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‘A machine shop about 200 yards from
the scene is in shambles after four explo
sive-laden barges blew up at the South
Amboy, N. J., docks Friday night. Police
reported several dead and close to 300
Surprise Drop Is Reported
In Registration Of Voters
Talmadge Cites
"Key Issues” In
Governor's Race
Thompson Continues
Attacks On ‘Waste’;
Baker Increases Pace
By The Associated Press
Former Gov. M. E. Thompson
slugged at the Talmadge admin
istration yesterday as an arrogant,
wasteful, election-stealing ma
chine; but Talmadge said the
FEPC and the county unit system
are “the chief and only issues in
this race.”
Thompson, Gov. Herman Tal
madge, and three other candidates
for Governor in Georgia’s June 28
Democratic primary hurled new
blasts in a manner well suited to
Armed Forces Day.
Talmadge, at Thomaston, charg
ed that his opposition favors a
federal fair employment practices
commission, apparently defeated in
the U. S, Senate Friday.
He blasted Thompson’s 1947-48
administration for *negotiated”
highway contracts and cited one
case which he said *“will amaze
and disgust you.”
In this case, a Rockmart-Rome
road, he said a North Carolina
contractor “defrauded the taxpay
ers of Georgia out of $25,000,”
kicked back contributions to his
opposition’s campaign, and “today
he is the man who is putting up
most of their money for their pres
ent race,
“I put a stop to that kind of
thievery.”
It was Talmadge’s fourth rally
in the three-weeks-old campaign.
Thompson, at Cedartown, in the
64th talk in his rapid-fire drive,
said he wanted to add a new plat
form plank: |
“I will keep my engagements
with the people of Georgia . . .
and be in condition to ‘talk to
them.™
Thompson’s version cf the top
issue was “honest elections—that
is .the issue that is making the
faceless men of the machine worry
and squirm. They are as silent on
this issue as the dead men who
were voted in "Telfair county:
“They know and you know that
they have conspired to steal away
your right to vote. They have fixed
it so you cannot go’ into court to
keep them from running a can
didate whom they know and you
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Honor Sociefy
Elects 2 Locals
Zodiac, honor society for sopho
more women at the University of
Georgia, has elected 12 new mem
bers who maintained the highest
scholastic averages in their classes
for freshmen and sophomore years.
Lucy Nickerson, Athens, was
elected president of the group; Jo
Anne Terry, Gainesville, vice
president; and Katherine Parker,
Brunswick, secretary-treasurer.
Other members are Martha
Ecker, Athens; Bettie Bollinger,
Coral Gables, Fla.; Fran Thom
ason, Atlanta; Maxév Kramer,
Jesup; Jackie Foster, Canton; Ben
nie Adair and Emily Baldwin,
Dallas,
The other. two students in the
16p twelve of their clags sre 10
Jonger dn schodl, i« . itenisenel
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
BUILDING WRECKED BY BARGE BLAST
Candidates To
Speak At Women
Voters Meeting
Following a long-standing
custom, Clarke County Women
Voters will be hosts Tuesday at
one o’clock to Tocal candidates in
the State Democratic Primary to
be held on June 28.
Each candidate will be af
forded an opportunity {o briefly
djscuss the piatform upon which
he is campaigning.
The public is invited to attend
and asked to make reservations
with Mrs. William J. Russell at
telephone 1092-J.
ALUMNI DAY
IS SET HERE
ON JUNE 45
Hundreds of University of Geor
gia alumni will flock back to the
Athens campus June 4-5 for the
annual observance of Alumni Day
and the University’s 147th Com
mencement. For the first time in
many years school will still be in
session when seniors receive their
degrees.
Gov.” Herman Talmadge will
speak to his fellow alumni at their
annual business meeting June 5 at
10 a. m. in the University Chapel.
New officers of the Alumni So
ciety will be named at this time.
