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TALMADGE OPENS CAMPAIGN
Evaucation Of 300,000
Possibility; Only One
Dike Is Holding Waters
By The Associated Press
Rampaging flood waters crushed
gll dykes but one protecting Win
nipeg, Canada, Saturday and total
evacuation of the city of 300,000
became & grim pOSSi!)i.HtY- .
Meanwhile, - a vicious Spring
<torm turned its destructive course
into Canada after leaving a trail of
multimillion dollar damage, and at
least 11 persons dead and scores
injured in the Central United
States.
A. J. Taunton, deputy city engi
neer in Winnipeg, said “things
have gotton out of hand” and that
“the eity has come to the end of
flood defense fighting.”
Presumably he meant no further
efforts could be made to hold back
the fast-rising waters of the Red‘
Yiver.
The Winnipeg Tribune quoted '
the manager o]:rthe city’s hydroe- |
lectric power plant as saying total |
evacuation may be necessary. |
The river rose about 115 feet in l
924 hours and a rise of five more
feet was In prospeet. Hundreds of
blocks of the city and suburbs
were under water. Street car and
bus travel and telephone servicel
@ cre disrupted. Canadian armed !
forces were placed in control of
flood relief.
J. W. Sanger, general manager
of Winnipeg Hydro, told an emer
gency session of the city council—l
that in event of a five foot rise
evacuation might have to be
handled on a “national organiza
tion basis.”
The Canadian storm skipped
across Ontario with winds up to
80 miles an hour. The gales
caused power failures in Niagara
Falls, Brantford, Wooedstock, North
Bay and the Kingston area, The
steel framework of a school being’
erected in New Toronto, a Toron
to suburb, collapsed.
Hurricane Winds
The winds, which reached hur
ricane force in some places, bat-l
tered a nine state area Friday and
throughout the night.
Three persons were killed in
both Towa and Wisconsin, two in
Illinois and one each in Nebraska,
Texas and Ohio.
Cooler temperatures followed in
the wake of the storm and locally
heavy rain or snow fell in North
Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota,
northern Wisconsin and the Lake |
Superior Region.
The winds, which reached up
to 100 miles an hour in gusts in a
few spots, pounded the Dakotas,
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illi
nois, Towa, Minnesota and Wis-!
consin,
The gales. ?ttened buildings,
uprooted tre%:éimashed windows
and ripped ‘@ communications.
Damage in Superior, Wis., alone
was estimated at several million
dollars,
The winds followed on the heels
of Thursday night’s tornadoes in
Texas and Oklahoma which killed
one person and injured several
others,
During the gales Friday torna
does hit near Redwood Falls,
Minn.,, and Maple Lake, Minn.,
destroying several farm buildings.
‘The southern states continued
warm and showers fell from
northeast Texas across Arkansas
10 the upper Ohio Valley and low
er lakes region.
Winners Named
The annual flower arrangement
show of the Floriculture Club of
ihe University of Georgia was held
in Soule Hall yesterday with a
large number of persons admiring
the arrangements.
Grossed from the auction sale
was SIOO. Profits will go to the
Floriculture Club for the furth
erance of flower shows and other
educational activities within the
club, Roy A, Bowden, professor in
charge, said.
A distinguished visitor at the
16th annual show was Mrs. Gaye
R. Saal, former outstanding eom
merical flower arrangement teach=
er in the mid-west and present
general sales manager for Geor
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Capitol Award
For AP Staffer
ATLANTA, May 6 — (AP) —
Charles F. Barrett, state capitol
reporter for the Associated Press,
tonight was honored for his “con
sistently fair and outstanding re
porting of Georgia politics.”
Barrett received the “top hat”
award of the Atlanta Professional
and Emory Unlversity chapters of
Sigma Delta Chi, honorary Journ=
alism fraternity.
Frank J, Starzel, general man
ager of the Assoclated Press, was
guest of honor at the banquet.
tarzel is here to attend the an
nual meeting of Georgia members
of the Associated Press at Macon
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Cancer Drive
Goes Over
Top In Athens
Athens and Clarke county have
gone over the top in the drive to
raise funds for the fight against
cancer, it was disclosed yesterday.
