moved from the
balcony of the main building to
new offices on College avenue
where General Finance and Loan
Company was previously located,
next to Edwards’ Pharmacy.
The new quarters were neces
ary in order to keep up with the
“¥pansion in business, Mr. Wat
lerson said,
The bank was remodeled, re
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Massey Is
in Race
For Senate
D. Edd Massey, well known Ath
‘ens businessman, yesterday an
nounced. he is a candidate for the
State Senate-in the Democratic
Primary to be held either in June
or July. It is Clarke county’s time
to elect the Senator from this dis
trict, comprising Clarke, Ogly
fll%)evnnd Wilkes counties, <
"A. “Ras” King anmm
candidacy several days ago.
Mr. Massey said he will have a
statement later in regard to his
platform. His announcement fol
lows:
“To the Citizens of Clarke
County:
“I hereby announce myself a
candidate from this, the 50th Sen
atorial district of Georgia, to rep~
resent Clarke county and this dis
trict in the next Georgia Senate,
subject to the action of the next
Democratic Primary.
“Your support and influence will
be greatly appreciated.
“D. EDD MASSEY.”
More Want Equal
Negro Schooling
ATLANTA, Feb. 25 — (AP) —
Five more Georgia counties were
handed demands for equal negro
school facilities this week.
The new petitions—in Charlton,
Oglethorpe, Taylor, Talbot and
Morgan counties — brought the
number of such moves in Georgia
recently to 19.
All the demands sent county
boards of education cited inequal~
ities. between white and negro
schools and insisted on equal,
though separate, facilities. Com=
plaints listed Included inadequate
buildings, transportation, courses
of study and per-pupil expendi
tures.
Cold Puts Drain
On Coal Supply
By The Associated Press
A blast of arctic air, coldest of
the winter in some sections, sent
temperatures tumbling below zero
in eight midwest states Saturday
and headed toward New England.
Another storm hit the chilled,
snow-covered Midwest, dumping a
band of fresh snow from the Da
kotas, through lowa and Central
Illinois and Central Indiana.
The cold put a new deain on
dwindling coal supplies and no re
lief was in sight.
decorated and also expanded last
May.
Warren Lanier, assistant vice=~
president, has been named to take
charge of the installment loan
department in the new and larger
quarters. The department will
employ 15 persons.
In addition, a total of 25 per
sons are employed in the main
bank building, located at the cor
ner of College avenue and Clay
ton street.
The new installment loan de
partment offices are ready to be
furnished and will be open for
business on Tuesday.
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Demo Governor
Candidate W aits
For Republican
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.,, Feb.
25—(AP)~—Gov. Earl Warren, a
candidate to succeed himself,
spoke to a young Republican
meeting foday, then hurried to
the airport to fly to Los Angeles
to keep another engagement.
He was a little late, so the air
line held the plane for him. The
passengers cooled their heels
about 20 minutes.
Among them was the candi~
date for the Democratic nomina
nation for Governor, James
Roosevelt.
THIN MAJORITY
Laborities
Elect To
Bunßritain
LONDON, Feb. 25 — (AP)—
Prime Minister Attlee elected to=
day to try governing Britain on his
labor party’s razor-thin majority..
After an emergency cabinet
meeting of an hour and a quarter,
he announced “we are carrying on”
and sent word of his decision to
King George VI.
The labor party leader will be
attempting to run a nation of some
50,000,000 with what may be the
smallest government majority in
the House of Commons for a cen=
tury.
Excluding the non-partisan
speaker of the house and four re
sults to be reported later, labor
holds 315 seats in the 625-seat
Commons, the Conservatives 284,
the Liberals 8, Independents one
and Irish Nationalists 2.
This gave Attlee just twn votes
over a bare majority of 313 and
a margin of only 21 over his most
dangerous opposition, Winston
Churchill’s Conservatives.
The four districts still out were
three -in Scotland which are not
scheduled to report until Monday
and a Manchester district which
holds a delayed election March 9
because of the death of a can
didate.
Three of these districts went
Conservative in 1945 and one went
Labor.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Sunday fair with little change
in temperature. High in after
noon 60. Sun rises 7:07 and
sets 6:26.