More than 1600 students, the
largest graduating class in the
University’s history, will receive
degrees June 5 at 5:30 p. m. in
Sanford Stadium. They will hear
addresses by - Bishop Marvin
Franklin, a University alumnus
who now heads the Methodist
Church in Mississippi, and by Hall
Ptebles, Augusta, 1950 valedictori
an.
Dr. Ellwood C. Nance, president
of the University of Tampa, will
preach the Baccalaureate sermon
on Sunday, June 4. Services will
be held at:11 a. m. in Stegerhan
Hall.
Pres. J. C. Rogers will entertain
seniors, parents, alumni, faculty
and guests at a reception at his
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and warm Sun
day with slight chance of thun
dershewers in the afternoon or
evenimg. High Sunday 83. Sun
rises 5:27 and sets 7:32.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
in somth, mostly cloudy in north
portiens with little temperature
change Sunday and Monday.
Occasional light rain in nerth
east and east-central portions
early Sunday.
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Associated Press Service
injured. A state of emergency was de
clared in the city of 10,000. South Amboy
is located 30 miles south of New York.—
(AP Wirephoto.)
Biggest Decline Reported Among .
Negroes; Key Counties Confused
BY CHARLES BARRETT
ATLANTA, May 20.—(AP)—A surprise drop in voter
registration, especially among negroes, was indicated to
day amid confusion in several key counties over a voting
list for Georgia’s June 28 Democratic primary.
‘ The first éccufi_ate icture of registration came from Sec
retary of State Ben Eortson’s office, where T 1 out of 159
counties have reported on their voting.
Their reports showed only 610,-
024 voters in these counties com
pared to 631,004 in the same coun
ties in the 1948 primary. Negro
registration showed the biggest
drops — from 85,966 in 1948 to
71,219 this year.
Chatharn county alone reported
a drop of 20,000 voters, including
almost 11,000 negroes, but high
capitol officials said privately the
new Chatham voting list clearly is
illegal.
This was an example of confu
sion also heavy in Richmond
;corunty and several others which
officials declined to list.
~ Individual counties were taking
widely varied methods of follow
ing, or failing to follow, Georgia’s
1949 and 1950 registration laws.
Court suits were predicted before
it’s all over.
In 1949 the legislature aban
doned the 1948 list of 1,200,000 vo
ters and ordered a complete new
re-registration. In 1950 the assem
bly revived the old list for two
more years and ordered it con
solidated with new registrations
for this year.
Trouble Lines
Fortson said trouble is develop
ing in several counties along these
lines
I—Some counties have discard
ed the old list and find themselves
in a pickle to list previously reg
istered voters, still eligible under
the law.
2—Some have never started the
new registration machinery. They
simply have continued the old
registration process under the
same officials. The question is
‘whether this old machinery is le
gal — and whether new voters
registered under old machinery
can be certified legally.
Special Law
Chatham county had a special
law passed by the 1950 legislature.
This act let the old list die in
Chatham county and specifies
that only newly registered voters
are eligible.
But this conflicts head-on with
the new general state law extend
ing the life of the old list. And the
Georgia Constitution says in Sec
tion Four, Chapter Two, Para
graph One
“No special law shall be enacted
in any case for which provision
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Radio Frafernity
Inifiates Nine
Di Gamma Kappa, honorary
radio fraternity of the University
of Georgia, initiated four profes
sional radio men and five students
at ceremonies Friday afternoon.
Those initiated as honorary
members were Bill Heule, Station
WSFT, Thomaston; S. J. Carswell,
Station WSFT, Thomaston; Worth
McDougald, Assistant Journalism
Professor, Henry W. Grady School
of Journalism; and Rhett Turnip
seed, Station WRFC, Athens. All
were in attendance at the Georgia
Radio Institute just concluded at
the University.
Students initiated were Etheldra
Davis, Toccoa; Jeanne Sexton, Sa-
Amnah;' Jim Matthews, Gaines
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ATHENS, GA.,, SUNDAY, MAY 21, 1950.