The Hutchins-Cox-Stroud office
of the Cancer Campaign headquar
ters was closed Saturday with the
campaign declared “well over,
complete, and a success.”
Cancer campaign officials ex
pressed appreciation to Athenians,
in declaring the 1950 drive offi
cially over, and also invited all
persons who have pledged funds
to the campaign and have not yet
made contributions to do so as
soon as possible in order so en
large the scope of the campaign’s
success in Clarke county.
The goal of several thousand
dollars was exceeded.
All persons who wish to make
contributions already pledged, and
workers who still have not turned
in their reports, may do so at Room
208 of the Pan-American building.
Mrs. Claude Chance is in charge
of this collection office. All work
ers are urged to turn in their
funds soon. ;
C. M. Ridlehuber, Clarke county
chairman of the drive, voiced the
appreciation of all his workers for
the “splendid cooperation” given
to the campaign by the Banner=-
Herald and both Athens radio sta
tions, WGAU and WRFC, in put
ting across the urgency of raising
funds here to fight the disease.
Mr. Ridlehuber also praised all
the workers who have done such
thorough jobs for the Cancer Cam
paign, citing divisional leaders Dr.
William Hicks, of the Universi
ty of Georgia; Mrs. John A. Bimp
son, ladies collections; and Ray B.
Ware, colored division leader.
The colored division turned in
a total of $213.13, campaign reports
showed yesterday.
Mrs. E. C. Westbrook, in charge
of the downtown office of the
drive, said that Mr. Ridlehuber
should get special thanks for his
“untiring efforts to put the cam
paign across in Clarke county.”
The drive in Athens, although
lagging for the last few days of
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BECOME EFFECTIVE TODAY
Time Changes In City Bus Runs
Time changes in city bus service
here go into effect this morning,
it was announced late yesterday
by D. H. Stoddard, vice-president
and Ig_‘eneral manager of Athens
City Lines. *
Service in some areas will be
increased while it will be cut in
certain areas after busy hours.
There will be no route changes,
Mr. Stoddard said, except the Mil
ledge Avenue-Stanton Way bus
will give direct service to Five
Points.
New Times
On week-days the following
areas — Milledge Circle, Stanton
Way, Lumpkin street, Ag Drive,
Boulevard, Prince Avenue, West
Broad street and Hancock Ave
nue—will * get 15 -minute service
from T a. m.to 7 p.m. These areas
MEMORIAL °Y" GYM
IS PROPOSED HERE
Building At Pine Tops Would
Honor W. T. Forbes, Ex-Secretary
A gymnasium in memory of W. T. Forbes, untiring Ath
ens YMCA general secretary from 1898 to 1937, has been
proposed for Pine Tops “Y” Camp, which is located near
here off the Mitchell Bridge Road.
_Mr. Forbes, deceased, was a
pioneer in boys’ work and camp
ing in the South and worked with
boys and young men for 45 years.
He served as general secretary
at Athens YMCA, the third oldest
in the United States, until 1937
when he became general secretary
emeritus.
Mr. Forbes and the Board of
Directors of the local “¥” realized
the need for a nearby camp and
one reasonable enough to be with
in-range of all, so Pine Tops was
begun in 1936. Mr. Forbes began
developing the camp wuntil *his
death in 1944, and in the last four
years the camp has been xeatly
improved under the leadership of
Cobern Kelley, a product of Mr.
Forbe’s training.
New Additions
Recent additions to the camp
were a swimming pooi, dining
hall, sleeping cabin, nature study
cabin, craft cabin, an enlarged
athletic field and other facilities.
The camp fee of $lO per week
for the camping season is in reach
of nearly all, and for the boys
who cannot afford this, ways are
found to give them an opportunity
to attend camp.
It is felt that a gymnisium at
Pine Tops would serve as a per
nament physical memory to the
outstanding service of Mr. Forbes.
$15,000 Cost .
The gym will be placed on a hill
centrally located overlooking the
Oconee River. Construction of the
gym has been started and it is es
timated to cost about $15,000,
which is the goal of a drive being
held to raise funds for the “W. T.
Forbes Memorial Gymnasium.”
The first stage of construction is
to be completed in June, 1950, at
a cost of approximately $7,500.
1t is hoped that a large number
of persons — friends of Mr.