GEORGIA — Fair in south,
partly cloudy in north, a few.
showers in north portion, con
tinued mild except slightly
cooler in northeast section Sun
day.
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since February 1 ... 3.08
Deficit since February 1 .. 2.40
Average February rainfall . 5.09
Total since January 1 .... 528
Deficit since January 1 .. 3.83
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
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Red Cross
Campaign
Prepared
. With a goal of rall?xx $14,448
in two weeks if possible, the an
nual finance campaig of the Red
Cross wi’ get under full steam at
a breakfast for workers in the
Georgian Hotel Wednesay modrn
ing at 8:30 o’clock.
The large corps of volunteer
workers will begin their ecanv:s
imm .diately at conclusion of the
br?aldast and ofgcials,xlfilm cam
paign are very it can |
completed in record timffi_ncc g:
amount to be raised is most modest
in view of the many important
services the Red Cross provides in
this community as well as
throughout the natior and world.
Captain C. E. Smith, who head
ed the Navy Pre-Flight School
here during the war and who has
now retired, will head the cam
paign as Clarke County Chairman.
Working as co-chairman with
Captain Smith will be O. M. Rob
erts, jr., and Albert Wier, jr.
Chairman of the Ladies Divis
ion is Mrs. Dan DePree, jr., and
her co-chairman is Mrs. Tom
Whitehead. Mrs. D. L. Branyon is
chairman of the ladies in the
county and she will bc assisted by
a leader in each militia district.
Dean Williams Tate’s chairman for
the campaign in the University.
Chairman of the Colored Divis
ion is Rev. R. H. Martin and his
co-chairmen are L. C. Trawick and
H. S. N. Burnside.
Special Services
At Oconee Church
Rev. William H. Harrison, of
Morristown, Tenn., will be guest
minister at thl&morning services of
the Oconee Methodist Church at
11:15 a. m. today. Rev. Harrison
is distriet superintendent of Mor
ristown in the Holston Conference
of the Methodist Church,
He will speak on ¢Fhe Count of
the Calendar.” Rev. Harrison is
the father-in-law of the pastor of
the church, Rev. Charles Middle
brooks. :
Tonight there will be a sermon
on “The Meaning of Faith.” The
choir will render special music at
the evening service.
A meeting of the officers and
teachers of the church school will
start at 7 o’clock Tuesday night
with the serving of supper in the
church basement.
Mrs, E. H. LaVert, director of
children’s work of -the- Atlanta
East Division; Mrs. Jane Ellen
Summers, director of youth work
in the North Georgia Conference;
and Dr. E. H. Dixon, teacher of
the Forum Class of the First Meth~
odist Church, will lead discussion
groups on the work of church
schools. :
Teachers and officers will em
phasize increasing and holding at
tendance of church &chools, and
will include discussion of teacher
training. Teachers and officers of
other churches are invited to at
tend this meeting, but should con
tact Rev. Middlebrooks before
noon Tuesday in order to have
arrangements made for their at
tendance. A ek e
28-Year Old
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Wife Murdered
LAKEVIEW, Ga., Feb. 25.—
(AP) — A 28-year-old wife was
murdered near here today by be
ing dragged to death on a wire
rope and chain_strung behind an
automobile, Sheriff J. M. More
land said.
Senate Committee Proposes
Wiping Out Rent Controls
Group Asks For Rent
Curb To End June 30
BY EDWIN HAAKINSON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. — (AP) — A proposal for
junking federal rent controls—now covering 11,000,000
housing units throughout the nation — was made to the
Senate today by its powerful Appropriations Committee.
The committee voted to allow
the office of housing expeditar,
which supervises rent controls,
only $2,600,000 from its functions
‘from now to June 30, and ordered
those funds used to wind,up its af=-
fairs and pay off its 4,135 employ=-
ees.
There was no record vote, Some
opposition was reported.
The office had asked for $3,600-
000 to keep the controls operating
the remainder of the present fis
cal year, and apparently was ex
pecting that Congress would ex-.
tend rent controls past the sched-w
uled June 30 expiration date. |
Surprise Move |
The surprise move by the appro
priations committee was certain to
kick up a floor fight from suppor
ters of President Truman., The
President twice has asked Con
gress to exten dteh federal rent
ceilings and related protections
for tenants for another year.