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FIRE RAGES AFTER EXPLOSIVE-LADEN BARGES BLOW UP
Fires blaze on barges and dock at
South Amboy, N. J., after four explosive
laden barges blew up. Store fronts and
homes were caved in by the force of the
explosion and debris was scattered over a
— —_TOPS IN ALL DIVISIONS ————————
Carolyn Dunning Wins ~ Miss Athens™
Miss Carolyn Dunning, Blakely,
today is reigning as “Miss Athens”
of 1950 after winning the contest
here last night.
She first wore a black evening
dress, and in the bathing suit di
vision her attire was a one-piece
blue suit. In the talent category
she gave a reading, “The Waltz.”
Taking second place was Miss
Martha Brown, Athens. Miss Bet
tie Foster was chosen third.
Miss Dunning won first place in
all three divisions—evening dress,
bathing suit and talent. i
She was sponsored tgr Bell’s
Food Store and presented by Al
pha Gamma Rho Fraternity.
An enthusiastic crowd attended
the Jaycee-sponsored affair in
Fine Arts Auditorium at which
time nine beauties were presented
in competition for the title.
Contestants, thelr sponsors and
presenting fraternities were: Peg
RADIO NEWS IS CITED
sth Annual Radio
Institute Closes Here
The Fifth Annual Radio Institute closed here yesterday
after a three-day meeting attended by radio executives
throughout Georgia, students, faculty members and towns-
people.
Sponsoring the affair was the
Henry W. Grady School of Journ
alism, University of Georgia, and
Georgia Association of Broadcas
ters. Presiding at the sessions was
Lewis Doster, WGAU, Athens, as
Institute chairman.
The hows and whys of radio
news were explored yesterday in
the Commerce-Journalism build
ing auditorium where all sessions
were held by two of the nation’s
top radio men who insisted that
radio news is here to stay and that
it has a vital service to perform.
John M. CoOD- ...zt
er, director of; . e 1
radio for Interna-. P SRR |
tional News Ser- $ = 2
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tics to show thati Gk A
more people tune? ’ %a
in for news than ' S N
for any other! Ty
purpose. e
He said “News (S "ML
isn’t dull.” Mr. -
Cooper added John M. Cooper
that news is a ’
station’s number one public service
obligation,
“Because more people listen to
newscasts than any other pro
grams the news man Ras a respon
sible job,”Jhe said. .
. ’lmnn Talks. ;
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10 to 12 block area. Most of the injured
were cut by flying glass. Hospitals in the
area were jammed with casualties.— (AP
Wirephoto.)
Memorial Rites |
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ForT.W.Reed
Set Here Today
Memorial services in honor of
Thomas Walter Reed will be
held by the Henry C, Tuck class
of Athens First Methodist
Church this morning at 10 o'~
clock.
Mr, Reed was registrar of the
University of Georgia for 35
years. He also had an cutstand
ing newspaper career. Mr. Reed
was teacher of the Tuck Class
for 12 years.
Harry Hodgson, Athens busi
nessman, former trustee of the
University, and a personal friend
of the late Mr. Reed, will make
the address. Other members of
the class will pay ftribute to
their former teacher,
gy Bradberry, Athens, Heyward
Allen Motor Company, Pi Kappa
Alpha; Martha Brown,~ Athens,
MeGregor’s, Phi Delta Theta, Car
olyn. Dunning, Blakely, Bells Food
Store, Alpha Gamma Rho; Sue
Edge, Canton, Christian Hardware,
Delta Tau Delta; Bettie Foster,
Bluffton, Athens Coca-Cola Bot
tling Co., Sigma Pi.
. Pat Hunter, Colquitt, Gallant-
Belk’s, Lambda Chi Alpha; Jan
Martin, Tifton, Georgian Hotel,
Kappa Alpha; Jean O’Neal, Way
cross, Georgia Motors, Theta Chi;
Peggy Wilson, Nashville, Univer
sity Chevrolet Co,, Pi Kappa Tau.