Forbes, friends of the YMCA and
others — will make donations to
the fund. Checks should be made
payable to “Athens YMCA Memo
rial Fund to W.T.Forbes of the
should be mailed to any of the
following — Frank C. Dudley, Cli
max Hosiery Mill, Athens, Ga.;
James J. Harris, Johnston Build
ing, Charlotte, N. C.; Martin E.
Kilpatrick, 1045 Hurt Building,
Atlanta, Georgia — or Cobern
Kelley, director, Pine Tops Camp.
Athens, Georgia.
Truman Starts
"Tour' Tomorrow
WASHINGTON, May 6—(AP)—
Republicans hurled ten broadside
charges at the Truman administra
tion today and challenged the
President to answer them on his
16-state campaign tour which he
begins tomorrow.
GOP leaders already have laid
plans to make a series of replies
t6'the Truman speeches. They got
in the first word with a statement
accusing him of resisting attempts
to “drive Communists from his
administration.”
will then get 30-minute service un
til 9:30 pugn. Previously there has
been 3%;nute service in the
above areas (except 15-minute
service on West Broad) all-day
and until 11 p. m.
In the Holman avenue area the
new change will bring regular 30-
minute service until 10 a. m. From
10 a. m. to 1 p. m. there will be
hour service. After this there will
be 30-minute service for the re
mainder of the afternoon.
Other lrea'-—- Barberville and
East Athens—will continue to have
30-minute service.
In areas where there will be 15-
minute service perscns can catch
buses going in either direction and
get to town as quick either way,
the time and seF¥ice changes dere
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1950.
Wins Honors
Clarke countians took a big
share of honors at the fifth annual
Georgia Future Homemakers of
America convention held in Sav~
annah this week-end.
Athens, Ila and Jefferson High
Schools were among ,the 11 ¢hap=-
ters from over the state winning
Honor Roll positions for all
around excellence. Other chap
ters were Hoke Smith High, At
lanta; Webster County High;
Plains High; Butler High; Preston
High; Blakely-Union High; Metter
High; and Jakin High.
Rachel Ingleright and Wilma
Grubb, of Athens, were two of
seven persons receiving State
Homemaker Degrees, highest
award of the state association.
Miss Ingleright; Kattie Ann
Tyner, Ila; and Dr. Irwin Sperry,
University of Georgia; took part
on the program of the two-day
meeting, which began Friday.
Miss Alice Beall, professor of
homemaking at the University of
Georgia, was elected to honorary
membership.
Elected new state president was
Gwendolyn Moore, of Wadley.
Acheson Leaves
.
For Big 3 Meet
WASHINGTON, May 6—(AP)—
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
set out for Europe today with a
grim warning that the non-Com
munist world faces “increasingly
crucial tests in the years immedi
ately ahead.”
He said that because of the
threat of international Commun
ism, the free nations of the world
must speed up the mobilization of
their “moral and material
strength” and must do so “with
utmost vigor.”
City firemen answered three
calls yesterday, including one false
alarm. The ywere called to box
No. 224 on Ag Hill to the false
alarm at 10:20, yesterday morning.
Previous to that, at 12:39, they
answered a call to the downtown
area where gas was leaking from
a transfer truck. The gas was
washed from the streets to elimi
nate the hazard.
At 1:38 yesterday afternoon they
answered a call to Broad and
Chase street where 2n auto was
burning but little damage resulted.
made without changing routes or
the departing time from town. The
bus routes were changed here on
April 16.
Sunday Services
Riders going to certain areas of
the city won’t have to wait in
town but 15 minutes instead of 30
minutes as in the past, Mr. Stod
dard said.
Sunday service will be provid
ed from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. with 30~
minute service being provided to
the areas receiving 15-minute
service on week-days and one
hour-service being given to areas
which receive 30-minute service on
week-days.
Mr. Stoddard said on Sunday
buses will be routed by the main
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State Dairy Potentiality
(ited; Cattle Sale Monday
$20,000 Worth
I
Of State’s Top
Jerseys On Sale
BY GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
Assistant City Editor
Dairymen from all over Georgia
are home today with a new out
look on dairying while others are
anticipating the $20,000 sale of
Georgia’s finest Jersey cattle here
Monday.