Chairman McKellar (D-Tenn)
of the 21-member appropriation
group told reporters after a clos
ed-door session today that the ac
tion indicates his committee will
not vote funds to continue rent
controls beyond June 30.
He indicated that Senator Cain
(D-Wash) convinced the group
that no extension was necessary,
‘through use of a map showing
smgll areas of the nation remain
ing under federal rent ceilings.
enator Maybank (D-SC) chair
man of the Senate Barking com
mittee which would handle any
new rent legislation, is a member
of the appropriations committee
'and was present at the session.
| Hearings Planned
But Senator Sparkman (D-Ala),
chairman of the banking subcom
mlt\m which plans hearings in
April on extending rent’controls,
told a reporter he would ogpoae
the move to choke off controls by
denying funds.
“Jt ought not to be done that
way,” Sparkman. “Even if it dies
| way,” Sparkman said. “Even if it
Rites Set
Monday
For Miller
Funeral services for William
Thomas Miller, 75, resident of Ath
ens since 1911, will be held to
morrow afternoon at 2:30 at Anti
och Christian Church.
Officiating will be Rev. N. A,
Saye, Baptist minister. Interment
will be in Antioch cemetery.
Bridges Funeral Home is in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Miller ‘died ‘Saturday morn
ing in a local hospital. He was in
jured Friday morning when he
was hit by an oncoming vehicle as
he attempted to cross a road. The
accident was declared unavoidable
by investigating officers.
He was a native of Oconee coun
ty and a member of the Christian
Church. For the past 11 years he
was a guard at the Clarke county
farm and before that time he op
erated a farm.
Pall-bearers will be M. J. Jones,
Frank Waters, Elmer Miller, Ches
ter Arthur, Douglas Frierson and
Weldon Miller.
Survivors are one son, Frank
Miller, Athens; two sisters, Mrs.
R. C. Evans, Athens, Mrs. Sadie
Grimes, Farmington; one brother,
L. M. Miller, Statham; anchthree
grandchildren, Miss Hazel Miller,
and Elmer Miller, Athens, and
Mrs. R. Nat Walton, Porterdale.
22nd Annual Press Institute Ends Here
. By GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
Assistant City Editor
The 22nd anuual Georgia Press
Institute closed here yesterday
with Dean John E. Drewry, of the
Henry W. Grady School of Jour
nalism, University of Georgia be
ing honored by the editors.
One of the most successful press
institutes in history, the four-day
affair closed with a luncheon giv
ێn by The Atlanta Constitution
following Chapel addresses by
Russell Janney, author of “The
Miracle of the Bells”, Robert Shel
lenberg, director of Educational
Services of The Saturday Evening
Post; and Jack Tarver, associate
editor of The Atlanta Constitution.
Dean Drewry was presented a
’dies on June 30 we should give
the agency enough money to en
force the law until that date.”
The appropriations committee
reversed a decision of a subcom
mittee which had voted to allow
the $3,600,000 asked by the agency
to continue its operation until June
30. The full committee chopped off
$1,000,000 of the sum and direct
ed that the remaining $2,600,000
“pe available for terminal leave.”
.. That would force the agency to
be ready to close its books and op
erations on June 30 by paying off
employes who have accumulated
annual leave by that date.
Quick Compromise
Sought In Coal Strike
Government Mediators Press For
Agreement Before Tomorrow Night
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.— (AP) —Government media
tors poured on the é)ressure for a quick coal strike com
promise agreement efgrg tomorrow night.
‘;.l‘vhfefiymr’e;io;tedly told negotiators
for United Mine Workers and op
erators that the public interest re
quires every effort toward agree
ing on a contract in advance of
Monday’s trial of the union on
court contempt charges bases on
refusal of 372,000 soft coal diggers
to obey no-strike orders.
. Back of this urgency plea was
mounting fuel starvation, indus
trial shutdowns cutting off 180,000
jobs in industries using coal, and
human niisery. A coal industry
spokesman said another week of
the strike would mean “chaos” for
th,e country.
l There was no indication of
| furthg{ White House action.