Judges were Dr. J. C. Rogers,
University of Georgia President;
Paul Chapman, associate dean,
College of Agriculture; James E.
Gates, dean, College of Business
Administration; Lamar Dodd,
head, Art Deparment; Barrett
‘Howell, Atlanta Constitution;
Cook Barwick, Atlanta attorney;
staff member for 21 years, and
currently. an International News
Perviceeorres .. . Lo
spondent, said! Bl § |
that radio news; . PR |
offers a challenge 67 'R§
to the reporter: @€ ==~ &
who wants an op- S s ¥,
portunity to be of S Be* P
public service. | ;2 Fo 3
“The funda- FREEE &AE
mentals of good il
reporting have N |
not changed. It is § & b
still a job of pa- v
tient, painstakingmakolm Johnsor
digging for facts. A good reporter
should have good training and a
genuine love for the work and,
above all, he should have integri
ty,” Mr. Johnson said.
Mr. Johnson. cited the INS slo
gan, which .is “Get It First, But
First Get It Right,” He is a native
Georgian of Clearmont and
Gainesville.
George B. Storer, president of
Fort Industries Company, spoke
on “Television” at the noon ses~
sion yesterday. Following was a
panel on television.
Following the two talks on
radio news there was a panel dis
cussion. Similar discussions were
held all Friday afternoon.
Add Clool‘{ :ld ing lunch
5 . the closing luncheon
7 A ORIEEAd Ob PALE 1)
Woman Fatally Injured
In Two-Car Wreck Here
57-Year-Old Jefferson Woman
Thrown 20-Feet As Cars Spin
A 5T7-year-old woman was fatally injured here late yes
terday afternoon in a two-car collision at the intersection
of Oglethorpe and Sunset Drive. :
Mrs. W. T. Segers, from Jefferson, died of injuries re
ceived in the accident 45 minutes after being rushed to St.
Mary’s hospital by a Bridges ambulance. ; %
Mrs. Segér’s son, Frank L, Se
gers, 24, driver of one car and
Bennie C. Bowman, 19, Rt, 1, Stat
ham, driver of the other vehicle,
were not injured.
The accident occurred shortly
before 4 o’clock, with City, County
and State Troopers answering the
call. The accident occurred just
outside the city limits, with the
and Mrs. Bunnve Porter-Cox, so
ciety editor, Athens Banner-Her~
ald.
Uly Gunn was master of cere
monies for the occasion.
The winner gets a year tuition=-
scholarship to the University of
Georgia provided by Benson’s
Bakery, Dick Ferguson, Hutchins-
Cox and Stroud, Russell Daniel,
Inc., National Bank of Athens, and
C. A. Trussell Motor Co. Also a
$10; merchandise certificate was
giv‘n by J. C. Penney to the bath
ing suit division winner,
A Ibving cup was donated by
Bush Jewelers. Second place win
ner got a 17-jewel Harvel watch
presented by Walter R. Thomas.
Third prize was a $25 merchan
dise certificate donated by Mich~
ael Brothers.
“Miss Athens” goes to the state
competition, and the state winner
enters the “Miss America” con
test.
Jewish Spiritual
Festival Begins
Here Lase Today
Shevous, or the Feast of Weeks,
a Jewish spiritual festival, beging
at sundown today and concludes
at sundown Monday, May 22. Or
thodox and Conservative Jews ob
serve two days, their observance
ending at sundown, Tuesday, May
23. The Hebrew date is the 6th of
Sivan, 5710. v
Historically, the day commemo
rates the giving of the Ten Com
mandments on Mount Sinai, and
the establishment of the covenant
between God and Israel. It is sym
bolic of the spiritual and ewltural
treasures of Judiasm. It confirms
the Jewish people in their faith.