Richard Sikes of the Dacula
FFA chapter won top honors at
the University of Georgia Dairy
Day yesterday as he scored a per
fect 300 in the dairy cattle judging
contest,
Harold Barton, a Clarke county
4-H'er, tied for first place honors
among the 4-H Club cattle judges.
The Dacula FFA team took team
honors with 805 points out of a
possible 900. W. Cason Britt is the
Dacula coach.
High 4-H Club team was Fulton
county, Atlanta, High FFA team
The fifty-odd head of regis
tered Jersey cattle, consigned to
the state sale here Monday, are
quartered at Hardman Hall,
which will be open to the public
all day today for inspection of
the cattle. The blue-bloods from
twenty-seven of the state’s best
herds represent the tops in skill
ful breeding of Jersey cattle and
the public is invited to look
them over anytime during the
day.
was Dacula F¥A. Second highest
4-H team was Hancock county,
while the second high FFA team
was Flowery Branch.
“Go to Grass”
Paul W. Chapman, associate
dean of the College of Agriculture,
told Georg;.ijnrmers to “go to
gragn” ¢ ize on Gnrgia's
greatest opportunity,” he said to
the many persons attending the
fourth annual Dairy Day.
He cited the fact that Georgia
has seen an opportunity and de
veloped it step by step in going
into dairying. ‘‘Greatest economic
asset in farming in Georgia is
mild, all-year growing -climate
that makes it possible for us to
grow and harvest one or more
crops at any season of year,” he
added,
Spencer H. Morrison, professor
in the University Dairy Depart
ment, said “I've seeen dairying in
California and many other states,
but I think Georgia has the great
est potentiality for developing the
dairy industry because of year
round grazing.”
Development of adequate mar
kets for milk for mranufacturing
purposes were called for by Ken
neth Treanor, farm management
specialist for the Georgia Agricul
tural Extension Service, He said
this has been one reason why the
dairying interests haven’t expand
ed more,
Other speakers were Harry L.
Brown, dean of the College of
Agriculture; Jerry Roden, Boaz,
Ala.; Jim McCord, former gover
nor of Tennessee and one of the
outstanding Jersey breeders in the
nation,
Mr, McCord cited the growing
dairying industry in Georgia. He
spoke of the turbulent days peo
ple are living in now and said en=
vironment means nothing to a man
who has courage. Also he said the
third World War will be fought to
save the United States and not
France and England as in past
wars.
Professor H. B. Henderson, head
of the Dairy Department, was in
charge of the meeting. The affair
is sponsored yearly by the Dairy
Science Club,
Animals to be sold at the 22nd
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School News
Set For Monday
School news will be published
in the Banner-Herald Mouday.
It could not be published today
because of a shortage of news
print.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and continued
warm Sunday with highest aff
ernoon temperatures near 90.
Sun rose this morning (Sun
day) at 5:39 and sets at 7:21.
GEORGIA - Partly cloudy
and continued rather hot Sun
day; a few scattered thunder
showers and over extreme
north pertion Sunday and Mon
day.
TEMPERATURE
SREhest .o ..90
Eowest ... v, .. 68
PEBRN . i oY
SOTTNE .. e 08
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .0C
Total since May 1 .. .. .. 1.02
Excess since May 1 .. ... .4(
Average May rainfall .. .. 3.54
Total sincerJanuary 1 ....11.7¢
:Hipit;&i;;%! January 1 .. 7.87
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Filibuster 0
WASHINGTON, May 6—(AP)
—Southerners limbering up for a
Marathon filibuster said today
they would wage “all-out war”
against the administration’s FEPC
bill in the Senate next week.
Senator Johnston (D-SC), a
leader of the Dixie group, served
notice of a showdown battle in a
communique for his colleagues,
saying:
“We are thoroughly convinced
that the passage of this monstrosi
ty will mean a ‘Pearl Harbor for
the South’.”
Democratic leader Lucas (Il1)
has called for debate Monday on
the bill tocrea te a Fair Employ~
ment Practice Commission. This
agency would have powers to
combat discrimination in employ
ment because of race, color or
creed. »
The FEPC is favored in the pol
itical platforms of both the Dem
ocratic and Republican parties,
but southern senators always have
succeeded in killing it through
prolonged debate,
Lucas said he plans to wait until
the week after next before seek
ing to limit debate on FEPC. The
real FEPC test is expected on the
debate limiting motion, which re
quires approval of 64 senators,
Johnston cleared the decks for
action. He cancelled, after next
Tuesday, hearings on a postal rate
increase bill before the Senate
Post Office committee he heads.