- David L. Cole, chairman of
President Truman’s Inquiry Board,
and Cyrus Ching, Federal Media~-
tion Director, were understood to
have asked both sides in this tenth
day of fruitless bargaining to im
prove their offers in a real try for
‘a peace past.
They reportedly felt that the
union, if it is convicted of con
tempt and fined heavily, may be
less inclined to do business with
the coal operators.
Miners Voting
Some officials believed that this
might have no effect on getting
the men back to work. Miners are
vowing “no contract, no work.”
District UMW presidents gath
ered here unannounced today and
this was taken by some as an irdi
cation of possible weekend con
tract developments. But other ob
servers felt they were here merely
to be brought up to date on the en
tire situation.
With John L. Lewis absent, the
tempo of the negotiations seemed
to pick up under the prodding of
the mediators. But nobody was
willing to report progress. The.
UMW president was in Springfield,
1., for a brother’s funeral. |
On Monday his union will go on
trial before Federal Judge Rich
mond B. Keech charged with crim
inal ‘and ecivil contempt of the
court’s Feb?aary 11 order against
striking. It was issued after
President Truman invoked the
Taft-Hartley Act which provides
for injunctions against ‘such
strikes. ¢
Lewis twice has publicly noti
fied the miners to cbey the court.
EDITORS HONOR DEAN DREWRY
piece of jewelry by the Georgia
Presy Associetion wembers, and a
resolution praising him was passed
by acclamation.
Agricultural Awards
The Waycross Journal Herald
and The Coffee County' Progress
at Douglas were hcnored as the
daily and weekiy newspapers, re
spectively, rendering :the *most
outstanding service in presenting
and interpretating agriculture in
Georgia during 1949.”
Albert S. Hardy, Commerce,
president of GPA, presented the
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service awards. < Winners are
chosen by a committee of the GPA.
_Honorable mentions went to The
Columbus Enquirer, The Atlanta
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Atheiu Trade Area
Nix Receives
Honor At
“Y” Meeting
Abit Nix, chairman of the
Board of the State Young Men’s
Christian Association had 10,000
reasons to be happy about tok
ens of appreciation from mem
bers of the Georgia Hi-Y and
Tri*Hi-Y yesterday.
Brand new copper pennies
were poured at his feet by rep
resentatives from seven cities
and then swept away by State
President Harry Powell, jr., who
gave Mr. Nix a desk pen and
pencil set in place of them.
The tribute to the leader who
has given a decade of service
to the organizations, highlighted
the annual State Y.”M. C. A.
meeting in Atlanta.
City Eniers
U. S. Fire
Contest
Athens has again been entered
in the National Fire Waste contest,
sponsored annually by the United
States Chamber of Commerce.
Athens entered in 1930 and ’Bl,
winning honorable mentions both
times, but has not entered any
other years. Every year there is
one national grand prize winner
and four honorable mentions.
The city's 1949 fire less record
was best in history with the per
capita loss being 32 cents as com=-
pared with a national per capita
loss over $5. There were only
three ’49 fires doing more than sl,-
000 damage and none of the three
were much over SI,OOO. .
A detail form has been filled
out by the Athens Fire Depart
ment and supplecented with sto
ries of fire prevention published
in the Athens Banner-Herald and
copies of radio public service an~
nouncements used by stations
WGAU and WRFC.
Wholehearted Cooperation
Athens is being entered into the
fire prevention contest under-the
sponsorship of the Athens Cham
ber of Commerce. Fire Chief W.
C. Thompson said that the out
standing record here is due to good
cooperation among the various
clubs and organizations, newspa
’per, radio stations, other groups
'and the public as a whole. He asks
‘that the cooperation continue and
everyone always be fire conscious.
The department’s fire marshal,
Captain C. C. Bridges, has carried
out an extensive fire prevention
program here along with Chief
Thompson and other department
members. Albert Cook, depart
ment secretary, has don. much of
the work in compiling the records
necessary to entering the contest
and gathered a great deal of the
supplementary material.
Only material submitted is
records of 1949 although they don’t
have to be in until March of this
year. Chief Thompson expressed
hope that Athens will enter the
1950 contest also.