It is named the Feast Weeks be
calise it completes seven weeks
from the day when the new barley
was taken to the Ancient Temple
in Jerusalem. On the fifthieth day
the early wheat harvest is cele
brated. The authority for this holy
day is found in the Bible. The
Book of Ruth is read on this Fes
tival.
Reform and Conservative Tem
ples have confirmation services
for. the children who have com
pleted © their formal religious
school, education. The synagogues
are decorated with flowers and
plants, and in"rituals the young
people acknowledge their debt to
their loved ones and pledge them
selves to a life of service to God
and humanity.
“In our day, this timeless festi
val speaks of the dignity and in
tegrity of the individual. Man is
pictured as being but little lower
than the angels and crogn&d vaith
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Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
i Demolition Experts Dig Through
& Mine-Strewn Area; 4 Bodies Found
; BY CHARLES MERCER
SOUTH AMBOY, N. J., May 20.— (AP) =-Demolition
experts probed cautiously through a mine-strewn area to
day for trace of 22 men missing from last night’s shatter-,
ing explosion which injured hundreds in fhis waterfr. g
city. ; ; A g Te A
Four bodies already have been
recovered, two of them identified.
Residents toiled to restore order
from chaos and make temporary
repairs in the wreckage of their
homes,
South Amboy Fire Commis
sioner William O'Leary said the
property damage might exceed
$20,000,000.
Q'Leary said it was believed
that the men who were loading
four barges with 600 tons of am=~
muntion probably had been
“blown to bits.” The blast at 6:25
p. m. (EST) last night was heard
in three states—New Jersey, New
York and Pennsylvania.
The State Department said in
Washington it would investigate
the blast to deternrine whether the
state patror taking charge of in
vestigation.
Troopers Standard and Worthy
said last night that no charges had
been made but the matter was
still under investigation,
They gave this account of how
the wreck haépened: Bowman, a
University of Georgia student, was
coming into town on Oglethorpe
at a moderate rate of speed, when
Segers, crossing Oglethorpe on
Sunset from the Fairgrounds, sud=
denly tried to cross the highway.
Trooper Standard said Segers
told officers that he did not:see
the other car approaching. Bow=-
man was quoted as saying he saw
the Segers car, but thought it was
going to stop.
Trooper Standard said the Bow=
man car struck the Segers’ vehi
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Exchangeit
Eugene Mather will talk on
beef cattle when he addresses the
members of the ‘Athens Exchange
Club at the regular weekly meet
ing in the Georgian Hotel Monday
at one o'clock.
Mather, professor of geography
at the University of Georgia, will
use slides and pictures during his
talk.
Born in the midwest, Mather
has traveled through Texas and
South America and knows all the
different kinds of beef cattle.
Named Riverside Park
COLORED SWIMMING
POOL IS DEDICATED
Riverside Park was adopted as the name for Athens’
new negro swimming pool and recreation area in dedica
tion ceremonies held at the park area in Newtown yester
day afternoon. An estimated crowd of 2,000 spectators
was on hand for the dedication program.
The name chosen for the mod
ern swimming pool and its sur
rounding park area was submitted
by William Nowlin, jr., a student
at Reese Street School. He received
a. season pass to the pool and a
trophy for his prize-winning en
try in the ‘county-wide contest
among negro school children,
Season passes were given to 12
other contestants for their name
enfries in the contest. Awards
were made by Dr. E. L. Hill in be
half of the judges of the pool nam
ing committee as a highlight of the
program.
Mayor Jack R. Wells termed the
new recreation area as “a result
of good citizenship” in his open
ing remarks before presenting dis
tinguished guests. Mayor Wells
said that citizens must assume the
vesponsibilities and duties along
with the good fruits of citizensip.
The Mayor pointed out the great
opportunities of the mnew park
area if “we will look to the futugre
and plan toward the future.”