This leaves him free to devote
full time to the FEPS fight.
MAUPIN IN CHARGE
Committees Named For
“Miss Athens Contest
The Athens Jaycees have an
nounced all committees who Willl
serve in the 195 D *Miss Athen""
contest on May 20 in Fine Arts
Auditorium.
Bob Maupin, who has been"
named general chairman, also will |
have charge of produection and'
staging. . ) ]
Entries committee consists of
James Bailey and Upshaw Bent-’
ley, and entries are now being ac
cepted for the contest.
Publicity work will be headed
by Tyus Butler. 2
Ed Benson, Felton Christian,
and Jim Wilfong will serve as
sponsors and award committee-I
men.
The budget and finance commit- '
teemen are Billy Daniel and Bill
Jordan. ’
Seven judges for “Miss Athens”
have been announced previously.
Committeeman for selection of
jud"%u was Bill Hartman. 5
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New Red Cross
Service Unif
Organized Here
Organization of the Gray Lady,
newest volunteer service group of
the Athens-Clarke County Chap
ter, American Red Cross, was an
nounced yesterday.
Initiation of plans for the or
ganization was made at a meeting
held April 18th at the Young Wo
men’s Christian Association with
Mrs. Henry Newton and Mrs.
Frances G. Stukes of Decatur as
the principal sg;akers.
Mrs. Hunter Harris, chairman of
Red Cross volunteer services for
Clarke -county, presided, -Mrs.
Cuyler Trussell and Mrs. Robert
Gunn, appointed by Mrs. Harris as
chairman and co-chairman of the
Gray Lady, introduced the speak
ers,
Inspiring Address
Mrs. Henry Newton delivered an
inspiring address in which she elo
quently told the origin and history
of Red Cross, beginning with the
dream of Henri Donant as he
watched a battle in Italy about a
hundred years ago. She held the
attention of her audience as she
related stories of Clara Barton,
Florence Nightingale and Mabel
Boardman, familiar names in Red
Cross history, bringing them back
to life for a few minutes when she
dramatically recalled their excit
ing lives.
Mrs. Frances G. Stukes discussed
organization and services and Gray
Lady ethics. She outlined all the
services of the Red Cross drawing
on a blackboard a “family tree,”
the branches showing the various
functions of the organization. Mrs.
Stukes has been a gray lady for
over eight years, chevrons on het
uniform crediting her with many
hours work, most of it spent at
Lawson General Hospital. Mrs.
Stukes, attractive in her trim gray
uniform, charmed and inspired the
recruits as she told what it means
to be a Gray Lady and as she re
lated some of her experiences—
some humorous, others tragic. She
emphasized the personal benefits
derived from volunteer work. Pol=
icies and ideals of the Red Cross,
the work of the Red Cross today,
as well as during war were other
topics of the morning session.
Explains Organization
In the afternoon, following &
delightful Junch prepared and
served by the Y. W. C. A.,, Mrs.
Stukes explained in detail how the
Gray Lady organization operates
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Crowe, and Jimmy AKkins.
Loyd Florence, Lamar Lewis,
and Jimmy Hardy will sexve on
the soft drinks committee.
Printing and make-up of pro
grams will be under the’ super
vision of Worth McDougald and
Guy Smith, whereas Ralph Bell,
Paul Broun, and Sheldon Moore
will have charge of distribution of
programs.
Dick Upchurch is committeeman
for purchasing of tickets, and sell
ing of tickets will be directed by
Paul Hodgson, Joe Foster, Bill
King, Bill Corbett, Buck Griffin,
E. E. Hardy, Raymond King, and
Lewis Smith. ?
Committeemen for collecting of
tickets are Goodloe Erwin and
Wayne Satterfield.-
Ushers for the contest will be
Claude Williams, Alwyn Stiles,
Bob Puckett, Bud Daniel, and H.