Journal and the Gainesville Daily
Times fr¢ service g€ deily newsw.
papers and to the Waycross True
Citizen, Warrenton Clipper, Fitz
gerald Leader and the Wheeler
County Eagle at Alamo in the
weekly division. |
This is the firgt year two plaques
have been given—one to a daily
and another to a weekly. Previous
honorees are the Walton Tribune,
Monroe; The Atlanta Constitution;|
and Nashville Herald, Nashville, |
Ga. Walter S. Brown, director of
the Extension Service, outlined for
the editors ané students attending
the institute the meaning and pur
pose of the awards.
Chapel Speeches |
Jack Tarver’s address was thel
last of the sessions. He talked on
HOME .-
EDITION
Postmaster
J.R. Myers
To Retire«
Retirement Becomes
Effective March 1:;
15 Years Of Service
Jonas R. Myers, postmaster here
since 1935, will retire from that
post on Wednesday, March 1. Re
tiring is automatic under postal
regulations, Mr. Myers being 78
years old and having served as
postmaster for fifteen years.
Fred J. Rishop, 197 Normal av
enue, will serve as acting postmas=
ter until & postmaster is chosen.
He has been employed at the J)M
office for over 40 years and a#
present is superintendent of mails,
Mr. Myers was born in Ware
trace, Tenn., and came to Athens
forty years ago. For many years
he operated Myers 'Distributing
Company, a wholesale business
and also at one time was represen
tative for the Dunlop Milling Com
pany. 4 A R B e
A member of First Presbyterian
Church, Mr. Myers says he does
not feel his years and after March
1 I will be “hunting for a job.
I'm goinf to stay active and nos
sit over in a corner.”
Since he has been postmaster
postal receipts have steadily been
on the increase and coverage -
both in area and number m
ple — has almost been
Also a substation hag been added
on the University campus. At pres
ent 62 people are employed at the
post office here, which is a con~-
siderable increase over the aum
ber employed in 1935. During the
15-year period poxulati-l has in
creased greatly in Athens, necessi
tating added postal coverage.
Mr. Myers was paid tribute at a
‘surprise gathering yesterday in
the post office at which time he
was- ;g:unted with a number of
gifts from the postal m;rm.
He received a lo chair,
footstool, smoking jacket, pipe,
cigars and tobaecco from the em
ployees as a token of appreciation
of his service. M. H. Conway pre
sented the gifts in behalf of the
employees and he spoke briefly en
the fine services of Mr. Myers.
Mr. Myers gave & word of
thanks and expressed his appre
ciation for the fine cooperation of
the employees.
Women Escaped
Wreck Injuries -
Two women from Greenwood,
S. C., narrowly escaped serious
injury near here today when their
car overturned on the Hull Road
about two miles from Athens.
Investigating County Officer -
Jimmy Williams reported the late
model car, driven by Ollie Mae
Roberts, 33, went out of control
and struck a mail box and com
pletely overturned. Martha Bonds,
the only other occupant of the car,
was slightly injured.
Both were carried to St. Mary’s
hospital by a passing metorist and
were released after treatment.
Officer Williams said the car
was almost completely demolish
ed.
Local Firemen
Answer 2 Calls
Athens firemen rushed to South
view Drive yesterday afternocon,
but on arriving they found only a
small grass fire, which they read
ily extinguished. They reported ne
damage.
Friday they went to the corner
of Dougherty and Jacksom where a
water heater had become over
heated, There was no fire and all
the firemen had to do was cut
down the temperature.
1 South America, declaring that the
comtinent is “big in muny ways”
| such as territory, natural resources
.| and in many other aspects. He
| spent almost a year in South
| America during 1949 on a fellow
| ship from the Ogden Reid Founda
tion.
| Russell Janney urged that
l‘America be kept free from Com
{ munism by “wiping out our per
,‘sonal injustices and hatreds.” He
| added that “Communism thrives
lon disunity and unbrotherliness.”
‘ Explaining the educational serv
| ices of The Saturday Evening Post,
| Mr. Shellenberg said that the pro
! gram has'gained wide acclaim and
| now over 2,100 teachers in 800 eol
| leges and universities get case his
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