Guests introduced included
County Commissioner J. F. Ham
mett, Henry Rosenthal, Mrs. Mil
dred Rhodes, Mrs, Mary Ela
Soule, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Ed-
Hazen, Alderman R W Philios,
n, ! n R. W. -
msm%emama
and Mr. Van Fleet of the National
HOME -~
EDITION
explosives involved had been
properly licensed for export.
It was not at once detérmined
how the explosion occurred or
where the ammunition was des«
tined to be shipped.
The Coast Guard immediately
scheduled a hearing on the case.
The American Red Cross re
ported 312 persons had been freat=
ed for injuries. Five were critical«
ly wounded, the Red Cross said. '
This figure was believed low
‘gince many persons cared for their
own injuries from {flying glass.’
Today they walked the streets of |
‘this 10,000 population city 21 mil
southwest of New York with
i expressions, Arms and faces were
| bandaged everywhere in the com=
munity, where it appeared to have
snowed shattered glass. i
Mayor John Leonard said every
house in the city had been dam«j
aged. Most of the injuries were |
from flying glass. 4
Troops Called A
Army troops, Marines snd Coast
Guardsmen converged on the cit
guarding banks and other pub
places. There were no reports of'
disorders. 1
The force of the explosion bl
anti~personnel mines over & wi
area. Highly trained nfi com=
bat engineers were "':‘:z
scene to comb for
and duds, !
One steel plate was huried more
than two miles and imbedded i
concrete in Perth Amboy: In
sister city of South Ambey across |
the Ra;itan mirnejr urt:xm were re- :
ports of many eg flying
glass, Plate glass windg: in ::f
bu:'inus district were
out
In New York, the Isbrandisen
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BaileyC. Kin
alieyv. Ninney
Rites Safurday
Bailey C. Kinney, for many
yvears a well known grocer here,
died in his sleep at his home a$
166 West Cloverhurst Avenue
early Friday morning, M. Kinney,
was 85 years old and his death
came unexpectedly.
Services were conducted yes
terday afternoon at 4:30 eo'clock
from Bridges Chapel with Hev,
Newt Saye, l;’:az’,tor of Edwards
Chapel Church, officiating.
Burial followed in the cemetery
at Bostwick, pall-bearers being
nephews of Mr. Kinney, Johnny,
Douglas and Rayburn Kinney,
Ralph Adams, Belk Smith 'lnd
Jack Adams.
Mr. Kinney jis survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Eleene Leacoy,
Greenville, 8. C.; son, Charles B
Kinney, manager of the Colonial
and Athens Hotels hfi.fiuer
Mrs. Fannie Finch, W L lnd
a number of nieces and nephews,
Chief of Police
Mr. Kinney was born near Stat
ham, E;a}.‘, ands hactih resided in and
‘near ens for the
¥o£ his life. Durin; % m
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BY CURTIS DRISKELL
Rgéreation Board.
‘ ay Ware, chairman of the ded
lication committee, presided
throughout the program. Opening
remarks were made by O. W.
Weaver. Two selections by the
David T. Howard High School
band, one by the band’s troupe of
majorettes, provided high points
of the program. v
| Wayne R. Shields, Athens rec
| reation director, told of the tech
| nical aspects of the new pool and
| explained the different phases of
‘the pool’s operation. Mr. Shields
| discussed the purificatiom of wa
| ter, safety of swimmers, swimming
| lessons, and other aspects of the
ipool's maintenances in his re
| marks.
Col. A. T. Walden, Atlanta at
torney, urged *“use instead of
abuse” of the new recreation area
in the main address .of the pro
gram. He stressed the need for
greater education for all and said
that one of the biggest needs is
for statesmanship ‘big enough t{o
irealitze_tthag flg Stait’ewcmot' be
great if a handicap ) on.
one-third of the people of Georgia.
Col. Warden, prominent negro
religious and political leader of
'Geouia.‘ congratulated ecity and
county officials for their broad.
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