W. Perkerson. |
The winner of the “Miss Ath
ens” contest will vie for the state |
fi\ -and the state winner will
,ri e ‘America” contest,
HOME
EDITION
POINTED OUT .
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Promises ‘Glorious -
Future’, But Skips
How To Pay Question
ALBANY, Ga.,, May B—(APM
Gov. Herman Tafmadge paraded &
broad expansion in state services
before Georgia voters teday,
promised still more for the future,
and lightly skipped the guestiom
of how to pay the bill,
In a rousing opening of his re
election campaign, Taimadge time
and time again cited record outla
by his administration for leboog
hospitals, highways, pensions,
prisons, farm markets, veterang
services, ete, -
Then over and over he pledged
continued expansion in each field
in a “glorious future,” He un
veiled a broad new program of
medical benefits and supported the
minimum foundation pregram for
education “without reserve.”
He urged a tremendous increase
in road-building by tagging all
gasoline tax and auto tag revenue
for highways.
Challenged by former Gov. M,
E. Thompson to take a stand o
the sales tax, Talmadge mneg
that “thé great hopes and plans
which we all have for Georgia’s
future will cost money.”
But the closest he came so men
tioning a sales tax was: “I shall
never favor putting additional
taxes upon our people least able
to pay until all other methods are
exhausted.”
! With that, the youthful Gover
nor, political heir of the late Eu~-
gene Talmadge, hopped quickly to
old Talmadge battle crys: All-out
defense of the county unit system
and racial segregation.
Although skirting the sales tax,
endorsed by Thompson, Talmadge
joined Thompson in urging repeal
of state property taxes amd more
than 100 nuisance taxes.
~ He leaped at taunts by Thomp
son, speaking in Statesbore today.
that Talmadge has added 2,000
“deadbeats” to the state payroll.
The Governor shouted “I am
proud” of 1,016 extra school teach
ers, 351 doctors, nurses and others
at Milledgeville Mental Hespital,
100 at Battey Tuberculasis Hos
pital, 253 new teachers and other
personnel in the University Sys
tem, and 161 new highway en
gineers and planners,
On this point, he added, “I want
to say Here and now that we are
not apologizing to anyone.”
Flays Thompson
He blasted Thompson's 1947-48
administration for alleged “frauds”
in highway contracts, failure to
start a rural hospital building pro
gram, and an “ind.%_ferent aftitude
toward Georgia veterans.” ~
He said his regime has built 2,~
000 miles of roads at a cost of
40,000,000, while Thompson built
the same mileage at a cost so tax
payers of 60,000,000,
He pledged 1,000 miles % new
highways and rural roads @
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State Spending
STATESBORO, Ga., May 6—
(AP)—Former Gov, M. E. Thomp
son charged today the Talmadge
administration has put $20,000,000
in new taxes on the people of
Georgia and now is “throwing the
money away on deadbeats and
loafers.”
Climaxing a rapid-fire four
through South Georgia, Tlomm
hit hard at the addition of
“useless, unnecessary state ems=
ployes.”
Next week, the 1947-48 Gover
nor takes his campaign te North
Georgia. He is seeking to over
throw Talmadge in the June 28
istate Democratic primary.
Thompson again promised an
$80,000,060 school building pro
gram through state and local
building authorities. “We cannot
| wait 25 years for school buildings
for the children of today,” he said.
Thompson, a former school
teacher, said Talmadge “has prom
| ised five times te finance the Min
i imum Foundation Program for
| Education. 1 will ask you one
question. Yes, the school teacher
' is going to ask you one question:
. “Will you believe the machine’s
promisge a sixth time?”
|
; Avery Attacks
State Sales Tax
CARTERSVILLE .GA., May ¢
(AP) — Gubernatorial candidate
Pat Avery plugged away today
against sales tax and for repeal of
anti-labor laws.
Speaking at Dalton, Calhour
and Cartersville, Avery said “th¢
people will net stand for a salet
tax so long as there is no econoniy
in government and so long as they
know that a few chosen peopls
are getting richer and richer ant
the people are getting poorer an¢
poorer.”
He outlined a new wildlife pro
gram, including $1 fishing lice .
He said the State’s presentnfi
and quail hatcheries are supplw
ing “only the plantattions of thi
wealthy. We are going to changl
all that’ 4 FEEE